Evening star., 1934-07-02
|LONDON SEES RUSE|
ION H|TLER'S PART
Thinks "Foreign Power
Was Injected Into Situa-
tion as Camouflage.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 2.-Germany's off,
cial reference to "a foreign power" in
connection with the revolt has caused
widespread astonishment and not a
little ridicule in British diplomatic
and political circles.
Such terms as SILLY" and "camou-
flage" were used to describe the feel
ing in some circles.
The general reaction is that the
reference to foreign power was in
jected into the situation Intentionally
to confuse both the German people
and the world while the purifying
process" continues within the Nazi
ranks.
What power could Hitler mean II
there is any serious thought about
foreign connivance in his mind?"
asked one political figure.
Surely Hitler would not be so alb
surd as to accuse any neighboring
country"
Bruening Leaves England.
The supposed presence in Great
Britain of former Chancellor Helm
rich Bruening has given rise to
rUmors that he might be implicated
personally in the plot and had fed
here for that reason.
Bruening came to Southern Eng
land recently. While official quarters
professed ignorance of his present
whereabouts, it was reported he de-
parted for the continent last week. II
vas believed in informed quarters that
Bruening was entirely unconnected
with the Berlin and Munich events.
Hitler's dramatic stroke was viewed
by the majority of observers here to-
day as having consolidated his posi-
ton and made him-with Herman
Goering and Dr. Joseph Goebbels-
supreme in Germany.
Death Reports Varied.
Accounts received in London were
based mainly on German official
statements, with reports OF, the num-
Der Of victims executed ranging from
score to so.
The Daily Mails Berlin correspond
SAit IOOh q Ouk
afhrming that the plot which Hitler
crushed was aimed at driving him
from power and establishing a new
government. with the object of re-
storing the monarchy.
The plot was to have gone into ef-
feet July 3, the correspondent said,
with the help of the army.
A list of proposed new ministers
which fell into the hands of Hitler S
secret police was reported to have
included Gen. Kurt Won Schleicher,
Capt Ernest Roehm and Gregor
Strasser, once leading Nazi organ
izer.
Praises Hitler Stand.
The correspondent summed up with
the verdict that Hitler had saved his
country. his love for Germany tri-
umphing over personal friendships.
Widely divergent views appeared
elsewhere in the press. which repre-
sented the incidents as series of
brutal murders, reminiscent of the
traditional methods of gangsters when
they wish to remove unwanted asso-
ciates.
The Times said: Having reached
power by violence, Hitler is now fight
ing extremism with violence and try
ing to establish moderation by force
The Telegraph said: Whatever
view one takes of the episode, the
truth whereof is yet untold, the
Infamous character of Roehm and his
associates invests the stroke with
quasimoral sanction"
The Post said: only men who
felt power slipping from their hands
would have resorted such method.
OF frightfulness. If it were doubtful
before, it is now confessed that Ger
many Is living under a tyranny nc
less absolute than the bolshevist
tyranny of Russia"
The News-Chronicle. asserting the
world will view the affair with min
gled perplexity and disgust. said:
Things have come to a pass in
deed when the government of the
country with one of the noblest tradi-
tions Of civilization and culture de-
scends to methods which would excite
the envious admiration of a particu-
larly unscrupulous Chicago gangster. >