against making Hitler chancellor. He had been “unable to discover much respect for agreements in Hitler,” Hugenberg said.226 DVP Chairman Eduard Dingeldey also warned against Hitler, calling him “an unpredictable person easily subject to outside influences.” No one, Dingeldey argued, could rule out Hitler “trying to seize power even against the will of the Reich president.”227 The chairman of the Centre Party, Ludwig Kaas,
