To defend the German Republic against the enterprises of nationalist and monarchist organizations, the Reich Government delegated all its executive powers to Mr. Gessler, Minister of the Reichswehr.
The censorship which now operates in Germany will undoubtedly prevent us from knowing what the democrats and socialists will have thought of this measure; but we very much doubt that they approved it without reservations.
Because it was not so long ago that they denounced the ultra-reactionary mentality of Reichswehr officers and accused Mr. Gessler of being too lenient to the nationalist propaganda that was being exerted among the troops.
We have not forgotten, among other things, the revelations of the socialist deputy Schoepflin on the relations of the Reichswehr command in Hamburg with the famous General Hellfritz, charged with plotting against state security, nor the revelations of Vorwaerts on " the Rossbach organization of the Reichswehr” of Magdeburg, nor the accusations of the Rote Fahne.
The Bavarian government did even better than that of Berlin: it did not hesitate, to combat the nationalist organizations, to proclaim one of their leaders dictator.
Former President of the Council, Prefect of Upper Bavaria, Mr. de Kahr is the honorary president and true leader of the patriotic associations the “Vaterlandische Verbaende Bayerns” whose essential goal is “resistance against the enslavement of the German people ".
These associations include political leagues the Andreas Hofer League, the Pan-German Association the Bavarian Bloc of Order and non-political leagues, the main one of which, the Bayern und Reich League, includes the former Einwohnerwehren, or "residents' guards", except those in Munich. They also bring together officers' leagues, soldiers' leagues, economic leagues, youth leagues, and the anti-Semitic Deutsch-vælkische Arbeitsgemeinschaft, whose sixteen member societies defend the theory of "purity of the race." »
The Munich government guarantees, vis-à-vis the Berlin government, Mr. de Kahr's attachment to the Reich. No one has ever doubted this attachment: Mr. de Kahr and his friends are Pan-Germanists, and we have long known what to think of the dangerous legend of Bavarian separatism.
But the Reich of Mr. de Kahr is the monarchical Reich of the Hall of Mirrors and not the Republican Reich of Weimar. Mr. de Kahr is Ruprecht of Wittelsbach's man, and he has not given up the hope of having him crowned emperor, since the Hohenzollerns have definitely become impossible.
It is also said in Munich and repeated in Berlin that Mr. de Kahr is the worst enemy of Hitler and the National Socialists. Maybe; we will readily believe, in fact, that Hitler's growing popularity exasperated von Kahr to the point of pushing him slightly to the left.
But this divorce is recent. As recently as last spring, the “Patriotic Associations” were closely linked to the National Socialists. “We are united to them,” their president said in April, “by the community of our patriotic and nationalist feelings. It took the mobilization of Hitler's Sturmtruppen in Munich on May 1 to frighten von Kahr and decide to break. Hitler, in fact, conceals neither his projects nor his means of action. A front man for Ludendorff, he openly prepares civil war. Will Mr. de Kahr take advantage of his dictatorship and the temporary assistance of the Reichswehr to get rid of a troublesome rival? Highly possible.
In any case, Bavaria is currently subject to a nationalist dictatorship, despite all orders from the Reich.
And the patriotic associations controlled by his dictator do not hesitate to say that they no longer have any confidence in Mr. Stresemann. You would have to have a lot of optimism in your body not to worry about such a strange situation,

Camille Lemercier

The situation in Bavaria
The dispatches we receive from Germany are always contradictory. According to some, the situation has improved in Bavaria:
Berlin, September 28. It is reported from Munich that the rigorous measures taken in Bavaria have contributed to the maintenance of order; Hitler and Ludendorf lowered their flag and declared that they were surprised and disoriented by the speed of the declaration of a state of siege.
It is denied that the Berlin cabinet has formally ordered that of Munich to immediately remove the “exceptional measures”. Negotiations are, however, underway between the government of the Reich and that of Bavaria, and it is assured that the Chancellor, in the declarations he will make next Saturday on the general political situation, will deal with this question of state of siege.
Negotiations will not be easy if von Kahr refuses, as has been announced, to recognize the general security decisions taken in Berlin
Berlin, September 28. Rumor has it in Berlin that the former President of the Council von Kahr, appointed Commissioner General for Bavaria, would have, by virtue of his discretionary powers, declared the law protecting the Republic to be revoked for the entire extent of Bavaria. Yesterday evening there was a meeting of the Bavarian Patriotic Associations which, as we know, placed themselves under the orders of Mr. de Kahr. The presidents of these Associations made speeches on the political situation and adopted a resolution which states:
The cessation of passive resistance in the Ruhr has convinced us once again of the inadequacy of the parliamentary system. The Bavarian Patriotic Associations no longer have any confidence in Mr. Stresemann and his foreign and domestic policies. On the other hand, we invite every right-thinking Bavarian to follow the orders of Mr. de Kahr in order to reestablish the authority of the State and the unity of the Reich in a truly German patriotic sense. The Patriotic Associations invite the men in power in Bavaria and the Reich to free themselves from the Treaty of Versailles and to restore military service.