Word: seeckt
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...were Dr. Helfferich, former Imperial Minister of Finance, and Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, a partner in the Disconto Gesellschaft (Company). The battle was ended by a vote appointing Dr. Schacht President of the Reichsbank. He will be "Germany's money dictator and to currency and finance what General von Seeckt is to the Reichswehr as Commander-in-Chief...
...course, in the Chancellorship. Dr. Marx, although an old politician, is not reputed to be a strong man, and, if the Cabinet lasts, the power in Germany will remain precisely where it was during the last Government, i. e., in the hands of Stresemann, Jarres and General von Seeckt, Commander-in-Chief of the Reichwehr. It follows as an unavoidable corollary that the policy of the present Government will not be changed one jot or tittle...
Described as " clinging shakily to his position," Herr Gustav Stresemann, German Chancellor, was reported to be coquetting with the idea of strengthening his dictatorship by inviting the wily old diplomatist and former Imperial Chancellor Prince von BÜlow* to accept an important position. General von Seeckt, who commands the entire Reichswehr, would be the strongest man in the directorate, which, besides von Billow, would include such men as Admiral von Vintze and the noted diplomatist von KÜhlmann, and, of course, Herr Stresemann. Thus Germany would virtually be under the same rulers as before the War, minus...
...Berlin the news of the coup was received with undisguised alarm, despite subsequent contrary statements. President Ebert issued an appeal to the nation, an emergency Cabinet meeting was held, troops were ordered out by General von Seeckt, Commander-in-Chief of the Reichswehr. Hardly had this been done when the news was flashed from Munich that the revolt had been crushed...