The Great Illusion of the Last Emergency Decree

Why does Brüning attack the NSDAP, but not Communism?

Mr. Reich Chancellor!

I read the following sentences in your commentary on the Fourth Emergency Decree issued by the Reich President:

“I will continue to resist all efforts by parties to tear apart the German people into two enemy camps in the midst of our spiritual tension and material need. An ancient instinct admonishes all peoples to set aside internal controversies when the fatherland stands at the decisive hour for political action.”

Although each of the emergency decrees issued by your government claimed to be at a “decisive moment” of political action, I take it from the extensive introductory speech that this most recent emergency decree is supposed to have even greater significance, since the hour is seen as particularly serious. However, Mr. Reich Chancellor, I do not see the so-called “ancient instincts” in your introduction, which to my mind are to be expected not only from parties, but also from statesmen.