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...however, that he was not thinking of a directorate and considered that he had strengthened his own position by alienating the support of the " Anglo-Saxon world and Italy " from France. Herr Adolf Hitler, known as Bavarian Mussolini, was in the Fortress of Landsberg, about 36 miles west of Munich, by the Bavarian Government for his share in the recent putsch (TIME, Nov. 19). His trial is not likely to take place until after Christmas. Recent despatches report that he is critically ill with brain, fever. Dr. Joseph Wirth, ex-Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs from...
...funeral of the fallen monarchist troops took place in Munich. General von Ludendorff headed the procession with the mother of his late servant, Kurt Neubauder, who was killed in the "beer hall brawl," resting upon his arm. At the grave the General said: "I promise to devote the remainder of my life to the cause for which this man fell. I shall never desert...
...While I was staying at Munich, for example, I went to one of the banks to draw some money on my letter of credit. It was the Dresden bank, once one of the most prosperous in Germany. It was located in an enormous building which was a relic of its former prosperity. It had marble floors, and massive columns supporting a high arched roof. For hours I waited my turn at the crowded window. And when finally my turn came, all the money that that great bank was able to allow me amounted to less than two dollars...
...Munich there was an elderly won an who, before the war had had an ample living income form government bonds valued at 30.000 marks Last summer, when she was forced to sell the depreciated securities they realized barely enough to buy a pencil...
...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...