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...States would be prosperous and he made a study of the situation. Later the President in a long-distance telephone call to Berlin told me about the moratorium. He asked for a letter or telegram saying the German republic would stand behind him. The letter was signed by von Hindenburg...
...steps while a friendly throng shouted "Hail, Freedom!", he exposed his bald head, bowed several times from the waist, replaced his hat, entered his office, took off his hat and sat down once again as Premier of Prussia. "I do wish," said Dr. Braun, "that President von Hindenburg had consulted me before signing that decree. It is not enjoyable to be turned out into the street with one's whole Cabinet. However, my Ministers and I will now consult with the Federal Government, being guided exclusively by what is best for Prussia and for Germany...
...hand Chancellor von Papen's ousting of the Prussian Cabinet under a decree of President von Hindenburg is annulled and Premier Braun & Ministers are empowered to represent the Government of Prussia. On the other hand the chancellor's appointment under the same Presidential decree of Dr. Franz Bracht as Acting Federal Commissioner to govern the State of Prussia is upheld. In effect the Supreme Court decision recognizes simultaneously two conflicting authorities in Prussia...
...This verdict cannot be understood," said the Nationalist Nachtausgabe, stanch supporter of President von Hindenburg. "The Supreme Court's ruling is two-faced," snapped the Industrialist Allgemeine Zeitung. Dryly the Socialist Vorwärts recalled the Judgment of Solomon, heaped ironic praise on Chief Justice Dr. Erwin Bumke, declared "The child has been nicely cut in two and each contending mother has received one-half...
Serious Invasions. Since the child (Prussia) obviously had to be put together, President von Hindenburg invited Premier Braun to a consultation at which Chancellor von Papen was present. It ended in a furious quarrel over what the Supreme Court had meant, though the President, the Chancellor and the Premier all professed extreme respect for the Court's hopelessly ambiguous verdict...