The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-30
Reactionary PIotters Planned To Stir Up Resentment Against Germany's Surren- der In The Ruhr Valley RIOTS BREAK OUT IN THE. DUESSELD0RF SECTION Resentment Among Miners And Railway Men Grows Over The Abandonment Of Passive Resistance
By FERDINAND JAIN Leased Wire to The Age-Her@ld)

BERLIN, Sept. 29.-A wide spread reactionary plot to take advantage of the present situation in Germany to establish the sphinx of the army, General Von Seeckt, as dictator with Napoleonic powers, was discovered here today
 Under the scheme disclosed, the Stresemann government was to be oVerthrown by force if 1t failed to heed a demand thatt it retire.
 The reactionary plotters planned to stir up resentment against Germany's surrender in the Ruhr and use this as handle for their movement. which would put Von Seeckt, chief of staff of the army, on a dictator's thone.
 organizing workers demonstrations to protest cessation of passive resist ance. Then if these were forbidden. the workers would be called upon to do a little passive resistance of their own inside the factories or to try sabotage.
 Meantime, swarms of te1egrams of protest would be showered upon Won Seeckt, demanding that he come to the country's rescue, establish him self as dictator and overthrow the Stresemann combination.
 Demonstrations by communists, hy fiddle class reactionaries, by the bittlerites of Bavaria-any form of public disturbance would be seized up&n by the ultra-reactionaries as an eAse to further their ease that the ssn* *ation demands a.dictator ObJec-
 to the Rutr capituiation would W afIificially famed Army swears By Him.
 Von Seeckt is sti1l the countrys sphin2, lie hates General Luden- uorff. leader of another reactionary laction 1t is an old grudSe or war times. He has given his word to the government that the ReichsWehr can be trusted. What he probably means is they can be trl sted by him. Tor all the army swears by him.
 No one knows what goes on be- hind the poker mask worn by thls man, picked by many for destiny His fnlpassive, monocled eye looks coldly upon an excited country. NO one knows his ambitions. AS far as can be observed he is pursuing his duties towards the republic With the ndehty any officer under oath or al legiance would show.
 But the plotters disclosed firm Lenc1 that Ion Seeckt would listen u the siren song of dlctatorshlp, 'in the inter ssts of the fatherland.
 in any event they are working along those ines hoping to eI1ect 'bloodless revol Ition end put the chief of Staff's iron hand at the
 Meanwhile, tSermany survived an- other day under her two present dlc- ; .tstors. These issued th- following statements
 Dr. Von .Sahr, at Munich:
 We are able to maintain order and quiet Tn iSavarla.
 Dr. Gessler, at Berlin. "Declaration Jf Il state Of siege ln our country indicated tpe seriousness of the situation. l hop3 it will suf- flee. However, if my expectations are not fulfilled shall not hesitate to use all my powers agalnst all agl- tators regardless of the persons ln- volved who obviously would use Germany's emergency to iui lhSi their own ends"
 Another outstanding figure, Lieu-. tenant Hitler, cnt rather sorry HE ure today. HitLler's BaNarlan fas- cisti had gathered in hall Wltn rifles under their jackets. They im- patiently awaited their leader. Word was passed that he was coming, and inc fascisti poured out O. the hall to cheer his arrival, only t. learn that he was remaining at home Tor sare- Keeping.
 His followers contented themselves with going out and knocking down a university professor who ul~n take his hat off as they passed sing ing fascisti song.
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 On the more orderly side of the situation, another stone ir the wall separating Germany and France In their effort to each a basis for re- sumption of negotiations to settle the separations problem has been re- moved.
 Following strong intimetions from Paris that ahe French government Would refuse to enter negotiations Until Germany cancelled her order of January IS. stopping payment or rep aratior1s with manufactured products and raw materials from the Ruhr, authorities this afternoon rescinded the objectionable ruling.
 The German foreign cffice ex- plained. however, that lifting of the
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