The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-06

achieved power where the puti
The cabinet is headed by
0berstleutenant Franz Won
Papen, late Of the service of
Seiner Majestaet Wilhelm der
Zweite, and known through
out the world because of his
election from the United
States as a too jealous Ger
man plotter in the war years.
But the real power in this new
era Of barons, counts and adherents
Of the ancient regime is General
Kurt Won Schleicher, minister Of
defense, who with control Of the
reichsWehr in his hand is as poten-
italy mighty as a real dictator
Schleicher, heavy set and Of the
Prussian type. is the nan to whom
the Hitlerites look for real domi-
nation, once they assume the reins
Of government as they expect TO do
before long.
Sound Battle Call
The republic still stands, and Re
publican elements are sounding a /
call Of battle against the growth Of
the power of the right" parties.
But the latter's sweep has been
increasingly great, and between the
fl-r r14fF4n love
Of the barons Of steel and coal and
great Prussian manors. these Fascist /
forces have achieved a strong grasp
on authority.
The Won Papen-Von Schleicher
cabinet will rule without the re-
straining hand of an unfriendly
reichstag, for that body has been
dissolved
Won Schleicher, whose friends
were stationed in the highest gov
eminent councils next to linden
burg and Chancellor Bruening, knew
every move Of the president and
chancellor usually at its inception.
Double crossing was rampant
among eminert government officials,
whose loyalty to the administration
had been considered impeccable.
These men have been exposed as
plotting the governments overthrow
through connivance with Won
Schleicher.
Needed Presidents Support
The truth could not have been
surprising to Bruening when it be-
came public property the day after
his dismissal as he lay abed sick Of
a heart attack.
The chancellor had broken the
postwar tradition Of reliance upon
parliamentary democracy and he
had perched the governments power
out on a limb with Hindenburg's
support.
The field marshals warm friend
ship for his chancellor began to cool
when Bruening'S attempt in January
to prolong the presidents term by
a reichstag vote proved a failure.
When Won Schleicher forced the
resignation Of Bruening's chief min
lister Of defense, Wilhelm Groener.
history again recorded the PROPOSE
ton that a weak civil government
always brings the military party to
the fore.
The -Groener intrigue was in
tended to co1ciliate Hitler, whose
brown militia was outlawed by
Groener. Bruening. already a lone
" man and lacking the confidence
Of some Of his compatriots in the
government, performed endless bu-
reacratic chores himself while state
papers accumulated on his desk.
Groener Loss Hurts
The loss of Groener, one OF his
chief links with Hindenburg, caused
Bruenings aspirations to totter.
Then the plotters arranged the pres
ident's sudden departure for East
Prussia, where personal visits. tele-
grams and letters from his old war
cronies among the junkers COM
pleted the breach between the two.
DlSregarding the stream Of hun
dredS Of millions OF marks which
the government pumped into their
bankrupt estates, the junkers OF
PruSsian feudal landowners rebelled
against Bruening.
They persuaded Hindenburg to
refuse TO sign Bruening's decree al
loting about a million acres Of junker
estates for settling the unemployed
on farms.
The junkers cried "bolshevismi"
because the Breuning government
was unwilling to pay them prosper
ity prices for Improbable land
that already was mortgaged to the
hilt.
Hindenburg Took Advice
Among the most influential of
those who induced Hindenburg TO
drop Bruening was the presidents
aged friend, Elard Won Oldenburg
Januschau, a junker member Of the
ReichStag. He Is remembered for
his pre-war announcement that
the kaiser always must be able TO
send a lieutenant and ten soldiers
TO dissolve the Reichstag."
The junker revolt paralleled the
military intrigues and also coin
cided with the maturing plans Of
the industrialists. whose newspaper,
Bergwerks Zeitung, announced on
May 10 its desire 10 Dust Bruening
in favor Of an out-and-out dictator
ship.
The industrialists wanted a capital
solution 10 the economic crisis. re-