The New York herald., 1922-11-23

from a reliable source in intimate con.
tact with the Berlin agents OF the Ba-
varian rebels.
The German Fascis plans. which
have been submitted for approval TO
both Gen. Ludendorff and Mussolini,
call for the overthrow by force. II nee
essary. OF the republic in Bavaria and
the creation OF an armed Dictatorship
at Munich and the eventual restoration
to the throne as absolute monarch OF
some member OF the wittelsbach family.
probably the Ex-Crown Prince Rup-
precht.
This melodramatic coup r. to be ac-
complished by means OF a peoples
army" which is being recruited In Sc
crecy by Adolph Hitler. head OF the So
called National Socialist German Work
ers party, which Is neither Socialist nor
representative OF the working class. but
purely Fascista. Although Hitler affects
to disdain a monarchy and demands a
simple military dictatorship beneath
which all democratic institutions will be
crushed. the monarchists. headed by the
Bavarian Ex-Chancellor Won Kahr. be-
lieve they have won him over to their
cause.
In tho event that all reactionary
factions are agreed the first step will
be to put all power In the hands OF
dictator Who the omnipotent one Is to
be nobody knows. but indications point
to Col. Xylander. chief of the Bayarian
militarists, who. sub rosa, Is hand In
glove with Ludendorff.
The Fascista Congress held by the
Germans in Innsbruck last summer con-
vinced them that their Tyrolean fellows
were quite ready to join them in form
ing q solid Fascista State. Separation
from Germany Is not an essential part
of the Bavarian scheme. but no orders
from the Berlin Government are to be
obeyed by the Fasci. Help from Hun
gary and Italy and friendly neutrality
on the part Of France Is confidently
counted on by the plotters. The Hun
garian rulers naturally are anti-demo-
cratic and Mussolini, who visited his
Munich brothers in arms few months
ago, is supposed to have pledged ma
tertal support to their cause.
The French cabinet on the other hand
Is credited with willingness to lend tacit
approval to any movement tending to
split up Germany. While the hopes OF
the Fascist are centered Immediately
In Bavaria they are carrying on a
tremendous propaganda campaign
throughout the entire country. In
Prussia and the smaller northern states
tney nave OrSdnlIcO hodSuc iVi va
tionalist Republican Defense which, de-
spite It's name, Is bitterly against any
republic.
/ Hitler. who Is behind this organiza-
tion., picked the title to persuade the
Prussian workers that 1t was not mon
srchistic in tendency. The notorious
Lieut. Rossbach. ex-leader Of the Sies-
ian Easel, who was arrested last Satur-
day and mysterously released forth
with. is hard at work drumming up re-
cruits for several different Fascista
bands. Arnhardt. who was indirectly
identified with the Consul group Of as
sassins who killed Matthias Erzberger
and DR.. Walter Rathenau. has reap
peared In Munich. The Consul gang is
understood to have changed its name
but not Its murderous aims and Is
allied with the most militant Of the
Bavarlan Fascist. All organizations,
secret or otherwise. which are plotting
the downfall Of the German republic re-
semble the Ku Klux Klan In that all
are violently anti-Semitic and anti-for-
eign. And all have been vastly encour-
aged by the triumph of the italian
Fasci.