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...Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz was thought likely to be elected leader of the Nationalist Party. Admiral Tirpitz voted for the Experts' Plan; and, if he becomes leader of the Party, it was said that the Nationalists would refrain from attacking the Plan during the elections. ¶An incident only faintly connected with the elections came to light when 27 Bavarian Generals declared a social boycott against ex-First Quartermaster General Erich von Ludendorff because the latter declared that ex-Crown Prince Rupprecht, virtual King of Bavaria, had (TIME, Nov. 19, 1923). Further, he had demanded that...
...even if it be preposterous, at least gives a point of view that is widely held in Germany. Profs. Carlton J. H. Hayes of Columbia and Charles Seymour of Yale give their academic sidelights on Armageddon; and the War subject is rounded off by naval expositions from Admirals von Tirpitz, von Scheer, Jellicoe and Sims -two German, one 'British and one American...
Analysis of the voting showed that the 127 oppositional votes; came almost exclusively from the Communists and Ludendorffists. Among the 42 Monarchists who supported the bill were Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz and Prince Bismarck, grandson of the Iron Chancellor...
...opening day. The first scene was one of simple, solemn sensation: General Erich von Ludendorff held court, his admirers standing stiffly at attention before him. He drank a glass of beer, shook hands formally with each Monarchy man who was presented to him. Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz tripped timorously into the Reichstag. Photographers tried to "snap" him as he went, but in his well-known genial manner, he dispersed them with a few deft fencing movements of his cane. Then, after everyone had trooped into the Reichstag Chamber, Herr Bock, aged 78, oldest Reichstag member, rang a bell...
...Tirpitz!" The Communists felt bound to show him nautical honors. As one man they rose and focussed a common hiss upon the chin foliage of the Grand Admiral, allegedly in imitation of a sea breeze. But the Grand Admiral was not moved...