Word: hindenburgs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Time came round when Chancellor Hans Luther led his Cabinet into the Reichstag to ask for a vote of confidence, made necessary by the recent election of Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg as President (TIME...
...bitter argument between Republicans and Monarchists followed. The Republicans expressed faith in President von Hindenburg, but thought that his followers would surely attempt to restore a Kaiser. The Monarchists tried to argue that the President's oath of allegiance to the Republic meant nothing in particular to the Monarchist cause and that the Monarchists would continue to work for a restoration...
...position, as then we will be in a position to begin payments immediately. "The moratorium, in addition, will have to be a long one. It would indeed be painful if we should find our former allies wishing to place us in conditions of inferiority with respect to conquered nations."* Hindenburg. "The Government is not alarmed by 15,000,000 Germans voting for the Field Marshal. Indeed, we immediately sent him congratulations. Hindenburg did not reach the Presidency through revolution, but through the freely expressed will of the German people. I believe, in fact, that Hindenburg's election will prove...
...Stieler, representing Director General Dr. Oeser of the German Railway system, called upon the President. He was gloomy about the success of the Experts' Plan, held out little hope of the railways being able to shoulder their immense burdens. President Hindenburg replied that he knew of the grave difficulties confronting the railways and expressed his confidence that they would all be overcome...
...mind prevalent among business men, however, has recently changed. During the winter, a boom in trade was eagerly anticipated. When, by early spring, this common expectation was shown to be vain, an attitude of alarm spread to some extent. The collapse of stockmarket prices, the St. Paul receivership, the Hindenburg election and other untoward incidents were cited as indicative of calamities to come...