THE NEW REGIME

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 281, 22 July 1932, Page 5

THE NEW REGIME

(Press. Assn-

SUPPRESSION OF COMMUNISM

— By Telegre.ph — Cc-fy -iglit).

i BERDIN, Thtirsday. Rumours are current that the Government contemplate issuing a decree declaring the Communist Party illfegal, but in view of the fact that it numbers 5,000,000 the Government may hesitate to take such a drastic step. The action of the Reich's Govern-

ment is meeting with severe condemnation by the Socialists and Catholics who represent at least half the electorate of Germany, and the Socialist rulers of Prussia declined to accept the coup. The All-German Trade Union Federation is considering a general strike but fears it will lead to the annulment of the general election. Moreover, an unlimited number of Nazis are ready to step into the vacant jobs. Herr von Papen in a broadcast throughout Germany in thie evening said : "The Prussian Government is under Communist influence. The Communists are aligned in a united front with the Prussian authorities against Hitlerism." von Papen added his belief that Prussian high officials had clandestine sympathies with thie terrorist organisations. At present stringent measures are not aimed against Prussian sovereignty but are designed to cleanse the administration of all connection with Communism. There is every inten- . tion to hold thie Reichstag elections on July 31.