GERMAN AFFAIRS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17749, 28 April 1923, Page 11

GERMAN AFFAIRS.

IRREGULAR FORCES. STRONG FEELING AROUSED. (by cable—pbess association—cofybight.) ( 'the times.' ) BERLIN, April 26. The intensity of the-feeling aroused by the growth of irregular armed forces in Germany, both Nationalist and Socialist, is illustrated by simultaneous debates in the Reichstag and the Bavarian Diet. •

In the Diet the Socialists accused the Government of conniving at the formation of bodies which were leading to civil war or war with France. The Bavarian Minister for the Interior, Herr Schweyer, praised the Nationalist movement as a healthy and most welcome one, but said he would not allow it to interfere with politics or disturb the internal peace.

The Socialists' demand for a disso lutioa of the Irregulars was rejected.

There was a similar debate in the Reichstag concerning the growth of the ''Meeting Protection Guards," which are being formed by both sides against interference by extremists. Reports from Munich show that the Nationalists have been heartened by the vote in the Bavarian Diet, and are more than ever determined to prevent the arrest of their leaders, though it is understood that some Bavarian Ministers dissent from Herr Schweyer's eulogy of the Nationalists' fire-eating activities.