Contains:Notes: "Remarkable from the election campaign: Denominational bias: right most, with DDP, with SPD most overcome. Christian enemy The SPD's stance is rescinded thanks to Z. The legal circles offer only limited protection of Christianity: no denominational school, free marriage legislation. In relation to the BVP, the denomination is no longer authoritative, it is behind the political one. The number of Z-people in Bavaria is constantly growing; the crisis of the BVP becomes apparent through the emerging formation of its own party; the success of the hero agitation lagged far behind expectations. Conclusions for the inner party life: Support for constitution and republic, purification of elements like v. Papen, v. Loë, v. Kerckerinck, unity of the party on the basis of the Weimar idea of state (Reichseinheit - liberation of the occupied territories). The attitude of the SPD is loyal to the state and the constitution; unlike that of the nationalists, it has awe and respect for the RP. The position of the Z as a middle party is still of highest importance; the Z has so far gone more to the left, because the right-wing parties want to rape it one-sidedly to a general way to the right (crisis in Prussia).Conclusions: in the Reich the cabinet of Luther has to be tolerated, since its end is probable and perhaps Stresemann will come. In Prussia all well-intentioned attempts have been smashed from the right; Cuno's letter to Jarres. Putting aside all questions of interest in favour of cultivating a state mentality. 3 p., independent full print: Hanns-Jochen Hauss, Die erste Volkswahl des Deutschen RP, Kallmünz/Opf. 1965, p. 180 f.1925 March 18 - Berlin: The Presidium of the Colonial Reichsarbeitsgemeinschaft asks Marx whether he is ready for the case of his election to the RP: 1) his influence for an economic and political decision to the RP: 2) his influence for the election of the colonial Reichsarbeitsgemeinschaft to the RP: 3) his influence for the election of the colonial Reichsarbeitsgemeinschaft to the RP: 3) his influence for the election of the colonial Reichsarbeitsgemeinschaft to the RP: 3) his influence for the election of the colonial Reichsarbeitsgemeinschaft to the RP: 3) his influence for the election of the colonial Reichsgemeinschaft to the RP: 3) his influence for the election of the colonial Reichskammer to the RP: 3) his influence for the election of the colonial Reichsarbeitsgemeinschaft to the RP. 2) in particular the entry of Dtschlds. into the League of Nations ... only if the equal rights of Dtschlds in all areas, including colonial matters, are unequivocally established. The response of the League of Nations to the RR memorandum is not considered a suitable basis for the entry of Dchlds. We would regard it as an irreconcilable and untenable contradiction if, on the one hand, Dtschld. were to be appointed as a member of the League of Nations for the supervision of the mandate administrations to which his colonies were subject, and, on the other hand, if he were to be reserved as unworthy and incapable of administering these colonies himself. Eh. Signatures: Seitz, Governor a. D. (German Colonial Society), Hahl, Governor a. D. (Reichsverband der Kolonialdt.), Lieutenant Colonel a. D. v. Boemcken (Kolonialkriegerbund). 2 S., masch.-schriftl. Ausf.1925 March 24 - Cologne: Manuscripts of two speeches. 5½ and 8 p., masch.-schriftl.1925 March 28: Handwritten mottoes of the presidential candidates Jarres, Hellpach, Marx and Otto Braun. Ztgs. neckline. Including postcard with picture and resume of Jarres.o. D. <1925, before March 30>: Three-trophic song 'Wählt Marx! by Otto Birkle-Lippstadt. Leaflet.1925 March 29 - Berlin: Dr. Alfons Steiger correctly states with Marx that in a speech given at the Z-Verein Berlin-Wilmersdorf he neither spoke of a letter from Crown Prince Rupprecht to Marx, as the 'Vossische Ztg. reports, nor of an "assignment to the speech by Marx, as the 'Berliner Tageblatt writes. Eh. Signature. 1 p., independent Ausf.1925 March 29 and 30: Preliminary results of the RP election in constituencies 1-10 and 17-18: East Prussia, Berlin, Potsdam I and II, Frankfurt/Oder, Stettin, Breslau, Liegnitz, Oppeln, Magdeburg, Westfalen-Nord and Westfalen-Süd; preliminary overall result. 13 p., forms, masch.-schriftl.1925 April 2 - Schloß Falkenberg/OS: Count Praschma returns to Marx's letter of March 30, despite the conversation of the previous day, because the danger does not seem to be over despite Höpker-Aschoff's alleged assumption. I repeat that your candidacy as that of the republican. The Social Democrats, in particular, will otherwise not be able to get their supporters to vote at all, and they will have to bring us, that is to say, large sections of the Z Party outside agriculture too, into the most serious conflict of conscience. Because the vote for your person then means a confession that is against our conviction. What is more, at least two-thirds of the votes you need for a majority must come from the Social Democrats, creating a dependency which we absolutely do not want. It is obvious that the Socialists will not content themselves with a provisional solution, but will demand security that Braun will be held by the Z for at least a number of years, as can already be read in all Ztgn. And so everyone who chooses you would also help to fortify the rule of Braun and the Weimar coalition in Prussia for the near future. It's just not sustainable for us. The mood against the continued existence of the Weimar regimes in Prussia is gradually so strong in the widest Z circles that serious fears exist for the party. You want this to end. It has been reported to me that at the last party committee the same reports were available from all parts of the country. The sample required now should lead to the rupture. I declare openly and honestly that, if things were going as they are, I would not be fighting your candidacy, that would be far from me, but I would not be able to avoid openly announcing, already because of my supporters who want to know my opinion, that I could not take part in the election and could not lift a finger for your candidacy. - They asked yesterday how to get out of this. - Perhaps even today a collective candidacy Geßler or another is still possible, if the Z declares itself for it without reservation. - I'm sure it would have been possible yesterday. Otherwise a clear rejection of any conditions for the votes of the Social Democrats and a positioning only by the Z of your person or, if you then shy away from this hopeless attempt, of another; may from foreign camps vote for whoever wants; in any case better a defeat in honour than a victory bought with such prices. Eh. Signature. 2½ S., masch.-schriftl. Ausf. with many independent improvements.1925 April 8 - Berlin: Marx to Count Praschma: I believe that their fears are unfounded. The course of events has already shown that my candidacy has not been drawn up as a republican one at all, but, as, incidentally, corresponds to the Z-principles, as one faithful to the constitution. It is precisely the installation of Hindenburg, which has just taken place, which will result in the contrast between black-red-gold and black-white-red now appearing more than is desirable and has been the case so far. I must expect every Z-follower to stand on the ground of the Constitution. A further confession is not required of him. It is then further feared that I will be brought into a certain dependence on the Social Democrats. In the usual sense of the word, this is unthinkable. I can tell you here in confidence that any conditions have not been established and demanded by the Social Democrats. Of course, this must not be said in public. In no way has any security been assumed for the adherence to brown as a min. presence in Prussia. There can certainly be no question of a promise being made to him to keep Braun for a number of years as a min. present. He'll have to get a vote of confidence from the LT after April 28. If that's not approved, we'll have to keep thinking. As far as Braun's choice is concerned, things have developed purely inevitably. There was simply nothing left for the Z to do but to choose brown again for the min. presentation. The election of democracy. Min. Present was more based on a misunderstanding and was neither of him nor of the Democrat. Group wanted. I would like to tell you personally about the long negotiations I have had with the right-wing parties. I have indeed exhausted all aspects that were conceivable at all. They smashed everything and in the end, as you know, rejected any further negotiations with me. It is outrageous how the right-wing parties have proceeded in recent months. It won't be the last word on this yet. It is not true that at the last party committee a large number of delegates expressed themselves against the policy followed by the Z. Last week, before the Party Committee and the press, I gave a detailed account of what had actually happened. I believe that the approval of my approach has been unanimous. Unfortunately, the right-wing press has poisoned public opinion in such a way that errors and disagreements can be explained. If I hadn't been hindered by my position, I would have already long ago explained in a public statement how things really happened. I can assure you that for a long time nothing has excited me as much as the development of things in Prussia. More and more it came to light that in a downright irresponsible way with the welfare of the Prussians. State has been played by the Parties of the Right. One wanted to force the Z in every way on a way, which it did not want to go and could not go. It will not be unknown to you that Geßler's collective candidacy, which had so much for itself, was not crushed by the Z, but by the DVP. I certainly didn't run for office out of stubbornness. I see all the hopeful prospects brought about by 1924 destroyed if an RP were now elected, which should be addressed as opponents of the existing constitution. I feel obliged to do everything in my power to avert the imminent danger of our fatherland. 2¼ S., as a concept a copy of Masch.-Schreiben auf Kopfbögen 'RT, Abgeordneten' provided with many independent corrections without certification. 1925 April 7 - Koblenz: independent. Justice Councillor E. Müller invites Marx for his upcoming stay in Koblenz and believes that Marx will win the race in spite of the ev. allies, Mr. Döring and tutti quanti. Eh. Signature. 1 Half.eigenhädigh. Version on personal head bow and Marx's reply note of 18 April 1925 April 8 - Karlsruhe: Hellpach asks Marx to be a guest of bad. to be state government. The public event may be arranged in your program in such a way that I am given the opportunity to welcome you in an opening speech and to justify the necessity of the support of all republican-minded people for your candidacy. Hellpach attaches even greater importance to this as he passes through the bad. will hardly be able to work abroad for your candidacy. He then hopes to see Marx participate in a sociable hour in a not too large circle of different professions, which is linked by the common spirit. Eh. Signature. l½ S., machine-written copy on head sheet 'The President'. 1925 April 8 - Karlsruhe: Hellpach to Marx: The DDP has taken a decisive part in the preparation of your republican candidacy for unity by putting aside all reservations and in correct appreciation of the situation and especially of your personality. We all stand in rank and file to now help bring victory to you. This is made more difficult in Baden by attacks from the Z-press. The 'Bodensee-Ztg.' of March 25 attacked Hellpach's management as minister of education, the 'Pfälzer Bote' of April 3 pointed maliciously to a script of Hellpach's 'Liebe und Liebesleben im 19. Cent.' written 24 years ago, which I would certainly have written quite differently in some sentences a few years later and even today, but whose moral seriousness I will not let touch even today. It would be really high time that in Dtschld. the custom to characterize someone by what he has said or written a human age before, from the political, economic, social and political world, would be to be found. The struggle of the decent camps disappears, and among political allies it seems completely unbearable to me and all my friends. Eh. Signature. 4 p., machine-written edition on head sheet 'Der Staatspräsident', in the appendix the attracted newspaper reports, one of them meigenhädigeh. Comment Hellpachs.1925 April 11 - Castle Falkenberg OS: Count Praschma thanks Marx for the letter of the 8th of the month and confirms that Marx from the beginning did not want his candidacy to be linked with the question of republic or monarchy. He denies, however, that Marx's application was not raised republican. It was clear that socialists and democrats had to do it, because they could only win their supporters for the pronounced Z-man and Catholics by doing so. But also the rallies of the Z are republican: so the call of the people's bloc; Cologne and Schles. With Hindenburg's election, Volksztg. announce the return of the Hohenzollern, which followed on foot, and scourge the BVP as monarchistic; leaflets printed by 'Germania' emphasize Marx as the guarantor of the republic. The schles. Farmers can now no longer participate if they are required to deny the monarchical attitude. In Catholic circles, therefore, Hindenburg will be elected or abstained for the most part; Praschma describes himself as not blind to the right-wing parties and in no way apologizes for their actions in the Prussian crisis: "But neither was the Z allowed to fall back on Braun now. I know enough from the Reich Council deliberations about the difficulties the Prussians are facing. Reg. with Braun and Severing makes the legislation of the empire, commercial contracts, taxes etc. This will destroy agriculture in the long run. Braun also immediately started to object to the primary school law. And the connection with your election will not be talked out of anyone's mouth; the socialists also make sure that opinion is spread because they need it for their own followers. I would have thought the Geßler candidature to be a very happy one; I am afraid that Stresemann, who smashed it, also plays a less than pleasant role in the present situation. Eh. Signature. 2 S., masch.-schriftl. Ausf. mit eigenhädig Verbesserungen und Briefschlus.1925 April 12 (Easter) - Oberstdorf: Wilhelm Frhr. v. Pechmann, who was allowed to recite Marx on the first day of his chancellorship because of the revaluation, recognizes in Hindenburg's candidacy a coincidence of God and invokes Marx to withdraw his own candidacy for the sake of the national community, if only because he should not allow himself to be downgraded to the figurehead of the SPD. Eh. Signature. 4½ S., independent Execution as "Open letter, personal headbows.o. D. Köthen: Müller writes to Marx that first and foremost the two confessions belong together and that the Z must not ally itself against Protestantism with the deniers of God. Eh. Signature. 1 half page. Eh. In the annex Ztgs. excerpt about corrupt SPD leaders in the Lausitz and an open letter of Frhrn. Franz v. Bodelschwingh an Marx, 1 p., print.1925 April 14 - Königsberg: Manuscript of a speech. 15 p., in addition to p. 9 three uncounted p., copy of Masch.-Schreiben. Many improvements.1925 April 16 - Berlin: Order of the meal of the Reichsbanner in honour of Marx in the Zoological Garden. 1 half page, print. <1925 April>: Manuscript of a speech in front of an old economic signature: 68.
Contains: Dr. Heinrich Schnee (Governor): The colonial guilt lie; Print. Süddeutsche Monatshefte Jan. 1924 Resolutions and Entries for the 50th Anniversary of Colonial Remembrance Apr. 1924 German Colonial Congress 1924, Program 1924 Tropical Pension and Tropical Pension for Colonial Soldiers 1925 Colonial Reichsarbeitsgemeinschaft, Richtlinien für die koloniale Propaganda und praktische Kolonialpolitik 1925 Ostafrikaner-Verband e.V.. (Colonial Association of East Africans), Request for credits for the purchase of farms 1926 Representation of colonial interests on the occasion of entry into the League of Nations, Resolutions (continued vol. 3) 1926 William H. Dawson: Return of the colonies to Germany; Print Berlin 1926
1924 Febr. 20 - Paris: Schacht reports about a conversation with Young. This one has a good impression of the German jobs. The committee of experts doesn't want any politics from Dtschld. Setting traps. Young's wish is to clear the Ruhr and reintegrate the railways into the German network. He developed a plan for Schacht to finance the German supplies of goods for the period of the moratorium with the help of the monetary bank. Pirelli has estimated the minimum amount for deliveries of goods at 600 million marks. Schacht didn't have a monetary policy. Objections to the project. For the railways, Young developed their transformation into an operating company managed according to purely commercial principles; a controller is to be political and military. Switch off influences. Young also made suggestions about the tactical approach against Frkr. in order to get it to accept the report. He wants to giveSchacht an insight into the main features of the report in 8-10 days. Poincares polit. Situation gets weaker every day after Young. Young kept Franqui's door very clever or better yet door very smart; if he can't get away with a project, he'll back off.31/2 p., Vervielf., Note: Confidential[1927, after Nov. 18]: Aide-memoire of the Reichsverband der Dt. Industrie on the correspondence between the General Agent for Repair Payments and the Reich Minister of Finance.6 p., copy v. Masch.-Schreiben.1929 June - Berlin: Der Präs. d. Dt. Kolonialgesellschaft, Gouverneur a. D. Seitz, with regard to the Hilton Young Report, Marx points out that England has introduced a kind of self-government in the form of a council of governors in East Africa and has appointed only Englishmen. The exclusion of the Germans is a violation of the League of Nations Statute. This would also be the case if the fact were true that all Germans there have to report to the authorities from time to time. After an italian. Ztgs.-Meldung should contain the secret English-French colonial agreement:1) England and Frkr. want a possible German or Italian. Demand that the mandate over Cameroon be given to another colonial region in need of power, oppose the desire to design the mandates as a permanent institution, or tie Cameroon definitively to Frkr. in some other way. 2) Mutual control of the American. Penetration policy in Africa. 3) Isolation and monopolization of the black population to the detriment and that of the economy! The interest of the other powers, which will no longer be able to trade directly with the natives in the future. A separate RT debate on this matter would be appropriate. Eh. Signature.21/4 p., copy. Head bow, head bow D. (probably 1929 Dec.): Manuscript of a speech by Marx to the Verhdlgn. about the Youngplan and domestic politics. Lage.9 S., masch.-schriftl. The approximate date of origin from the Zeitababababeauf S. 7 erschlossen.o. D.: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Interessenvertretungen für den Ersatz von Kriegs- und Verdrängungsschäden, Bund der Auslandsdt., Dt.Ostbund, Freie Interessenvertretung der im Ausland Schadenigten Inlandsdt.., Hilfsbund für die Elsaß-Lothringer im Reich, Reichsverbandder Kolonialdt. und Kolonialinterestedenten, Vereinigte Verbände heimattreuer Oberschlesier, Verein 'Wiederaufbau im Auslande' telegraph Scheidemann as chairman of the committee against the retention of surpluses from the liquidation of German private property abroad in favor of the annual payments for the Youngplan.1 1929 Jan. 13 - Chicago: Laurence P. Thul writes to Marx - quite confused - about his plans for an advantageous solution to the reparations problem for Dtschld. and his support by high-ranking personalities in the USA. Eh. Signature.10 p., independent Ausf., head bow 'National Decorating Company'.o. D.: The Annuities of the Youngplan 1929--1988 as well as the unique achievements.4 p., Vervielf.1930 Febr. 11 - Berlin: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Reichsbahnorganisationen, Allgemeiner Eisenbahner-Verband, Zentral-Gewerkschaftsbund Dt. Reichsbahnbeamten und -anwärter send copies of letters to the Chairman of the Budget Committee and to the RT because of the adaptation of the ReidJ. Railway Act to the Youngplan to the members of the Budget Committee and the Committee of the RT. Facsimile signatures: Wieg, Ruhlmann.1, 1 und 2 S., Vervielf.1930 Febr. 12 - Berlin: The Koloniale Reichsarbeitsgemeinschaft presents itself to the RT-Abg. for reparation plan and colonial question. facsimile signature: Seitz, Gouverneur a. D.1 S., Druck.1930 March 8 - Altenburg (Thuringia): The Deutschbund community 'Osterland' asks Marx to submit the new tribute plan with the rest of Thuringia. RT-Abg. to disagree. Eh. Signature: Schubert, Deutschmeister.t S., copy with original of address.o. D. (1930, probably March 6-19): Record: If the other powers join e(iner) Kl(age) Frkrs. at the cour ni c h t, then the e(ine) won battle is! - The desire to punish malicious injured(un)persons for reprisals is nonsense! The all unanimous approach of Frkrs. k(önn)te e(ine) "hostile H(an)dl(un)g - e.g. seizure of German property in Frkr., decision of the claims! - who can give (un)g cause (un)g for the c(age) to the peoples (un)d! (Gegen?)Dtschld. k(önn)te(n) from it claims were asserted! We have only acknowledged the legitimacy of freedom! - Nothing has been said or agreed about the conduct of the dispute! - Art. 3 and (nd) Art. 6 of the Locarno contract are completely different! There is even in Art. 6 everything kept up! Teachers of international law now also need the word Sankt(ionen) for reprisals. - One may speak of san(ions) only if reprisals(aliens) must be recognized as justified from the outset. Henderson didn't show himself at all in the Hague! The Z has been critical of the Young plan until the end; the resolution will be very difficult! be responsible!Eh. on RT postcard. The proposed date after the 2nd and 3rd consultations of the Young Plan in the RT.o.D.: Notes from Marx on the advantages of the Young Plan.6 Half Pages, Independent.
I. Admission to the League of Nations, September 1924-December 1925, among others:1) Note, minutes (excerpt), telegrams German representation Paris, Rome, London, Tokyo, Montevideo etc.., 25. September-22. November 1924: Requirements for the Entry of Germany into the League of Nations, Statement by Tschitscherin, Mussolini, Benesch, Herriot, MacDonald and Others, 2706-2740, 2744-2749, 2786-2793;2) Chamber of Industry and Commerce Allenstein to Reich Chancellery, 29. September-22. November 1924: The German Federal Chancellery, 29. September-22. November 1924, 29. September-2740, 2744-2749, 2786-2793;2) Chamber of Industry and Commerce Allenstein to Reich Chancellery, 29. September-22. November 1924, 29. September-2740, 29. November 1924, 29. September 1924: Appeal to refrain from unconditional entry into the League of Nations because of the associated recognition of the eastern border and the corridor (with wording of a telegram of the Association of East Prussian Chambers of Industry and Commerce), 2741-2743;3) Correspondence Foreign Office, Reich Chancellery, Reichswehr Ministry 31 January-24 June 1925: Organization Plan of the League of Nations for the Exercise of the Investigation Right under Art. 213 of the Treaty of Versailles; fundamental agreement of the League of Nations Council on the chairmanship of investigative commissions; statement by the Reich Ministry of the Armed Forces, with organisation chart and other, 2754-2770, 2774-2775, 2798-2800, 2895-2961, 2983-2995, 3114-3118;4) Correspondence by Reich Chancellor, Austrian Federal Chancellor, 16. and 29 September 1924: Austrian proposal for Franco-German negotiations through the mediation of the Netherlands concern Germany's entry into the League of Nations; Statement by Marx on the question of war guilt and Herriot's speech on the fulfilment of the peace treaties, 2777-2784;5) Submission, Correspondence by Envoy of Braunschweig and Anhalt in Berlin, Reich Chancellery, 23-27 October 1924, 18. March 1925: Wish of the state governments of Bavaria, Prussia, Anhalt, Braunschweig, Mecklenburg-Strelitz concerning discussion with Reich government before the final decision on entry into the League of Nations, 2794-2796, 2871-2872;6) Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft an Reichskanzlei, 23. January 1925: Concern about the economic consequences of the German-British trade treaty; protection of colonial interests during negotiations on entry into the League of Nations; with Resolution Kölner Kolonialklub über Rückerstattung aller Kolonien, 2801-2803;7) Memos for Reich Chancellery, Federal Foreign Office and British Embassy, 27. February 1925: Concerns about unreserved acceptance of Article 16 of the League of Nations Statute because of relations with the USSR; concerns about interpretation of the right of inquiry by French politicians; protest against attempt to reintroduce disarmament control bodies over Article 213 of the Versailles Treaty, 2804-2814;8) Correspondence Luther, Sahm, Bruxton and Others, 23. February-18 March 1925: Unofficial British exploratory talks on obtaining a German application for admission to the League of Nations; statement by the Foreign Office; British request for Germany to be invited by the Council of the League of Nations to directly discuss German objections to Article 16 of the Statute, 2815-2828, 2838-2841;9) Recording of Reich Chancellor Luther's meeting with Reich Foreign Minister and British Ambassador, 10. March 1925: Exchange of ideas on equal rights for Germany in the League of Nations; border issues especially in the East and Chamberlain telegram concerning Clemenceau's "new facts" with regard to Upper Silesia and pacification of Europe, 2830-2836;10) Minutes of the Meetings of Reich Chancellor, Reich Foreign Minister and Others on 17 March 1925 March 1925: No entry into the League of Nations without guarantee for evacuation of the Cologne zone and protection of the Rhineland from "Sonderobhut"; difficulties towards the USSR and Poland because of a note of the League of Nations; conversation between Secretary of State Schubert and British ambassador; guidelines for conduct in the Reichstag and information of party leaders, 2842-2848;11) Memo Ministerialdirektor Kiep, Kommentar zur außenpolitischen Lage, ohne Verfasser, 11.-12. March 1925: Warning of possible consequences of a guarantee of the Franco-Belgian eastern border; role of the French debt payment to Great Britain and the USA; recommendation of a protest against the Investigation Plan of the League of Nations and Germany's entry into the League of Nations without regard to Article 16 of the Statute, 2849-2855;12) Telegram [Embassy Paris], 13th ed. March 1925: Consultations of the French Senate and Chamber Commission for Foreign Affairs on the security pact, disarmament of Germany and the question of eviction; Herriot's remarks on his goals, 2863-2864;13) Minutes of the meeting of Reich Chancellor, Reich Foreign Minister etc. with DNVP deputies on 2 March 1925. April 1925: Status of negotiations on Rhineland clearance; Stresemann's hope regarding indirect recognition of the rights to revision of the eastern border and comments on the annexation of Austria, colonial question, etc.; willingness to fight in the event of Polish occupation of German territories, 2876-2882;14) Deputy Reich President to Reich Chancellor, 20. April 1925: Failure of the press concerning the delay of the Allied control report and the entry into the League of Nations; proposals for the formation of public opinion; statement on articles 10 and 16 of the League of Nations Statutes and German tasks in the League of Nations, 2883-2888;15) Reich Chancellor to Thuringian Ministry of State, 01.May 1925: Correction of an inquiry of the National Socialist Freedom Party (Thuringian Landtag faction) on the security offer of the Reich government; no renunciation of the evacuation of the Cologne zone and no recognition of the eastern border; protection of the Rhineland against French expansion by possible assignment of Alsace-Lorraine and Eupen-Malmedy, 28892890;16) Representative of the Reich government in Munich to Reich Chancellery, 11. May 1925: Conflicting mood of the assembly of the "Fighting League against the war guilt lie"; wording of the resolution against the guarantee pact policy of the Reich government and entry into the League of Nations, 2891-2892;17) Correspondence of Reich Chancellor, Reich Foreign Minister, Bavarian envoy, 26 May-18 June 1925: Bavaria's position on the German security offer and entry into the League of Nations; No decisive steps of the Reich government without consultation with the Länder, 2962-2967;18) Confidential Memo Prof. Dr. Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. med. Lutz, Mitteilung und Aufzeichnung Auswärtiges Amt, 06-19 June 1925: Talks with Englishmen on Germany's Entry into the League of Nations; Concerns over Hindenburg's Election; Rejection of an Intervention at Cecil and Grey in Favor of a Declaration on War Debt and German Equality by the Auswärtiges Amt, 2968-2975, 2978-2981;19) Minutes (excerpt) of the Meeting of the Reich Ministers, 02. October 1925: Renunciation of political struggle in the Rhineland; statement by General Seeckt on the Investigation Plan of the League of Nations; discussion of questions of aviation and security police in preparation for the Locarno Conference, 3004-3013;20) Minutes of the meeting of the Reich Chancellor with State and Minister Presidents of the Länder on 25 October 1925. September 1925: Statement of the country leaders on the foreign policy situation and action at the Locarno Conference; statements by Luther and Stresemann on relations with the USSR, 3014-3018;21) Elaboration of Sahm "Germany's position in Geneva", with cover letter to Luther, 20 October 1925: Recommendation concerning treaty and tactics in the League of Nations; efforts to prevent decisive Council meetings before Germany's accession, 3019-3024;22) Additional report on meeting of the Prussian State Ministry, 21. November 1925: Instruction for Prussian Plenipotentiaries in the Reich Council on Voting on Draft Law concerning Locarno Treaties and Entry into the League of Nations, 3028;23) Minutes of Ministerial Meeting and Visit of the Bavarian Envoy to Reich Chancellor, Reich President to Reich Chancellor, 27. November 1925: Hindenburg and Bavarian Prime Ministers advocate a separate legislative treatment of the Locarno Treaty and entry into the League of Nations; Stresemann's and Luther's concerns; decision to introduce the bill in its original form, 3029-2032;24) Record Luther, 04. December 1925: Private talks with Briand, Vandervelde and Sciolojo about the time of entry into the League of Nations; Chamberlain wishes German entry while still in office as President of the Council, 3033;25) Memo [without author], [1925]: "The accession of Germany to the League of Nations, from the military and military-political side, 3036-3069;26) Note to members of the Council of Nations, reply notes of the governments of France, etc.., 29 September-01 December 1924: Application for admission and conditions for entry into the League of Nations; reservations of France, Great Britain and others against German conditions; rejection of a permanent German Council seat by Uruguay, 3121-3156; II. "Memorandum and replies concerning Germany's entry into the League of Nations", September 1924-July 1925, inter alia:1) Correspondence League of Nations Secretary General, Reich Foreign Ministry, 19. March-02 July 1925: Decisions of the Council of the League of Nations on the exercise of the right of investigation; transmission of organisational plans, additions and amendments by Drummond; instructions of Stresemann to the Geneva Consulate (with annex), 3072-3118;2) Note to Council Powers of the League of Nations, decree of the Reich Foreign Ministry to diplomatic representatives of France, Great Britain etc.., 25. September-01. December 1924: Clarification of the German position in the League of Nations after possible entry; reservation against Article 16 of the Statutes; agreement of France and others to the permanent seat of the Council for Germany; no assurance regarding Article 16; instructions for handing over the note and oral explanations; with WTB report of 23. September about cabinet resolution, 3120-3145, 3197-3201;3) Note to League of Nations Secretary General, Memo League of Nations Council, Federal Foreign Office Circular (Bülow), 12 December 1924-25 March 1925: Justification of the objections against Article 16 of the League of Nations Statutes; state of German disarmament in comparison with neighbouring states; exemption of Germany's military contribution to sanctions by League of Nations Council, 3157-3196, 3203-3204;4) Strictly confidential memo [without author], 09. February 1925: Settlement of the security question by temporary war ostracism agreement Germany, France, Great Britain and Italy including arbitration clause and guarantee of the acquis on the Rhine or by similar pact in preparation of a world convention, 3206-3207;III. "Akten betreffend Völkerbund", January-May 1926, among others:1) Submission of Colonial Reichsarbeitsgemeinschaft to Reich President, 11 January 1926: No entry into the League of Nations without guarantee regarding return of colonial property; reference to French and British statement on the distribution of mandates, 3220-3222;2) Correspondence Representative of the Reich Government in Munich, Sahm, Reich Chancellery, 12.-16 January 1926: Filling of posts in the League of Nations Secretariat; DNVP Group renews request for candidates to be announced, 3224-3226;3) Minutes (excerpt) of the Ministerial Meeting, 14 January 1926: Approval of the Note to the League of Nations Secretary General concerning Investigation Plans of the League of Nations, 3228;4) Correspondence of Prussian Prime Minister, Reich Chancellery, 16 January and 13 February 1926: Demand by Braun for the Reich Government to come into contact with Prussians on resolutions concerning minority issues; Approval by Luther, 3229-3231;5) Draft WTB Message, [without author], 09 January 1926: (in German) February 1926: Motives for the German application for admission to the League of Nations; Economic and political development since the end of the Ruhr conflict; Advantage of joining the League of Nations because of co-determination regarding the Saar administration, protection of Gdansk, German minorities and colonial mandates, 3233-3238;6) Note Reich Chancellery on discussion with member of the Reichstag Graefe, 04. February 1926: Discussion of the necessity of a two-thirds majority in the Reichstag for entry into the League of Nations; Luther's commitment to the policy of Locarno, 3239-3240;7) Secret Records Chief Army Command to Reich Chancellery, 05 February 1926: Statement of France on armament issues, security treaties and Art. 16 of the League of Nations Statutes; French-British discussion on military protective measures; examples of assistance against attackers, 3241-3249;8) Reich Foreign Ministry to League of Nations Secretary General, 08 February 1926: Application for admission of Germany to the League of Nations, 3251;9) Minutes of discussion with Chancellor of the Reich, Foreign Minister of the Reich, etc. with representatives of the state governments on 6 February 1926: Prussia, Saxony, Hesse and Hamburg agree to join the League of Nations; rejection by Bavaria, Thuringia, Mecklenburg and Brunswick, 3263-3266;10) Telegram from the Embassy in Brussels to the Federal Foreign Office, 18. February 1926: No claim of Belgium to a permanent seat in the Council of the League of Nations; statement by Vandervelde on the increase of the permanent seat of the Council and remarks by Rolin on Polish wishes in this regard; discussion of Envoy Keller with Japanese Ambassador Adatoi, 3270-3273;11) Template for Imperial Chancellor, 16. February 1926: Possibility of preventing an amendment of the League of Nations Statutes concerning unanimity of Council decisions after Germany's entry into the League of Nations, 3274;12) Secret Telegram German Consulate Geneva, 12. February 1926: Secretary General Drummond against extension of the Council of Nations beyond its German seat; In case of inevitable enlargement Drummond advocates the admission of an Asian power; interpretation of the Locarno Treaties in the Far and Middle East as a union of Europe against Asia, 3275;13) Telegram Deutsche Botschaft London, 12. February 1926: Communication from a British cabinet member [Cecil] on the difficulty of the opposition to granting permanent seats in the League of Nations Councils to Poland, Spain and Brazil for lack of a German position; Ambassador Sthamer recommends further restraint, 3276-3277;14) Telegrams from the German Consulate Geneva, 12-13 February 1926; German Consulate Geneva, 12-13 February 1926; German Consulate Geneva, 12-13 February 1926; German Consulate Geneva, 12-13 February 1926; German Consulate Geneva, 12-13 February 1926; German Consulate Geneva, 12-13 February 1926; German Consulate Poland, 12-13 February 1926; German Consulate Poland, 12-1. February 1926: Demarche because of French promises about expansion of the Council of the League of Nations; confirmation of the promises by Berthelot with emphasis on Poland; support of Briand by Chamberlain and demands of Vandervelde for Belgium, 3283-3287;17) Telegram German Embassy Belgrade, 14. February 1926: Warning of the Italian and British envoys against activity for the Anschluss of Austria; Declaration by Mussolini about non-admission of the Anschluss by Italy, 3288;18) Confidential telegram German Embassy The Hague, 23 February 1926: Dutch rejection of an increase of the permanent and non-permanent members of the League of Nations Council except by Germany, USA and possibly USSR; No election of the Netherlands to the Council due to Swedish veto, 3289;19) Telegram German Embassy London, 24 February 1926: No election of the Netherlands to the Council due to Swedish veto, 3289;19) Telegram German Embassy London, 24 February 1926: No election of the Netherlands to the Council due to Swedish veto, 3289;19) Telegram German Embassy London, 24 February 1926: No election of the Netherlands to the Council due to Swedish veto, 3289;19) Telegram German Embassy London, 24 February 1926: No election of the Netherlands to the Council of Nations. February 1926: Views of Chambelain and Turrel on granting a permanent seat in the Council of Nations to a South American state; no protest by the Reich Foreign Ministry in Locarno against the seat of the Council of Poland; ways to solve the corridor question, 3292-3293;20) Telegram German Embassy Belgrade, 24. February 1926: Preparation of the Yugoslavian attitude in the League of Nations by meeting with Mussolini and Briand; Rome trip to Nintschitsch on behalf of King Alexander; reduction of the political reorientation to economic difficulties, 3294;21) Telegrams German Consulate Geneva, Embassy London, 24-25. February 1926: Secretary General Drummond approves the admission of Germany, Spain, Brazil and Poland to the League of Nations; Chinese claims for permanent seat in the Council are registered; Sweden is concerned about possible German approval of the permanent seat for Spain (with excerpt from "Stockholm Tidningen"), 3295-3299;22) Minutes (excerpt) of the ministerial meeting on 24 February 1926 February 1926: Statements by Reich Foreign Minister on Swedish request concerning extension of the League of Nations Council and Gentleman Agreement with Council members to secure the German seat; Statement on the Council seat for Poland and Spain; Decision on withdrawal of the application for admission in the event of failure to conclude the Agreement, 3301-3306;23) "Records [Reich Chancellery] of Germany's admission to the League of Nations", [without author], [22. February 1926]: Basis and form of admission; creation of the permanent seat of the German Council; aspects of the election of non-permanent members of the Council; devaluation of the German position in the event of an increase in the permanent seat of the Council, 3307-3313;24) Report by representatives of the Reich government in Munich, 24. February 1926: Criticism of the Bavarian People's Party (BVP) (Reichstag parliamentary group leadership) of the DNVP's statement against entry into the League of Nations and of the optimism of the Reich Ministry of Finance, 3314;25) Correspondence Reich President, Reich Chancellor, 27 February-04. March 1926: Approval of government decision by Hindenburg on entry into the League of Nations only if Council seats are refused to other powers, especially Poland; concern of the League of Nations circles because of possible change of heart in Germany; no commitment of the Reich government to compromise solutions also for the future, 3315-3317, 3329-3335;26) Memos Reich Chancellery/State Secretary, Rittmeister Plank, 02.-04. March 1926: Inquiry and information concerning states with demands of seats in the Council of the League of Nations; possibilities of German concessions; prevention of a pro-French bloc, 3324-3328;27) Minutes (excerpt) Ministerial meeting on 05. March 1926: Guidelines for action against the League of Nations; tug-of-war France, Sweden and others over new candidacies for Council seats; combating attempts to transform the Military Control Commission into a controlling body of the League of Nations; Mussolini's desire to improve German-Italian relations, 3336-3339;28) Telegram Reich Chancellor to President, 08. March 1926: Result of the discussions with Chamberlain, Briand, Vandervelde and Scioloja; no concrete promise of Germany concerning seats in the League of Nations Council, 3343;29) Minutes (excerpt) of the ministerial meeting on 15 March 1926. March 1926: Differences of opinion on the admission of changes to the League of Nations Council before the entry of Germany; statement by Reich President on the Polish candidacy, 3356-3357;30) Submission by Reich Chancellor on intercession State Secretary Zweigert, 18. March 1926: Urgent request of the Reich Council for information on the foreign policy situation; involvement of Prussian provincial representatives, 3359-3360;31) "Compilation of some concerns expressed in the German press and other public opinion against the position of the German delegation and the connection of the Geneva Conference", [without author], March 18, 1926, 3361-3364;32) Representative of the Reich Government in Munich to Reich Chancellery, 18-30. March 1926: Bavarian press commentaries on the failure of the German application for admission to the League of Nations; statements by Minister Gürtner on presumed backgrounds; no support of foreign policy by DNVP, 3372-3375, 3400-3401, 3403-3404;33) Representative of the Reich Government in Munich to Reich Chancellery, 20. March 1926: New tactics of the NSDAP against the National Socialist Volksbund; NS assembly for a calculation of Hitler with Graefe; telegram of the Volksbund to Reich President concerning prevention of accession to the League of Nations, 3380;34) "Proposal for reconstruction of the Council of Nations according to the model of the Administrative Council of the International Labour Organization", [without author], March 1926, 3381-3383;35) Reichstag President to Reich Chancellery, 23. March 1926: Resolution of the Reichstag concerning government declaration and position of the German delegation in Geneva; expectations regarding guarantees for the effectiveness and continuation of the Locarno policy even before entry into the League of Nations, 3386;36) Secret telegram of the German consulate Geneva, 19th century March 1926: Election of Switzerland and Argentina to the Examination Committee for Council Reforms of the League of Nations; recommendation of an agreement with Argentina in the case of German participation and participation as observer, 3388-3389;37) Memo Brazilian Government, WTB-Meldung, Telegramme Botschaft Rio de Janeiro, 24 February-01. April 1926: Brazil's resistance to Germany's admission to the Council of the League of Nations without consulting the Brazilian candidacy; no influence of Mussolini on Brazilian attitude in the League of Nations; recommendation of measures to improve German-Brazilian relations, [3391a]-3399, 3410-3411;38) Minutes (excerpt) of the ministerial meeting, note Foreign Office and others, 31 March-12. April 1926: Statement by the Reich Foreign Minister on participation in the Examination Commission for Council Reforms of the League of Nations, instructions to German representatives and relationship with Polish Council candidacy; agreement to participation and letter to Secretary General Drummond; proposals for changes by the Reich President; status of negotiations with the USSR, 3405-3409, 3412-3414, 3417-3422, 3424-3427;39) German Embassy Prague to the Foreign Office, 11. April 1926: Statements by Benesch on Germany's admission to the League of Nations, possible compromise on the increase in Council seats and guidelines for Czechoslovak League of Nations policy, 3415-3418;40) Minutes (excerpt) Ministerial Meeting of 15. April 1926: Resolution concerning the statement concerning the increase of the League of Nations Council seats in the press release; Waiting attitude towards suggestions for the separation of League of Nations policy and Locarno policy (with "press orientation in the publication of the German Note to the League of Nations"), 3428-3437;41) Note Reich Chancellery/State Secretary on Report by Reich Foreign Minister and Minister Envoy von Hoesch, 21. May 1926: Decisions of the Examination Commission concerning the creation of new permanent and the increase of temporary Council seats in the League of Nations; Approval by the Reichstag, Foreign Affairs Committee, except for the factions of the KPD and the League of Nations; Significance of the new regulations for Germany, 3442-3444;42) Minutes of the Ministerial Meeting on [08.May 1926: Proposals by the Reich Foreign Minister concerning the attitude to the increase of the League of Nations Council Seats; Statement on candidacies Poland, Spain and Brazil, 3446-3447;43) German Embassy Madrid to the Foreign Office, 07. May 1926: Energetic Spanish striving for a permanent seat in the League of Nations Council; Spain's political ulterior motives in concluding the favorable trade treaty; hope for rejection of the Spanish candidacy by Great Britain in order to avoid a clarification of the German position, 3448-3452. In it also:Supplementary information on the place of discovery:Bazille (see above mentioned classification: I.20, 3014-3018); Baker I.18, 2968-2975, 2078-2981); Balfour (III.10, 3270-3273); Brown (I.20, 3014-3018), (I.22, 3028), (III.9, 3263-3266); Brown (I.23, 3029-3032), (III.38); Brockdorff (I.1); Bülow (I.1), (II.3, 3157-3196, 3203-3204)Chamberlain (I.9, 2830-2836), (I.13, 2876-2882), (IV.3, 4193-4209), (III.13, 3276-3277), (III.10, 3270-3273), (III.21, 3295-3299), (III.19, 3292-3293); Cuno (II.4, 3206-3207); Curtius (III.22, 3301-3306), (III.29, 3356-3357), (III.38), (III.40, 3428-3437)Other provenances: National Archives Washington DC, Guide 0, p.6, T 120, roll 1690.
Contains: Prof. Dr. Jockers, New York Money shortage of the Reichsbund deutscher demokratischer Jugend Mayor election in Kehl a. Rh. and other Kehl affairs Colonial Reich working group "Konkordia" (Mayor Dr. Max Winkler in press affairs) City of Konstanz
History of the Inventory Designer: 1887 through merger of the Gesellschaft für Deutsche Kolonisation (founded 1884) with the Deutscher Kolonialverein (founded 1887). Founded 1882) in Berlin; Objective: Dissemination of national understanding and interest in the colonial question, practical solution of colonial problems through support of German-national colonization enterprises, fostering the togetherness of the Germans abroad, scientific research of the colonies, expansion of German colonial property and support of the German fleet program to secure the colonies; organs of the Society were Presidium, Committee, and Board; subdivisions into Colonial Economic Committee (founded 1896); German Colonial Economic Committee (founded 1896); German Colonial Economic Committee (founded 1896); German Colonial Committee (founded 1896); German Colonial Committee (founded 1896); German Colonial Committee (founded 1896).), Hauptverband deutscher Flottenvereine im Ausland (founded 1898), Frauenbund der deutschen Kolonialgesellschaft (founded 1907); 1936 within the framework of the National Socialist Gleichschaltung integration into Reichskolonialbund; 1943 dissolution for reasons of war economy. Editing note: Findbuch (1953) Inventory description: Archivische Bewertung und Bearbeitung It is a confirmed fact that an archive was established in the D e u t s c h e K o l o n i a l g e s c h e l l s c h a f t . The Colonial Economic Archive, which was established at the Berlin Central Office in 1909, already had records of more than 600 colonial enterprises in its founding year. Due to a lack of documents, it is not possible to determine when the documents were transferred from these archives or the registries to the Reichsarchiv. For the period of the Second World War it can be assumed that the holdings, together with other holdings of the Reichsarchiv, were outsourced and taken over by the German Central Archive Potsdam (later the Central State Archive Potsdam) after 1945. Due to the lack of old finding aids, no information can be given on war-related outsourcing losses. The first processing of the holdings was already carried out at the Central State Archives in Potsdam. In the holdings of the D e u t s c h e K o l o n i a l s c h e G e l l l s c h a f t , the majority of the traditional file titles were newly created and partly supplemented by notes on contents. In addition to the already existing series and volume sequences, additional archival ones were added where appropriate. Since the already existing thread-stitching had predetermined the creation and delimitation of files, especially of the volumes of the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft holdings, temporal overlaps in the series and volume sequences could not be avoided. The transfer of the data records of the D e u t s c h e K o l o n i a l g e s e l l s c h a f t to the database took place in 2003. Content characterization: Antislavery; exhibitions, congresses, conferences and rallies; emigration; authorities and offices; Deutscher Frauenbund and its institutions; Deutscher Kolonialverein and Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft; expeditions and research trips; naval affairs; research and science; societies and associations; trade and economy; Herero uprising; church and missions; Colonial Reichsarbeitsgemeinschaft; Colonial policy Colonial propaganda and honours; Colonial economic committee; Agriculture and settlement; Military affairs; Museums and archives; Personnel and correspondence; Press cuttings; Legal and administrative affairs; Shipping and waterways; School and education; Donations and lottery; Tropical hygiene; Support and loan applications; Experimental and investigation stations; Veterinary medicine. State of development: Publication Findbuch and Online Findbuch 2003 Citation method: BArch, R 8023/...
German Colonial SocietyContains: List of Korag members (Koloniale Reichsarbeitsgemeinschaft) of 25 Jan. 1930 Programme of the Rheinische Kolonialtagung in Bad Aachen, May 1930 Colonial election district of the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft of 15 Aug. 1930
Digital copies of press articles as well as some annual reports and other materials on the company