Ebert was re-elected again by the Reichstag in 1922 and was widely respected as hsaead of state by the people, but was confronted with considerable opposition from his political adverries. He ma- naged to provide some continuity in German politics during the troubled early years of the republic marked by one government rapidly succeeding the other, insurrections by the left and right, calamitous inflation and the occupation of the Ruhr by the French. 168.144.29.127
