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- The Federal President on the future of the world economy.
- Stresemann’s speech. A statement from the Quai d’Orsay.
The saved headlines concern the federal president’s view of the world economy’s future and a French foreign-ministry statement about Stresemann’s speech. This partial reading identifies the subjects and attribution while leaving the economic argument and diplomatic statement untranscribed.
Partial reading: the large presidential headline and left-column Stresemann headline with its Quai d’Orsay subheading only.
Translation
The Federal President on the future of the world economy.
The Federal President on the future of the world economy.
Stresemann’s speech. A statement from the Quai d’Orsay.
Stresemann’s speech. A statement from the Quai d’Orsay.
Context
Austria’s recovery depended on the outside world
Austria had only recently escaped rapid inflation with a League-backed stabilization program and introduced the schilling in 1925. A presidential discussion of the world economy therefore concerned the surroundings of a fragile national recovery. Financial stability at home did not remove the importance of international credit and exchange.
Why Paris answered a German speech
Stresemann’s policy after Germany joined the League concerned outstanding relations with France, including occupation and financial questions discussed at Thoiry. A French Foreign Ministry statement could therefore affect how his speech was understood. Public explanations mattered alongside private negotiations.
A rapprochement with two domestic audiences
A minister could present a negotiation as an achievement to his own country while making the other side uneasy about what had been promised. Pairing Stresemann’s speech with a Quai d’Orsay statement brings those two national audiences together. The diplomatic task included maintaining enough common understanding for talks to continue.
Original
Der Bundespräsident über die Zukunft der Weltwirtschaft.
Der Bundespräsident über die Zukunft der Weltwirtschaft.
Die Rede Stresemanns. Eine Erklärung des Quai d’Orsay.
Die Rede Stresemanns. Eine Erklärung des Quai d’Orsay.