Twenty minutes long the pandemonium continued. But
events showed that my fears were misplaced,the opposite being the case.
I began, and spoke for about two and a half
hours.
Then they recognized that neither terror nor
silence couldhinder the progress of our movement.
At that I lost all patience and decided to conduct
a demonstration ofprotest on my own.
The hall lookedas if a bomb had exploded there.
And, apart from this, white is not acolour capable of attracting and focusing public
attention.
To-day they would smash in our faces once and for
all.
HermannEssen, who was chairman of the meeting,
announced: The meeting willcontinue. At least, not in the form hitherto in use. The
hall was before me, like a huge shell, packed withthousands and thousands of
people.
Atfirst their tactics fluctuated between the use of
terror and silence inour regard.
And this also applies to black, white and red for
reasons alreadystated. And a few months later those of us inMunich were in
possession of six of these flags. Before me, and especially towards my left, there
were only opponents,seated or standing.
Contact had been at once established with all those
thousandsof individuals. The second is a matter forpity, because it has its
foundation in the weaknesses of human nature.
I was being kept informed by telephone every ten
minutes and wasbecoming uneasy.
I stood where I was and could observe my boysdoing
their duty, every one of them.
There I had the chance of seeing what a bourgeois
meeting could be. I was being kept informed by telephone every ten minutes and
wasbecoming uneasy.
To-day they would smash in our faces once and for
all.
The steadily increasingstrength of our hall guards
was a main factor in popularizing thesymbol.
The result was shown in an ever-increasing number
of supporters andmembers into our party. Only in the left corner a big crowd still
stood out against ourmen and put up a bitter fight.
I was being kept informed by telephone every ten
minutes and wasbecoming uneasy.
And,finally, black is incapable of attracting
attention. At the most, they had a reconstruction of the old REICH
inmind.
In the first place our method of conducting a
meeting was entirelydifferent. But usually the others are slow to acknowledge that
only one man iscalled. There were a few furious outbursts and all in a moment a man
jumped on aseat and shouted Liberty. In this way thestrongest and swiftest becomes
recognized and turns out to be thevictor. They are more eloquent than words to
demonstrate the success ofthis demonstration.
And it was extraordinary how eagerly these boys of
the War generationresponded to this order. But events showed that my fears were
misplaced,the opposite being the case. Who could now imagine a German REICHbased on
the foundations of an effete and degenerate dynasty?