San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
.CUNO' s PLOT
I To RESTORE
KING F0|LED
Germany Secretly Saddled
With Reactionary
Army.
NTRICUES DISCLOSED
True Story Of "Black
Reichwehr's" Revolt Be-
comes Known.
NTRICUES DISCLOSED
Special Cable to The San Antonio Light
and the Chicago Daily News.
CoDyright 1929

Copyright. 1928.
Ospenhagen, Oct. 6.-The tru,
btoEy of the "Black Reichswehr,
which last Monday attacked Kuestri7
Ia story which tie writer has learned
from improbable sources-is so com
'Hpromising to former Chancellor Cunc
and certain of his associates that il
cannot be told to the German people
According to this information, the
Black Reichswehr-an Illegal sec
ton of the national army-was or
ganized during the Cuno regime. The
military activities and aims of the
4 Cuno government contained much that
h was mysterious.
h Cuno certainly entertained the idea
h bf attempting more active resistance
against the French in the Ruhr, but
was prevented by the determined ac-
ton Of the Prussian government, which
\ was under the influence of the So
cialists. But the organization of the
Black Reichswehr was steadily con-
tinued, according to the plan used by
the Prussian Chancellors Stein and
Hardenberg after the defeat of Napo-
leon in 1865, when the whole man.
power of the nation served short
periods of training in the national
army, whose total strength at any
particular time, however, was kept
within the limits fixed by Napoleon.
1t IL fact that, during Chancellor
Cuno's regime, this same system was
used. A few thousand volunteers at
a time, mostly the sons of landed fam
lies OF the old aristocracy, were given
six weeks of secret intensive training
with the Reichswehr and then returned
to their homes with mobilization or
ders, ready to join the colors when
notified.
Jealousy Between Troops.
Permanent organization Of these sup
Elementary troops, which now number
from 10000 TO 10000, was under
taken by the patriotic society. Fried
ericus Rex" with a general staff at
Kuestrin. This fortress town has a
sentimental hold on German patriots
because Frederick the Great was i'm
/. prisoned there by his father, and was
actually sentenced TO death by a
court martial for alleged dereliction
of his military duty. He is reputed
to have learned there the real mean
ing of discipline and self-sacrifice for
the Prussian fatherland.
The supplementary troops, during
the training, were clothed and sup
j vnI-ad vrffh H. H. IL l.
They wore distinguished marks on
their uniforms, but these were so well
concealed as to be unnoticeable to the
unframed eye.
Great Jealousy existed between the
Regulars and the supplementary troops,
the irregulars scornfully calling the
regulars Republican soldiers" while
the regulars dubbed them "Stinnes'
eoldiers." This indicated in the gen.
eral belief, where the Friedricus Rex
Society got its abundant funds.
More or less closely associated with |
the Black Reichswehr are several sec
ret military organizations, remnants
of former volunteer regiments sup
posedly dissolved. Stresemann cut the |
irregulars from association with the |
Reichswehr on October 1. This was
the immediate occasion for the
yKuestrin revolt, which occurred the
same day, when the discomfort of the
3rregulars was used by higher powers
for political ends.
The German people vaguely knew
Of the existence of the secret military
organizations but they did not know
to what degree the government min
listers were aware Of their close con-
neetion with the Reichswehr. In a
public meeting this week, after a lee.
ture on the Black Reichswehr, a reso-
luton was adopted calling upon the
Republican parties to demand informa-
zion as to who paid the expenses of
the irregulars. The resolution also
demanded that former Chancellor Cuno
be summoned before a high court 70
answer for his part in organizing il
with public funds. 1t is notable that