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Some time ago, Herr Rothardt, Editor of the Mitteldeutsche Presse, Monarchist journal, printed in his newspaper an attack upon Friedrich Ebert, President of the German Republic. It was stated that the President was one of the principal leaders of the great munitions strike of 1918 which, allegedly, contributed materially to Germany's defeat in the same historic year. Editor Rothardt also felt that" the President, even at this late date, should be punished for high treason...
...Public Prosecutor and counsel for the President declared, and supported their statements by prominent witnesses, that Herr Ebert had joined the strikers only to limit the scope of the strike and to bring it to a quick conclusion; that the plaintiff was not in any way responsible for the strike. Thus, on these grounds, the President claimed that he had been wilfully maligned...
...defense produced a witness, one Syrig, who had heard Herr Ebert declare in 1918 that he ''approved any measure that would bring the War to an early termination...
...HERR EBERT...
Chancellor Wilhelm Marx tendered his resignation to President Friedrich Ebert, who accepted it and asked the Chancellor to carry on pro tempore...