Word: monarchistic
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...Whatever may be said to the contrary, I am a fervent loyal monarchist and shall prove it by making a personal manifestation on the King's jubilee, which will leave no doubts on the subject...
...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...
...days all Berlin had been talking of nothing else but the entry of General feldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg, President-elect, into the capital. The Monarchists prepared to give him a royal welcome, not omitting renditions of Fredericus Rev, a martial Monarchial anthem (later forbidden). Republicans boycotted the proceeding. Communists threatened to stage counterdemonstrations (later forbidden). Finally, der Tag arrived. Chancellor Hans Luther, with his 10-year-old daughter, motored from the Chancellery to the railway station. Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly Monarchists, lined the streets. All Berlin, or so it seemed, was draped in the old Imperial colors...
Hindenburg, pro-Monarchist...
Reports in the foreign press that the election of Hindenburg means a sudden change of policy were largely hostile propaganda. The best political brains of Germany are behind the Monarchist cause. The present Government is predominantly Monarchist. They can, taking stock of the actual situation, be relied upon to work the Experts' ( Dawes) Plan, conclude the Five Power Pact, if France will let them, which recognized the cession of Alsace and Lorraine (TIME, Mar. 16) and generally follow the policy adopted by Republican Germany: for to do otherwise would assuredly spell disaster to Germany...