DRAMATIC JUNKER COUP IN PRUSSIA
(Press Assn.—
a dictatorship
VON PAPEN ASSUMES SUPREME CONTROL TQ SUPPRESS COMMUNISTS. FIGHTING ANTI'CIPATED. Startling developments have occurred in Prussia. Herr von Papen has assumed the role of dictator, and a state of emergency has been procjajmed in the cities of Berlin and Brandenhurg; over which General Schleicher has been appointed with wide powers. The Prussian Ministry, President, Vice-President and police have resigned. It is expected that there will he a stern struggle between the Nationalists and the Nazis for supremacy.
-By Telegra ph — Copyright)
BERLIN, Thursday. A state of emergency has been proclaimed in Berlin and Brandenburg. The police are under military command. The Reich Government has appointed Hetr von Papen State Commissioner for Prussia, with practically dictatorial powers. Herr von Papen informed the Prussian Minister's that the prevailing conditions failed to guarantee law a'nd order; therefore, he bad been appointed Commissioner until the new Prussian Diet agreed to elect its own Prime Minister. Thb decision implies acceptance of Herr Hitler's arguments that Socialist rule is unable to prevent disorders in Prussia. After attending the funeral of two women who were killed during a political demonstration near Hanau, the majority of the 5,000 mourners besieged the house of a polieeman who had been on duty during the disturbances. They smashed the windows and were about to force an entry when the polieeman appeared with a revolver. He fired on the crowd, kilPng two and wounding five.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 281, 22 July 1932, Page 5
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