Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-11 | Page 11 | Revolvers and Clubs New Plan

REVOLVERS ffl GLUBSJNEW PLAN. i Entente Would Limit German j t Citizen Soldiery to Small , Weapons BERLIN, April 10. (By The Asso- ii - ciated Press.) Tho entente's sugges- tlon that the reorganized Oeiman c li-zen li-zen soldiery be armed with pislols and clubs and other weapons instead of rifles is viewed by the conservative press with pronounced mistrust. The f v proposed dissolution of civil guards p ; formations in Germany, which are said tl to compromise 2,000,000 registered t( " members, already is provoking sharp 1- protest on the part of the provincial i government authorities who claim V4 re abrupt demobilization of those bodies U will deprive the communities of ncea- P fc edpolicing protection for which no olh- a er ngencies are available. f Bavaria Is offering stout resistance fa find has virtually informed the cen- D tral governmetn that the citizen soi- j. dlery of Bavaria cannot be dissolved : q! hinting that if the Berlin glvernment ' Insists on such action, it will have to f come to Bavaria and collect the arms, ft A Munich report says tho Bavarian m cabinet officials are in communication wit tho government of Baden, YVuort- U, temburg and Saxony for the purpose - of coordinating opposition.