The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30

Neither Ludendorff nor Hitler realized at the time, however, that the Ruhr crisis had strengthened the Republican government, not weakened 1t. General von seeckt had seen how gealousiy the Repub- lican leaders had labored for Ger. man unity. There was henceforth no reason why he and his associates could not work with the Republi. cans. So when Hitler and the lesser Munich piotterS sought support from army headquArters in Berlin, they got cold shouldered.
 This rejection made General Ludendorf and his protege, Adolf Hitler, all the more frantic to act. Under the pretenSe of organizing field exercises" they summoned their soldiery to Munich for Nov. 10. Two days before, Hitler SenSed c certain diStrust among the Ba. variNn conservatives. He decided not to wait for his reserves to ars rive rom the gavarian mountains and the Sinsn town beerhallS, but to seize power in 6 surprise.and. bluff attack. State Commissioner von Kahr had called the small businessmen of the district to- gether in the Buergerbraeukeller, Q Munich beer hall for c lecture on economies. What could be easier, thought Hitler, than to sur- round the place with the avail. able Storm Troopers, win over the men inside and move on to the government buildings, pursu. ing the Kapp Putsch teehnique7
 That is what happened, or Al. most. Hitler, attired in c Prince Albert coat, brandishing c pistol, proclaimed the revolution to the 5000 astonished burghers, and took State Commissioner van Kahr, General Von LoSsow, and the police chief, Von Seissor into an Anteroofl. There, while ooering Soothed tho crowd in the main hall, Hitler out- lined the form of the new govern. inent in which each of them was to have Q fat job under his orders. They remained ifapassive. Then he started to plead with them for their cooperation and ended, to their disgust, with an hysterieal threat to commit suicide if he failed.
 
 Tn the meantime, General Luden. dorff, who hadn't known of tho change in schedule, was hastily sum- inoned from his villa in nearby LudwigShoehe. And while he tried to persuade Commissioner Von Kahr and General Von Lossow to join forces with Hitler, Reiehswehr of. ficers on duty in Munich heard about what they called the "Wild West scene" in the DuergeFbraeu. keller. They promptly reported to General von seeckt in Berlin.
 General von seeekt informed the Munich Reiehswehr officers that he could not tolerate iElsub. ordination of any kind.
 The NaM chiefs determined to 90 ahead and take over the gov. ernrient building. General Lu. dendorff volunteered to lead the Storm Troopers, His popularity with the Reiehswehr men and with the police, he felt, would keep them from firing. induce them to join his side. and allow the coup to succeed.
 But the police did fire. The brave NaEis scattered in oil directions. The ono hero Of the moment was Ludendorff's orderly, who, by throw. ing himself in front of the general, died of the bullet meant for his sus perior, LudendorR marched straight ahead, and ln the end was arrested by the police.
 Ditler, who had talked 60 giibiy about heroisf1l and suicide only the night before, rushed to one of MS AaN ears and lied to the Su- sGFban SoFne of the American. born mother of his friend Ernest HanS. Staengel
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