Word: monarchistic
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...Congress of foreign Germans met in Berlin. The meeting was opened by Foreign Minister Stresemann. The foreign Germans outnationalisted the nationalists at home. A plebiscite of all Germans throughout the world was demanded on the question of having the old monarchist flag replace the republican emblem. The confiscation of German property by the Allies was denounced. Germans everywhere were urged to propagandize against the "War-guilt...
...Berlin dense crowds of people thronged about the Reichstag. In other parts of the city few people jubilated; this was partly due to the fact that Constitution Day is not a public holiday. Flags were few, apparently because the celebration did not call for the monarchist emblem...
...event of the day occurred in the Reichstag, where a Monarchist coalition supports its Cabinet. The interior of the Chamber was decorated with flowers by Monarchist Minister of Interior Schiele. President von Hindenburg was ensconced in a chair in the Diplomatic Gallery. To one side was Jacob Gould Schurman, U. S. Ambassador. On the floor of the Chamber were perfumed ladies, masses of Monarchists, some Republicans, no Communists...
...seemed extraordinary that the Monarchists should attend the official celebration of the German Republic's sixth birthday. But was not sphinx-faced Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg present? Was not he President of the German Republic? Was not he also a staunch Monarchist? The answer was in a gutteral German affirmative. Moreover, since Monarchists assume that President von Hindenburg has taken the oath of allegiance to the Republic only in order to serve the Fatherland and not because he has renounced Monarchism, they evidently deemed it highly proper for them to attend with their chief. But enthusiastic they could...
...detachment of the Reichsbanner, Republican organization, swung proudly down one of Berlin's streets. In the offing, advancing threateningly, was the Stahlhelm, Monarchist men. The leader of the Republican Reichsbanner fired shots into the air with the object of dispersing the Monarchist Stahlhelm. Unable to stop the swarms of glaring Monarchists, he fired into the crowd. A Stahlhelmer fell dead. In a flash, both organizations were locked in painful, noisy, bitter conflict. Bashed-in noses, black eyes, shredded ears, large blue bruises were the wounds inflicted. The police, arriving speedily on the scene, added a number of cracked skulls...