The Archive · 1926

German Revolutionary Plot

Scheme to Overthrow Republican Goyoram"

Discovered by, Berlin Police: Plan to Establish National Dictatorshi Ideas of Confiscation Berlin, May 12.

A controversy over the recent action of the Government in respect! of the national flag led today to! the Reichstag, by 176 votes to 146, adopting a vote of non-confidence in Herr Luther, the Chancellor. There were 103 abstentions, tical parties war and strilses and Uock-on's ware prohibited Ge The -criticism was due to Pre-von Hindenburg, with the approval of the Government, decresing that German Embassies and Consulates in European and overseas ports should henceforth hoist to-ether with the Republican flag the merchant flag, in the form of the old monarchist colours with the Republican colours in the corn The Presidene ex-Colon: has sta, contiveated Gehei of the pan-Germar Bad been in touch Lat The Cabinet has resigned.

Later.

Overthrow of the Republic and of the Government, a concentrated ick on Berlin, establishment of a "Reichs administrator" with full authority to dissolve all federal and State parliaments are among the objects of a plot unearthed by the Berlin police after a search of the private houses of leaders of several ro.called patriotic associations and clubs.

The police discoveries included a mobilization plan for an attack on the capital, sud also a political programme which provided, infer alia 1 the voluntary resignation of the President, Marshal von Hindenbure, and the abolition of the Con-titus tion, The property of dissed pu! written to the ex-Kaiser communica ting a report of the League's forty towards "reste of the Holt zollorn Empire ie a liberated and puritied Patherla kad replied, Nationalist dictatorship had esr established Gi re found among the correspondence saizei, De. Now Burgomaster of Luebeck, wa to be Chanestior, Herr Hugenburs, y's newspaper King, Fi and General of Defence, The dea' penalty: way posed new regia and be declared all ey Nationalist. jon riy Gallacza airmen,

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