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GERMANY
Monarchist Tendencies
BAVARIA’S RELATIONS WITH THE REICH
LONDON, February 22
Commenting on recent statements by the Bavarian Premier (Dr. Held), to the effect that if Germany secures a new monarch Bavaria will not submit to the Hohenzollerns, and “if Berlin makes further attempts to deprive Bavaria of her rights, we shall know what to do,” the “Daily Telegraph” says:- “The ex-Crown Prince Rupprecht has for long lived in his palace at Munich in much the same style as the last crowned King of Bavaria. He has always enjoyed popularity, and has never renounced his dynastic claims. He maintains his court and is treated with royal honours wherever he goes.
“There can be little doubt that the leader of the Bavarian monarchists was justified in saying recently that the accession o
