2023-09-17 20:02:22
The general meetings of the Bavarian Patriotic Farmers’ Association in Tuntenhausen have been used by the leaders of the Bavarian People’s Party for programmatic rallies for many years. This year Dr. Georg Heim, who usually gave the main speech, had to undergo eye surgery. Prime Minister Dr. Eugene von Knilling. This followed on from the resignation of the Cuno government and stated that this change had not been welcomed warmly in Bavaria. From the very first day there was a good relationship based on honest trust between Bavaria and the Cuno cabinet. The speaker then continued:
“During the discussion with the Reich Chancellor in Mittenwald, I said quite frankly that the new cabinet could not expect that the same level of trust would be placed in it in Bavaria as the Cuno cabinet. I left no doubt that the strong socialist leanings of the Reich Cabinet and the filling of important departments with socialists in Bavaria must have given rise to serious concerns, and I made no secret of the fact that the Bavarian government was determined to encroach on Bavaria’s sovereign rights in the most decisive way to reject.
The new Chancellor showed full understanding of the Bavarian conditions and it is only to be hoped that he will always have the necessary strength to enforce this good will. The Reich Chancellor has also recognized the promises of the so-called Berlin Protocol (these are the agreements that were made in the previous year’s conflict between the Reich and Bavaria) as binding for himself.
The Prime Minister then addressed economic questions and declared that the Bavarian government was determined, if there was no other option, to go its own way in the area of national nutrition, of course with fair consideration of the needs of the other German states and through an exceptional regulation to take the necessary precautions. When discussing tax issues, the Prime Minister warned about the tax strike and tax fraud and then spoke about Stresemann’s attempt to bring about a solution to the Ruhr conflict by contacting France. Knilling explained:
Lack of trust in France
“Anyone who knows France will not assess the prospects favorably, especially when the French Prime Minister is called Poincaré. Once the negotiations have begun, there is no great danger that the Reich government will allow itself to be pushed further under the pressure of the left, so that Germany would ultimately only have the choice of bowing under the yoke of a formal capitulation and thus paving its way in to cut off the future? The Bavarian government in Berlin did not believe it could hide this serious concern. The next time will show whether there is an honest desire on France’s side to reach an agreement. The boundaries for Germany are drawn by the requirements of national honor and dignity and by consideration of the performance of the German economy, which must not be deprived of the last means to create the bread that is indispensable for the German people.
The Prime Minister raised the question of what would happen if the Ruhr conflict was not resolved or was achieved in a way that was intolerable for Bavaria, and mentioned separation and rumors of a coup. He explained that there was a sense of serious crisis in the air. In a time of dire distress, nothing is more evil than irritable nervousness. Of course, it means keeping your eyes open and preparing for all possibilities without leaving the ground of order and law.
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