Evening star., 1923-10-20
Prince Oscar, Kaiser's Son,
Leads Force Ready to
Dissolve Republic.
CONQUEST PLANNED EVEN
TO MOST MINOR DETAILS
Ludendorff in Conspiracy Which
Threatens to Restore
Hohenzollerns.
BY HIRAM "A. MoDERwELL.

Copyright, 1873.
BERLIN, October 10 (by courier to
Amsterdam, delayed) Military prep
arations for a monarchist revolt in
north Germany have been completed.
The military leader is Gen. Won Let
tow Vorbeck, who was commander in
German North Africa during the
world war. The secret commander
tn-chef is Prince Oscar, the younger
son of former Emperor Wilhelm, who
has been living in the reichswehr
barracks at Potsdam for the past few
weeks. Gen. Ludendorff is intermedi-
airy between the Illegal military or
ganizations-the BLACK reichswehr"
and the national army. He has been
secretly in Berlin for the past week
All the monarchist couriers are
now mobilized and ready for instant
action. A hundred and fifty military
automobile trucks are waiting al
Bornstedt near Potsdam. The split
in the monarchist organizations
which spoiled the last uprisings has
been healed by the good offices OF
reichswehr officers.
The reichswehr has demanded that
the state police deliver up al heaHS
artillery for inspection RepuDu-
now believe tnaI the TelCliS W SiiA
is completely organized to aid the
uprising and it is only uncertain
whether Chancellor Stresemann Will
seek to gain the leadership by ORDER
Saxony, which would occasion an in
stant and complete general strike, or
will seek to delay the climax.
Participation by the retchswehr In
the matured plot is evidenced py
many signs.
Leaders Monarchists.
Its generals are practically all mon
archists, willing to join monarchist
uprisings whenever these promise
success. They consider that the time
has now arrived. They have man
aged cIeverly in the past few months
so to involve responsible government
officials, like Minister of War Gessler,
that these are now helpless to thwart
their plans.
The illegal military organizations
stand in closest connection with the
regular army. Their leaders come
and go freely about reichswehr head
quarters in Observation-Disclosures Mem
bers of the black reichswehr' have
their uniforms and equipment hang
ing in many reichswehr barracks,
call comes.
During the week end the first of
this month the black reichswehr was
mobilized everywhere around Berlin.
The writer is informed that two IL
legal military OrganizationS-the Bis
marckbund and the Deutscher Herold
were supplied with ammunition by
the reichswehr. The irregulars who,
on October /, attempted uprisings at
Spandau and elsewhere were ar
rested" and sent home with full mill
tary equipment to await the next
summons.
Summons Issued.
This summons has now been issued,
the correspondent is informed, for
irregular leaders in Bavaria have re-
ceived mysterious kilograms reading
Life insurance expired" which is
said to mean that the German repub-
lie is finished.
The systematic provocati tion by the
reichswehr Gen. Mueller against the
Saxon government was intended to
prduce situation in which the reich
Swehr and the irregulars would have
an excuse for a general monarchistic
uprising with the Bavarians.
Note.-Later advices from Berlin in
dicate that Chancellor Stresemann has
spoiled this scheme, at least tempo
rarliy, by decision to recall the OBJ
Jectionable Gen. Mueller. He also is |
reported to have decided upon dis
placing Gen. Won LossoW, the reich
sWehr commander in monarchist Ba-
"iia. Ihe ldtter step Is vigorously
opposed in Bavaria, and If taken may
lead to complications between Berlin
and Munich.
Charge CunO Knew of Plot
former Chancellor Cuno is alleged
In monarchist circles 20 have been
aware of the organization of illegal
military bands and TO have approved
II. EVIDENCE of this completely was
contained, it is asserted in the testi-
70 e
the Deutsch Voelkische parry. in the
preliminary hearing held last Aprfl
IN the case against the Turnerschaf-
ten, or athletic clubs which were
accused of being mere disguised mil
itary organizations
Graete testified that he had con-
ierred with Chancellor Cuno shortly
before the occupation If the Ruhr and
had offered his athletic clubs to the
government for lighting either for
eign enemies or Internal disorders.
but demanded in recompense that
their leaders should he immune from
arrest. Herr Guno, according to his
did not give any promise.
Shortly thereafter Il meeting of
nationalist leaders was held at Han
over, at which Gen. Lufendorff was
present, and plans for organizat ton
of the black reichswehr, as described
by the, writer in previous dispatch
were drawn up.
officials Appraised.
of these irregulars in the central Ger
man industrial area, including Saxony
These plans, it was asserted had the
approval of the reichswehr generals
1t seems unthinkable that such plans
could have been carried out without
the knowledge of Chancellor Cuno,
Minister of War Gessler and Presi-
dent Ebert.
The organizer of these athletic clubs
was Lieut.. Rossbach, who was re-
leased recently without trial on a
charge of high treason, and who was
ordered rearrested by Minister Cess
ler, but managed to proceed to
Bavaria without molestation. The
former chancellor held a conference
with Lieut.. Rossbach at Munich last
April, shortly before the lieutenants
arrest Herr Cuno admitted having
attended the conference. but claimed
he did not know who Rossbach was,
and pleaded his innocence of any COM
plicity in secret military organiza-
tions.
The whole affair constitutes not
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