The New York herald., 1922-12-03
Munich Expected to En-
deavor to Escape Demand
for Cash and Apology.
FEAR HITLER ADHERENTS
Fascist Already Stirred Up
by Arrest Of Notorious
Capt. Ehrhardt.
by LINCOLN EY RE.

Special CatIe TO THn NEW York FInRALp.
Copyright. 1899. BY THE NEw York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Berlin. Dec. 3.
Germanys response to the allied
note demanding an apology, and the
payment Of punitive f1nes for attacks
by nobs. on officers of the Control
Commission at Passau and Ingolstadt
will be indicated by the Bavarian
Government. This was Indicated to-
day when Chancellor Cuno invited the
Bavarian Premier. DR.. Won Knilling,
to discuss with the Berlin Cabinet the
attitude to be taken.
DR.. Won Knilling will arrive here
from Munich Tuesday and 1t is not
likely that a definitive reply will be
addressed to the Council of Ambas-
sadors until then. At the Foreign
Office grave fears are voiced that the
Bavarians, swayed as they are by
Nationalist propaganda nd Fascista
threats. will refuse fatly to yield to
the Allies demands.
Munich Dfsavows Arrest.
Tho tenseness Of tho situation in Ba-
varia has peen heightened by the ar
rest Of Capt. Ehrhardt, alleged head Of
the Consul murder gang. whom the
Munich reactfonary elements regard as
one OF their most heroic leaders. How
critical the Munich authorities consider
the tempest stirred up by Ehrhardt's cap
ture Is demonstrated by the haste with
which they disclaimed having taken any
part In 1t. IL was emphasized officially
to-day that 1t was not Bavarian police
but special detectives imported secretly
from Berlin who seized Ehrhardt after
he had been inveigled into going to
Munich from his castle in the country,
which has been his hiding place.
From Leipzig where the c5nspirator is
In Jail. it Is reported that he IL to be
tried, not for having helped Wolfgang
van Kapp put over his Ill fated Putsch,
as had been supposed at first. but for his
alleged particiatioh in the plots of the
Consul bands that led to the assassina-
tions Of DR.. Walter Rathenau and
Matthias Erzberger. This is far more
serious charge. possibly entailing capital
punishment.
Thus far no word of trouble at Mu-
mich has reached here. but signs are not
wanting that the National Socialist fol-
lowers of Adolph Hitler. Fascista chief
tain. and other anti-republican factions
are only waiting for n favorable oppor-
tunity "to start something" They GER
tainly will brig every possible pressure
&c bear on Premier Knilling to prevent
him from writing the letter OF regret
demanded by the Council of Ambass-
adors, even II he is SO inclined, which
at least is doubtful.
May simulate )submissfon.
Equally open to doubt is the Central
Governments power to compel Bavaria
to do its bidding in the event Chancellor
Cuno and his associates decide to bow
before the Allies dictates. Judging by
the guarded remarks let fall in official
quarters, there will be an attempt MT
Stimulating submission to the wishes Of
the Allies that will be far from genuine.
Already II Is pointed out that no Ger
man provincial town could possibly pay
the fine stipulated, which totals about
2.0c0. .000.00 paper marks. and HAT the
Bavarian authorities cannot be hbld re-
sponsible for acts of lawlessness by mobs
stirred into fury by the activities OF the
Control Commission. Much stress Is
laid upon the fact that neither at Ingol-
stadt nor Passar were Allied officers
actually injured by their assailants.
Tho BerHner Tdoebidft declares that
there is no relation between the charac-
ter Of the attacks and the measures de-
nanfed by the Entente.