The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-21


articles by Harry Elmer Barnes Phi. D. on
the causes course and immediate results of
the uprising in Germany.
TN nv last column l made it clear that the
4 discomfort with Htler's rule was just about
as diversified and extensive as his conglomera-
ton of followers. But the practical opposition
simnered down to two major groups-the con-
servatives and the progresSives within what
originally had been the unified Hitler circle.
Hitler's conservative critics desired economic
reaction and stability. Some felt that this
could be achieved only through the restoration
of monarchy, while others were quite contenteo
to see Hitler himself retain power provided he
would turn definitely to the right.
The radical Nazis wished to see Hitler make
good his promises to advance the well-being OF
the German masses urban and rural They
stood for the carrying out Of the sociahStlc
phases of the National SocialiStic government
Some conservatives who wished to supplant
Hitler by military dictatorship followed pre-
sumably by restoration of monarchy Ihey
were led BY the ex-chancelor, General Kurt
Won Schleicher Some radical Nazis were will
ing to dispense with Hitler if necessary TO gam
their ends.
T~HESE were led by Captain Ernst Roehm. a
i warm personal friend of Hitler and COM
mander-in-chief of the Nazi Storm Troops The
conservatives who wished to achieve reform
without an open revolt were guided by Vice
Chancellor Franz Won Papen, while the non
revolutionary Nazi radicals found their chlel
protagonist in Propaganda Minister Joseph
Goebbes.
Neither Won Papen nor Goebbels seems to
have taken part in the plot to supplant Hitler
but they certainly desired change OF NaZ
policy. Won Papen wishing shift to the right
and Goebbels eftward turn.
Once appraised of the plot by his very effci-
ent secret police, Hitler moved with great speed
and r11thlessness-as BELTS a dictator. He
mopped up both sides thoroughly
General Won Schlecher the conservative
leader. and Captain Roehm, chief plotter among
the radical Nazi, were both Summarily executed
Even conservative Catholic reaction against Hit
Ter was warned through the execution of Erich
Klausener, one of the leaders of the Catholic
Action Society.
VXTHILE it seems to be the general opinion
w that Hitler is swinging to the right since
his purging of the Naz by the firing squad, GER
tainly he showed no leniency when confronted
with conservative plotterS.
Today it seems that Hitler is pretty firmly r
the saddle. He is supported by his own body
guard, by General Goering's Prussian police, b.
the Reichswer or the regular army, by the Stall
helm or organized war veterans and by the
ma jority Of the Storm Troops who still remained
loyal
buG TIGIel ouCCeSS III nupPleoo1AS POA4Cl1o
and military revolt has not in any way removed
the underlying economic difficulties which fec
the revolt in the beginning AS the Nation vel
| summarizes this fact:
Behind him stands the unacceptable economic
situation which no amount of official falSif1ca-
ton can conceal; the moratorium on all deb
payments; the unbalanced budget; the paralyz
ing drop in exports; the international boycott
the exhaustion of the gold reserve; the dis
appearance of the foreign currencieS necessary
for the purchase of indispensable raw ma
terials; the steadily sinking standard of living
in the face of rising agricultural prices certain
to be enhanced by the alarming drought, anc
finally the marked decrease in the national in
come