New-York tribune., 1922-06-27
EiteI Friedrich and Oscar
i'm Council at POisdam,
With Won Hindenburg,
Ludendorff and Others
Thursday Is Day
Set for the Coup
Monarchists Arrested by
Wholesale; General "a.
Hour Strike On To-day
By Joseph Shaplen
Special Cdbis 70 Th> Tr'brns


stands to-day on the threshold Of
civil war. The next forty-cigh.
hours will see a race between tho
government and the monarchists.
the result Of which will determine
whether the latter will attempt .
carry out the revolt Planned On
Thursday.
The Kaiserist camarilla held a
meeting in Potsdam last night at
which Won Hindenburg, Princes
Eitel Friedrich and Oscar, General
Ludendorff and General Eschcrieh
were present.
While the Reichstag was APPROX
ing the governments decision 70 ufo
strong measures 10 curb the mon
archists, the ex-Kaiser's adhercnts
are reported 10 have discussed tho
adWsability Of trying 70 overthrow
the republic at the present tine, IN
view Of the feeling aroused by the
assassination Of Walther Rathorav,
Foreign Minister, last week.
Wholesale Arrests Made
Monarchists have been arrested b.
wholesale, and among those captured
are Captain Hoffman, leader - thc So
called &C" organization In Munich. a-i
Lieutenant Karl Tillesen, brother -
one OF the sssassins o. Matthis- EFi.
berger.
Tillesen is directly suspected ~ con
plicity in the murder % Foreign Nlr
ister Rathenau. and both he and H0n.
man are charged with the recent o.
sault on Philip scheiiemann. a de-
scription furnished the police % ore
OF Rathenau's assailants taliIes Wit
that OF both the Tillesen brothers. who
ara very much alike. other arrests -
suspected monarehist corspiratofs has
been made throughout the country, ans
particularly In Munich, Frankfort Ane
Berlin.
Meanwhile a new supreme revolu
tionary tribunal Is being created O.
handle all cases arising out ~ the gov
ernments belated efforts % wipe our
secret monarchist organizations.
The wheels of German industry VI
stop revolving tomorrow, when D.
Rathenau will receive an Official buris
from the Reichstag. Chancellor Writ
will deliver the principal funeral ac'
dress simultaneously With the cere
mony In tho Reichsiag all workers
throughout Germany will hold mass
demonstrations and all trains will hals
for ten minutes.
Bavaria 20 Test Policy
Bat the real contest between the
government and the monarchists viii
begin when Rathenau is laid 10 res.
and the new machinery 20 wipe ou'
the consplrators gets under way. The
biggest struggle will come betwees
the government and the Bavarlan
stronghold Of German reaction. Should
Bavaria resist Ebert's latest anti-mon.
archist measures the government will
be compelled 20 carry the night 10 the
enemy or admit defeat
Socialists and trade unions appsar
determined this time TO push % IN
ish the fight against roActlOnarics.
Tho question is whether the monarch
lists feel themselves strong enough %
take I'D the battle. In the latter event
Germany will quickly end herself en-
gagged in civil war the consequence
OF which will involve the whole of
Europe. After Erzbcrger's assassina.
tion Il was hoped the danger o. civil
war had passed, but the development
Of Germany's economic situation on
one side and the failure Of the govern
ment to obtain substantial relief on
the other have charged an atmosphere
in which civil strife may break out
st any time.
Monarchist Movement Strong
Behind the monarehist movensnt
stand certain political parties, a group
Of open legal declarations and societies
and a group Of secret organizations
composed Of officers OF all ranks. The
number Of these officers IL estimated AZ
500, 900. The Nationalist party has
made restoration Of tho monarchy its
leading demand. The Peoples party.
OF which SHINES Is the leading indus
trial spirit, unites the monarchists and
certai nrepublican elements, not strong
In number This IA regarded, thore-
fore, as monarchistic. although u pro-
fesses 90 have abandoned that issue.
The monarchist idea is spread broad.
cast also by a whole line Of organixa-
tlons OF which the national security
league and the federation Of patri.
otic veterans, numbering thousands o.
members, arc conspicuous examples.
Numerous officer yenters' clubs. which
are outwardly innocent. also are behind
the idea Of the restoration Of the mon
archy.
All these organizations mske an ap-
peal 70 largo section Of the middle
class and a majority Of the country
college professors and students who
are monarchistic In sentiment. These
bodies are all legal, though many OF
them perform much illegal work. Be-
hind them there Is a network OF secret
conspiracy organizations led by such
desperate and fearless men as Rosbaeh,
Erhardt, Weber and Heidebroch. They
take their names from. their leader,
operating principally In East Prussia.
silesia, Mecklenburg and Bavaria
Their members act under various
camoufages, such as laborers, agri-
cuituralists, etc. They also form direct
lodges, such as Organization c.
young German order. They have
medieval rules and the disobedienee
Of members Is punishable with death.
These bodies are strongly anti
Semitic. Pathenau, who was q jew,
unquestionably was killed by some Of
their members, who chose the ancient
fete day, when tho sun changes post
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