The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-02

nounced as suicidal, and it was said the suicide was not connect ed with the revolt.
 The general political situation was not clear. The exact positions of Hindenburg, Goering, Goebbels and Hitler himself remained to be defined by new events.
 Goerlng seemed the strong man. It was he who was entrusted with the suppression of the storm troop revolt in Berlin, while Hitler took charge at Munich, national head quarters of the Nazi party.
 Goebbels was among the left wing NaZi leaders whose influence seemed ended as a result of the revolt. But he was called upon last night to make a wireless speech to the nation and the world and announce that any opposition to Hitler would be ruthlessly sup pressed.
 Goebbels and Goering were with Hitler at the chancellery receiving reports from the provinces. The element in the storm troop CTS that had reused comment Tn many countries, and had caused scandal in Germany, was regarded as erased. All Nazi statements in Germany placed emphasis on the determina- tion of Hitler to stamp out im- morality among the storm troops. Hindenburg, the junkers, the in- dustrialists, the suppressed social ists and communists and the Cath olics were to be heard from. Hin- denburg, reported in some quarters to be i'll, had said no public word regarding the revolt or its sanguin- ary suppression.
 There was some speculatoin re- garding the attitude the aged prest- dent would take toward the kill ings, particularly toward the killing of General Kurt Won Schleicher, former premier, and his wife. But he and Won Papen were known to have disapproved of Schleicher and his policies even when he was chan cellor.
 Von Papen remained in his home here, with SS storm troopers on patrol outside, ostensibly to protect him.
 Former Crown Prince Wilhelm was at his Silesian castle of Oels, unconnected with the present &C., tivities.
 Developments Assured
 Though the future was not clear, half dozen developments from the Roehm revolt and its suppress sion seemed assured:
 1-Hitler's personal position was strengthened if only for the time.
 2-The Nazi regime was shifted toward the right, toward conserVa- tism.
 3-By eliminating the extremists among his storm troops ho rid himself of his greatest internal dif- ficulty.
 4-Left wing clements in the Nazi party were weakened and al" vided
 5-He took steps, made possible by the revolt, to reduce the in- fluence of the storm troops who were becoming too powerful for him.
 6-The more reactionary ele- ments among the conservatives not necessarily approved by con- servatives generally-were weak ened.
 There was some interest regard ing the attitude now to be taken toward Jews and Catholics, and the attitude of the Catholics tow ard the government.
 Heinrich Klausner, former head of the Prussian police, killed yes- terday, was prominent Catholic.
 Chief interest here, as regards personalities. was in the fate of Ernest Roehn. He was an or- iginal Nazi, closer perhaps to Hit Ter as friend than any man for years. He was sexual pervert, but though this was generally known he was of winning person. ality and was widely popular. He was reported erroneously by some agencies to have committed suicide Saturday. Actually he was ex- ecuted at sundown yesterday, by Hitler's own order. He was in- vited to commit suicide but persist ently refused.
 If I am shot Hitler must do 1t himself," he said.
 A pistol was taken in to his cell at Munich late yesterday and he was told he had ten minutes in which to kill himself. He did not, and was taken out and shot.
 The effect of his death, and the shootings of storm troop leaders, on the storm troop men generally, re- mained to be seen. It was indicated that the stern suppression of re- volt by Hitler and Goering was &C., cepted. It may be months before the effect of the reorganization of the storm troops is felt.
 There was reliable information that Hitler and Goering planned to reduce the number of storm troops from their present report ed 2,600,000 to 0 fraction of that figure. perhaps as low as 100000.
 The Stahlehelm (steel helmet) organization of war veterans. seemed to be victor in revolt that did not concern 1t. Enmity