Evening star., 1932-06-05
GERMANY |SSWEPT
BY REGENCY STORY
.CrediabIe Sources Lend COL
or to Report Crown Prince
May Head Government.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN June "A report that for
mer Grown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm
would be summoned in few months
to head the government as "relchsver-
weser," or regent. swept through Ger
many today as the climax of week
packed with surprising political deVel-
opments.
Several credible sources were author
itv for this story that the house of
Hohenzollern. rulers of Germany for
centuries and ousted at the end OF the
World War. was to be recalled.
One of these was the editor OF one
of the most important newspapers in
the Chain of DR.. Alfred Hugenberg
leader of the Nationalist party.
- Authority Cited.
This editor. himself an influential
Nationalist said unequivocally that
President Paul Won Hindenburg would
retire October 2. his 85th birthday an
niversary, to make way for the Crown
Prince.
Substantially the same story was sent
to the Berliner VolksZeitung, Demo-
cratic, daily, by its Munich correspond
ent.
The correspondent cited his authority
as zone extremely important in the
formation of future Bavarian gov
ernment" This person. the Volks-
zeitung, said, asserted that the return
Of the Hohenzollerns would mean an
end to the independence of Bavaria.
a. Story Denied.
Official circles denied that President
Won Hindenburg had planned to step
down in favor Of Friedrich Wilhelm.
Hand -in-hand with the reports Of the
restoration of the old royalty was
rumor that the new cabinet would con-
venea national assembly to draft
new constitution.
The cabinet published President Won
Hindenburg's decree dissolving the
Reicnstag explaining that according
to the elections in the Diets of the
German states. it no longer represents
the political will of the people"
Labor Alieneated.
The cabinet also made public its
declaration of policies, which contained
an attack on the steadily increasing
state socialism charged against the
German postwar governments.
One effect of this declaration was to
crystalize the opposition of organized
labor, which has no representative in
the ministry.
Since last Sunday, when President
vOn' Hindenburg informed Or. Heinrich
Breuning that he no longer had conf
Cenre in the Breuning cabinet. Ger
many has seen ministry fall without
its having suffered a defeat in the
Reichstag, and has seen put in its place
a cabinet composed largely Of the old
nobility.
The nation now looks forward to what
probably will prove to be the most
tense general electins ever held. They
are due sometime late next month.
In a history of the fall of the house
of Hohenzollern, Herbert Gutenberg tells
of the exciting days ct Spa when Kaiser
Wilhelm, almost hysterical, realized
that the game was lost.
He turned to the faithful who had
accompanied him in the flight from
Potsdam, Gutenberg writes.
What do you think Hindenburg?"
he demanded. couldn't my son be
Kaiser? Couldn't he be Wilhelm III?
What do you say, Groener, hey? Why
Cont you say something's"
Hindenburg. the author writes. shrug-
ged his shoulders. Gen. Wilhelm Groe-
ner said: Il am afraid, your majesty,
it is too late
Now reliable reports saw. President
Won Hindenberg is ready to retire and
support the Crown Prince as his sue
cessOr to head the German Republic.