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...crazy post-War years of inflation, Dr. Brüning moved with the Catholic Centre from staunch Imperialism to staunch Republicanism. Six years ago his party put him into the Reichstag. There his sheer erudition made him valuable to politicians who needed to ask questions before talking about budgets and such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Fighting for Fatherland | 6/15/1931 | See Source »

Scared Socialists. Six months ago the electoral victories of Fascist Hitler and the march of his 107 brown-shirted deputies into the Reichstag seemed to doom the Bruning Cabinet to the fate of Humpty Dumpty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Der Tag | 4/6/1931 | See Source »

...working majority could be found in the new Reichstag by the Chancellor only if the Socialists would support him?and they hated the thought, he being a conservative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Der Tag | 4/6/1931 | See Source »

With great skill and some luck Herr Bruning softened the Socialists' hate of himself by exciting their fear of the Fascists. He pointed out that the fall of his Cabinet would mean dissolution of the Reichstag. This, with the brownshirt star then so definitely in the ascendant, would mean Fascist gains and Socialist losses. Upon reflection, the Socialists decided to support hated Herr Bruning "temporarily." Month by month he has slowly consolidated that support. The budget was the test...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Der Tag | 4/6/1931 | See Source »

Again Bismarck. To crush every challenge to his power Chancellor Bruning, as soon as the Reichstag adjourned, went straight to his patron and got Old Paul to sign the most drastic decree ever issued by a German President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Der Tag | 4/6/1931 | See Source »

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