Word: reichswehr
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...platform on which the National Socialists hope to seat themselves in the Reichstag next month is, basically, built on these planks: 1) annulment of the Versailles and St. Germain treaties, 2) abandonment of reparations payments, 3) dissolution of the Reichswehr (volunteer army) and organization of a strong conscripted German army, 4) restoration of all colonies, 5) socialization of all basic industry, 6) disfranchisement of all Jews, 7) expulsion of all non-Germans who have immigrated since Aug. 2, 1914 If such an extraordinary program should win the Fascists a large block of seats in the Reichstag old President Paul...
Defense Minister General Wilhelm Groener made a bristling, characteristic speech to the Reichstag, last week, roundly declaring that "the present alarming increase in suicides among German soldiers" is directly due to a clause in the Versailles Treaty which prevents Germans from enlisting in the Reichswehr for a period of less than twelve years...
...plane worth some $60,000. Doubtless the makers hope for future cash orders from Afghanistan, but last week "The Light of the World" did not so much as take a trial sweep in his expensive toy. What seemed to interest His Majesty most was a military review, during which Reichswehr troops first goose-stepped in mass formation and then staged a sham battle enlivened by dummy tanks, wooden howitzers and other substitutes for weapons which the Treaty of Versailles forbids to Germany...
Speculating on the future of militarism in general, he said significantly: "The Reichswehr is incapable of being used to wage war as this has been understood in the past. But how the art of waging war will develop in the future we do not know, so all we can do is keep our eyes open and watch war's further development...
Auditors took this to mean that General Groener will continue the settled Reichswehr policy of developing new and super swift offense units to compensate in part for the puny strength...