Evening star., 1926-03-28
HINDENBURC WINS TRUST
OF GERMANS In REPUBLIC
Plebiscite on COnfiscatiOn of ROYAL
Domains Will Reveal Overwhelm-
ing Vote of Confidence.

ding clothes some Of the leaders Of
the old caste bitterly boycotted 1t.
Secretly they prayed for it's collapse.
A nobleman who had social relations
with a republican was almost ost-a-
cized by his own set. Hindenbure
has changed all that. lie has made
the republic "salonfaehig" GashiOna-
ble) He has shown the skeptics
that not only is it not so monstrous
an institution as they believed II 10
be, but that it probably is the reich's
salvation.
Keeps Reich Intact.
Count Bernstorn recently told
high American official that one of the
reasons q monarchy in Germany was
probably out of the question is that
it would almost certainly mean the
breakup of the reich as the unit 1t Il
today. If Hohenzollern should be
come ruler. South Germany would Sc
cede and probably set up Kingdom
in Bavaria with former Crown Prince
Rupprecht on the throne. If South
Germany should succeed in making
one Of it's royalties ruler. North Ger
many would bolt and establish a realm
of it's own with d Hohenzollern en-
throned.
There is still a. "war party" in Ger
",
real damage for many years to come
if ever One wing of the war party
represented by the extremist National
list group, would like to fight for the
reStorat ation of Alsdce-Lorraine again
some day. That wing bittery resentS
the Locarno pact. whereby Germany
renounces ambitions to recover the
'Iost provinces" There is a ''war
party" which doubtless includes both
republicans and monarchists in Ger
many. That is the element that hank
ers to wipe out the "Danzig corridor.
which separates East Prussia from
West Prussia. The same element
thirsts for revenge on Poland. Some
German dreamers envisage the day
when a. united German-Russian com
bination might be brought about I"
destroy independent Poland
A large number of former Russian
ROYALTIES are camped out on German
soil. Their headquarters is Coburg,
where the former King Ferdinand OF
Bulgaria is also in exile. One-time
German royalties foregather periodi-
caIy with the Russian-Bulgarlan
dreamers at COburg, and one OF thelr
favorite delusions is that some day
German and Russian grand dukes. en-
perors, kings and princes who were
to strike a blow in combination AMI
restore their ancient power and glory
Two Claim to BE Gar.
The Grand Duke Cyril of Russia
| heads the Russian monarchist group
on German soil. He calls himself the
only man who is car. But the former
Russian generalissimo Grand Duke
Nicholas Nicolaievitch, who is sojourn-
| ing on French soil. contests that
claim.
| The plebiscite on former Germa n
| royal domains will be watched In
every capital of the world with deep
| interest. AS far as Washington is con
cerned, the result is not feared
| American diplomatic authorities. who
are in close touch with developments
| in Germany. are convinced the repub-
! lie is here to stay. The present gen
Grafton. especially it's younger ele-
ments, is strongly republican. The
elder generation. where monarchia
sentiment still fingers to a large ex-
tent. is passing away, and with it the
traditional faith in kaisers, grand
dukes and thrones.