Evening star., 1934-07-14

and concluded In Munich. II even a
few days before was still ready to
be lenient / could at this hour no
longer make any such concession.
Mutineers are broken but iron laws
remain eternally the same. II some
one questions me why We did not in
woke an ordinary court to deal with
the men can only tell him:
In this hour / was responsible for
the fate of the German nation, there
by the supreme court of the German
people during these "a hours consisted
OF myself.
Divisions which engage in mutiny
have at all times been called to order
by decimating them. There is only
one state which made no use OF its
articles of war, and this state paid
the penalty Of collapse. Germany. l
was not willing to deliver the young
Reich to the fate of the old. issued
the order to suit those mainly guilty
OF this treason, and ! issued the fur
ther order to burn out down to the
raw flesh the boils of our domestic
well poisoning and the poisoning Of
foreign countries. l issued the fur
ther order Immediately to kill with
the weapon any mutineer who might
make an attempt Of resisting his ar
rest.
The nation must know that its ex-
istence-and this is guaranteed by
internal order and security-may be
threatened by nobody without punish-
ment And every one is to know for
all future times that IL he raises his
hand for attack against the state cer-
tain death will be his lot. And every
National Socialist must know that no
rank or no position removes him from
personal responsibility and with 1t
from his punishment. / have pursued
thousands of our former opponents on
account of their corruption.
/ would blame myself II were now
to tolerate similar manifestations in
our midst No<people, no government
are to be blamed II creatures such as
we knew In Germany by the name Of
Kutisker, etc, or as the French peo-
Stavisky, and as we experienced them
again today, bob up In order to COM
NIT sin against the interests Of the
nation. e
Big and Little TO Suffer.
Every people. however, is guilty If
1t does not find strength to destroy
such harmful creatures. If l am con-
fronted with the opinion that only the
due process sof law could have ball
anced guilt and extirpation exactly, /
issue solemn protest against such
viewpoint.
Whoever arises against Germany is
engaged in treason.
Whoever commits treason shall not
be punished according to the volume
and extent of his act. but according
to the animus displayed. Whoever
ventures TO stir up mutiny In this
country by breaking loyalty, faith and
sacred promises can expect nothing
but to become its first victim.
do not propose to shoot small Of
tenders and let big ones of. have
not time to investigate whether and
who of these plotters, trouble makers
and poisoners OF wells Of public opin-
ion in Germany and abroad were
treated too roughly-I have only to
watch that Germany's fate shall be
made bearable. "A foreign journalist,
a guest of this country, protests in the
names of wives and children of the
executed men end looks to them for
retribution. I can only answer that
gentleman: Wives and children have
always been innocent victims Of Grim
inal men. ! pity them, too. but ! be-
lieve that sufferings inflicted upon
them through the fault OF their men
are only tiny fraction Of the woe that
would have befallen tens Of thousands
of German women had this plan sue
ceeded.
A foreign diplomat declared his
meeting with Schleicher and Roehm
was of course, of an entirely harmless
nature. / do not have to discuss that
with anybody. Opinion as to what Is
harmless and what is not will never
agree in the realm OF politics. II,
however, three traitors in Germany
agreed to meet a foreign statesman
and carry this agreement out and
themselves designate 1t as service, :"
and if they keep the servants away
and give strictest orders to keep the
meeting secret as far as / am con-
cerned. then I let such men be killed
even If it SHOULD be true that in the
course of a conference that was thus
kept from me the participants alleg-
edly spoke about nothing other than
weather, old coins or similar things.
The punishment for these crimes was
severe and hard. Nineteen higher
Storm Troop leaders, 81 Storm Troop
leaders and Storm Troop members
were shot; likewise three special guard
leaders as participants in the plot ana
l3 Storm Troop leaders and civilians
who attempted resistance Of their
arrest and had to leave their lives.
Three Killed Selves.
Three others ended by suicide. Five
non-Storm Troop members, but party
members. were shot for completely.
Finally. there were shot three special
guard members who had made them
selves guilty of disgraceful maltreat-
ment of prisoners taken into protec-
tive custody In order to prevent po-
litical passions and indignation at
further completely from venting itself
in lynchings, the strictest orders were
issued Sunday, July 1. After the
danger had been removed and the
revolt could be considered as having
broken down we refrained from any
farther revenge. With this order. nor
NAL conditions were restored the night
Of July l. A number OF deeds of vio-
lence that are not in any way con-
nected with this action will be turned
over to normal courts for trial.
However heavy the sacrifices may be
they have not been in vain in the lead
once for all to the conviction that