Evening star., 1924-08-24
A MENACE
TO PACT ON DAWES PLAN
Franco-Cerman Suspicious Rear Heads
to Hinder Governmental Fulfill
ment of Agreements.

lamation. said, explicitly, that the en-
listments are not supposed to give
Germany small army of professional
soldiers. but to prepare military
chiefs for the hour of danger This
means that the German general staff
gives the enlisted men the necessary
| military training in order to make
commissioned officers Of them.
Former officers are grouped into
| two associations, which play an i'm
portant part in German politics: the
'Deutscher Ofhzierbund' and the Yer
band Deutscher Oficiere. This latter
one Is purely a monarchist organization
under the leadership of Hindenburg, =
Ludendorf, Mackensen, Tirpitz, Won
GallwitZ and other war leaders and
has representative in Holland to
keep in touch with the former Kaiser.
Student Force Of 100000.
Besides the military schools and
| training schools for the Reichswehr'
and the 'Schupo' the most important
| organization supplying the German
| army with commissioned officers is a
student association called Hoch-
schulering, with a membership of
| 100000, which has direct connection
with the 'Deutscher Offizierbund'
through the former officers who make
| about 10 per cent Of the total mem
| bership The 'Hochschulering gives
its members a complete military
| training"
In further describing German mill
tary preparations. the French declare
| the Germans have created a perma-
nent technical section embracing
| more than 100000 members. The
| technical section already has been
used for strikebreaking. It's members
are cared for and given a salary dur
| ing the period of service.
| 1t is admitted by all that the next
| war, il one should come, will be con-
Quoted in large measure from the air
| with general use of deadly chemicals.
The Germans are not unmindful OF
| these possibilities, according to the
| French and, as a consequence the air
plane and chemical branches are be-
ing swiftly developed. Military lab
| oratories are declared to be camou-
! faged as scientific and agricultural
| plants. Color factories are expert
menting with war gases and these
are never detected unless there be a
| great explosion such as occurred at
! Ludigshafer or Dresden.
| Commercial aviation is being great
| ly developed in Germany and plants
for the construction of German com
! mericial" airplanes have been estab-
lished in Russia, Sweden, Denmark.
Holland and Italy. Many airplanes
| are declared to have been stored at
| places of concealment in Germany,
| either ready to fly or disasSembled.
| To turn a German commercial ma
chine into a war plane is mere child's
play, according to the French.
Arms Factories in Russia.
| In Moscow, Petrograd, Rybinsk and
other Russian. cities war planes are
being built in large numbers. The
Novgorod, Briansk and Zlataoust,
which are under German manage
ment. are manufacturing rifles, guns
of different calibers and explosives.
The workshops at Ochta have special
| lied in the manufacture of explosives.
| The Soviet regime some time ago
ceded the Krupp firm $1,000 acres in
the Donetz district, and great metal
lurgical plants have been established
| there.
| In short, the German leaders are
establishing bases in every section
from which will be drawn sinews of
war when needed. Many of the fac
| tories of Germany are declared to be
manufacturing war supplies osten-
| sibly for the Russians, who, in fact,
get but small proportion of the
| output.
| These claims are interesting as in
I OlCatlnS pFuQenCe IndC must De
| shown in all directions If direct con-
| f1ict with the treat of Versailles is
| to be avoided with subsequent evil
consequences.
The interallied commission is in
Germany today attempting to deter
mine how far Germany has disobeyed
| the disarmament features of the
treaty in letter or spirit. It's work
has been facilitated by the German
government insofar as it has been
| able.
| Possible French Demands.
Upon the report of the commission
may depend just how far France will
feel like withdrawing her troops from
Germany until Germany has complied
to greater extent with the treaty and
other allied stipulations. In case the
Germans are found to be wanting in
sofar as compliance is concerned, the
| French will have ample grounds to
| base a demand that they remain in
| the Ruhr even a greater period than the
year agreed to in the London confer
| ence. But whatever may happen in
| regard to the Ruhr proper the French
will have some justification in a de-
mand for continued tenure or demili-
tarfzation of the Rhineland. At least
| they so think.
| These issues, just or unjust as they.
may have been from the standpoint
| OF respective nationals, undoubtedly
| will bring fruit in demands of the
| ultra extremists that may go far in
muddling fulfillment of the Dawes re-
| port, at least make it more difficult
for various governments to do busi-
ness sans suspicion and quibbling.
And without a degree of trust there
| undoubtedly will follow many adjust
ments in the present scheme of things
| before Germany has finally fulfilled
| obliga tions placed upon her.