Evening star., 1934-08-03

the men repeated IL aAter nlIh- Auey
gave three cheers Of ''sieg heill"-
hail victoryl-then sang the national
anthem.
Not Given 10 Troopers.
The ceremony continued through
out the afternoon as new patches of
oath-takers arrived. The oath was
understood not to have been admin
istered to the Mani brown-shirted
Storm Troopers.
1t is to be recalled that the Schultz
Staffel conducted the blood purge"
Of June 30 and from their ranks come
the secret police. Last week the
Black Shirts and Brown Shirts were
made separate organizations.
An indication Of the favored posi-
ton held by the Schultz Staffel is
seen in the conspicuous role it Is
playing at Neudeck, where black
shirted men are acting as guards and
patrolling the entire district. After
Won H:ndenburg's death at Teudeck
the Schultz Staffel cut off the estate
from the world by diverting all trafnc
between Freystadt and Deutsche
Eylau.
CEechs Concentrating.
There are reports that Czechoslo-
vakian troops are concentrating on
their frontier, fearing a. movement
involving Germans. Czechoslovakia
has watched carefully the situation
in Austria, with its undercurrent OF
German involvement.
other reports, that lack confirma-
ton due to a tight censorship, say
German soldiers are gathered at the
Austrian border.
Much of the financial load the re-
aligned Hitler administration must
carry will be laid on the shoulders of
Hjalmar Schacht, president OF the
Reichsbank, who was named acting
minister of economics, succeeding DIR.
Kurt Schmitt, who is retiring because
Of i'll health.
Intense speculation centers about
Hitler's choice for vice chancellor,
now that Franz Won Papen is re-
moved from that post by being named
special envoy to AustriF
Three Possibilities Seen.
At least three possibilities are ad-
vanced by reliable observers. Gen.
Werner Won Blomberg. minister Of
defense; the experienced diplomat,
Konstantin Won Neurath, now foreign
minister, and Herman Wilhelm Goer-
ing, premier of Prussia, who is called
"the most Nazi of them all"
THE one selected" one experienced
neutral observer said, "can determine
to a great extent whether Germany
henceforth will lean towards an in
creased military consciousness, as
represented by Won Blomberg; toward
greater international amity if it's
Won Neurath; or toward an intenSi-
fed Nazi program II Goer1ng Is
chosen"
Won Blomberg, many believed, may
be chosen in an effort to impress the
Reichswehr that it is still an impor-
tant and indispensable factor in the
life of the Reich.
Goering Is Pushed.
Nazi quarters are represented as be-
lieving a dyed-in-the-wool fellow
member of the party should be vice
removes Hitler.
For this reason Goering is being
advanced by some, who declare his
quick acton in the June 80 revolt
quelled a threat to the regime.
He may, however, have rival in
Paul Joseph Goebbels, minister of
propaganda, described as NaZi in
tellectual light. Rudolf Hess, min
lister without portfolio, has also been
mentioned.
Hitler is expected to announce his
plans in the funeral Grafton he will
make Tuesday at Won Hindenburg's
funeral at Tannenberg.
Refused to Assume Title.
In the following letter to DR.. Will
helm Frick, minister of the interior,
Hitler refused to assume the title of
President and ordered the election:
1.-THE necessity for regulating the
question of the chief Of our state
caused by the national misfortune
that has overtaken our people, leads
me to issue the following order:
''First-the greatness of the de-
ceased has given to the title OF Reich
president unique and non-recurring
significance according to the feeling
of all of us, and. in what it meant
to us, this title is indissolubly bound
UP with the name Of the great de-
ceased. I therefore request care be
taken in official and unofficial COM
munications to address me just as
heretofore, as Fuehrer and Reich
chancellor only. This stipulation is
to be observed in the future also.
Second desire the vesting in
my person, and thereby in the Reich
chancellor'S Office as such, of the
functions of the former Reich presi-
dency, decided upon by the cabinet
and constitutionally valid, and shall
receive the expressed sanction Of the
German people.
Details Not Revealed.
"Steeped in the conviction that all
authority of the state must proceed
from the people and by them be
ratified in free, secret election, re-
quest you Immediately to lay the de-
cision of the cabinet, with possible
necessary additions, before the Ger
man people for a free plebiscite."
Details of the plebiscile have not
been made known. 1t is assumed the
vote will be a yes" and mo- propo-
sition.
The short decree by which Hitler
merged the offices of chancellor and
President did not mention the consti-
tuition, a lifeless thing since the Nazis
came into power
Hitler last night, his voice choked
with emotion, eulogized Won Hinden-
burg, once his political enemy, as
the man without whom the present
government of Germany would have
been impossible.
at have lost fatherly friend, whose
death caused the entire German
world to suffer a serious blow" the
chancellor said.
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