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Because the German Army has long been suspected of Monarchist leanings, the Reichstag harkened attentively last week when new and fiery Defense Minister General Wilhelm Groener declared roundly from its rostrum that the forces under his command are now "pledged and loyal" to the Republic...
Soon General Groener launched a rousing, emotional appeal in defense of his budget estimates. Cried he: "The Versailles Treaty shackles us in a manner scarcely endurable to a sovereign nation...
Auditors took this to mean that General Groener will continue the settled Reichswehr policy of developing new and super swift offense units to compensate in part for the puny strength...
Defense Minister Groener originally won fame, just after the armistice, by stepping resolutely into the post left vacant by General Erich Ludendorff, when that great neurasthenic fled in disguise to Sweden. It was Groener who ably and steadfastly assisted Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg to hustle home the huge, defeated German armies in safety and good order...
True and yet with the force of a legend is the story of how blunt General Groener dared to tell Wilhelm II., in the last days of the war, that the Emperor ought to go in person into the battle areas and either rally his troops for a last effort or die in the attempt, "fighting as would become Your Majesty...