No Bang, But Out!

von Papen killed the new Reichstag before the new Reichstag could kill Von Papen. It was all very dramatic. Germany's Parliament came into being under the temporary Presidency of Frau Clara Zetkin, “Red Clara,” who in her inaugural address, prayed that she would some day perform a similar service for the German Soviet Republic. As the venerable Communist's age is reported by cable to be seventy-five, the German Soviet Republic will have to come soon if its godmother is to be she. With tottering footsteps she was led away from the chair, and the Reichstag faced the Monarchist-Republican issue, but not for long. As soon as an attack on his Government developed, Von Papen placed on the table the dissolution decree. It proved deadlier than a bomb. There was no bang, but out went the Reichstag.