The Rhine Republic Is a Grotesque Country (July
14,1919)
If the Allies want to turn the Rhine valley into their own Great Wall against the
enemy, they must first tear it away from Germany and turn it into a separate country.
It is said that a provisional government has already been set up in Wiesbaden with
a Dr. Dorten as president. How happy this Dr. Dorten must be! The Jin set up Liu
Xiang,26 and the Khitan set up Shi Jingtang.27 China has also had a number of such
states.

26 A Chinese saying evoking fellow feeling between different creatures.
27 Liu Xiang (1073–1146) was an official of the Northern Song dynasty who went over to the Jin
invaders and was set up by them as a puppet emperor.