Evening star., 1934-07-01


a friend from power. But it was pre-
sumed that the orgies participated in
by Roehm, which Hitler learned of on
his trip to Bavaria. forced him to act
Hitler himself stripped the epaulets
from the uniforms of Roehm and
other storm troop leaders.
This detail seemed to stand out in
bold relief.
Hitler and Goering. mindful of
rumblings in recent weeks, determined
to cleanse the Nazi party leadership
of any possible excuse for calling the
Reichswehr more definitely into the
political picture.
The death of Won Schieicher added
to the tense, situation. He, held wide
popularity in the pre-Nazi Germany
and was a close friend of the Crown
Prince. j.,
But the armed forces placed
strategically about the capital were
felt, apparently, to be sufficiently
strong to cope with any emergency.
Won Papen Held.
One of. the first taken into custody
by the Goering police was Franz Won
Papen, the non-Nazi vice chancellor.
He was soon released, however, and it
was announced he was held as pro-
tective measure.
1t. was Won Papen who added to
the intensity of the crisis last week
with his public address criticizing the
Nazi muzzling of the press and warm
ing, Hitler of an impending revolt IN
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Details of the Roehm plot against
Hitler were disclosed with the arrest
of the storm troopers.
The movements of the conspirators
were daily reported to Goerlng. The
brown shirt anti-Hitlerites planned,
before disbanding for the July fur
Tough. to virtually kidnap Hitler, force
him to sign a document turning
streets over to storm troops for three
days.
Bomb Hideouts Found.
In Tiergarten Strasse, the street on
which are located the American, jap
anese and Turkish embassies, bomb
throwers' hideouts had been placed.
So far as could be learned, the
plotters had no political program.
Theirs was a sheer lust for power,
said observers who have watched the
recent events.
To Victor Lutte Hitler gave the
task of commanding the storm troops
and of purging and cleansing It's units
of undesirable elements.
Soon after his appointment, before
he boarded the airplane at Munich
for the return to Berlin, the chan
cellor issued a set of commandments
on morals for the guidance OF all
storm troopers.
His new Nazi credo: Cleanliness.
simplicity. irreproachable behavior
blind obedience, answering loyalty
and discipline.
Follows Long Quarrel.
The drive to rid the storm troops
of oppositionists followed the long
uuarreling between the brown SHIRTS
and the steel helmets. an organiza-
ton of World War veterans.
Hitler protected the steel helmets
from the storm troopers ire.
In the midst of the precise maneu-
vers of the Hitler forces. Franz Seldte
leader of the steel helmets, issued
proclamation expressing loyalty to
Hitler, President Won Hindenburg ano
the German state. He ordered the
steel helmets to shelve their uniforms
for the present.
The welfare of the state" the
proclamation of Seldte read. is the
supreme law. In view of the fateful
hour which all members of the Ger
man commonwealth. and with them
my old comrades. are experiencing, ]
wish to point out that a dignifled,
quiet bearing is incumbent especially
upon the old soldier.
State supreme" Law.
In our fidelity to der fuehrer, the
Reich president and the state, We
shall ever remain Interchangeable. We
shall always be imbued with the idea
that the welfare of the state is our
supreme law
In so difficult a time the only
uniform that should be seen on the
streets Is that of the representatives
OF the authority of the state.
Il, therefore. order that the entire
stahlhelm refrain Immediately, and
until orders to the contrary are is
sued, from wearing uniforms"
Seldte's proclamation was designed
to prevent any clashes on streets, be-
tween storm troopers and steel he'll
NETS, which would only serve to add
to any feeling of unrest.
Throughout the day the roundup
of the recalcitrant storm troopers con-
tjnued.
Berlin Chief Killed.
Karl Ernst. commander of the
storm troops in Berlin and Branden-
burg. was arrested in the Port of
Bremen and returned under guard
to Berlin where he was shot to death.
With an aide, he was attempting
to flee to Madeira on North Ger
man-Lloyd liner, but was nabbed in
his hotel room while preparing to
leave for the ship A special plane
brought him, in shackles, back to
Berlin.
One of his fellow leaders. Edmund
HeineS. was one of the storm troopers
killed in Berlin while resisting arrest
No sooner had Premier Goering set
in motion his devastating counter
ment to the foreign press, saying the
governments action was necessary to
prevent an overthrow of the state.
The extent of Premier Goering S
power was reflected in this announce
ment:
"All of Prussia is firm in my hands
The Schultz Staffel and my police
have everywhere taken charge of
party headquarters.
The storm troops have not offered
any resistance. They were merely
misled.
Army Is "MisuSed"
Il have naturally also taken meas
ureS against those circles that in
any way endangered the existence of
the state and have turned against
the reactionaries, whether left or
right.
The storm troop army is brave and
we must show to it in what way it has
been misused. There is no cause for