Word: putsches
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...testimony of the defense was concluded and showed an effort to shift the responsibility for the putsch onto the shoulders of ex-Reichswehrgeneral von Lossow and von Seissermann, ex-Chief of the Bavarian State Police. According to the evidence, they had backed down at the last moment without giving any hint of their intentions...
Since the incarceration of Herr Adolf Hitler (TIME, Nov. 19), and the discrediting of General Erich von Ludendorff (TIME, Nov. 19), Bavaria has been the scene of much Monarchist plotting. Rumors of an impending putsch by Hitlerites caused Dictator von Kahr and General von Lössow, Commander of the Bavarian section of the Reischswehr, to issue a joint manifesto stating that they had evidence of the putsch and that they were taking every necessary precaution to safeguard the State. Dictator von Kahr warned the people that the troops would not hesitate to fire upon public demonstrations against the Government...
...Putsch (pronounced putch) means riot, and usually connotes attempt...
During the past week Dictator von Kahr of Bavaria moved his office from the Infantry barracks, where he had been installed since the Ludendorff-Hitler putsch, to the Government Building. Nothing exciting or interesting in that. But what did cause some gossip was that Dr. von Kahr caused to be raised the old German Flag, black, white and red, instead of the Republican Flag, black, red and gold...
General Erich von Ludendorff was reported about to be forgiven by the Bavarian Government for his part in the recently attempted monarchist putsch (TIME, Nov. 19). His "honorable conduct as a retired officer" and his " spotless" behavior in the putsch received mention...