Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
TEUTON|C FASC|SM
LOOMS ON HORIZON
Conditions in Germany Are
Declared Ripe for Birth
of Movement.
BY MAMMALIAN HARDEN.

III MAAAM1AtfAAN AAFAAe
BY Radio TO The Star.
BERLIN, July 24-Bavarian servant
girl, Anna Sandmayer, reads in Aer
native village an official placaro
summoning all persons to report any
finds of secret arms to the heareeI
disarmament commission. she soeo
fhither and tells what she mas
accidentally learned. 80
shortly thereafter, a man visits the
house of her employer in Munlch anu
demands to speak with the gif. Sile
tells her mistress she must give ~
Their testimony in the weapon analL.
She leaves the house in the evening
in company with two men III an ao1o
mobile and does not return.
The two men Strangle her ana the
@,avt morning workmen discover her
hody hanging from a branch OF Iall
tree, with this placard on the breast;
s.yo,, traitorous female! You betrayed
,our Fatherland. Therefore the
Black Hand finished you"
The Socialist deputy Carols gets
lin that this murder occurred win
the connivance of the Munich ponce
He and a party conrade retain
lawyer and listen In on teiepIlone
conversation between the lmorIher
end the police commissioner, estab-
fishing the truth of the accusation.
In the Bavarian Diet, Garels oe-
,nands an investigation, declaring that
the existence within the Munlcn po
lice force of an organization whose
T,lrpose is to do away violently with
neople, cannot be suffered.
Carols is attacked in the press.
threatened with death, and coupe Oh
months later is murdered IN DARK
street. The lawyer whom Garels
secured to eavesdrop on the telephone
,.onversation, gets disciplinary pun
ishment which recently has been al
firmed by the highest German court.
The police commissioner implicated
still is in office and unmolested. Form
err Lieut.. Schweikhardt who, as is
hardly denied, murdered the harmless
servant girl and also Carols, is ar
rested, released and equipped with
false passport. After his return from
Hungary he is kept concealed for
year on the estate of a Duke OF Ba-
varia. Then he is rearrested ana
released again.
And a Bavarian general, testifying
in court, declares that he approves OF
the violent removal of persons who
threaten harm to the Fatherland and
urges it as the duty of every patriotic
German to do all possible to protect
the brave young men who carry OUT
the work.
This shows the Importance of the
fact that SchWeikhardt, who is sus-
pected of at least two murders, IS
again released and that his release
was concealed for three days, giving
him time to make his getaway.
This state of mind will be further
flIunlfned when a Reichstag commits
sion makes public the results of its
investigations. What has been
learned in these Investigations reads
like a report from the darkest middle
ages and outdoes the Sandmayer case
in deliberate illegality and atrocity.
While the German home guardsH
and a big part of the patriotic as
soctations' have been dissolved, their
places have been taken by associations
ssfor rearing a vigorous youth" by rifle
practice with small caliber guns, and
supplementary bodies.
And in north Germany, particularly
in Prussia, the power of the new art
amen" movement grows quietly but
rapidly. The name comes from the old
Germanic root, Art, meaning plowed
land. The artamen, who are mainly
the unemployed sons of bourgeoise Of
flcers and students, were intended at
first to supply the lack of farm Ia
bOrerS on estates, DuL In6 IHanklSSS
role of wage cutters did not satisfy
them. They are domiciled by regi-
ments on estates: they are bound by
drastic oaths; they wear uniforms;
they fill their spare time with COM
petitive songs and dancing; they re-
gard Wotan. the bringer of victory, IS
their highest god. and have dedi-
Gated themselves to battle against the
''Hebraized spirit" This does not
mean merely Jews, but also mild spir
ated Christian evangels.
This mixture of the Wotan cult
with military drill and the typical Ger
man inclination to join something
could give birth to Teutonic Facisn.
Such symptoms explain why Austen
Chamberlain had to confess regret
fully in the British House of Com
mons that Germany's disarmament
was not yet complete.
On the same day, Raymond Poin-
care reachieved power in France. No
other statesman is in a position to do
so much for the inner and enduring
pacification Of Europe. If he is not
smaller than his fate, he will free
Germany from the spectre of vengeful
undertakings and will at the same
time do his fatherland a lasting serv-
ice.
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