 Lüttwitz said at the parade that he would "not accept" the loss of such an important unit.Several of Lüttwitz's officers were horrified at this open rejection of the government's authority and tried to mediate by setting up a meeting between von Lüttwitz and the leaders of the two major right-wing parties.Lüttwitz listened to and remembered their ideas, but was not dissuaded from his course of action.