Word: hindenburgs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...their sneers have grown blunted. Old Paul is not "too old" it seems, for the many duties of a President. If Herr Ludendorff supplied his "War brains," President Hindenburg still possesses enough of his own for peace times. And last week he disproved the charge that he is the tool of the Nationalists by sending to Chancellor Marx a long letter on the basis of which the Nationalists laid aside their former prejudices and joined the Government...
Writing with a broad goose quill Old Paul von Hindenburg instructed Chancellor Marx as follows...
...Hindenburg's Letter: "The Reich's foreign and domestic political situation demands a strong workable Government. A Government will be able to function more successfully if it is supported by a majority in the Reichstag.* The construction of such a majority through inclusion of the Left parties is for the present at least impossible. Efforts to create a Government supported only by the middle parties have failed...
...Cabinet, as presented to President Hindenburg last week, though still requiring to be confirmed in office by the Reichstag...
...Formerly a Democrat, he resigned from his party last week, since it had come to oppose his consistent championship of "the military" against "the politicians," an attitude which has won him the strong support of Old Soldier von Hindenburg...