Evening star., 1923-10-17
GERMANS PLOT REVENGE;
BAVARIA LEADS MOVE
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empire above her own battlements
is still a matter of conjecture.
But certainly Munich today. far
more than Berlin, has definite ideas
both for herself and for Germany.
Munich and Bavaria have already
only to themselves anu Won Kahr
has already instituted the death
penalty in order that his laws may
be carried out-death by the guillo-
tine, inasmuch as a rifle squad to
the Bavarian mind seems too easy
Il way to die.
Thus, even in the placid avenues OF
Munich. one is reminded of the war
zone in 1914. One weighs opinions
before giving them utterance, and
even then one speaks guardedly ana ana
in whispers. Bavaria today scarcely
seriously considers herself a province
III the German reich. Figuratively
speaking, Bavaria has become an is
land-a self-sufficient island, respon-
sible to no power on land or sea
being strong and sturdy and an al
most, If not entirely. self supporting
island, she has a certain amount OF
reason in her argument
LudendorF i'm Munich.
The outer world has heard much
of Won Kahr, the dictator; of Hitler,
the saber rattler and his army
and all the world knows that Luden-
dorff has sought refuge in Munich
these last years, where, in what can
almost be considered the cradle of
European monarchy, he could plot
and scheme.
But all these men are really pup
pets today in monarchistic Bavaria
The man behind them-the strong
man of central Europe and possibly
of even wider spaces-is ex-Crown
Prince Rupprecht, who can mount
the Bavarian throne any hour of any
day he chooses, but who refrains for
the moment simply because he is
the Wisest. dearest thinker of them
AL. Such happens rarely in history
/ but in Rupprecht we again find an
| heir and pretender to throne who
! Is of greater, more dominating per-
sonality than all those he would rule
This Is the more strange because
Rupprecht is of the house of Wittels-
bach and most of his immediate pre-
decessors have been either completely
! mad or SO inclined toward music and
other arts that they did not think
T. much about the business of being
kings.
But Rupprecht of Wittelsbach Is
perhaps a throwback to the sturdy
margraves and palatine counts who
! a thousand years ago made the name
| of Wittelsbach the first in Bavaria
| In matters of royal precedence the
Wittelsbachs have always held the
Prussian Hohenzollerns in that con-
tempt which ancient dynasties re-
| serve for comparative newcomers
and this latest Wittelsbach, now that
a curse rests upon both their houses
may yet succeed-when Germany does
keeping the Hohenzollerns in second
rank.
Rupprecht n Real German.
AS compared with the stiff, AFRO
! CANT Prussians of pre-war days, the
| Bavarians were held to be tranquil
beer-loving souls. quite willing tc
| got another view OF this peaceful
| kindly Bayarian. He was then bes'
! viewed in the person OF none othel
! than Crown Prince Rupprecht him
| self as commanding general OF the
/ 9Th German Army, hghting the al
| lies TO a standstill on the battlefield ic
of the Somme. Compared with tbs
! imperial crown prince, Rupprech
| was real general, and much or th'
| campaign of frightfulness' launch
| ed in the German army Is credited
| in his name.
| But today in Munich, where he ha:
| placed his private palace on sale TO {
| syndicate which intends 10 use IT az
! an office building. Rupprecht has re-
Iapsed to the quiet, dignified BaVarlar
| gentleman who greets his followers
| with a quite unkingly shake of the
| hand and who answers cries of I'm
ser Koenig!" with kindly. negative
smile But out in the Nymphenbere
Palace in the environs of Munich ant
! in his shooting lodge UP. in the Ba
varian Alps Rupprecht is busy pulling
the strings that make his puppets
dance.
Won Kahr. an ancient provincia
politician OF sufficient character an
| sonarent honesty 10 make him soli'