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...your issue of May 4, Page 8, third column, about Germany you say: "Hindenburg is the figurehead of the German Reich (the last word, still retained, means Empire...
Today, President Field Marshal von Hindenburg is the figurehead of the German Reich (the last word, still retained, means Empire), wielding power comparable to but less extensive than that of the French President. He has sworn to uphold the Constitution, and, after hearing of his election, said: "The people must not imagine I shall let myself be steered by any party." But he will be the symbol of Monarchy and as such can be counted upon with certainty on rallying still more Germans to the cause of Monarchism. The first blow has been struck for the return of the Monarchy...
Herriot may wrangle with a recalcitrant Chamber, the Reich may hide away machine guns in every Rhine fortress--but ah, ciel! what a filet! What matters it that the debt must be paid? One must eat. And since one must eat, one might as well eat the best, and brave the indigestion that man is heir...
Referring to development now possible in the Reich, Mr. Houghton said...
...galleries of the chamber were crowded to their maximum capacity with diplomats, distinguished visitors and breathless journalists. On the floor of the chamber, 441 Reichstag members assembled. A two-thirds majority, or 294 votes, was needed to enact certain parts of the Experts' Plan legislation?the mortgaging of the Reich railways to the Allies, for example. Failure to obtain the required majority would have meant dissolution of the Reichstag and a general election...