Word: berlins
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Premier Poincaré of France received the news of Germany's decision to give up the Ruhr fight with great satisfaction, but he awaited more definite orders from Berlin before placing any reliance in the word of the Government. Work must be continued in the Ruhr before France will consent to a conference with Germany. Unbiased opinion regarded the French occupation as a mistake on the ground that the move lacked economic wisdom. There was never any question of France being morally justified in coercing Germany. At all events Premier Poincaré, in the face of virulent opposition...
Separatist posters read: " The Berlin Government has surrendered unconditionally. The break-up is already here. Your only refuge is a Rhineland republic, which alone can give you food and work. The population is called upon to turn out en masse on Sunday...
...Kahr is a Monarchist to the marrow and pins his faith on the Wittelsbach dynasty, he himself being avowedly Crown Prince Rupprecht's state agent. As Premier of Bavaria in 1921 he organized the famous Einwohnerwehr (Home Guards), which led to his resignation, because the Federal Government in Berlin professed to see in them a " grave danger to the State." He now declares that the Treaty of Versailles is dead and that the French killed it. "We have given up passive resistance, but we no longer recognize the Treaty of Versailles. The French themselves broke it; let the French...
...regiment, it is reasonable to presume that 6,000,000 men of the defunct German Imperial Army would answer to a Monarchist bugle call. The event in Munich shows that the possibility of Prince Rupprecht being officially proclaimed König von Baiern (King of Bavaria) is not remote. Berlin circles had it that the Prince will bide his time until he can secure nomination as Kaiser over the whole Reich...
With France allegedly fostering the Rhineland Separatist movement (which aims at a separate republic for the Rhineland, including the Ruhr), Rhineland Republicans last week were extremely busy. Herr Doktor Josef Matthes, leader of the secessionists, said: " The Rhineland's enemy is Prussia. We have suffered long enough for Berlin's sins. We have had enough of Berlin's paper marks. The time has come for breaking away...