The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-17
The Civil War Plans of the
Hitler Party

starvation and slavery
Hitler and his crowd attempted at first to
represent the document as being forgery and
the work of spies, and talked about forged
documents; but within "a hours there could be
no longer any dispute regarding the genuineness
of this document. It's author, leading national
socialist and member Of the Hessian Diet, DR..
Best, admitted having drawn it up. At the con-
ference at which this document was discussed,
only prominent national socialists were present
Thus the second excuse that the authors Of the
document are not leaders but only irresponsible
persons is prvoed to be a 1ies on the part OF
Hitler
In view of the Hessian document Hitler has
again solernnly assured General Groener of the
perfect legality" of his intentions Even the
closest friends of the national socialists, the
German nationalsts have been placed in pain
fully embarrassing situation; they can find no
better excuse than to say that these plans are
hundred per cent Bolshevistici" BY this dodge
they seek to maintain and continue the agita-
ton for the prohibition of the Communist Party.
But the chief Public Prosecutor is also SER
iously compromised in connection with the Hes
sian revelations. This man hastily sought to
the national socialist civil war strategists
by declaring that their plan had been worked
out only for the eventually Of Communist re-
volt. In view of the indignant protest Of the
broad public he was unable to maintain this
thesis, but was compelled to bring charge
against the national socialists. But up to the
present not one of the accused national socialist
leaders has been arrestedi
General Croener is particularly compromised
by the revelations OF the civil war plans of the
national socialists. Acting on his behalf the
Reichswehr General Won Schleicher at repeated
conferences with Hitler, had established close
connection between the Reichswehr and the ma
tonal socialists In his declarations to the press
General Groener had demanded "draconic, ex-
ceptonal measures against the Communist
Party, but never so much as mentioned the Fit
Ter party. In his speech to the Ministers for the
Interior OF the various provinces, in which he
again made the sharpest attack against the Com
nlunist Party, Groener recommended that the
material against the C.P. of Germany, which
Hitler had handed over to him on the previous
day. should receive the special attention Of the
provincial governments. There could be no doubt
that Groener was aiming at q general prohibit
ton of the Communist Party, while at the same
time he openly favored the national socialists
But in spite Of everything General croener
again comes before the public and In an ARTICLE
published in the ~Deutsche AIlgennetne zettm,g"
on November %. calls FOR new emergency orders
against the s'calur1nistors OF the staSe~ who
venture to e'pry into the secrets OF Gernany's
defensive policy The monstrous sentence OF
years 3 months imprisonment on the editor Of
the bourgeois periodical "Weltbuhne," which
criticised the air budget Is not severe enough
for Groener. But this Reichs Minister for the
Interior has no word 10 say Regarding IRE evil.
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