The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-25
By MILTON BRoNNER


 European Manager, NEA Service
 (Copyright 1032 NEA Service, Incl
 .Berlin.-Will Germany pass un- ; der a stern military dictatorship under Chancellor Franz von Papen,
 like that of Mussolini in Italy?
 Is the way being paved. IA years 5 after Kaiser Wilhelm's overthrow, { for restoration of the monarchy
 and the return of the Hohenzollern { royal line to the throne?
 , Has Adolf Hitler, the former < house painter. at last triumphed < (by secret agreement with the
 monarchists) in his long, fight to
 gain control of the government E with his ultra-patriotic Nazi < party?
 Or will Germany, like Russia, S sink into the welter of commu- 2 nism which has shown big gains < in recent elections and which has
 brought about the present crisis { in the Fatherland?
 2 The German people bid fair to < Indicate their answer to these q questions by their vote in the elec- : tions for the reichstag (German ; parliament) on Sunday, July 31
 --uuIC5o ShdHCCllOi tOh opCl 2 should call off the elections. For z there are plenty of parties of all political hues in the field, though 5 the main fiht is between Hitler's ! fire-eating Nazis and the growing a communists. Repeated pre-elec- < clashes between the Hitlerites : and the communists have been ! marked by much bloodshed.
 
 v The most puzzling factor in the x highly complicated situation is the ( role that Hitler plays. He and his ' clear majority in the reichstag Failing in this, they hope to be- s come the dominant party.
 Hard times, unemployment and resentment over separations paid x to France have greatly increased < Hitler's following in the past few \ years. The Nazis have gained al < the expense of the older right [ wing" parties; at the other end < of the scale, the communists have ( recently won thousands of votes 2. from the less radical socialists. < It seems doubtful that Hitler's ,. Nazis will be able to get a major \ ity in the reichstag, but If the ' nationalists and other conserva- <. tive and anti-republican forces z join them, the Nazis can rule that 2 body.
 4 Then. assuming Hitler could
 bring his allies to support him,
 he would have the right to de- s. mand that President Hindenburg } cal1 upon him and his friends to < form a new cabinet. This doubt < less would mean that Hitler him. z self would be the new chancellor. \ But there is a big and myste- X rious If" in all this. That 'If'' ,, is General von Schleicher, minis -s ter of defense in the present cab E inot of Chancellor von Papen. Z Ven Schleicher is the real power
 behind the scenes, being closely
 allied with President von Hinden- < burg, Germany's junker nobles X and the great industrialists. ' Won Schleicher rose to power
 some weeks ago when President ' won Hindneburg suddenly forced 2 out Chancellor Bruening of the E Catholic Centre party, and substi- known to fame as the German Al < who was boosted out of the United { States by President Wilson because & he fomented violations of American
 neutrality in 1917.
 Won Papen lost no time in
 forming a cabinet composed en- as tirely of junker nobles-"The .s Cabinet of the Monocled Barons," 1" A as 1t has been called-and soon 7 General von Schleicher emerged as the new minister of defense j, and the power behind the throne. ,, It was known that, though a friend of the old nobility and the < rich industrialists, he had had
 many intimate talks with Hitler. N Immediately Germany was ! filled with wild rumors. It was < said the so-called national gov- ernment of Won Papen was de-