Word: hindenburgs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Great Man? Last week revealed that if Old Paul von Hindenburg is not a great man he is a man with whom greatness abides. The German people have never doubted it?not though he seems "too old"; not though Herr Erich Ludendorff was supposed to be his "real brains"; not even though it has been said that as President he has been the ponderous wooden puppet of the Nationalists...
President von Hindenburg sought to end the Cabinet crisis (TIME, Dec. 27) by calling upon Minister of Economics, Herr Doktor Julius Curtius to form a Cabinet. Herr Doktor Curtius, who could pass in most assemblages for a smooth-shaven U. S. businessman, dickered earnestly all week with his political peers but was unable to get sufficient support to keep even a "Little Coalition Cabinet" afloat. Subsequently the President called upon Herr Wilhelm Marx, whose Cabinet has resigned but functions ad interim, to try to form a Government...
...Marx last week. In recent years nearly all German cabinets have been based on unstable "Little Coalitions," and so have been liable to fall at any moment; but there was no good reason why last week's crisis should not have been delayed till after Christmas. President von Hindenburg recognized this fact, instructing Dr. Wilhelm Marx who resigned as Chancellor last week to carry on ad interim. Thus by a comfortable and quite orthodox German stratagem the Herr President was able to free himself from weighty cares at Yuletide and play Kris Kringle to his grandchildren...
Luther. President von Hindenburg took the sensible course of biding his time before choosing a new Chancellor, and cabled stolid, pink-faced, sterling public servant, onetime Chancellor Hans Luther, to return by the first boat from Buenos Aires where he has been vacationing. Dr. Luther has been the outstanding Finance Minister of Germany since the War in numerous Cabinets;* and he held together a cabinet of his own during almost the whole of 1925, forming, another which lasted from January to May, 1926. A ponderous German "crisis" which may last for weeks or months before a new Chancellor is chosen...
...diplomatic car, and to have expressed pleasure to Dr. Hjelf that it did not fly the red flag, emblem of Finland at that time. As is known, I did flee to Finland at the date in question, afterward proceeding to Sweden. As is also known, General von Hindenburg, my colleague, remained behind, though equally in danger, manfully cheering and bracing the army in the trying Armistice days...