Word: hugenburg
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...astonishing success of the Nazi party in yesterday's election seems likely to be the peak of their fortune. Although they will inherit the votes of the Hugenburg nationalists these will be insufficient to offset the Communist votes which will go to the President, or which will at least remain inactive. A direct trial of strength, without the diverting issues of the other parties should almost inevitably lead to Hindenburg's reelection...
should Dr. Hugenburg succeed in uniting these divergent elements, it would indeed be a political triumph. It is true that the election of Hindenburg and the Munich demonstration indicated that a considerable number of Germans still cherish the memory of the Empire. But since a Hohenzollern restoration is not a part of the Hugenberg plan, his platform will have but little appeal to the monarchists. Nor will the Communists, much as they dislike the present regime, be inclined to range themselves on the side of a reactionary and oligarchic movement...
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