Word: cuno
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Dates: during 1922-1922
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...loan of a billion and a half dollars to help the struggling mark get on sol'd land is being contemplated. But France pooh-poohs our offers of assistance; she knows that Germany doesn't need it. Only a general German reversal of attitude will clear the skies. Premier Cuno, an honorable man apparently, has foresworn the policy of his predecessors. Said he a week ago: "There is no central force within economic circles strong enough to take the leadership out of the hands of the government under any circumstances. Only an active policy of constructive cooperation can bring...
Though in Germany it was a coalition which fell, the new ministry is headed by a capitalist-conservative and will probably contain few Socialists. Herr Cuno, the new Chancellor, is a practical business man. Director General of the Hamburg-American Steamship Line, and has termed his ministry "the Cabinet of work". National reconstruction along sound business principles is his avowed policy...