Armlets, also, of the same were at once ordered for the men of the bodies for keeping order—red, with a white band and hooked cross.
The new flag first appeared in public in the middle of the summer of 1920.
Two years later, when our men, which had long amounted to several thousands, were now a consider¬ able storm-detachment (Sturmabteilung), it appeared necessary to give the fighting organization of the new world-theory a special symbol of victory—a Standard.
At that time there was in Munich no Party, barring the Marxist Parties, especially no nationalist one, which could show mass-demonstrations such as we could. The Münchener Kindl-Keller, which held 5,000 people, was more than once full to bursting, and there was only one hall into which we had not ventured, and that was the Circus Krone.
At the end of January, 1921, there was again much cause for anxiety in Germany. The Paris Agreement, by which Germany engaged to pay the absurd sum of 100 milliards of gold marks, was to be confirmed in the form of the London Ultimatum.
Day after day went by and none of the great Parties had taken any notice of the frightful event, and the workers’ organization could not make up its mind as to a definite date for a demonstration which was being planned.
On Tuesday, February ist, I demanded a final decision. I was put off till Wednesday. On that day I demanded to be told clearly if and when the meeting was to take place. The reply was still uncertain and hesitating ; it was that it was intended to invite the workers to a demonstration on that day week.