Word: reichstager
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Situation. Herr Stresemann and Dr. Luther were admittedly hard pushed last week to find means for securing ratification of the Locarno Pacts by the Reichstag. "The United Patriotic Societies" (a powerful group of die-hard Nationalists) adopted a resolution condemning the Pacts as "unacceptable, because they imply voluntary recognition of the Treaty of Versailles by Germany." The Council of Ambassadors±± at Paris hedged at setting a definite date for the evacuation of Cologne, and much as he wished to do so Herr Stresemann could not give "proofs" that the Allies are going to grant the concessions* promised Germany...
...means to an end does not matter. Either the Reichstag will ratify the pact or the German people themselves will be called upon directly for its approval. I myself, as well as Foreign Minister Stresemann, believe the pact means peace in contradistinction to the pre-War European balance of power...
...remains an open question how best to enable the people to express their will-whether in the Reichstag or through a direct referendum to the electorate...
...this was taken as an open menace to the Nationalists, and as a threat to force a showdown before the electorate, if they succeed in scotching the Locarno treaties in the Reichstag...
...opinion of experienced political leaders, such as Herr Paul Loebe, President of the Reichstag seemed to be, "Germany must ratify the Locarno agreement." As to the actual means by which this is to be accomplished their predictions were vague. Many believe that the Nationalist Reichstag deputies will vote half for and half against the pacts, as they did in the case of the Dawes Plan, thus avoiding responsibility but allowing the measure to pass. The Socialists, unwilling to accept the responsibility which this move would thrust upon them, are threatening to vote 50-50 likewise, and have already issued...