Beatin, Oct. 18.
The gauntlet flung down by the united "Nationalist opposition at their meeting in Harzburg last Sunday was taken up today by Chan-jeer Dr. Bruening. in a. vigorous speech in the Reichstag which re Sembled this afternoon Zor a brief Session Which might also be ite Session, 1€ the Government is def fed in' the divisions on the. non-Jconfdence motions and if the Chan-Cellor makes good his threat of dis-with the statement that in his eapa-Bruening opened his spece
as Foreign Minister, he. woul on the Reich's foreign Policy {nthe epitit of the Chequers Era and particularly along. the Tine: hich' Ted to. the recent' Franco-parley in Devin, Those diveeated_ a change in. that Polless the Chancellor aided, could Rordly be aware' that that' maam. more than they would care to con Germans the Chancellor cantina have suffered more and harder Jany of our neighbours, The world crisis found us already in the. slough and with our resources serously depleted. When the depre descendd upon us we wel its of endurtion of their the theory of international solider ity. And T am happy to sey that our appeal was not made in vain, though our immediate future re-went on to deal with the attacks levelled against him and. his cole Jeagues. "I would rather be dubbed a traitor by those parlour patriots than deviate from. the course I consider right." Dr. Bruening cried. "In our extremely: difficult. position we should have done with such silly attacks which only serve to evoke' good deal of false sentient.—We should. get together. All" parties' willing "to shoulder the responsibility should together, and if T could be assured of that, I would willingly resign my present post and accept the smallest and most modest post fina truly National Government, The methods of " political troversy adopted by the National opposition at Harzburg are not ser> ving' the common weal, but seem to have been inspired only by selfish interests."
In this connection, Dx, Bruening vehemently pretested against, state: Ments such as, were made by the former Reichsbank governor Dr. Schacht which might tend to shake confidence in the stability of Ger many's curveness, "The government is straining every nerve to restore private enterprise, ind in doing: this, it is ing' in realities and not in "fiction,"" the" Chancellor ion, Dr, Bruening clared that it gove him some com: fort to be able to announce hat the difficulties of the coming winter would be surmounted in any cit cumstances, neither attacks nor calumnies can shake my resolution to adhere to the path I have chosen deliberately" Dr. "Bruonfng ended. amidst tumultuous applause from. the middle parties and cries of derision from the Left—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min. mains still dark and obscure even if we were enabled to, stave off the pressing problems.
After paying a tribute to the far-lited policy' of President Hoover, De. Bruening declared that the Moratorium had only brought, temporary relief and that much reined yet to be done before the world and Germany could say with, trath that they had turned the cor ner. This, however, the Chancellor added, could only be achieved by the: fullest international ce-operation, the road to which led through such, personal and frank discussions as had hitherto taken place at Land Paris, Rome and Berlin, Moreover, the speaker added, it should alvra; be borne in mind that such ce-ope ation, if successful, must be based fon. justi and equality, "Without ti 12 the world will continue to. be enormously han Keapped in its efforts to solve the'
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