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Show NIP REVOLUTION PLOT IN ALSACE-LORRAINE STRASBOURG, Wednesday, Oct. 22. The conspiracy for a revolt in Alsace-Lorraine, Alsace-Lorraine, having for its object the establishment estab-lishment of an autonomous republic here, is assuming greater proportions than at first anticipated. Koessler, the man alleged al-leged to be the archconsplrator and who has been placed under arrest, has, according ac-cording to military authorities, made a confession admitting that he has received 00,000 francs from Germany since last May.. Acting as intermediary "between the Berlin foreign office and the conspirators here, according to Koessler's revelations to the police, was Herr von Gmenellus. a relative of former Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg. Literature seized at the home of Koessler Koes-sler bore the caption, "The Neutral Republic Re-public of Alsace-Lorraine," and called upon the population of the two provinces to separate from France as well as Germany. |