Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-26
lEVEN ARRESTED
N RATHENAU PLOT
MARIAN Council, implicated
I Murder Of osrmah Foreign
Il Minister, Police Believe
hnAacHIsT ALSO. TAKEN
Bu Associated Press

~ Ru AS8OCtOteO fVcSo :
t..,,u. June 28.--Eleven persons al.
y l&', - he members Of Bavarian Sc
~ ,,sanizatlon known as the Coun.
n were arrested here yesterday. 1t
\ .nnounced by the police todny. The
Y vi; = EXPRESSED the opinion that this
Y Nn,,otion, which was suspected OF
Y sin~ a prominent part In tho E!tir.
- former Minister Of Finance Nrz-
was also implicated In the muir.
v La Foreign Minister Rathenau last
~ addition to these arrests, a prom.
.nt monarchist. Colonel Xylander,
( ~. ,enorted to have been arrested In
Ss,ich, General Maerker, former
S'tnhswehr commander, who has been
r 1Smsntly denounced In the radical
.Sssss as A reactionary, was arrested In
Sssden, but was subsequently released:
3SAiIisions between w0rkmen and
rsrchists were reported today FROM
ycs.hwitz. Neurembers and Friedburg,
~ vithout serious casualties.
\ fsrhe political situation throughout
nirmany continues remarkably calm
snite the vehemence OF press com.
J S.sts concerning the assassination of
Di, Rathenau.
q S'@,rranized labor's initial contribution
/. n,nport of the Government In It's
rsnublican campaign will consist Of n
N.hour milton. wide general strike,
sS,cb was proclaimed by the Fedora.
M Of Trades Unions in session at
fsiusic. This will involve chiefly in.
1rstrial workers, although It IL plan.
sH TO include State and municipal
tSsnsportations lines and other public
utlities. The strike is called for to.
The police reported today that Ber.
III has seldom experienced two nights
= ouiet as the last two have been.
DR.. Rathenau will be given State
fnneral tomorrow afternoon. The cotiin
Ant will be brought to the Reichstag,
ma from there it will be taken to the
family vault at Oberschoenweide. Tie
wute will be lined by Reichswehr.
"A tremendous demonstration in favor
& the republic held by Majority and
Independent Socialists in the Lustgarten
Yesterday morning was attended by
N0.0O0 persons.
The meeting was quite orderly and
he speeches met with emphatic an.
ptoyal. The flag of the republic was
more in evidence than at any previous
demonstration.
Selection Of a man to fill the post of
Foreign Minister, made vacant by the
assassination of DR.. Walter Rathenau
presents difficulties of some magnitude
b Chancellor Wirth. This ia not only
be0use Of the dearth Of available men,
but also for inner political reasons, as
the question Of the realignment of the
coalition is one Of the possibilities
growing out of the present situation.
Parliamentary circles believe Chan.
ealor Wirth will direct the Foreign
0ece until man Ia found who can not
only meet the exacting demands of the
ut, but who will also have the an.
ptpyal Of the coalition parties.
The friends of DR.. Otto Ludwig
Hiedfeldt, Ambassador to the United
Sttes. have already suggested him as
m available candidate, stressing his
Qualifications as an economist. They
also believe his previous training in
relponsible civil service positions and
experience abroad in quasi diplomatic
poxs previous to going to Washington
have given him the equipment necessary
for the Foreign Office position, espe-
eially since the reparations problem and
other economic issues have virtually be.
come the chief features of the ministry's
omcial routine.