Word: hergt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Cabinet, as presented to the Reichstag, is exactly as originally announced (TIME, Feb. 7), except that the important Ministry of Interior was given at the last moment to Herr Walter von Keudell, a rich young landed Junker; and Dr. Oskar Hergt was shifted from the portfolio of Interior to that of Justice...
Vice Chancellor and Minister of the Interior?Dr. OSKAR HERGT (German Nationalist...
...same class were elected Prince Otto von Bismarck, grandson of the Iron Chancellor, and Oskar Hergt, until recently leader of the Nationalists...
President Ebert held conference with Chancellor Marx regarding the elections (TIME, May 12). Much doubt was evinced in political circles as to which party would be asked to form a government, but the choice lay have been Chancellor Marx and Dr. Oskar Hergt, leader of the Nationalists. The Government will of necessity be a coalition and it was widely recognized that the Nationalists would have to be represented in order that the Government can muster a two-thirds majority necessary co passing the Dawes report...
Meanwhile, Dr. Hergt issued a manifesto on behalf of the Nationalists, repudiating the Extreme Nationalists such as General Ludendorff and stating that his party, if in power, would not sign promises unless it could fulfill them. He wanted certain reservations made, the precise nature of which were not known; but he stated that his attitude by no means presupposed rejection. As utter chaos stares Germany in the face, if she reject the Dawes plan, its ultimate passage is certain. This was recognized by moderates of all Parties. The torrent of editorials in the American press to the effect that...