Word: aschoff
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Rowdyism unprecedented gibbered in the Prussian Landtag (Parliament), last week, as Prussian Finance Minister Herr Doktor Höpker-Aschoff presented for ratification his proposal (TIME, Oct. 18) to grant the House of Hohenzollern 15,000,000 gold marks ($3,570,000) in final settlement of its claims against the State of Prussia...
Just before the vote Communist Kasper called for a glass of water, and when an attendant brought it hurled the heavy tumbler toward the Democratic Centre, just grazing Finance Minister Höpker-Aschoff and striking a Democratic Deputy's nose with sufficient force to draw blood. Communist Kellerman then slung a brief case at Democrat Riedel. As Vice President Hugo Garnich of the Landtag rang for order, rulers, inkstands and books hurtled. Finally some 25 Communists charged the President's stand, wrested his bell away, doused Vice President Hugo Garnich with ink. The police being summoned...
Finance Minister Hopker-Aschoff of Prussia offered last week to transfer 15,000,000 marks in cash to Wilhelm II in settlement of all claims held by the Hohenzollerns against the State of Prussia...
...ballot, on June 20, in a national referendum (TIME, Feb. 15 et seq.) which-if 20,000,000 votes are cast-will confirm and legalize the Republic's seizures of property. In the Prussian Landtag, both Communists and Fascists grunted and howled when Herr Hőpker-Aschoff, Prussian Minister of Finance, attempted an "impartial" speech as follows: "While I am personally against confiscation, I must observe that it is not fair to call the possibly forthcoming confiscatory vote of the now sovereign people an act of 'robbery...
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