Evening star., 1935-01-30
THIRD YEAR BEGUN
BY HITLER REGIME
Control Greater Than Kai-
ser's Before War, as Saar
Joins Goose Step.
ny the Associated Press.

Germany entereQ Inc liluu ychI Va
its goose-step march today behind
former Austrian corporal, Adolf Hitler.
The last two years have seen ma
ton of 65,000,000 citizens changed
from a republic to an authoritarian
state ruled by one man. Hitler's con-
troll is greater than was that of Kaiser
Wilhelm, for Wilhelm had a Parlia-
ment and Germany now has abolished
even that form of representation.
Twice before January 80, 1888,
President Paul Won Hindenburg invited
Hitler. leader of the National Social
lists, then a minor political party. to
enter the German cabinet Twice the
Nazi refused because he would accept
nothing less than the chancellorship
with unlimited authority.
Once he became chancellor, clothed
with the powers he demanded, he
swiftly remolded the German state
after his own design.
Parliament was dissolved February
I, 1888, and new elections called. Less
than one month later the provisions Of
the Weimar constitution, which guar
anteed republican Germany liberty OF
person, freedom of the press and sane
tity of private property, were re-
scinded.
Communists Exterminated.
An incendiary fire in the Assembly
hall of the Reichstag on February %
was laid at the door of the NaziS' most
important opposition, the Communists,
providing the excuse for determination
OF that party.
The same fate befell other political
opposition after Nazi candidates polled
a per cent of the votes cast in the
March election. The republican flag
was replaced by the Nazi swastika as
the symbol of German unity.
The last vestige Of parliamentary
government disappeared March %
when the Reichstag voted the Hitler
government dictatorial powers for four
years and then vanished from the
political scene
A vigorous anti-Semitic campaign
soon was in full sway. A one-day boy
colt of Jewish business and profess
sional people on April l sounded the
warning of Hitler's determination to
exclude "non-Aryans" from positions
of influence in German life. More
than 10000 Jews fled the country in
fear of persecution.
The Reich withdrew from the World
Disarmament Conference because its
arms demands were unrequited. A
week later it announced its resigna
ton from the League of Nations.
Sensational Blood Purge.
BY June 80, 1884 the Hitler dictator
ship was ready to underscore its au-
thority with blood. That was the
day of the sensational blood purge
which startled the world.
Moving with ruthless speed, Hitler
ordered the execution of many lead
ers who had been closely associated
with him in his rise to power. A con-
gpiracy among the Storm Troopers.
his brown-shirted political army. he
later explained, prompted the grim
gesture
Hundreds whose lives had been
spared we're thrown into concentration
camps. The chancellor later reported
to the Reichstag that II we're killed.
The death Of President Won Hinden-
burg last August 2 led to the ultimate
consolidation of Hitler's power. The
day before the old field marsha's
death the cabinet decreed that with
the passing of Won Hindenburg the
functions of the presidency henceforth
should be incorporated with those Of
the chancellorship
Hitler accepted the added RESPONSE
bility and with it the title "Reichs-
fuehrer," leader of Germany. The
electorate expressed its approval by an
S81 per cent vote August 13.
The crowning achievement Of the
EaZi regime came January l3 of this
year with the Saar Basin territory's
overwhelming vote for reunion with
the Reich.
Aims Feature Observance.
Spartan simplicity marked Ger
inany,s celebration Of the second an
niversary. Without torchlight process
sions or flag parades, traditional ex-
preSsions of Nazi jubilation, the ma
ton signalized the occasion by show
ering benefits on its needy
In the spirit of the ReichSfuehrer'S
heralded community of the people,
food and fuel worth $4,000 900 marks
approximately se,20O,ooo) were dis
tributed among the poor and unem-
ployed under supervision Of the Winter
relief fund.
The only apparent manifestation Of
the Reich's day Of reconsecration was
q profuse display of the swastika, flags
and banners, with which streets
throughout Germany literally were
canopied.
Hitler Cites Progress.
Reichsfuehrer Hitler today pro-
claimed:
In the first of the four year
period which I asked the nation to
give me to develop my working plan,
more than two-thirdS of what I prom
ised has been carried out. No demo-
cratic government in the world can
submit itself with greater confidence
and hope to a national vote than can
the National Socialist government of