| Show Fearless German Writer Shows Trial of Hitler and General Is Mere By Io ILIA HARDEV GermanyS Germany'S t Copyright 1924 By The Tho Press Pre Association BERLIN ERLIN March S 8 Th The BERLIN B el roan man penal code d dO- dO de declares clues claret that hoe o to alter the tho constitution lion tion of at the tho German Goiman Gal man common common- Si I n c e tills of o any ny German state Is ot of nigh tresson The Tho Austrian scene licen painter hitler the Prussian general generl Luden- Luden Luden dort dorff and ond their comrades InS In S n ma s meetIng held In a n beer hill JI proclaimed themselves as the new unconstitutional gov- gov government ov of Germany and Ba rIL and made mado preparations tor for a march of oC illegally armed hOI lio des against B t Beilin Bel to to r I e tIme the Impel lal con con- constitutiOn con constitution tear up the tho peace treat I y ser sers Ice and to bea bear the tho blade white and led rial lag flag which had been leg all abolished Ic c aci acoss oSs thC Rhine There could be ho no doubt asto as asto asto to the tho guilt eulit of at f Hitler Luden- Luden Ludendorf Luden-dorff Luden dorf and and their unambiguous speeches proc proc- proclamations proclamation proc proc- proclamations and nd acts and said after atter aftertIme tIme tho cou court t which Inch has h- jailed hundreds ot or eons con communists A state Itself recently came into exist exist- existence exist exist- existence existence ence by the violent o of at all law 1 ns la-ns s that that Is by high treason must must avoid prosecutions prosecutions prosecution tion for tor hl hIgh h treason as Ionas long longas longas as possible but must mut carr carry them through energetically It if It once oneo begins begin's them other other- otherwise otherwise wise Iso It loses respect and nu- nu au authority Tho law tor for the tho protection of at the tho I provides provIde that such case easel cases shall thill he be tiled tried b the tho criminal court ourt at Hitler Hiller and Compan Company ne ne nevertheless ertho- ertho less Mero sero brought e the peoples people COUI court couil t in Munich S acourt court which Is not riot lied b by constitution or by lass lav I here they found an atmos atmos- atmosphere atmosphere phere most ta for tor their cause fliey eie c not nd ad- ad addi ad dl di eased a as the tho accused but steno ro called callea b L titles excellence e hers hen lieuten lieutenant ant colonel hell heir In l il h court ourt councillor etc The were wro ero permitted to hour long lone speeches and their minutest actions Witnesses who nho ho writs welo to he be h ard later re- re remained re remained In the lilt It nesses called to the the- stand bowed bo ed to te tc chief de defendants de- de before addressing ad n the court CourtLight Light Eight dais class do s wore nere oCcupIed with bythe unhampered orations by bythe bythe the defendants also nho ho eloper Meie wese per per- per permitted during durins the tho to 0 confer conter treel each cadi er oti-er Their speeches and those ot of their aw h d the tho demo dema stogie gogle ton tone tono of ot the tho mass meet meet- meetIng meet lag Ing All republican Institutions were ero damned and ridi ridiculed rIdi- rIdi rIdiculed rIdiculed The Th republIcS I 9 foun- foun oun- oun del s q ss ore re pilloried i a-i Xo No o- o oi I i ember criminals and tori tori Cro Crown Cronn n Prince of at o Bavaria was med hit hIs majol the Icing The speCtators ape ap- ap P the tho most abu o ox- ox 3 without sen cn en the lignified p sins as so 0 re that he flimsIly refused r to continue anti and left the courtroom Sinco Since the th defendants defendant by theIr speeches and their whole attitude plainly showed that they hate hote and nna despise German and B Bavarian republics and would compel them to I to the Iho form ot of military mon mon- monarchy inon- inon monarchy archy and since they openly assert that Bai Brian State Mate Commissar Von Yon Kahr General Von Van Lossow Lassow and their follow tollo- follower toIlets toIlets- ers er strive for tor the same sanso end the only quest question 1011 that remains remain ss hether high treason ceases tobe to tobe tobe be a crime It hIgh officials participate In or further It The Catholic party to which time the chancellor belongs attacks made against the pope pope- dam corn om and antI the tho church by h Luden Luden- Luden dort The Tho Nationalists who nho ho worship Hitler and nd as a heroic regard the tho I ot of the tho proceedIngs ns as the tho th most e election Others either Cep silent Client or content them them- themselves them them- themselves themselves selves with nith jeering nad enjoy the Munich match between HItler and and Yon Von Kahl Kahi and Von Van Losso precisely as QS they the do an am pr e figures rt's The are arc and their numbers Increase despite the th fact tact that they can promise nothing bet bet- bet better ter tr than restoration of ot the and power powers a lovee a against France and her hei allies In lu the west et and nd Jewish anti arid and other A new a i II ill soon bl 10 elected A courageous gos- gos cov 01 filled with th a glowIng belief In lu In ia free free- freedom tree tree- freedom dom and in Irs tho the would b be compelled to take talo It its slogan Clam torn the tho Munich trial trUll tinS and place before the nation the tho clear question of at whether It wanted to let Itself be bo plunged to destruction by beer heel hall all heroes deC att militarists sed nobility and Idiots If It the ial and loval colors of oC Hitler Hiller and ortt Luden within th the Ictor victory then the In wInd which Is now nO or fa for tor Germany will change chance sue autO And lit at least the holo continent will have to |
