Evening star., 1923-10-21
POWER OF MONARCHISTS
GROWS In GERMANY
Should They Fail Separation Of Reich
Believed Certain-French
Again Resisted.
BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

- IVIL war within Germany.
leading to an early return
to monarchical forms for the
whole of the reich or COM
plete separation of Germanic states
from Prussian control, is within the
immediate horizon.
The government in Berlin has failed
to ameliorate extremely trying in
ternal conditions. It has failed to
even obtain "a meeting ground with
the French because of the absolute
refusal of Premier Poincare to enter
into any sort of negotiations on the
reparations question which might
lead to the easying of Germany's
financial and economic burden, with
consequent Stabilizing of currency
and payments of international debts.
To, add to the extreme dissatisfac-
ton of the people generally, the
Stresemann government has an
hounced that. because. of the bank
rupt condition Of the government and
IN view of the end to passive re-
sistance, Berlin no longer can finance
the million workers in the Ruhr and
the Rhineland, as has been done in
the past. Unless the French and Bel
gian occupying forces act strenuous
iy and eXpeditiously hundreds of
thousands will be left to hunger,
Ihe German governments refusal to
guarantee payments on coal and in
dustrial products turned over to the
occupying powers on account of rep
arations will lead to the complete
paralyzing of industrial machinery.
lndustrialists declare that they re-.
fuse to shoulder the burden further
and turn to the government. The
government replies: I'VE cannot; we
are broke"
Charge and Countercharge.
The French see an attempt to dis
credit the Poincare policy and place
Nhe onus for the decentralization GER
tain to follow squarely upon them.
The Germans declare that they will
not be responsible for conditions
pursuant to the abandonment OF
workmen's doles and that If the
French had shown any desire to ap-
proach the whole question fairly and
Squarely solution could have been
found and restoration of industrial
progress assured.
The French viewpoint is heightened
by the statement of Chancellor
Stresemann to the press of Germany
IN which he declares that Germany
could not openly defy the French
Few weeks ago. for it was necessary
that time elapse to prove that the
end of passive resistance was not
solely desired by the French and that
they only were striving for complete
dissolution of the reich. Significance
must be attached to the Stresemann
statement that Germany will defy
the French to the utmost from now
on, will refuse to make payments In
kind because there can be no pay
nents when the French hold the in
dustrial heart of Germany and re-
fuse Germans rights in Germanic ter
ritory. The burden of resistance and
conflict is placed squarely on the
French by Stresemann, who declares
that, while insisting that the Ger
mans pay, the French cripple Ger
many's plans looking toward flnan-
cial recovery. In other words, he
points out that. while the French
insist that the German financial
fabric be mended. they insist on
measures-principal guarantees for
lutely impossible for Germany to pay,
This in general way undermining
the value of the new gold currency
which the German government is at
tempting to sustain.
UpheavaI Believed Certain.
Whatever the merits of the claims
and counterclalms emanating from
Berlin and Paris. it is n foregone con-
clusion that present conditions can
not continue within the reich for
many more days without upheaval.
The monarchists are declared to have
undermined the will of the reichswehr
to serve the government in times OF
civil strife Throughout Germany, re-
cent advices Indicate, gymnaSiums
and various social clubs have been
but pretextS for the organization of
an army outside an army. Millions
of men are declared ready to strike
when nationalist leaders, those in
extreme sympathy with the mon
archfst cause, give the word. Strese-
mann or no other republican govern
Inent can survive any crisis if the
retchswehr is eaten with sedition, ~
indicated. Ludendorff and Prince Os-
,ar. son of the kaiser, and the os-
1ensible heads of the movement, have
been extremely active in recent days |
throughout the reich and are said to
have effected close working agree
nents with reichswehr leaders in
very section.
The hotbed of nationalism is in Ba-
varia and there is every indication
that there will be a complete break
between Bavaria and the Berlin
government in the immediate fu-
ture. Once this situation eventuates
the Bavarians may be expected to
rally around the cause of Crown !
Prince Rupprecht and initiate from
Munich crystalliZed movements lead /
ing toward the overthrow of the re-
public. If this eventuates Strese-
mann can do little to suppress the |
movement by virtue of the weakness |
Of retchswehr morale. If the Bavarian |
and monarchist plans are carried to
fruition then Premier Won Kahr of !
Bavaria will have achieved hfs pur-
pose In rallying Germany around a