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Citizens Hitler and Ludendorff incited some beer-hall Bavarians to overthrow the German Republic on Nov. 8. Admitted. And what do they say when asked to show cause why they should not be decapitated, hung or otherwise extinguished for high treason? They say, in effect: "We were not the only ones. The highest Bavarian officials were in the plot, but got out when they thought it would fail. One of them was Dr. von Kahr, former Bavarian Dictator; another was the Commander of the reserve corps (Reichswehr), General Von Lossow. Another was Colonel von Seissermann, Munich police-chief. So there...
...testimony of the defense was concluded and showed an effort to shift the responsibility for the putsch onto the shoulders of ex-Reichswehrgeneral von Lossow and von Seissermann, ex-Chief of the Bavarian State Police. According to the evidence, they had backed down at the last moment without giving any hint of their intentions...
Herr Hitler, taking up the main line of the defense, attempted to show that von Kahr, ex-Dictator of Bavaria, and Reichswehrgeneral von Lossow were inculpated. As this pointed to Bavarian Prince Ruprecht himself the trial was temporarily closed to the public...
...trial of General Erich Ludendorff and Herr Adolph Hitler, heroes of the "Beer-hall Brawl" (TIME, Nov. 19), began at Munich, Bavarian capital...
More than 150 witnesses are expected to be called, and there is a possibility that these will include Cardinal Faulhaber, ex-Crown Prince Rupprecht, ex-Dictator Gustav von Kahr. The Bavarian authorities were taking the utmost precautions against interference...