Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-03-31 | Page 1 | Berlin Youth Asked to Battle for Old Regime

Berlin Youth Asked to Battle for Old Regime i Preparations for Fight to Re-establish Former German Government Sensed in Appeal Issued by General Maerker. I i BY H. J. GREENWALL. j (KxciUMc ca!-:e to Universal .S'r'.lcc and the London l.'aiiy J..rrtc.j BERLIN, March 30.- " Students, schoolboys and cadets! Your country calls on you to join the volunteer vol-unteer corps for the defense of agri-j agri-j cultural estates and farms:" This is the latest appeal to youths I of the upper clr.sscs advcrtis.cd in the nc- papers and considered by : influential persons of conservative : opinion to be preparative to a final I battle to re-cctabUsh the old regime. ' General Maerker, one of the lound-i lound-i crs of the volunteer corps, told the ; correspondent totiiy the appeal was j being made for the tipper ciasses be- cause the workmeu had proven "uu-reliable." "uu-reliable." The food situation is becoming bo serious the government is planning to send expeditions of city people into the country to get food from the farmers and food hoarders. This is bound to lead to riots and to he taken advantage of by the militarists who will arm the country people to march into the cities and disarm the workmen and overthrow the government. This was predicted to me by an authoritative to-jr's today.