On Monday, May 11th, Field-Marshal von Hindenburg travelled from Hanover
to take up his duties as President of the German Reichstag in Berlin. His entry took place amid an orderly rather than universally enthusiastic welcome. The old Imperial colours were more lavishly displayed than the new Republican flag. The Monarchist associations indulged in the German love of dressing up and parading, and with kindred bodies they lined the five miles of road from the Heerstrasse Bahnhof to the Chancellor's Palace where he stayed the night. On Tuesday, again in the civilian clothes which must seem strange to him on any State occasion, the President drove to the Reichstag where he was introduced by its President and invited to take the oath to the Constitution. There was a demonstration by the Communist Party who proceeded to walk out of the Chamber. Otherwise the proceedings were dignified and ended with brief speeches from the President of the Chamber and Hindenburg. There seems to have been a really cordial greeting from the crowds as the President departed. * * * *
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