GERMAN ROYALISTS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 3134, 11 September 1922, Page 8

GERMAN ROYALISTS.

"For heaven's sake prevent a renewal of the von JagOw trial, otherwise Uncle Ludovie will be completely compromised." So runsi a passage in one ol the many letters found in the possession of ex-Lieutenant Willy Uunther. the courier of the Consul murder organisation and one- of the plotters for the assassination of Dr Batbenau. Investigations by the police show that "Uncle" is none other than L-uden-dorff, whose association with plots to overthrow the Republic is openly suggested. Among the letters found when Ganther was arrested wa«s one from Count Roventlow. formerly editor of the Deutsche Tageszeitung and the propagator of the hatred of England, particularly in naval circles. This letter. which is addressed to a. representative of the Russian Monarchist organisation in Munich, shows that the Monarchists Russian refugees were receiving advice from Ludendorff, and that the extremists of both Germany and Russia were working together. Another letter, from Count -Roventlow \s secretary, expresses a, fear that the notorious Captain Ehrhardt bad offered his services to the Russian Soviets. In addition to the reference to Ludendorlf. "Uncle Eniiil." the name screening the identity of Ksehonch. founder of the "Orgesch" organisation, takes an important place in the correspondence. The international relations of the I'an-Gcrnianistic extremists is reveaJted by the fact that the "Union of Awakening Hungarians" asked the German Government to send "Christian Hungarian counsels" to undertake the defence of the murderers l of Dr Batbenau and of those who plotted to murder Maximilian Harden. Investigations in the Harden case have established that the criminals had been hired by Albert Grouse, leader of the I'an-Gor-manists of Oldenburg. Letters found at Oldenburg throw a most- interesting light on the methods of the murder organisation. Grouse received from Munich a typewritten anonymous letter marked with a fivepointed star, the sign of the secret Teutonic Vehnigorieht | Court | asking whether he knew two cheerful young men willing to do anything for their country, and instructing him to reply under a given initial to Munich/ (iron/ confessed that he nominated two men and that, he then received 2o.(>()() marks, rather more than ClO. from an anonymous writer, who promised to send a further sum alter the perpetration ol the crime, and also stated thai the murderers would be appointed to official posts in Havana, where they would be protected from police investigation. All extra slip of paper contained only the name of Maximilian Harden Among the documents found ;if Grouse' house was a complete list of Jews in Oldenburg and a list of PanGermanists who were ready to give any active assistance" required. The Oldenburg Pau-Gornjanisls are apparently radical and Radicals. They profess pagan views :iml are trying to replace Christianity with the cult of the Teutonic god Wotan. A number of photographs showing nude members of the Pan-Gerinanistic organisation practising these so-called "religious" ceremonies were found in Grensj' house.