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TITE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 1934 "SECOND REVOLUTION" IN REICH, SLAYS REBEL LEADERS -i i PBUSSIf EX-CHIEF 'I ACTORS IN KETCH'S drama of revolt si IF hat "Second Revolution" Means to Nazi Leaders Hanfstaengl Calm, But Eager for News of Berlin Mutiny ROEHM, SELF-SLAIN, SPLIT WITH HITLER Head of Storm Troops Had Lost Prestige; Friendship Was Close termination henceforth to mercilessly stamp out and destroy creatures who were without discipline and obedience, as well as elements that are anti-social or abnormal. He I iA. rii a mi 1, I pointed out that service in the Storm Troops wss an honor for which tens of thousands of fine Storm Troop men had made the heaviest sacrifices. Above all, he said he would nip In the bud and stamp out every attempt In the ludicroua circles of ambitious creatures to propagate the Idea of a new revolution." Victor Lutze, new commander of the Storm Troops: "These three virtues shall now, more than ever, become the guiding star for the whole Storm Troops; unquestioning fidelity, the sharpest discipline, the sacrificial spirit of bravery. Thua we, who are National Socialists, will march together.

I am convinced it can then be only a march to freedom." Dr. Ernst Hanfstaengl, Nazi press ehief, at Newport, R. "Such things might happen In any country. I made it a rule when' I came to this country not to discuss politics. I'm sorry, but I can breait that rule." "gw--i ill NEWPORT, R.

June 30 (Ap ERNST F. S. HANFSTAENGL confidential aide to Chanel, lor Hitler of Oermany, roarti into this city today in an inexpen-sive roadster to attend the Frenchi Astor wedding and upon being ip." prised of the news front Oermn promptly exclaimed, "such things might happen In any country." Despite his asserted, uncom, however, he displayed considerable eagerness in obtaining copies newspapers containing the news of Qerman uprisings. Having glanced over the heart lines at a hotel cocktail bar where he made his way in company his host, Francis O. French fa-hw of Miss Ellen Tuck who i to marry John Jacob Astnr 3d later In the day, he declined to say more.

1 "A.m"d' 11 vhPn I eam to this country not to discuss po, tics." he explained. "I'm sorry, but I can break that rule." av Breakfast Suite 1( ijtf til IRAN VON FAPFN J' -i Put undrr "prattrtirt arrttt. OPEN MONDAY NIGHT 'TIL 9 Pius 9x12 Ft. Rug S-l-X pieces! Drop lrmf Thl mn-i four chair in matching deit'gn, plus rx 1 2 felt-butt rug for your ki'chen. (Or, if yon prefer, you my telect a 9x12 raer porch rug.) With ANY 2 suiVr! SEES HITLER END Kurt RosrnfflcJ Predicts No Chance, However, Until Winter Despite manv predictions that Hitlers power is at an nil Kill be no chance In the Oermm Government until probably next, winter, tn the opinion of Kurt Fnsenfleld.

former MiniMer of Prussia. Rnwnfrlfi, In this rlty In pr-pa-rntion for .1 public "trial" of German Fascism at the Clarrlcic Theatre nrxt Friday yesterday that recent dispatch's, from Germany have been exaggerated. "Any prediction." he said, "that me Miner 1 eaitnn win enn in is days, 1 The disturbance. In Germany lorinv are serious and the beginning of the end "However. I do pot tint a change of Government will iakj place before nrxt winter.

In th-it event, a mlliiarv dimtnnhin will succeed the Nnris There will no monarrhy. The and hin family are nor popular with the German people. FredirU Liberal Fulii This military riictator.iliip will lint, greatly chance online in ir-many. There will a modernized ettllude. very llbcril toward the Jewa.

I helirve. but other fartora In lh aittiation m-ill be nnchanced for some tune. Kvrnt-linlly a liberal Onvernnient. with Socialist support, will develop Germany." Rosenfeld. a Social Democrat and an attorney who fled Oermanv following his defense of those accused In the Retch fire trial.

volcd a belief that great discontent exlsis in Germany hrraus mai.y officials both In civil and military fields have been ousted from their nb to make wav for Nazis. The peaants are disappointed, he said, berau-c Hitler has cancelled their rtsht. of left lenient and mnrtKauina- of land. In hia vuit, to thw cilv he was accompanied bv Mrs. Amabel Williams-Fills, nntiMi author, aistpr of John Strachey.

economist, and cousin of the late Lyttnrt 8trachv. who has tint, returned from Oermanv. "Hiller." the said, "has turned nut to be the tool of bis biiMlneM and the bankers, and these disturbances will eventually unmisk him in the eyei of the little man. He has lost the. aupport of lite workers.

Th'y know only two things that have decreased and prlc-a ar up, and they judge him arrordinitly." Factional Clashes Fed Revolt in Reich Continued f'rnirt Mrs Tat i.nw.nw memhere. At th time Hitler became It had been reduced to Pl.V- Soon pressure waa ued against Ita ranks, and the outfit was officially merged with the Nazis. A awast'ka armband wns orderrd plaeed on the field-gray lmlforms. Then the uniforms were rlunged to brown, and finally ynungrr members ordrrrd to enroll In the Storm Tronp-r ri'tachments. Troopers nn Rise The Slorm Trooper meanwhile were flouiUhii.R.

Thrlr brown jliirts berime a avmbol of Na il auihovity. for the mrmb-rs recruited by Hitler and his party durm Its ripe to power were the moat loyal Nazi aupnortera. Three week ago the Naad press bureau announced thf Steel Helmet membership had been absorbed in the Storm detachments, except for "Inactive or disabled" veterans. One nunareci nrten tnnusand com- prised the latter unit, the report, i tent In trie Storm Troopers' ranks. Many member admittedly had been Communists.

They wanted the Nam Onvernent to awing farther to the left. Asked Dissolution A one step In this program, they railed for the complete dissolution of the Slahlhelm. the conservative faction's "backbone Their demand Diet a sharp rebuff from the Chancellor. It remained for the speech of Papen on June 11, however, to touch off the final spark of factional wrangling. He spoke bluntly: "Have we gone throuth an anti- ism ay--.

l- fi ll 1 11 'I V'i vi I 1 I SijorlaKS CHANCELLOR ADOLF HTT-LFR: "It is my wish that the 8torm Troops shall be transformed Into faithful and strong link tn the ehaln constituting the National Socialist movement. Filled with the idea of obedience and blind discipline, It must help to form a msn." Premier Goerlng of Prussia: "The second revolution now is ended. There Is no cause for uneasiness. Some Storm Troopers committed suicide. Some had to be shot when they offered resistance.

All of Prussia is Arm in my hands. When he (Hltleri strikes, he strikes hard and decisively. Whoever raises his hand against the Third Reich loses his head. Der Fuehrer ordered me to represent him. I shall carry on without giving quarter." National Socialist Party.

In statement: "Der Fuehrer delivered a speech before ihe higher Storm Troop leaders who had come to gether at Munich in which he laid emphasis on hia unshakeable adhesion to the Storm Troop, but at the same time announced his de-end of I92S. apparently despairing of the prospect of overthrowing the German Republic, he accepted a bid from the Bolivian Government to drill its army. 'Called to Train Troops Hitler called him back to Germany to train his Storm Troopers soon after the Reichstag elections of September, 1930, had demonstrated to the world that National Socialism was a political force with which it henceforth must reckon. Those who saw, the military precision and smartness with which the Nazi Storm detachments passed In review at the Nuremburg party Congress In September, 1933, discarded any doubt they may have entertained about Hitler's choice of men for the Job he wanted done. Stocky and hard-boiled.

Roehm declared that he 'looked at the world with the eyes of a soldier a purposely limited viewpoint." He was born in 1887 and began his soldier's career when a boy, working up through the ranks to his first commission in 1908. A bachelor, he forbade his Storm Troopers last year to support a sort lied "purity campaign' which, among other things, had as an object stopping women from smoking and the use of cosmetics and censoring the type of bathing suits they should wear. "The revolution was not won," he ssid. "by canting hum. bugs or moral cranks, but by fighting men whose business Is not watching other folks' clothes, facial make-up or chastity." E.

nnro Vrrooo Tl UICt? 1 OreSeeS Fall of Hitler Con tinned From First Page presses the hope that Germany will be paralyzed. "This German anarchy Is fortunate for peace," this newspaper says, "lnsofsr a it will discourage diversion to external interests, it will weaken Germany and it would be mad to wish for her to be delivered from a situation which paralyzes her." "Pertinax" (Andre Geraud), writ ing In Echo de Paris, regards the Oerman scene as "like a silent film not always Intelligible." Thts observer declares that it Is a mis take to consider Hitler master of his circumstances. "It is more likely that the former house-painter does not know what saint to pray to. He owes his reign to a certain sentimental current that he knew how to create, or rather how to propagate. Nothing vanishes more quickly than a sentimental kingdom." L' Intransigeant sees the RetcVs troubles arising from the disappointment of the Germans at the unrealized promises of their leaders.

"The Germans begin to see." this Joiirtutl says, "that their Messiah cannot save them and that their leader Is taking them nowhere it is inconceivable that the Hitler regime ran last long. It Is founded oil a promise of a miracle which has not come to pass and which now seems impossible." MAGIC MUSICAL VOICE i tha road as you ride'through iklfonl iummrnioKrMiiMf.iMiM th cool summer nights now yours on an RCA Victor Auto Radiol i i. 3-PIECE LIVING ROOM rhmr ml lotinv frmiin: ONLY St A WEEK -srtt fwn IIh mftll ItiMijfrt liMTjr, rnrU nulla TT Vfe few- E-i -w jpj kit Tk ttirr nn4 t'. H''I4 Tritmm, BEF.LIN. June 30 The aelf-lnfUcted death of Ernst Roehm.

rhief of staff of the Nazi Storm Troopers and minister without portfolio in the Hitler Cabinet, follows a reputed split between him and the Nazi chieftain and persistent reports from Germany that the "vacation" ordered for Koehm i brown-thlrted followers during July actually presaged a radical reduction in the strength of the organization If not ita total dissolution. Roehm himself had placed the number of men In his semi-military organization at 2.500.000. Difference of opinion between him and Chancellor Hitler were reported about the middle of May concerning Roehm'a plan for the use of large detachments of Storm Troopers tn the short-term army of 300.000 men that Germany shorn to create in the place of the 100.000 professional soldier ah" la now permitted rn the Reichswehr, has maintained since It wss created after the war and Chancellor Hitler sided with Oeneral Werner von Blomberg, Reichswehr Mmister. Denied Hint of Fall On June 7 formal announcement was made that Herr Roehm, variously referred to as captain and colonel in dispatches from Gertrpiny describing his activities as head of the Storm Troopers ortsnizatioii. was going on several weeks' sick leave coincident with the month's furlough to be given his followers.

At that time Roehm vigorously denied widespread "insinuations' concerning the significance of this development and asserted that he would resume office upon the restoration of hi health and that the brown-shirt army would come baric after It "well deserved" rest "strengthened and unchanged." Still earlier In the year when the proposed furlough of Storm Troopers first was rumored It was said that their lend'-r. on advice of his physician, would simultaneously go on leave "to recover his bodily energies, severely Impaired by a painful nervous affliction." This statement was accompanied by the declaration from Heir Roehm that hi organization was to continue unimpaired in strength and functions. Considered An Intimate Prior to his differences with the Nazi dictator over the make-up of the new Reichswehr. Roehm had been considered Hitler's most in- tlmatc friend, one of the few men In Germany who presumed to use the familiar "thou" form of address; in speaking to his chief. Not without reason did Hitler permit this familiarity, for he had good cause to be grateful to the soldier of fortune who had cast his lot with him.

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Including hiRli Na'i officir.ls. Joined in uniing that a conservative course bi steered. Pa- pen'a stand. It was made clertr. was not.

opposed Jt Hit lei. nut was an rITort to smooth the path of "IJer Fuehrer." Never Anything anainst or without. Hitler," was announced as his motto. In the mid-t of all this strife Hiller has been f.ieed by grave economic and flnnnclal problems. Trouble Ahmad I)i'.

Hialmar Srharht. previdenl of the Ueirlvbank. refined to leave the gold standard or devaluate the in'rk. despite the virtual depletion of the bank gold reserve. Ukewise he declined offers of smaller countries to sell G-ermany raw materials on credit.

The Amerujnn Secretary of State, Corriell Hull, Issued a alroiuly worded protr.t on Wednesday against the O-imin moratorium on payment of foreign debts. He blamed the Hitler policies for many oj Germany's economic troubles. The religious and Jewish questions ulfiO have stood In the way of more cordial relation Willi the United atatea. The recent meeting between Hitler and Mussolini at Venice la generally resarded as having been none trio successful. Only Poland Friendly As for otner nations: Francpa attitude tovard Oermany Is problematical.

The Au.5trt.in situation still Is complicated. The debts transfer question placed Great Britain In an unpleasant Irane of mind. Russia Is reserved. Friendship between Oermany and Poland, however, la strong, and economic overtures have been made to the southeastern DanublHii Slates Apart from Hitler, the outstanding fl're In the situation la Her-rrpiin Wil'oelm Goerlng, the "iron fu-t" of the retime. A lleutenart of 21 In Hie Weld War, he atood with Hitler In the famous "brer cellar' pulsrh Muntrh In Now hr stnnrts at the risht hand of the Chancellor, smashing away at opposition, carrying out Nazi policies CRISIS FEARED IN SPAIN MADRID, Jun 30 fA.

of a fresh Government erUis owing to pressure from the Leftist Rroups Insisting on resignation oi thfc CiMnet ov.t the Cala'oiilau situation flood, the corridors of Congress today Just before adjournment until Thursday. wing dements scoffed at the possibility of Government upset. BLUECOATJTRICKEN OI.OUCFSTVR. N. June '30 Policeman George Smith was stricken III wh.le driving the automobile of the city police department today.

He was removed to his home, where the family physician aaid that he suflerrd a heat attacn. Hitler only three davs ago tn stop his Brown Shirt troops from attacking the Stahlhelm units In word or deed, sfter signs of disaffection among the latter had developed. Roehm meanwhile had gone on what was reported to be sick leave. On his behalf. It was announced he would let the questron of the relations of the Stahlhelm and the Storm Troops ride until the month's holiday In July was over.

Kurt von Schleicher, who was killed when lie resisted arrest by Slorm Troopers: A product of the old monarchy. lOyut to Hie Uncut ions ol the Imperial army. Schleicher served bH days as Chancellor, the shortest term of any rhancellor tn the brief but turhulent career of Republican Oermanv. He was succeeded by Hitler, two days after he resigned on January 211. Schleicher, who was 81.

was known as the "Smiling Sphinx." Schleicher rame from a military family, and he rose In military prominence himself In the famous Third R-glment. of footgusrds, former unit of President Hlnden-hurg. He became a general when he was Chancellor Hitler: Pale featured, unimpressive In repose, Hitler in action becomes a human dynamo tireless, compelling efficient and highly emotional. Once a humble house painter, he swept Oermany into the Nazi regime, addressing cherlng thousands in rapid swings through the country. slightly effeminate gestures and mannert are forgotten In the virility of his political conceptions, hla vibrant, voice and his almost hypnotic shiwinanshlp.

Deadly serious, he appears to feel us 4 i rhurch-going, charged. Grievances filed "Minute regulation keep our Catholic organizations from working for the Crmreh and the Fatherland. "In many localities Catholic youth are being persecuted even when It does nothing else but give public testimony to It fnlth In Christ and loyalty to Church societies for which 8tate protection waa assured." "Influential lrcles" the statement continued "are pushing aside and destroying the Christian faith living among our people." The statement of Balitur Von Srhlrach. head of the Nazi youth movement, that, "he who dons the uniform Is neither Protestant nor Catholic, but a German" waa re-sailed with the assertion "we Bishops say religious conviction Is not. a coat tn be worn or laid aside at convenience." Charges that the Catholic clergy la pursuing political alms, the letter said, are designed to undermine the Church's position.

Resent Treatment Cardinal The letter referred bitterly to the treatment of Cardinal Von Faul-haber. Archbishop of Munich, at the hands of Naxls. asserting "he is being offennd In the most unspeakable manner publicly." The letter said the Church la seeking to eo-operate with the Government and closed with an admonition to the faithful "Catholic youth" to cling to the banner of Christ and If It Is scorned and snatched away, carry It In your heart. "And If you are kept from wearing your badae of Christ publicly, your life must remain a shining exampl; of loyalty In Christ's army." British See Hitler 'Gaining Strength as Result of Coup Mil, 6f i4 A. I.

LONDON, June 30 Tlie dra matic ewnt.i In Germany today lock London by surprise, for while the growing tension there seemed to- some kind of a flareup. It had not been thought hat a showdown would come so soon. The exact meaning of th split In the Nazi ranks was also hard to fathom from tha news, so far as it waa available. On the surface it would appear as If the Centre group, under Chancellor Hitler and General Hermann WIlheLm Goerlng. Prussian Premier, had turned on their Lelt Wing followers with a view to consolidating their alUiinc." with the old Nationalists and Industrialists.

But this does nut explain the pint played by the former Chancellor, Gi-neial Kurt vou Schleicher, which led tu his tlealli. or the re-IHirted arrest of the oilier former ChHiicellor, rrmu, von Pap. iu Reports Out General von Schleicher hud been plotting witu CnXaln F.rnst Hoeliin. the Storm Troop leader, and had been In touch with foreign elements were received here with skepticism pending further confirmation. Newly-named Head of Storm Troopers a Soldier By Choice BFRMN.

June .10 (A. TIKTOR LLT7.E, who waa In stalled today by Chancellor Hitler as the new national commander of the Nail 8torm Troops following the deposition of Frnst Roehm. is 43 years okt and a soldier by Inclination. He enlisted as a private in the Imperial Army In had a good record during the World War for audacity and resourcefulness and left Hie service minus one eye. Lutzc Joined the Nasi oarty soon after Its inception, His capabilities Insured him of rapid promotion.

He was active in the Ruhr during the French occupation in 1923 and was named Nazi chief of that district. Subsequently Lutze was appointed chief of the northern division iirmiijuai'ters at Hanover. His final reward came when Hitler took power. The new Storm Troop chieftain was then made no- lire president of Hanover, and afterward provincial governor and counsellor of State. PUMPS 71.98 JJ.FREE, BOWS with every pIr (36) tuwt CKJAWi Hw WrtN tlltNMItnl.

Hit Co I loir, HpllMritw i mi in i ADOI.F IIITI.FR Strmithrnrd nit reitme. Cardinals Rap Nazis in Letter to Priests f'nntinued From First Paje for a new national church and faith, th letter says: "Christ's fount of (trace cannot be replaced by an alleged "mysterj of the Nordic blood which has concurred the old Opposing Nazi anti-Semitism, the document says the ten commandments hold for the Jews as well as for others, "We solemnly protest against spreaolng neo-pagaii heresies In our Fatherland and protest against all attacks and Insinuations bring made by their memb-r against God, against Jesus and his Holy Church, almost daily in written and spoken word. See Hwarity Menaced "We emphatically protect asiinst an attempt to undrmlne Church Christianity also, because this is a deliberate attempt aialnst the ex-prosed intiltlons of the which, If iiircrsfful, will destroy all hope for security In our state and for a happy future for our suffering people. "The. States' authority will breait down when it no longer rests on the authority of Ood." The letter declared the Bixhopa would not keep silence In the face of such a menace as "In magainfi, and pamphirL a wo: picture of the Church and Its servants being publicly availed and ridiculed.

Christ, Our Savior, bring mocked, and God's eternal majesty bring offended." The plight of the Catholic press was vividly sketched. "While pagans are spreading their teachings," the le'ter asserted, "our Catholic press no longer has the freedom to duiwa the great problems of these tunes and item assaulls against Christianity and the Church." The book of Dr. Alfred Rosenberg, philoMiphpr dictator of the thiid HeU'li, "Myths of the Twentieth Century," was condemned. "We cannot be silent when such a book is filled with flagrant 111 Ls-representations undermining faith in God and the Christian religion and respect for Chrlr.i'a authority," the letter said. Hie Nai party's renul.dtlon on the time of cltl'ens la breaking up family life and discouraging his triumph was inevitable, and his belief in the future of Nazism verges on fanaticism.

A former corporal in the war time German Army he forced himself into a dominant position in world affairs against apparently unsurmountable odds, He became Chancellor January 30, 1933. IlernMa Wllhehn Ciaering: The "iron fist" of the Hitler regime. Huge and physically pow-erlul, the massive Goerlng has carried out Hitler's orders without question. Hitler, the soul of Nsxi-Ism; Goerlng. the ruthless and ef- A youthful lieutenant In the Wortd War.

He was credited with bringing down 20 allied Diane, and once he shot down a French plane with a pistol. Before Hitler rose to power, he wa his friend and aide. At Odervn-splatz he was shot. down, serlotuly wounded In a machine gim forav. He was nursed back tn health in an Austrian retreat while all Europe hunted him.

Hitler has onlv to apeak, and Ooertng. his magnetic eves flashing defiance to thoce who would thwart him, sweeps Into action. Frans vun Tapca, detailed 1st protective rnstody, then released: A former Chancellor of the Reich and a non-Nazi member of the Hitler Government, Papen evoked the ire 01 ins nanus ov criticism in a recnt apeech. During the World War he was military attache to the German F.mbaaay in Washington, becoming the rente- of scnsntlonsl charges (later quashed v. He waa reqursted to return to Oermany.

He la a former newnpiprr ptib-lishr of conservative tendencies. He is M. i VET 39 C. i i i. f.

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A Hltler'a chief of staff, he or--anised the Brown Shirts and Hitler's elite corps. He was regarded us Ideal Brown snirrer." The Brown Shirts, he once told an assembly of newspapermen and diplomat, were guarantors of peace in Central Fnrnpe, After the World War. In which he was thrice wounded, Roehm became associated with General von Fpps' Free Corps. After he Joined the colors, however, he fell from the Reichswehr for participating In Hit-ler'a "beer cellar" putsch, which cost him months in Jail. In 1920 he accepted a position as colonel In the Bolivian army, but Hitler recalled him the next year and appointed him chief of staff.

He had been quoted as snylns that he believed all South America, would turn Nazi. Attacks In the opposition press charging him with moral failinn were suppressed in 1M2. with Hitler Issuing a statement that Roehm retained his confidence. Tha following year he became (Secretary of State in Btvarla. under General von Kpp.

and Reich Minister without portfolio. Roehm, never a great friend of the Bteel-Helmeters, whom he last month vocally accused of "reaction-try pretensions," yis ordered by fpliiilf1 1' ''i'J'a.