HINDENBURG'S BIRTHDAY
THIRD EDITION
MANY FELICITATIONS. OCCUPIED RHINELAND. DESIRE FOR ITS FREEDOM. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received October 3, 1.45 p.m.) BERLIN, October 2. ' Dr. Marx and 'the members of the Cabinet congratulated the President General Hindenburg, on his birthday. Dr. Marx eulogised the President as a symbol of devotion to duty, and one whose faith in Germany's future was unshakeable. General Hindenburg, in replying, said his thoughts to-day were firstly with his countrymen in the occupied Rhineland. whose continuance under foreign domination filled him with disappointment. He greeted them with a full heart, and trusted they would soon be freed. It was his greatest wish to sec the Germans united in order to become strong and free. The Papal Nuncio presented an address signed by all the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers. • General Mackensen, on behalf of the generals of the wartime army, congratulated their old comrade.
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Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17221, 3 October 1927, Page 8
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