Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-09-15
NEW NAz| COUNCIL
OPENS IN SPLENDOR
Goering's Voice Thunders,
Troops March as Party
Inters Peoples Rule.
BY JOHN GUNTHER.

bI JOhN OVN HEN.
BY Radio to The Star.
BERLIN, Germany, September Is
laundering from the streets of Berlin,
PrusSian Premier Gen. Hermann Will
helm Goering was heard by millions
as he announced the final official death
of Prussian parliamentarism and
opened today the Neo-Prussian Stats
rat.
We are visibly demonstrating that
the old structure Of the Prussian State
is fundamentally transformed and that
the parliamentary system is gone for
ever" Gen. Goering said.
The ceremony was organized with
immense military pomp. For the first
time attachments of IS. A." storm
bsttalion) and IS. s." Hitler body
guard mem were seen carrying rifles
with bayonets and wearing steel he'll
NETS. Hitherto the impression has
been that these private members Of
Hitler's storm troops are not armed.
The Brown Shirts wore steel helmets
painted brown to match their uniforms
and the black-shirted IS. S." men had
them black-very effective.
Fascist Salute Used.
Police officers N greeting each other
used the Fascist salute instead of the
former military salute-a new develop
ment.
A detachment of brown-shirted IS.
A." cavalry also was seen for the first
time
The magnificent organizing powers
Of the NaZs were shown to good effect
in the parade preceding Gen. Goering 5
speech, but perhaps on account OF the
unseasonably cold weather. compare
| lively few people lined the streets to
see it.
Flags were waving from every build
| ing, but there was little cheering. Even
the Chicago Daily News Bureau on
, Inter Den Linden received q written
request to put out the flag.
A double line Of brown shirts-a
| color really something between mustard
and khaki which varies according to
the purse and taste of the individual
wearer-stood at rigid attention all the
way from WilhelmstraSse down unteI
den Linden to the University of Berlin
where the ceremonies were held
Automobiles carrying Staatsrat men,
| bers were seemingly chosen for their
simplicity rather than opulence-little
four cylnder chuggers carried the heavy
load of top-hatted or brown-shirted
djgnitaries.
Voice Is Amplified.
Gen. Goerings voice was amplified
and distributed from loud spea kers
scattered through Berlin and relaycd by
| radio through the entire country
There was a loud speaker just outside
the Office OF the Chicago Daily News
and by opening the windows and let
| ting in the cold blasts OF Autumn air
| We heard Gen. GoeringS voice as pow
| erful as torrent over Niagara. Below
us brown shirts and thin Smattering
of onlookers listened.
First. Gen. Goering In his capacity
as general of the police-one Of the
newest iobs-dedicated six police flags
| with the words:
All shame that came upon Germany
| after the war Is now eliminated"
Conspicuous in the ceremony was the
blood nag" of the Nazi party. which
was shot down by police and the Amy
I during Chancellor Adolf Hitler's abor-
| tive putsch at Munich in 1923
Gen Goering announced that hence
forth the historic Prussian coat of arm:
would be Nazified by adding the
swastika to the traditional eagle anc
I that new verse would be inserted II
the German thanksgiving anthem.
Body Character Changes.
| The Prussian Staatsrat was formerly
a sort of advisory council TO the Prus,
sian Parliament Now it is q pickec
body of Sc leaders chosen by Gen
| Goering for honorary administrative
! lrtia NIL, nf
cabinet
Among the members Of the Staatsrat
| are:
Field Marshal August Won Macken-
sen. famous war hero.
Karl Ernst, 28-year-old Brownshir
leader, who commands 5000 Berlin
| Brandenburg storm troopers.
| Prince August wilhelm, third son Of
/ the former kaiser and prominent NaZi
Fritz Thyssen, noted Ruhr indus
! trialist
| Wilhelm Furtwaengler, well-knowr
! music director.
Capt. Ernst Roehm of the Brown
shirts.
Col Himmler. supreme commander Of
| the IS s." troopers.
DR.. Ludwig Mueller new bishop Of
the German Protestant Church.
! Prof Karl Schmidt, well-known anti
Liberal
Capt. Won Jagow. "U-boat" COM
mander celebrated for his exploits dur
ing the World War.
U. S. Envoy at Function.
American Ambassador William E. Dodt
was among the members of the diplo
matte corps attending the function.
Gen. Goering said that the Staatsra
was a revival of the old teutonic idea
of association leaders chosen by con
slderations of personal confidence rathe
than parliamentary vote. Parliaments
he said, only misled and betrayed tn
people Majority rule was nonsense
he continued - and only minoritie
could really accomplish anything.
In case any Staatsrat members wer
deluded by the impression Of their grea
self-importance. Gen. Goering con
cluded by telling them that they wer
just advisers" and that the suprem
responsibility rested with him and tina
he, in turn, was responsible solely II
Hitler.