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German Chancellor Marx Fails to Form a Middle-Party Cabinet, Returns Commission
President von Hindenburg reserves decision on how to resolve the ministerial crisis after talks with the People’s party break down.
Chancellor Marx’s negotiations to form a cabinet of the middle parties failed on Thursday, and he returned his commission to President von Hindenburg, the Associated Press reported from Berlin.
Marx had conferred again that morning with the chairman of the People’s party, which since the day before had been urging a rightist coalition. The conference developed insurmountable difficulties for a coalition of the middle parties, the Evening Star said. Hindenburg reserved decision on what further steps would be taken to solve the ministerial crisis. The Marx cabinet had resigned in December after a defeat in the Reichstag but continued to function over the holidays at the president’s request, both papers reported.
Sources
- Evening Star (Washington), Jan. 20, 1927: Marx’s failed talks and Hindenburg’s reservation <https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1927-01-20/ed-1/?sp=1>
- New Britain Herald, Jan. 20, 1927: the same Associated Press report <https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82014519/1927-01-20/ed-1/?sp=7>
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