Word: separatist
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...thought by some that Mr. Jentsch, whose opinion of present developments in the Rhineland is printed in this issue, is somewhat prejudiced in Germany's favor. Thoughtful people will probably agree with him, however, when he says that the Separatist movement in the Rhineland is not so serious as it appears. It is a not unreasonable conjecture that France has aided and abetted the present movement. Certainly she has made living conditions in the occupied regions extraordinarily difficult; and since her reparations bill must appear to the world so high as to be beyond hope of collection in full...
...Separatist posters read: " The Berlin Government has surrendered unconditionally. The break-up is already here. Your only refuge is a Rhineland republic, which alone can give you food and work. The population is called upon to turn out en masse on Sunday...
...Versailles. The French themselves broke it; let the French do what they like." In a recent speech he prophesied that " Bavaria would soon bring about historical happenings in the world." He ended his speech with hock's for King Rupprecht of Bavaria. Dr. Von Kahr is reported a Separatist; that is, he believes in the secession of Bavaria from the Reich, although he denied such allegations. It seems, however, that he is playing a bigger game. It is rumored, not without good foundation, that he intends to promote the Wittelsbachs to the place in the sun left vacant...
With France allegedly fostering the Rhineland Separatist movement (which aims at a separate republic for the Rhineland, including the Ruhr), Rhineland Republicans last week were extremely busy. Herr Doktor Josef Matthes, leader of the secessionists, said: " The Rhineland's enemy is Prussia. We have suffered long enough for Berlin's sins. We have had enough of Berlin's paper marks. The time has come for breaking away...
...attitude of the Berlin Government was given by a German politician : " If we hate a Frenchman because of the torture we have been forced to endure, we despise a Separatist ten times more. However, whenever we run into a secessionist we scent a Frenchman...