The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-06
NATIONAL HERO TO
LIVE ON IN spirit,
NAZlS Chief SAYS
Declares Late President limo.
cent Of Beginning Of
World Conflict
ASKS PEOPLES PATIENCE
Voice Chokes With Emotion az
He Pays Final Tribute to
Field Marshal

Berlin. Aug. 6.-(R-From the ros-
trum where on July Is he defended
his killing n "revolutionaries" and
declared he was 'Germany's law, Adolf
Hitler Monday paid solemn tribute to
the late President Paul Won linden
burg and prayed for the peace. free
dom and honor Of Germany.
Deputies Of the German reich
stag, men and women Of the German
people!" the chancellor-leader spoke.
Il implore you all now to look be.
yond this transitory moment into the
future. Let the strong realization en-
ter our hearts: The herr reichspresi-
dent Field Marshal General Won Hin
denburg is not dead.
HE is living. For in dying he now
wanders above us amidst the immor-
tails Of our people surrounded by the
great spirits Of the past as an eternal
patron and protector Of the German
veich and the German nation"
Hitler declared the late president
was 'as innocent Of the beginning Of
the war as anybody in the world
could be-" pointing out that when the
conflict began In 1914, Won linden
burg was living in retirement, having
taken his discharge from tho army
vt the age Of 81 on March 10, 1911.
Thu nav leader q Germany praised
von Hindenburg Is military COM
mander and declared:
Had the political leadership Of our
people during this period been con-
genial with the military, Germany
would have been spared the greatest
humiliation ever to go down In his
tory."
He said that the World War broke
upon q German people "sacredly con-
rinoed Of having been attacked with
sut their guilt"
Voice Clicked In Emotion
The chancellor,s address, delivered
before hushed audience in. the Knoll
opera house was on-political In char
acter, although he made frequent re-
ferences to the principles Of his own
regime in tracing Won Hindenburg's
career.
With his voice choked in emotion,
Hitler declared: I'VE want to preserve
the miracle Of this new resurrection
Of our people as q precious inherit
ance OF 9 great age and We want to
pass it on to the generations that
come after us. He who thus observed
fidelity to his people shall himself
ever remain unforgotten In fidelity"
As early as daybreak, Hitler,s black.
uniformed special guards, the Schultz
staffel, were concentrated In the i'm.
mediate vicinity Of the Knoll opera
house and along the Wilhelmstrasse.
They were supplemented by strong
police cordons to keep the passage
clear for AUTOMOBILES Of Hitler and
his cabinet.
The opera house was swathed in
black crepe and profusely garlanded
with evergreens inside, from the black
rostrum, lined with laurel trees and
white lilies, marble bust Of the dead
Won Hindenburg looked out upon the
throng. Hitler's words were carried
to the masses Of humanity outside in
the Koenigspanatz by numbers. Of
loud speakers.
The air inside the great auditorium
was heavy with the odor Of the lilies.
The scene was black with tho 0igns
Of mourning.
When Hitler finished his speech,
Premier Hermann Wilhelm 0oering
Of Prussia conveyed the sympathy OF
the nation 70 the immediate family
ef Won Hindenburg.
In the audience was the former
Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, In
: field grey uniform.
Franz Won Papen, apparently re-
tanning his privileges . vice chancel-
lor, sat next to Hitler on the minis
Ger'S bench.