The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-13
JOHNSON WAS
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 en from their homes, stood up against a wall, backs to the rifles, and shot to death, is beyond com prehension.
 T have seen something of that sort in Mexico, land of Villas rav- ages and among semi-civilized peo- pie or savages half drunk on sotol or marajuna, but that such a thing should happen in a country of some supposed cultured, passes compre- hension."
 Johnson said he had not re- ceived any complaints from Wash ington. He is to fly from here in an army plane with Colonel R. w. Lea, his industrial adviser and his secretary, Frances Robinson, to- day.
 In typical fashion Johnson re- fused to back down from his out spoken condemnation of the Ger man bloody weekend" Informed at Omaha, Neb., that his statement was developing into an international incident, Johnson said T meant everything I said. will not take anything back and I do not expect to be called down by the state department" Johnson said he considered he
 was speaking "as an individual and not for the administration when he said:
 "A few days ago, in Germany, events :curred which shocked the world. I don't know how they have
 affected you but they made me sick-not figuratively but physical
 ly and very actively sick. The idea that adult responsible men can be
 taken from their homes-stood up against wall-backs to the rifles and shot to death-is beyond expression. I have seen something of that sort in Mexico during the Villa ravages and among semi civilized people or savages half drunk on sotol and marajuana - but that such thing should hap
 pen in a country of supposed cul- | ture, passes comprehension" Await Hitler Speech Berlin, July 13 - (UP) A
 confused nation, much less cog nizant of it's political crisis than the
 outside world, waited today to hea,
 Adolf Hitler make possibly the most important speech of his career - a Justification before his hand
 picked reichstag of the bloody sup
 pression of recalcitrant elements ir
 his own Nazi party.
 | Around the Kroll opera house
 crowds gathered awaiting the as.
 sembly of the reichstag at 8 p. m 6 D. m EST)
 | Upon the speech depended, per.
 haps. much of the immediate flu,
 ture of the third reich, for tho
 great public after all was the fina
 power behind the Nazis, the Stahl-
 helm. the Reichswehr.
 Motion picture theaters arranged
 to interrupt their programs to re.
 lay the broadcast speech to theti
 audiences. All Nazi units prepared
 in their halls to relay the speech l to all the people who could bt 1 packed into them. Citizens were
 urged to listen at their homes. and | to invite friends to join them | Loud speakers were assembled IT the open air. It was certain that | Hitler would have an audience in cluding a great part of his 65,000.- | 900 fellow Germans, in addition tC l millions in other countries. Of collateral interest was his forecast of plans to meet the eco
 homie crisis that has forced a mor-
 atorium on foreign debts and q
 severe rationing of imports. GOebbels Answered | Berlin, July 13 - CUP) - The Foreign Press Association of Ber' lin replied in strong terms today toi the atatck on it's veracity made
 in a recent speech by Paul Jose ph Gocbbels, minister of propaganda By a vote of 55 to 5, the associa-