Evening star., 1933-02-04
Triumvirate Rejects Move
After Assembly Declines to
Clear Way for Elections.
CABINET SEEKS METHOD
TO FORCE MARCH 5 POLL
Session Is Disorderly as Socialists
and Communists Lead Noisy Dem
onstration Against Nazis.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, February 4.-The Prus-
sian Giet, by vote of 214 to 1875, and
the diet triumvirate, by a vote OF 2
to !, declined today to bow to the de-
mand of Chancellor Hitler's cabinet
that the diet dissolve so a new elec-
ton could be held coincidentally with
the Reichstag election on March S.
Only by a vote of the diet or of the
triumvirate. which includes the diet
president, the premier of Prussia and
the president of the state council can
the diet be dissolved.
Now it is up to the department OF
justice to think up another way of dis
solving the assembly.
The National Socialist newspaper
Angrif asserted dissolution was assured
Irrespective of the action of the diet
or CT the triunvirate.
Hans Kerrl, National Socialist presi-
dent Of the diet, terminated tumul-
tuous session Immediately after the
vote, calling sarcastically to the CEN
trist, Socialist and Communist benches ::
Gentlemen, I wish you the best for
the future"
Disorderly Session.
From the very outset today's meeting
was disorderly. The Natioral-Socialist
motion for dissolution was presented
each party was given one hour of de-
bate and very quickly the CentriSt-
Conmurist-Soc.allst bloc announced it
would oppose the project.
Karl Severing, PruSSian minister of
the interior tried to speak, but the
MISUNDERSTANDING hoWled him down.
the Socialists raised great cheer for
him and the chairman, failing to
restore order, suspended the session for
Is minutes.
Severing tried again when business
was resumed but the tumult increased
and there was another suspension.
When the meeting was called to order
again Sever4ng remained in his chair
and the house proceeded with the vote
enid noisy demonstrations by both
sides.
The Hitler Nazi-Junker cabinet was
determined that new Prussian elections
will be called for March 5, the same day
that new Reichstag, or National Par
lament, will be elected 1t was con-
S-derlng measures to dissolve the Diet
forcibly.
Suspension of publication of the So
ciallSt party'S organ Vorwaerts for three
days and the raids on Communist head
quarters and banning of Communist
meetings served to Stifle the two chief
opposition parties. These and the
Catholic parties are now in the full
stride Of their fight to force out Hitler.
They formed majority opposition in
the Reichstag. but Hitler was confident
the election would destroy it.
Newspaper Suspended.
Suspension of two more Socialist
newspapers and confiscation of today's
edition of the Communist organ, the
Rote Fahne, occurred today.
The Thuringian ministry Of interior
at Weimar suspended two Socialist
newspapers for 10 days and two weeks.
respectively for reprinting alleged trea-
Vorwaerts.
Police raided a secret Communist
printing office in Arnstadt and con-
fiscated handbills and posters calling
for strikes.
DR.. Alfred Hugenberg, Nationalist
leader. has been appointed Prusslan
commissioner for agriculture and also
fer trade economics and labor. DR..
Hugenberg now holds five jobs, namely,
the Reich's ministries for economics
and agriculture, the two Prussian COM
nlissionerships, and the Reich'S COM
missionership for special relief IN the
eastern provinces
The Nazi ex-school teacher, Bern
hard Rust, chief of the Hanover storm
troops, was appointed PruSsian COM
,,,icc{one, for c,I1t11ra and pinpatiOn
Hints at Decree Rule.
Developments today indicated, how
ever, that the NaziS do not consider the
coming elections all-important. Adolf
Wagner, National Socialist leader, said
at a mass meeting in Munich:
Were the government now stopped,
It Is most likely there will not be too
many more elections in Germany"
This would mean a continuation OF
a government by decree, but opposed to
such recourse is President Won Hinden-
burg himself, who has insisted the Hit
Ter coalition cabinet must have par
Iamentary majority.
While the President and cabinet
members attended riding tourney last
night recalling fetes of the German
empire, Chancellor Hitler addressed a
gathering of higher officers OF the
rcichswehr (army). He expounded the
aims of his government as given IN his
proclamation earlier this week:
Before the ascension of Hitler to the
charcellorship both the Communists
and Nazis were understood to desire
dissolution of the Prussian Diet. The
two parties have majority Of the seats,
but now it is questioned whether the
Communists are willing to vote favor
ably en- the proposal. The most drastic
action against Communist politics mas
been taken in Prussian cities.
The Socialists newspaper Vorwarts