German Minister Creates Sensation

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 June 1932, Page 7

German Minister Creates Sensation

OPEN LOYALTY TO EXILED KAISER. REPUBLIC "CONSTITUTION IS PUNCTURED New York Times Broadcast. BERLIN, June 9. The persistent rumours that Chancellor Franz von Papan’s Go\f ermnent intended to restore the Hohenzollern dynasty in Germany were brought into the open to-night when the Minister of the Interior, Baron Wilhelm von Gayl, declared his personal loyalty to the former Imperial family, but "denied that, the Cabinet planned to revive the monarchy. Baron von Gayl’s declaration was regarded as significant in the present period of political instability and it caused a sensation because never before since the establishment of the Republic has a Minister openly declared support of the exiled Kaiser. ‘ ‘ I consider a monarchy the most suitable form of government for a nation situated in the heart of Europe,” the Interior Minister said,' outlining his belief that the Republican constitution eventually must be altered because it already had been ‘‘punctured.” MOST SUITABLE BUT NOT YET Received Friday, 9.50 p.m. LONDON, June 10.

The Times ’ Berlin dent reports that the Minister of the Interior, Baron von Gayl, characterised the talh of re-establishment of the monarchy as foolish and injurious. Addressing the Reicharat, he said he believed a monarchy the most suitable form of government but when existence itself was ai stake, a monarchy was not a question to be solved in our time. The Government would not distract the people afresh by reopening this question.