Evening star., 1941-11-13
Ribbenirop's S Moves
Indicate Effort for
Brownshirt Alliance
Diplomatic Appointments
Hint He Seeks Booking
In Struggle for Power
Rx DAVID NJ. NICHOL,

Foreign Correspondent of The Star and
Chicago Daily News.
BERN. Nov. 13.-German For
eign Minister Col Joachim Won
Ribbentrop is undertaking to con-
clude a private alliance with the
brownshirt Nazi Stormtroopers, it
Is strongly indicated by his recent
appointments to the German diplo-
matte service.
Four of the ministers to Balkan
countries chosen during the past
few months hold the rank of ober-
gruppenfuehrer, each directing one
of the q major units into which the
s. A. is organized throughout the
Reich. The fifth is a former S. A.
inspector for Austria, while the new
consul to Vichy, Krug Won Nidda,
holds a comparable S. A. ranking.
Dietrich Won JagoW, Nazi minister
TO Hungary, heads the potent Ber-
lin -Brandenburg S. A. unit, a group
covering all of the Reich capital and
environs. Berlln's new minister to
Croatia, Siegfried Kasche, directs
the S. A. unit including Hamburg,
the Reich's second largest city.
The industrial Rhineland is rep
resented in this new galaxy by Adolf
Heinz Beckerle, minister to Bulgaria
and head Of the HesSen S. A. center
Ing around Frankfurt. while the
minister to Slovakia, Hans Ludln,
directs s. A. activities in the south
west group with Stuttgart the nerve
center of the Nazi party's foreign
organization. as its capital. The
minister to Rumania is Baron Man.
fred Won Killinger. once S. A. in
spector for former Austria.
Struggle for Succession.
The significance of such a move
goes deep into the struggle for pow
er and influence that is bitterly
being waged among Hitler's subordi-
mates, with the possibility of success
sion to leadership of the Reich as
the prize. A successful working
strengthen Won Ribbentrop's hand
greatly.
Three men are generally felt to
hold needed places in this race for
position-Heinrich Hlmmler, head
of the Gestapo; Reichmarshal Her
mann Goering, chief of the air force,
and Won Ribbentrop. Only Won Rib
bentrop, at the moment, is without
the backing of an armed military
or semimilitary force.
The S. S. (SchutZStaffeD. orig
tnally planned as the personal body
guard of the Fuehrer and party po-
lice force, has grown immensely,
placing tremendous power in the
hands Of its leader, Himmler. who
Is at the same time head of all the
German police and Gestapo. The
organization. largely composed OF
young men, represents the most eX-
treme elements Of the party.
Marshal Goering is still believed
70 be Loyalty supported by the bulk
of the Nazi LuftWaffe, who are
armed and trained like the S. S.
Marshal Goering likewise is Ober-
gruppenfuehrer of the S. A. STAN
darte Feldherrnhalle. the only S. A.
unit officially permitted to carry
arms outside regular army duties
Figures are not available as to the
membership of either Of these prl-
vate armies.
s. A. Trains Youths.
The u S. A. units. headed oy
Victor Lutte and including some
300 600 members throughout the
Reich. are more representative OF
the older party members, but with
new blood obtained by vigorous
recruiting. The S. A. is also charged
with the preliminary military train
ing of German youth during the
interval between Hitler Jugend
membership and actual army serv-
ices.
Hitler, of course. remains the
supreme commander OF all these
organizations, but since the war he
has more and more removed himself
from the complexities and internal
administration of the party setup,
devoting his efforts primarily to
actual direction of the armed forces
in the field. Rudolf Hess, as the
Fuehrers deputy in party affairs,
exercised great influence in the
s. A. and always appeared in S. A.
uniform. Since his flight to Great
Britain, however, no successor has
been appointed to direct party
affairs, presumably opening the pos
sibility for such an entente as Won
Ribbentrop apparently is hoping to
conclude.
sreLyrisht 1e41, CHICAGO Daily News, fne.)