HST 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Prince Maximilian Of Baden, Philipp Scheidemann
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The four war years were horrible, gruesome the sacrifices the people had to make in property and blood; the unfortunate war is over. The consequences of the war, need and suffering, will burden us for many years. The defeat we strove so hard to avoid, under all circumstances, has come upon us. Our suggestions regarding an understanding were sabotaged, we personally were mocked and ignored. The enemies of the working class, the real, inner enemies who are responsible for germany"s collapse, they have turned silent and invisible. They were the home warriors, which upheld their conquest demands until yesterday, as obstinate as they fought the struggle against any reform of the constitution and especially of the deplorable prussian election system. These enemies of the people are finished forever. He and his friends have disappeared; the people have won over all of them, in every field. Prince max von baden has handed over the office of reich chancellor to representative ebert.
