Evening star., 1932-07-21
Supreme Court Will Hear
Proceedings Against Won
Papen Saturday.
HITLER VOICES GLEE
AT MILITARY RULE
Two Killed in Political Riots.
Bracht Moves to Gust Cabinet.
Essen Protests.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, July 2l-PruSsia,5 new die
tatorship moved smoothly into acton
today, but under the .urfaCe calm there
was considerable resentment at the i'm
position of martial law by yesterdays
presidential decree.
Franz Bracht selected by Chancellor
Won Papen to govern Prussia during the
period of the emergency. took over his
new duties and gave the remaining
Prussian ministers their choice of
methods by which the federal govern
ment will remove them from office.
As a result of the obstinacy Of Karl
Severing, who refused to rellnquish his
post as PrusSlan minister OF the inter-
ior until threatened with arrest. the
entire Prussian cabinet is to be deposed
and the federal government will ap-
point officeholder5 IN their places.
Formal proceedings were begun today
against Albert GrzcSlnski, Socialist head
OF the Prusslan police, and his two chief
assistants Bernhard Weiss and Albert
Heimansberg. who were arrested yeSter-
day after refusing to submit to feI-
eral order displacing them, They are
CnaTRcO
ity.
Bavaria Fights Dictatorship.
Meantime the sentiment of the res
of the country was lined up. Bavaria
has joined Prussia's appeal to the Su-
preme Court against the dictatorship.
SaXony declined to join. In the Essen
Municipal Council the Social Demo-
cratic bloc refused to sanction leave OF
absence for Herr Bracht. who is lord
lnayor of Essen. on the grounds that he
is indispensable to the city and cannot
be spared to serve as dictator for
Prussia
The Supreme Court announced that
a hearing on the appeal had bsen set
tc1' Saturday.
Despite martial law, however, two
men were killed and number were IN
jured in political riots last night. In
Southeastern Berlin police fired on a
Communist group, killing one and
Wounding several. In SaXony another
Communist was killed when police
broke up a riot between Communists
and National Socialists.
This afternoon Gen. Gerd von Run
stedt, in charge of the execution OF
martial law, issued a warning that I'M
prisonment awaited these suspected OF
any crime committed with lethal weap-
ons carrying arms without permit or
concealing arms when being searched
The order forbade a number of Com
munist meeting scheduled for today and
tomorrow.
The new military rule prevented Com
munist and NaZi meetings scheduled for
last night at Luckenwalde in the Prov
ince of Brandenburg.
Hitler Expresses Glee.
In a speech at Bremen, Adolf Hitler,
Nazi leader, expressed his glee over the
dictatorship established by the Won
Papen government. 1t was high time, ''
the Nazi chieftain said. The crowd
thundered out mighty cheer when it
was announced that Premier Braun. for
II years head of the Prussian ministry,
and Severing were removed from office
by the new dictatorial regime.
On the other hand. a mighty crowd
only part of which could squeeze its way
| into the big circus tent provided for it,
cheered former Chancellor Heinrich
Bruening at Munich when he deplored
the treatment of Herr Severing
Like no other man" DR.. Bruening
said, Severing gave IA years of MS
life for the German nation, and against
Communism.
Bruening branded the declaration of
martial law as inspired by Hitler, as
needless.
Police closed the publishing Offices of
the Communist newspaper Rote Fahne
here last night. The paper yesterday
published a special issue in which it
urged a political mass strike in pro-
test against the dictatorship
DELEGATES OF labor organizations from
all over the country were 5ummone~ =
to meet today to consider the situation.
The general disposition seemed TO be
to accept the situation pending a test
of the popular will in 10 days.