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Newsworthy are the facts that Lieut.-Colonel Franz von Papen's appointment drew condemnation from nearly every German party, including his own Catholic Party, which turned against him. Nevertheless TIME said: "In Washington, where von Papen was German Military Attache when the War opened, both [his wife] and he were popular. . . . Evidence against von Papen was supplied chiefly by British operatives, perhaps not above crediting falsehoods against a German in time of war" (TIME, July 4). As Chancellor, Lieut.-Colonel Franz von Papen has never yet dared to face the Reichstag, knowing that his "Cabinet of Monocles" would meet...
...House, President von Hindenburg's comfortable, unpretentious summer home in Neudeck, East Prussia a solemn assemblage gathered last week. There was old Paul, grimly upright in his chair; Chancellor Franz von Papen, looking more like a startled police dog than, usual; bald, ever smiling Defense Minister von Schleicher; a few assistants. Gravely the old Field Marshal reached for a pen and signed a document which, informed observers believe, had been drawn up the week that Chancellor von Papen took office...
Test. The states of Bavaria and Baden and the ousted Cabinet of Prussia all introduced suits in the German Supreme Court at Leipzig last week challenging the legality of the Schleicher von Papen putsch under the German Constitution. Embarrassed judges pondered over the week-end and then, to the surprise of few, decided in favor of the Cabinet. Even so, Chancellor von Papen was not quite sure enough of himself to offend the southern provinces unnecessarily. With Minister of the Interior von Gayl he hurried to Stuttgart, assured the Premiers of Bavaria and Baden that he had no intention...
...elation reflected in Hitlerite circles yesterday with von Papen's coup, today turned to gloom with the realization that they are unlikely to replace von Papen and General von Schleicher in power after the July 31 elections. . . . One of Hitler's lieutenants told me: 'Von Papen is picking all the plums and reaping all the glory that in reality belong...
...only a week off and the Republic's bravest champion, pale ascetic former Chancellor Bruning, was vigorously campaigning, attracting the most enthusiastic crowds he has had in years wherever he spoke. Left-wing Socialists, his adversaries for years, were ready to vote for him to stop either von Papen or Hitler. Most observers rated his chances slim for next week, but by no means out of the German political picture...