Evening star., 1932-08-09
REICH THREATENS
DEATH TO RIOTERS
IN DRASTIC DECREE
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government indicated it would take
against rioters would include the death
penalty was still somewhat of an open
question. 1t was recalled death was
the penalty in 1919 for carrying a
lethal weapon. The existing laws pro-
vide for the extreme penalty If at
tempts are made which cause death.
The special speed" courts will be set
up in Berlin, East Prussia, Silesia.
Schleswig- -Holstein. Brandenburg and
possibly in Brunswick
In Western and Southern Germany,
where order generally has prevailed,
such steps were considered unnecessary.
Besides provision of the death pen
atty. all other penalties on the statute
books will be increased in severity.
The list of outrages overnight in
creased as further reports came in. A
fresh outburst was recorded in Schles-
wig, where a Jewish store was bombed
as we'll as the home OF a Jewish citizen.
In smaller towns in East Prussia the
citizens were called out to form as
sistant police forces Four new at
tacks in Upper Silesia resulted In no
casualties. Several fights occurred in
Hamburg and 160 were arrested.
alton in Berlin. the government quar-
ter in the Wilhelmstrasse looked like
an armed camp early today as police
patrolled in squads. armed with car
bines It was understood the special
precautions were occasioned by secret
word that the Nazis were massing on
the outskirts of Berlin. The report
turned out to be groundless. however.
Normal police patrols were resumed
alter 3 am.
Grenade Injuries Child.
Two victims of mob violence died
during the night.
At Breslau a National Socialist was
fatally injured when a bomb exploded
prematurely in his hands.
At Seidenberg a member Of the
Reichsbanner was killed. At Marien-
burg a child of 6 received probably
fatal injuries when a hand grenade
was tossed through window Of its
bed room.
The Socialist newspaper at Reichen-
bach was bombed by National Socialists.
At Wuechelberg bullets spattered the
house of a Reichsbanner member. but
no one was hurt. The CentTist party
newspaper at Muensterberg was raked
by shots. Windows were broken in the
homes of Jewish residents of Strehlen.
There was increasing evidence today
that Adolf Hitler will not be the chan
cellor of Germany II President Won Hin
denburg and the Won Papen govern
ment can prevent it.
It was said the President Is so de-
termined to end party rule that he will
abandon the tradition by which the
President after Reichstag election re-
ceives the party leaders in turn. &C
cording to the size Of their Reichstag
membership.
AS his engagements stand now, 1t
was reported, only Chancellor Won Pa
pen and Foreign Minister Won Neurath
are scheduled to report to him when
ne reached Berlin.
1t was expected the chancellor would
submit a cabinet slate composed of the
present members and increased by sew
eral of Hitler'S National Socialists
chosen not as politicians, but by reason
Of their fitness for Office.
The President would approve the list
and then the reconstructed cabinet
would go before the Reichstag and dare
any hostile bloc to unseat 1t.
Most political observers agree that
Hitler has reached an important crisis
in his career He has come to point
where he must make a choice between
living up to his own assertion that the
Nazis desire an end of party politics
and acceding to the urgent demand Of
Adolf Goebbels and other hotspurs that
he accept the chancellorship or Moth
ing If necessary abandoning legal
methods to attain the goal of a purely
National Socialist state.