Evening star., 1934-07-14
Chancellor SIumps in Chair,
Pale and Shaken, After
Defending IT Sayings and
Defying Boycott.
AMBASSADORS ABSENT
AS NAzI CHIEF SPEAKS
Indications That Crisis Still
Exists Is Seen in Failure of
Won Papen to Attend-Faith
of Regime Is Placed in Stand
ing Army.
The tert OF the Hitler speech
tUiH be found on Page A.

tCopyrisht, 1884. by the Associated Press)
BERLIN, July 14.-More firing
squads and more "purging by blood
await any who challenge Adolf Hit
ler's rule of Germany.
This was the warning Germany pom
dered today as it digested the chan
cellors Reichstag defense last night
Of the June 80 liquidation" of II
traitors.
Every one is to know for all future
times" he said, that If he raises his
hand for attack against the state, GER
tain death will be his lot"
The speech, to which many parts OF
the world Cncluding America) lis
tened, stood today as a definite marker
on Hitlers road to the building OF a
new Germany.
Hundreds of Nazis rose and cheered
when the addreSs-an explanation OF
the execution of Storm Troop leaders
and others June 30-was ended. The
chancellor scarcely noticed them. He
slumped into his chair and seemed
dazed and somewhat bewildered. His
head fell, almost To his knees.
Demands Obedience.
The address was Hitler's answer to
those who criticized the liquidation"
of traitors 1t was his defiance of
his foes and his appeal for continued
and renewed blind obedience" to his
authority.
Opinion is divided among foreign
observers today as to what extent the
chancellor succeeded in his purpose.
Many hold that Hitler is now on the
defensive, in contrast to his position
during the early months of his chan
cellorship. These observers call the
speech one of the least convincing OF
any, Hitler has made.
The belief was expressed by some
that the hand at the helm OF the
nation Is not as firm as it was.
Most of Germany's burning prob
lens were left untouched in Hitler's
hour and As minutes of oratory.
Finances and foreign policy were un-
mentioned.
Defies World Boycott.
The chancellor, however, sounded
defiance to any foreign power that
seeks to express their criticism by
boycotts. Hitler said that in the face
OF boycotts Germany would make her
self independent" through "our
ability" and through ''the ingenius-
ness of our inventors and chemists. ="
He took full responsibility for the
execution of rs men and woman in
the June 30 'purging." and said he
would not hesitate to strike down any
others who dare defy the state.
Hitlers manner. when he nearly
collapsed after his effort, contrasted
sharply with the unprecedented
threats of annihilation he made
against enemies of the third Reich.
Pale and visibly shaken by the re-
cent bloody events. he touched his
usual oratorical heights only at the
conclusion. Germanys strong man"
apparently was not himself.
EulOgy Apparently Unheeded.
While Hermann Wilhelm Goering,
Hitler'S right-hand man, extolled der
fuehrer," Hitler sat with bowed head,
apparently oblivious of the eulogy.
Noticing this, the Reichstag was
profoundly silent-in contrast to
cheers when the chancellor threatened
more executions for future treason. y
There was a hush when the chan
cellor went through the round OF
Misunderstanding with individual members
of the cabinet.
Noticeably absent were most AM
baSSadorS. including those OF the
United States, France and Great
Britain.
Hitler'S assurances that Franz Won
Papen, the vice chancellor, was in no
wise implicated in the revolt" drew
attention to Won Papens absence.
This fact gave strength to belief the
domestic crisis is not yet over.
That Hitler's own course for the
future will be one of conservatism
was indicated by his passionate de-
Tense of the Reichswehr. On standing
army, in which he apparently is put
ting his greatest confidence.
He also pledged loyalty to President
Won Hindenburg and repudiatcd per
manent revolution
The ReichStag unanimously adopted
a resolution framed by DR.. Wilhelm
Frick, minister of the interior. ex-
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