Word: rhinelander
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...Central Government was confronted with the gigantic task of subduing the Reds in Saxony and Thuringia, the Monarchists in Bavaria, the Reds in Lübeck and Hamburg, the Socialists in the Palatinate; to say nothing of the Rhineland and the Ruhr rumpusses. On top of all this, the Government tried to grapple with the.financial and food problems, both of which were growing hourly more serious. Not one constructive sign, apart from reparations, was visible in the great panorama of panic...
...success of the Rhineland Separatist movement, which broke out actively a fortnight ago, varied considerably. It is not possible to say definitely whether the Separatists will ultimately be successful in setting up an autonomous republic...
There was a good deal of talk about France and Belgium recognizing a Separatist State, but there was also much violent sentiment in both countries against such a step. Britain was avowedly against the recognition of the move and declined to tolerate it in that section of the Rhineland which she occupies. These facts had the effect of making both France and Belgium hesitant; recognition was postponed. It was thought, however, that both countries will recognize the new and hardly formed State in the near future...
Taditionally England has feared too powerful a neighbor on the continent. The Armada, Blenheim, Waterloo, and the Battles on the Marne illustrate that better than any words or any theories. And so England, is perforce opposed to a Rhineland State, assumedly under the protection of France and joining in the dominating group of Europe the Little Entente, Poland and Belgium with France at the head. In the future it is conceivable that an alliance between Russia and Germany might be the greatest source of anxiety to English statesmen. But just at present it is France and her lesser associates, France...
...while the battle of diplomacy is raging, there is a chance that the whole question at issue may be determined by the development of a Separate State--a "falt accompli" in the Rhineland. For France this would be almost as good security as the famous left bank of the Rhine. For England it would be a dangerous development. And so the British stay on at Cologne...