Frankfurter Zeitung 11.08.1930: Constitution party in times of election campaigns

Constitution party and in five weeks elections! Elections in which there are externally a few notverord payments to the budget of the Empire, the later the appr

Frankfurter Zeitung 11.08.1930: Constitution party in times of election campaigns

Constitution party and in five weeks elections! Elections in which there are externally a few notverord payments to the budget of the Empire, the later the approval of Parliament should receive, taxes and other, undoubtedly Important, the interests of the individual Future. But at the core it is about– the Constitution.

Is this too pathetic? Old rings do not have in countries inveterate constitutional life of months, years of fighting between the instances of the Constitution, between the government and the Parliament raged, with each other the resolutions grater, with a conflict that threatened to bring the whole nation from its natural equilibrium position? Were not even important and far-reaching changes in the Constitution in such a Struggle brought about, without anyone saw the existence of the Constitution itself at risk? What is the difference?

Imminent plans to reform counter-revolution of the Constitution

It is in Germany, nourished by the experiments of the East and South, a mood is present, on the basis of which a not insignificant number of people to change the present Constitution, designing, developing, but eliminate. So, Counter-Revolution? We have not in Germany as distinct States like. Although in the case of the Communists by the Russian Central shows that you are stage of the world revolution. But the Revolutionaries of the right to March, provisionally, not to Rome, but to the Parliament. Want to use, as well as the Communists, at least for the time being, the funds that you hate the Constitution provides. So harmless?

Perhaps, in the dramatic sense. But Kapp-putsches are, in fact, not less "dangerous" than disguised coups? Namely, when the body is healthy, if he is resistant, then a sudden shock by a raging fever, or any other very violent occurring disease symptom basically harmless as any gently occurring, but deeper and deeper einnistende infection. Certainly, there are a couple of unpleasant hours, for both the patient and his environment, and the layman thinks, here, Worst is to be feared; but what is the treating physician who knows the Constitution of the Ill will from the outset by severe external symptoms in his Confidence wavering make?

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Germany must even have a fabulous good Constitution. A part of the trust, which has the world still come to us, and distrust, the world has still to us is based on the we resistance to appear, despite war, Inflation, severe inner-political Fight yet so capable and always new climbs ready. But you should not expect too much. And we are in the process of it.

Creeping fever of a dictatorship

The creeping fever – this is the disturbing pressure from the extreme parties, this Rooting against the Constitution, in the hour furchtbarster defeat and no less terrible collapse so far, authorities the whole people, a new Foundation created to find from which it again slowly to himself and to his restrengthening could return: this Rooting with the recipe great Distress to all the promises helpless price given ears of the Disaffected and Desperate, this for years, nurtured and fuelled mania, it would be most Likely, you just need the dictatorship of the right or left up and the Emergency would end.

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It is not for people who have an insight into the complex economic and political organism of the present world, to believe almost possible that there are people who honestly are convinced that a revolution would take us from the grey presence in a brighter future. find It is said again and again, each just a little Thoughtful would have to be convinced from the outset that this new vibration can no longer be endured of our existence with its inner and outer crises and struggles of our weakened body of the people.

Date Of Update: 12 August 2020, 16:19