The Archive · 1923

Monarchists of Germany

Mar, 28.

Berore the present week is out tendencies in Germany in so° far as they concern an attempt to restore the monarchy may have developed into events of interna; tional importance. The existence of a fresh monarchical plot has: been established, and although the details given out are meagre and indefinite, the master mind of Ludendorff seems to be employed in it. This looks om the face of it a considerable gain over what the conspirators in the Kapp Putsch were able to command, but it is questionable whether it will turn out to be more than moral. Ludendorff handled 2a brigade with conspicuous success at the start of the war, playing s prominent part in the operations before Liege, and his subsequent advancement was so meteoric that within a few weeks he was Hindenburg's chief of staff in the

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