Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-10
H|NDENBERG FIRM
IN HITLER MEETING
Fascist Leader Warned
Against Opposition to New
German Cabinet.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
| BERLIN, October 10 R).-President
Won Hindenburg, war lord of the old
| Germany and idol of the new, talked
for an hour and q quarter today with
Adolf Hitler, leader of the strongest
| opposition the present government faces.
Neither one said what they had talked
about, but 1t was certain that Hitler
had told the old field marshal what his
Fascist Brown Shirts are after and that
the President had warned him with
grun emphasis that any new disturb
ances by the ''Nazis" can only do harm
to the country.
The "Nazis" are Hitler's National
Socialists, now closely allied with Alfred
Hugenberg's Nationalist. Both have
sworn to unseat Chancellor Bruening II
| they can when the Reichstag recon-
venes next Tuesday.
First Meeting Face TO Face.
1t was the first time the 84-year -old
! President and Hitler, who is exactly half
| his age. had met face to face. Hitler
came to the Presidents palace before
noon. riding In q limousine.
Long before he arrived q crowd OF his
followers had gathered in the Wilhelm
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| on the other side Of the street. and held
| them there even when their leader s
arrival brought q burst of cheering.
| Hitler. jerky and nervous as usual.
stood for q moment on the presidential
steps. faced the crowd across the street
| and raised his arm in the Fascist salute
'Hoch Hitler" they cried. and the
Nazi leader stepped inside as servant
| opened the doog.
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soldier in the Germany Army, was
wounded twice, received the Iron Cross,
and at the end Of the war was a COM
misSioned offlcer. 1t was after the peace
that he emerged from the Fascist ranks
In Bavaria, organized his party along
military lines and went to war with the
Bavarian government.
Beer Cellar Put>ch."
In 1928 he had thrown in his lot
with Gen. Ludendorff and 1t was these
two who started the beer cellar
putsch,' declared THO government at
Berlin deposed and declared themselves
head Of the national government"
This was in Munich, but the govern
ment was not ready to submit and
blood was shed before the putSch COL
lapsed and Hitler was sentenced to Ave
years in jail. After several months he
was released when he promised to be-
have in the future.
He is . bachelor, and the women's
vote goes to his party despite his re-
peated campaign declaration that ne
will have no women candidates.
No women" He has shouted from
/ the platform more than once, this Is
a mans job We have to do"
| Some things he and the aging Presi-
dent have in common. although both
are hailed by crowds wherever they go
both would rather sit quietly talking in
peace with one or two friends. Both
| are deeply concerned with the youth OF
the country. Both know the troubles of
war and each has said more than once
that there must be no more of 1t.
Approval Given Ministry.
The President approved Chancellor
Bruening's ministry last night in spite
of the fact that its swing to the Right
was regarded as almost negligible. Min
lister Of Economics Wambold has no
party Affiliations and Minister of JUS
! tice Joel is credited with slightly Right
! est tendencies-these being the only re-
| placements in the old cabinet.
To win ma jority Of 289 members in
| he ReichStag. the new cabinet can mus
| ter 270 supporters and the balance may
be provided by factions in the Peoples
parry. IIIS ECOllOIlIC party anu iIlC
AgrarianS. The latter are diSgruntled,
however. at the retention of Minister
of Agriculture Schield, whose farm poll
/ cieS have been much criticized.
Virtually a dictator, DR.. Bruening re-
mains as chancellor and also becomes
foreign minister, taking over the port
folio relinquished by DR.. Julius Curtius.
Defense Minister Remains.
Gen. Wilhelm Groener. minister of de-
Tense. retains that post and takes on
the duties Of minister of the interior.
which makes him head of the German
police.
Hermann Walmbold, minister OF
economics, is a prominent industrialist
| Others Of the cabinet are:
Hermann Dietrich, finance; Martin
Schiele, food and agriculture: George
Schaetzel, posts and telegraphS; Curt
Joel. justice; Gottfried Treviranus,
transportation; Adam Stegerwald, labor
Dr. Joel had been undersecretary in
the ministry of justice for IL years and
Prof. Walmbold was minister Of agri-
culture in the PrusSian cabinet Of 1921,
later af1liating himself with a COM
papg that was absorbed in the Dye
Trust.
Placing Groener In control Of both
the army and the police was accepted
cellor Bruening intends to rule with an
iron hand during what is likely to be
Winter of disccntent, provided his
government survives the ReichStag ses-
sion beginning october IS.
Victory Is Forecast.
While the fght in the Reichstag is
expected to be close. political observers
look for the chancellor to merge VIC
torious.
President Won Hindenburg has writ
ten q personal letter of thanks to each
departing minister To. DR.. Curtius he
was especially cordial saying: More
than five years you, as minister of
economics and foreign minister, devoted
your whole strength to the country's
service. Therefore I desire especially to
thank you in the name OF the Reich
and personally for your services in these
difficult years"
U. S. MINISTER TO CHINA