GERMAN REPUBLIC.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 191, 14 August 1922, Page 5

GERMAN REPUBLIC.

THE THIRD ANNTVERSARY. BERLIN. August 13. The third anniversary of the promulgation of the German Republic Constitution was celebrated to-day. Government buildings and many private houses were beflagged. The President i llerr Chert I issued a manifesto in which he said: "Heavy storms have swepl over Ihe young Republic: iis unity, rights and liberty are being threatened, bin our linn hope 'in the salvation of Cermuny nil! not he abandoned." The ['resident, members of the Cabinet, and civil ami miliUrv afli: nils asscm bled iv the decorated Reichstag, raise! cheers for the Republic. Fatherland and nation, and listened to a patriotic speech by Herr Hummel t Premier of Baden i, warmly appealing for social co-operation in the work of reconstruction, and urging the pursuit of justice in foreign policy. Ii is noteworthy that Bavarian State buildings were not beflagged. Conservative newspapers practically ignored the anniversary of the- Republic. The "Allgemeine Zeitung" asked: "Why celebrate the lirst day of republic which for many true Gorman hearts denotes the last day of monarchy?" The President, in his proclamation, attempted to make "IJeutsehland Über Alles" the national hymn of the Republic. He pointed out that the .Monarchists had been misinterpreting the spiril of the song for party purposes as a glorification of force, though it was written by a Prussian political exile while living in British territory. The proclamation emphasises the song's aspirations for unity, justice and freedom, and urges that it should not lie used as a party son,. by those against whom it was written. It should inspire tin- nation to a hotter future. The most notable event of the anniversary was the .settlement of the differences between the Central and Bavarian Governments regarding laws for the protection of the Republic.— (A. and N.Z. and Reuter.)