Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 149, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1920 — GERMAN DOUBLE DEALING PROVED [ARTICLE]

GERMAN DOUBLE DEALING PROVED

Documents Found After Volunteers Fled Town in Rhenish Prussia. WOULD EVADE PEACE TERMS Convicted of Perfidy—One of Its Own Confidential Orders— Security Police Really a Military Or. ganization. Paris. —Time and again the Berlin government assured the allies that it was living up to the conditions of the peace treaty of \ ersailles to the best of its ability. By one of its own confidential orders the Ebert-Bauer-Noske outfit has been convicted of perfidy. When the Volunteer Corps Luetzow tied in great haste from Remscheid, Rhenish Prussia, during the recent uprising it left behind its archives, which, when searched, yielded, among other documents, the following self-explain-ing confidential order: „ “Ministry of Imperial Defense-Ar-my Command —January 22, 1920. No. 111-119 g. T 2 111. Neutral Zone., “In reply to the reports submitted by the Army Command lb In No. 1847224 of December 22. 1919, the following general order is issued: “The Ministry of Imperial Defense requests that the commander of the

Fourth and Fifth army districts be Instructed In reference to the motion of district four, part la No. 223-12 of November 27, 1919, and in reference to the motion of district five, part lb No. 14, of December 15, 1919. “The alliance of our enemies has consented that the staff of the army district and the troops of occupation remain within the neutral zone until three months after the Versailles peace treaty went into effect, that ■ means until April 10, 1920. “The Ministry of Imperial Defense will open negotiations In order to obtain the permission to maintain the staff of the army district and the garrisons within the neutral zone after April 10, with the understanding that these units not be included in the army, the maximum strength of which has been restricted to 100,000 men. “In case it fails in these attempts the Mihistry of Imperial Defense plans to transfer the members of the staffs and battalions within the neutral zone to the Security Police. The “Security Police.” “The Security Police would have to take the place of the .garrisons. In order to complete such a transfer, If need be, without delay, the Prussian ministry of the interior has already made arrangements for the establishment of a Security Police In the neutral zone. The Prussian ministry of the interior has- been requested to state If it was possible to transfer the staffs of the military district to tha Security Police. An answer has not yet been redbived. “Representatives of the Security Police stated that It would be Impossible to transfer the units of the garrisons to the Security Police. “Co-operation of the military district commanders in the preparation of the Security Police within the 50 kilometers (neutral) zone is to be restricted to oral advice, as far as possible, in order not to increase suspicion of the enemy alliance, which already Is suspecting the Security Police of being a military organization.. “I don’t see any reason why it should not be ascertained how many members of the troops under your command are eventually willing to join the Security Police. “By order: Schnlewlnd."