Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 275, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1920 — MONARCHISTS IN PLOT [ARTICLE]

MONARCHISTS IN PLOT

Prussians Offer Bavarian Militia 125,000 Army Rifles. j Government at Berlin Is Threatened as a Result of the Con- » splracy. Berlin, Nov. 15.—Closely following a statement by Foreign heiretary Benes of Csecho-Slavia hot lie bad reliable Information indicating that German were panning a a coup d’el at comes the puh’u atlon of confidential letters to the leaders of the Bavarian militia announcing that north Gertnant woulf deliver to them 125.000 army rifles. ! One of the letters is iddies»wd tc Major Endres of the Bavarian general staff. It contains lnstru<ylriis as to how to raise money to pay the freight charges on the rifles ami il-so how to storage facllltws where the arms may be hidden without risk V being eonliscated. A second letter Informs an nttorney named Petzold In'the Plauen Ruhr dis trlct that b consignment 01 “50.000 blri* trees” (rifles) has placed at the disposal of the pan-G.rt< ans in Berlin, a part of which Herr-Petzold may have for local use. ‘ At the same time wide publicity is being given to the sacs that the Bavarian orgentch, or militia Is being equipped with several hundred guns, mine throwers, grenades and other war material The publication of the letters has thrown the monarchists into «H<l confusion. as they fear immediate government action and drastic steps on tbe part of Fra rice.