Evening star., 1934-07-14

swehrl and there Is but one bearer
Of political will: This Is the National
Socialist party.
Preparations Made.
Since Roehm himself felt uneer-
tain over whether overtures in the
sense indicated would meet with re-
stxtence on my part. the first plan
was laid to force such developmt nts.
Large scale preparations have been
made:
Firstly. psychological conditions for
the outbreak Of a second revolution
were to be created systematically. To
this end Storm Troop propaganda CEN
ters were used to speed among Storm
Troops the report that the Reich
swehr planned dissolution OF the
Storm Troops and afterward an added
report was circulated that I person.
ally had unfortunately been induced
to agree to this plan. A grevious
and infamous lie
Secondly. the Storm Troopers would
have to anticipate this attack and in
the second revolution remove reae-
tionary elements on the one hand and
resisters within the party on the other,
while the supreme power Of the state
would have to be entrusted to the
leadership of the Storm Troops.
Thirdly. for this purpose the Storm
Troop was within the briefest time
to make all the necessary prepara-
ton. Chief OF Stafi Roehm succeeded
in diverting amounts running into
millions through camoufiaging. that
is by putting out the lie. among other
things. that he wished to carry out
social relief measures for the Storm
Troops. Twelve million marks were
collected for this purpose.
Fourthly, to carry out the most de-
cisive coups ruthleSSly. there were
formed sworn terror groups entitled
staff Guards" who were put under
oath and we're to enter into action
with one definite purpose. While
many q good old Storm Troop man
had undergone all sorts OF privations
for 10 years in the service of the
movement. here were paid merce-
naries, whose real character and pur-
pose could not be illustrated better
than by their truly terrible criminal
records. Thus truSty old Storm Troop
leaders and men were to take a back
seat in favor Of these politically un-
trained elements who were 1T for the
kind Of action planned.
Called ROehm Once More.
The necessity for the Storm Troop
organization to proceed on It's own was
justified by claiming lack Of ebility on
ha
would be remedied only If the fact
were created (for mel. 1t is to be
supposed that under these untruthful
pretexts the foreign political prepara-
tion. for this action was placed In the
hands of Herr Won Detten. Gen. Won
Schleicher partly conducted the for
eign political game personally and
partly he had his courier, Gen. Won
BredOw. translate it into practical
politics. Gregor StraSSer was invited
in. In the beginning Of June l made
last attempt by inviting Chief OF
Staff Roehm to come to me once more
for conference of nearly five hours
which dragged on until midnight.
informed him l had gained the
impression from countless rumors and
numerous attestations and declara-
tions of old faithful party members
and Storm Troop leaders that con-
ScienceleSs elements were preparing
national bolshevist action that could
bring nothing but untold misfortune to
Germany. told him further that
rumorS had come to my ears concern
ing an intention to include the army
within the circle Of these plans. !
assured Chief of Staff Roehm that the
claim that the Storm Troop organiza-
tion was to be dissolved was 3 filthy
lie; that could not even express my
self concerning the lie, that myself
had in mind to undertake measures
against the Storm Troops, but that ]
would personally, Immediately thwart
every attempt to have chaos come
upon Germany and that anybody who
attacks the state must count me
among his enemies.
adjured him for the last time volun-
tarily to abandon this madness and
instead lend his authority to prevent
a development which in any eventual
ity could only end in disaster. Again
/ raised the severest objection against
accumulating impossible exceSses and
demanded that these elements be COM
pletely eradicated so that the honor of
the Storm Troops, Of millions of de-
cent party comrades and Of hundreds
Of thousands of old combatants should
not be jeopardized by a handful OF
low-class individuals.
Roehm left me with the assurance
that these rumors we're partly untrue.
partly exaggerated and that he would
do everything possible to put things
right. The result of our conversation,
however, turned out to be that Roehm.
realizing he in no circumstances could
count on me for his scheme now
started preparations to eliminate me
personally.
Would Be "In Custody"
For this purpose the larger circle
of Storm Troop leaders who had been
drawn upon were informed l myself
was quite agreeable to the undertaking
enviSaged by them. but that l per-
sonally must not know anything about
it or that 1 had a wish at the out
break of the uprising to be taken into
custody "A or 48 hours in order to
be relieved by the accomplished fact
of unpleasant embarrassment that
would result for me from the foreign
political point Of view in case this did
not happen to me.
This declaration finds its last illus
tration in the fact that meanwhile. as
a precautionary measure, the man had
been hired who was to carry out my
later removal-Standard Bearer Uhl
confessed only few hours before his
death his unwillingnesS to carry out
such an order.
The first plan for coIInter-revo-
luton was based upon the idea OF
sending the storm troops on a vaca-
ton. During this time tumults OF
undefinable extent were to break out
in the absence of organizations upon
which hands could be laid, and on the
pattern of conditions in August, 1882.
These were to compel me 20 call the
chief of staff, who alone woulG be in
a position to restore order. and en-
trust him with supreme power. After
it became unmistaksbly clear, mean