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...Bavaria. Crown Prince Rupprecht was once again hailed King of Bavaria at a public function. If the complete disruption of the Reich does take place, it is certain that Bavaria will become a declared monarchy...
Relations between Berlin and Munich (capital of Bavaria) were badly strained. President Ebert of Germany discussed General Lossow, commander of the Reichswehr (Reich Defence Force) in Bavaria, and replaced him with General Baron Kress von Kressenstein. Dr. von Kahr, Dictator of Bavaria, reappointed General Lossow to command of the Reichswehr, thus openly defying Berlin. By establishing a trusteeship authority over the Federal troops garrisoned in Bavaria, Dr. von Kahr virtually "kidnapped" 12,000 men. Baron von Kressenstein asked the Berlin Government to relieve him of his uncomfortable position. Dr. von Kahr and Minister President von Knilling declared that Bavaria...
...government appear to have greater worries than that of a Rhineland Republic. The very fact that its population has been scattered and rendered leaderless by France, thus making the putsch easy for the handful who consummated it, points to the instability of the new state. The crisis in Bavaria where Reactionary forces are concentrated and organized, and the rumbling of Communists antagonistic to Bavaria have a far more ominous appearance...
...later Green Police and limousine made the return journey. Inside the car sat a man " wreathed in smiles": Chancellor Stresemann had been made Germany's first constitutional dictator by 316 votes to 24. Thus he joins the ranks of European dictators-Mussolini of Italy, Doktor von Kahr of Bavaria, Captain-General Primo Rivera of Spain, Colonel Gonatas of Greece, Mustapha Kemal Pasha of Turkey...
Monarchists. On the arrival of a courier from Munich, capital of Bavaria, Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern, former Crown Prince, scurried away from Wieringen, his Dutch island home, bound for an unknown destination. Bavaria is virtually a Monarchy and Prince Rupprecht is hailed everywhere as King. The need for a real leader in Germany was said to be getting greater every day and it seems that a restoration of the Monarchy is not an impossible feat. Moreover, it appears that Great Britain and Italy would be willing to recognize a Monarchy in Germany, providing that a Hohenzollern were not chosen...