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...bugaboo. The German Government also said that they could not halt passive resistance, because public opinion was too strong. The French said: "Stop resisting before talking." The German Government ordered passive resistance to stop and in the place of Bolshevism there have arisen two dictators, one for Bavaria and the other for the Reich...
Bavarian Dictator. Herr Doktor von Kahr, Minister President of Bavaria in 1921, was unanimously elected General Commissioner for Bavaria by the Ministerial Council. Herr Doktor von Knilling remained in name Minister President of Bavaria, but he is subservient to Doktor von Kahr in power and importance...
...upon General Comissioner von Kahr vested him with authority to call troops and to use troops, to arrest whom he chooses, to keep prisoners in jail without trial, to seize the property of persons declared to be enemies of the nation. The German Constitution was suspended as far as Bavaria was concerned?laws definitely suspended were: freedom of speech, press, assembly, telephone; secrecy of mail; secrecy and sanctity of person, dwelling and property. Habeas corpus was declared abolished...
...their taste. The Nationalists want a strong central government and one which will admit defeat to no one; the Communists want a government which will squeeze the wealthy industrials until they can get more industrial control and more bread. The Nationalist party is numerous and powerfully organized, especially in Bavaria, while the Communist party, although perhaps not so well organized, is even more wide spread. Unless Herr Stresemann assumes practically dictatorial powers and enlists the army solidly on his side, it is probable that the present government will never weather the storm. In that case the hopes of France...
...attempting to kill Eckartsau, Executor of ex-Emperor Karl's estates. Count Hoying denied the charge, characterizing it as an attempt at political revenge. He admitted, however, that he had charged Eckartsau with "wilfully sabotaging" settlement of the Habsburg estates. Empress Elizabeth, daughter of Duke Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria, became the consort of Emperor Franz Josef of Austria in 1854. Empress Elizabeth was a great sportswoman; she was beautiful; moreover she had the brilliant intelligence of a Wittelsbach. From her arrival in Vienna she unwittingly offended Viennese society because she rode horseback, because she tried to simplify court etiquette...