Word: reichstag
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...True to my line of policy in the Reichstag, I have the honor to inform you that I withdraw from the Centrist party and in the future will consider myself representing the Republican and Socialist wing...
...Berlin dense crowds of people thronged about the Reichstag. In other parts of the city few people jubilated; this was partly due to the fact that Constitution Day is not a public holiday. Flags were few, apparently because the celebration did not call for the monarchist emblem...
...event of the day occurred in the Reichstag, where a Monarchist coalition supports its Cabinet. The interior of the Chamber was decorated with flowers by Monarchist Minister of Interior Schiele. President von Hindenburg was ensconced in a chair in the Diplomatic Gallery. To one side was Jacob Gould Schurman, U. S. Ambassador. On the floor of the Chamber were perfumed ladies, masses of Monarchists, some Republicans, no Communists...
Outside the people cheered gladly, warmly and with spirit in startling contrast to the tardy efforts in the Reichstag ceremony. But even at this an observer was moved to remark: "One wonders, gazing upward, at the black, white and red standard of the German Army sharing honors on the historic Konigsplatz with the black, red and gold flag of the republic whether it was not the soldiers' fatherland and their wartime leader who were being cheered instead of the Republican Constitution...
...distributed colonies on the principle that the highly civilized nations had the right to control the less progressive peoples, Germany demanded the right to be counted among the civilized nations. On this point also Germany demands full equality in the League." ¶ Following Herr Stresemann's speech, the Reichstag adopted without a dissenting vote a new trade treaty with...