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Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg ... Pro-Monarchist
Considerable propaganda was circulated in Germany and abroad, mostly against the candidacy of Von Hindenburg, and it seemed evident that domestic and international pressure was being brought to bear to prevent the election of the 78-year-old soldier...
Generalfeldmarschall von Hindenburg's appeal to the Nation...
...Signed) VON HINDENBURG...
...Opposition parties supporting ex-Chancellor Wilhelm Marx, to whom Hindenburg was also a national hero, bitterly denounced dragging the "old man of Hanover" into politics. A storm of criticism broke over the heads of the pro-monarchist leaders which did not spare the Field Marshal himself. It was commented that he was too old, that foreign opinion would turn against Germany if he were elected, that it was a sign of fright, weakness, imbecility on the part of the pro-monarchists to run him, that German business men were horrified at his selection, that he had not the least qualification...