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...program of the reactionaries, divulged by some who have been captured, is grandiose enough. With Ludendorff as dictator and the republican officials assassinated, they would denounce the treaty of Versailles, order the French out of the Ruhr, and follow a "constructive policy" against Poland. If they only could be successful in occupying Berlin and setting the program in motion, the world might see French and Polish soldiers shaking hands in Berlin and the last of the Monarchists, who now pester Germany so much, kicking German dust off their heels. But the possibility of success is negligible. The Centrist and Democratic...
...antipathetic to the reactionaries as fire is to water. And with every rattle of the Monarchist sabre, the red flag is waved a little harder. If the violent Right should go to buffets with the violent left, the trembling Center would find the back of passive resistance in the Ruhr well-high broken...
Hugo Stinnes: "Last year I made 80% profit on my concerns in the Ruhr. The French will probably be jealous...
...words: 'The most peaceful person cannot live in peace if a wicked neighbor does not wish it, and the nation is unworthy that does not stake everything upon its honor.'" Hindenberg concluded his oration by paying a warm tribute to the loyalty of the workers in the Ruhr and exhorting his hearers to stick by the Vaterland "especially in these difficult times...
...bought out last week. Another heavy buyer has been the automobile industry, which is preparing for another banner year. The increasing production attained by oil companies has led to large purchases. Likewise, the building boom is absorbing quantities of structural steel. In addition, curtailment of operation in the Ruhr district has caused appreciable foreign purchases in this country by European nations...