Hersman placed a bouquet of flowers in front of a tombstone bearing the name Martin. Shidman. A little person who was unknown in the original history. He didn't read much, died at the age of 50 and was a worker in the Essen coal mines. Because he was injured at work in a coal mine, his right foot was a little lame, and he was old, so he was not drafted into the army during the world war.

At the height of the revolution in 1918, he was an active member of the workers' movement, nearly fired from his boss for inciting a strike by coal miners, and was arrested by the police of Essen and imprisoned for several days.

And now there are the coal mine bosses who wanted to fire him, the police who arrested him, the former chairman of the Essen Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies who led him to the "anti-war movement", and many company managers and chairmen of the Ruhr Coal and Iron Federation. Now dressed in their most solemn mourning clothes, they gathered in a cemetery on the outskirts of Essen, surrounded by woods and sculptures. Present at Martin. Mr. Stellermann's funeral.

Because he was shot after being sentenced to death by the Franco-Belgian occupation authorities for inciting a strike!

Hersman bowed to the tombstone, then turned to look at the people who had come to attend the funeral. Most of them knew that Hersmann had been sent by the General Staff to investigate the Ruhr crisis. Hirschman had spoken to most of them before the funeral.

"Gentlemen and ladies," said Hersmann, "you have all seen, I am an officer of the Wehrmacht, a supporter of His Majesty the Emperor, and an earl, and men like me in the revolution of 1918 were called militarists. And this Martin. Mr. Stevenmann was a labor activist who opposed the war.

Before the Ruhr crisis, Mr. Schsteadmann and I did not know each other, but we were certainly political enemies, and I am sure many of you also saw him as an enemy!

If he had been killed before the Ruhr crisis, I'm sure many of us would have been happy. At least not to come here for his funeral with the most sorrowful and indignant feelings, to pay him the highest respect.

But today we are here, and we pay tribute to him from the bottom of our hearts, because he is our hero, he is a hero of Germany, and he gave his life to defend the Ruhr area of Germany!

I would like to say that it was he and more than 200 other Germans who gave their lives for the same goal that made all of us alive understand a truth: there is no so-called class divide in Germany today, in the Ruhr area today, and we are all the same oppressed Germans! The fate of all of us is linked to the German motherland!

Yesterday's bourgeoisie, the middle class, has been, or will become, nothing in this super-inflation imposed on us by the Entente!

And the reason why the Entente can wantonly bully and plunder us is because Germany has not had a strong core of leadership since November 1918. We are torn apart, and we see each other as enemies. In November 1918, we did not realize the serious consequences of losing a strong Germany. But now, more and more people have woken up. Martin. Mr. Schsteinmann was one of them, because he dedicated his life to his ideals as a member of the National Socialist Workers' Party of Germany!

So once again, I appeal to you to be able to unite in Gustav. Mr. Krupp's leadership went to petition President Albert, Congress and the Cabinet! ”

The petition Hersmann is talking about is actually the beginning of a "peaceful coup"! Because the main content of the petition is two: first, the resignation of President Albert and the immediate holding of presidential and congressional elections; The second is to immediately stop the indiscriminate issuance of banknotes and impose a state of emergency control throughout the country.

Moreover, it is not only the city of Essen that will launch a petition, but also Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Bremen, Hanover, Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Dresden, Stuttgart, Königsberg and other major German cities and the capital Berlin. Not only the Army, but also the People's Party of the Fatherland, the National Party, the Nazi Party, the Democratic Party, and even many branches of the Catholic Central Party threw themselves into this "peaceful coup" with all their might.

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In the presidential palace in Berlin, the emaciated President Albert had long since learned about the "peaceful coup" through the channels of the Social Democratic Party. This has been planned and implemented for a long time, and at least 60% of the members of the National Assembly are involved. The Social Democrats would be deaf and blind if they did not know any more.

But it is known that President Albert and the leader of the SPD in the government, Foreign Minister Hermann. Miller, as well as SPD President Wells and others, are now unable to think of anything to deal with those who are planning a "coup".

For those men did not overthrow the government by mobilizing troops to surround the presidential palace, but by peaceful petitions, protests, marches, and votes in Parliament, all in accordance with the Weimar Constitution - is not that what the Social Democrats have wanted from the struggle of the 180s to the present day?

"Mr. President, according to Article 48 of the Constitution......" SPD Chairman Wells reminded in a whisper.

Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution is a very deceptive existence! It was also the selfish moot of the SPD to use this state of emergency mandate against the Reichstag – when the Weimar Constitution was drafted, the SPD knew that they could lose the Reichstag elections!

However, Article 48 of the Constitution can only deal with the Congress, not the people's demonstrations and protests, let alone super inflation!

Now the printing houses all over the country are working at full speed to brush the mark! The value of the mark will fall several times a day!

All those who live on wages are paid daily, and as soon as they get the money, they go to the shops and markets at a speed of 100 meters to buy the necessities of life. If you run slowly, you will inevitably suffer financial losses.

In such a situation, not only the people were not satisfied, but even the party workers of the Social Democratic Party were equally dissatisfied! Even if they are to vote, Albert, the president, will probably step down.

"Mr. President, as far as I know, the Army is behind this." Wells said with a frown. "If you are ousted, Hindenburg or Ludendorff will come to power, and militarism will be resurrected in Germany."

"It's not the Army, it's the Honorary Officers' Corps." "Hindenburg, Ludendorff, Hurtier (retired admiral, president of the Union of German Officers), Tirpitz (retired admiral, member of Parliament, chairman of the Fatherland People's Party), Mackensen (retired marshal, member of Congress) and Grener were all involved...... What can I do with them? Let Admiral Seckert send troops to capture them? Is it possible? ”

Of course it can't be, regardless of whether the army listens to the Weimar government or not. Even if they act in accordance with the law, it is legal to launch petitions and votes to get the president to step down, and the Weimar Republic is not Soviet Russia......

"The only way to dissolve Congress is to dissolve Congress," said Foreign Minister Herman. Miller then proposed, "Dissolving Congress and holding a new general election would give us a maximum of two months...... I believe they will not attack before the election results come out. ”

"What can we do in these two months?"

"Negotiate with the Entente!" Herman. "If they don't want another militaristic government in Germany, they should make concessions," Miller said. ”

"What about the conditions?"

"The total amount of compensation is 30 billion gold marks, part of which is paid with international loans, and the Ruhr and Rhine regions are restored to normal."

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