GERMAN EDICT

Hokitika Guardian, 14 April 1932, Page 6

GERMAN EDICT

TO DISSOLVE HITLER’S TROOPS.

TREASONABLE PLANS REVEALED

(United Press Association—By Electric Teleg ra ph.—Copy r i g lit.)

(Received tliis day.at 11.15 a.m.) BERLIN, April 14

A sensation, was caused by the issue of a decree signed by von Hindenburg, Herr Bruening, and Herr Groener, ordering the dissolution of Hitler’s “Storm Troops,” numbering four hundred thousand, on the ground that it is an illegal organisation menacing the State authority. The decision wa® made at a conference of Ministers of the interior Federal States, presided over by Herr Bruening.

In consequence, the “Storm Troops” repeated their violations of the decree forbidding the wearing of party uniforms, also act® of terrorism against political opponents.

The preparation for acts of high treason is revealed by documents recently confiscated throughout Germany, but Hitler disavows responsibility.

Authorities are confident that the decree can be executed without strife. It is regarded as being a heavy blow to Hitler.

The proclamation states the mere existence of such organisations forming in the State were the source of continued unrest and liable to create conditions similar to civil war. The decree threatens imprisonment to persons attempting to carry on the banned organisations.

NAZI BARRACKS RAIDED. BERLIN. April 13. Swift- action followed a decree, and the police closed thirty Nazi bariacLs in Berlin and seized all military material. They are now dealing similarly with two hundred barracks throughout Germany. The Government declares that Nazi detachments constituted a private army, organised in military formation to the smallest detail. Though lacking heavy weapons, the forces were capable of performing acts of violence, and bringing pressure to bear on the population.