Hermann Roeren

Hermann Roeren ( born March 29, 1844 in Ruethen in Westphalia, † December 23, 1920 in Köln- Lindenthal ) was a German jurist and member of the Reichstag.

Roeren who sat for the German Centre Party in the Reichstag since 1893, played a crucial role in educating several scandals that had occurred at the beginning of the 20th century in the German colony of Togo. Hermann Roeren was with Matthias Erzberger spokesman. Against the continuation of the colonial war in the German colonies and against the government submit a supplementary budget, which was related to the high administrative costs and the suppression of the uprising of the Herero and Nama in German South-West Africa

In 1898 he founded with the people waiting collar Catholic morality movement in Cologne. He was the spokesman of the center in the campaign to the aggravation of the criminal law by the so-called Lex Heinze.

Before the so-called " Hottentot " published in 1907 Roeren material loaded various colonial officials and businessmen because of various offenses. About the seclusion of monopoly agreements between the German Reich and the shipping company and the company Woermann Tippelskirch for military equipment, the goods at extremely inflated prices delivered to the colonies. Co-owner of Tippelskirch & Co. was the then Agriculture Minister Victor von Podbielskistraße.

During the debate, where political opponents Roerens the accusation Roeren have blackmail the national government with the material and they want to impose the will of the center.