The Timaru Herald. THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1925. FIELD MARSHAL IN OFFICE

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 14 May 1925, Page 6

The Timaru Herald. THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1925. FIELD MARSHAL IN OFFICE

Marshal von Hinuenburg, tlm merman military mador, wuougn i i years ox aye, wju> v. ac nominated lux' Uio x'resiaency ox uue U'ernxan Ttepuono lay luxe l.n ationulio t or j uuKex 1 Party, lias suecueUed to The oMUI - ux tJU6 loxviy coobfer wnp held me ingn . oxiicei us nrst I.'iesiueiil. halting tne oam ox oil ice von lunixeu- 1 >mrg' said: . j • l swc-iii - to dedicate my powers to the wen arc .ol tne lietiuau people, u> enlarge their spuere 01. useuuness, ! lo guaru Uieni Horn injury, oUservo j tuo Constitution anil laws ol' tiio j i< oderation, lo luliil my duties con- | sciuaiiousiy, and to do justice to j every lnimß* i "True to the oath,” von Hinden-i r burg added as the Crowd chanted ■•JJeutchsland Über Alles,” ‘‘i will devote all my energies to guarding the constitution and laws. Let us strivo through honest, peaceful work to gain the recognition of other nations to which wo are entitled, ami free the German name from the ' unjust stain still lying on it to- | i day.” A [ i wico the merciless German mold Marsnai reiused to listen to ' can and pieatied that ho, siiuttitl ue aiiu'.v cd to end. ins lire m peace, out he yielded to tne | Win ui his intis lex, the exiled ex- : Ami sea - , to me urgent stmimoua; lux uis mends ana to the arg*d- j means ox Ins comrade in the war, i | mrand Aaruiral von lirpna. The; i admiral was able to tell the r teld-Marshai that the party : ieaueis could promise lmu ail the .otes that L*r. Jurres received at me election on March, %\) (wlncsu 1* resulted ui no candidate having a sufficient majority), and _ m addition, tiie confidence of _ a round million of the .Bavarian People's Tarty. A study of the iirst poll showed tiiab- 750,0UU additional votes were required xor a triumph, and the party Tenders appeared to have persuaded von IPmdenburg that in .• an electorate of some b 0,000,000 I voters, the chance of securing the {'necessary, additional votes was | good. .But' as a matter of fact, | enough, the final polling - showed a round million extra votes were drawn to the voting places, von 1 mndenburg- g - ained the victory Iby .the...grace of the Communisl candidate who persisted in going„o the poll despite the efforts if me ilepublicans to consolidate the anti-M'onarchical voting strength. It is almost homo •merexore that von Hindenburg’s appearance m the Tier cits lag - , to time the oath of office, snoukl nave been seized upon by the Communists as an occasion to display their chagrin. When jj von Hinuenburg- entered tiio I onamber, ait the assemblage l ose j except the Communists, who in unison: “'Down with imo Monarchist President. J it is ; tolerably. sure that had the Com- ; uiunis is remained from diverting ; meai' important though small voting strength from tne iteipubucan candidate, von Hindenourg would not have been elected.

Hie Hepublicans declare that the invitation to iimcieiiburg was an act,'of unpardonable furry. Tlie party hatted how Germany could continue to hold out the oh vo munch to Murope when tho roreign Minister supported tlie claim of tne man wno drenched mtrope in blood, to hold tho mg-kost ohicO' in the State. That n m den burg' in the presidential palace will be a danger to peace cannot be contested. He will be there as tho representative’ of the ex-rvaiser, and, when he is weary of office, the time may come fox mo servant to summon from Hoorn or Uela his master to take ins place. Iris election is regarded as a prelude to the restoration of tlie monarchy and tlie Hohenzoiiern. That von Jlindenburg will discharge liis presidential oath to dedicate his powers to the welfare of the Herman people may be taken for granted. He is pledged to unite the Herman people to face their old enemies in jiiurope. “her Hermans who love the fatherland without distinction of class and party,” said tho "Tag,” “the aged litro is the symbolic embodiment of all that is good and noble m the nation, living* still, and, alter years of misery, again waxing strong,” Heading between tho mies the most casual observer of me march ox political events cannot fail to appreciate the danger in von Hinuonburg's presence in mo presidential chair. When the candidature ox von .Hindenourg was announced tne bloc of tho nationalist Hurtles in Ueriin issued an appeal to the electors in winch it said: ■'Our. watchword Swill be: ‘With Hmdenburg* in 1 | victory for the unity of ail Herj mans, for (Jhmtion life and I social progress, lor the greatness (and freedom of the HaUieriand. | j r leid-Marshai von Hindeuburg is jour saviour from dissension.'” |x\ot only have the Prussian war j? lords raised their discredited i heads and the ruthless Hrand I * Admiral of the Herman war-time iNavy become a powerful figure in poiuicai intrigues, but the sabrerattlers are beginning to swagger 1' since von Hindeuburg*, who thinks in the terms ox tne blood and iron policy of Jiismarek, has actual!y regained chief command of the Herman Army and iNavy; indeed, speaking an installed ; iTesident, von Hindeuburg i gieeled the Army and iNavy with! pride, for had they not, he said, j led the Herman people along tho j only road on which re construe-! lion was possible—the discipline and loyalty of the nation. MoreI over, many leading* army and naval chiefs who are finding peaco a little irksome, have become active participants in elec- 1

i tipneering, For example, Admiral j von belieer, who commanded the j German heet at tne -battle ox Jutland, and claimed to have ! liclied the .British l\avy, and mat he could repeat the peiiormiun.e it given a enance, speahing a big political meeting at rrunh-iort-on-Maiu m connection with i tlie Brewidential election declaim 1 himself openly as m favour ol the restoration of the Monarchy in ormany by legal means. The situation in Germany is very disquieting. The newly-installed President has a glamour about his Jhtunnish personality Which mightily appeals to the Germans, who are of course, it should not be forgotten, Brennans first and j political party supporters after- ( wards. To- the average German, I von Hindenbtug■ is npt a. man, j hut an inspiring legend. Hence 1 1 the Allied Governments cannot i ignore indisputable! evidence that |' Germany is heading bach to the j restoration of the Monarchy and ■! all that means to the future of 1 Europe.