Social Revolution Next In Germany
Social RevolutioN Next In GerMany THE hideous rule of thie' German Nazis cracked last week. Before Hitler'carneHiq power ITe !pfbni^ "Marxist heads would roll in the dust." Firtnig squads in the...
...Hitler decided to scrap "National Socialism...
...Meantime the fatal contradiction within the Nazis since 1931 came to a head...
...The world boycott of Germany has severely injured German capitalism and the gold coverage for German finance is rapidly approaching zero...
...of the Nazis...
...Whether Hitler remains or is booted out by those who hold him a hostage makes little difference...
...Firtnig squads in the past few^days shot down his own cronies, among tliem the filthy Ernst^Roehm, sexual pervert, head of the Storm Troops and Hitler's most intimate ally...
...The Nazi movement had rested upon the enthusiastic support of broad masses but now its base has been narrowed to a minority of capitalists, bankers, old monarchists and Junkers...
...If he chose the latter course he would come into direct conflict with the big exploiters who floated him into power on a sea' of boodle...
...1 he class antagonism between the two wings was certain to break into a conflict...
...If the British workers soon capture their government and go f/orward %vith steady determination to destroy capitalism they may greet German and Austrian Socialist regimes and^Why not a Socialbt Europe in the next 'few years...
...National Socialism" died as its Storm Troop leaders died before firing squads...
...hence the order to giv...
...yetr- " ^ _ . '' " ¦! t^'^'retident's departure on such s trill,'at IhlR particular time, causes ^iimcem to many serious-minded people in high place...
...Behind the Scenes in Washington EhePresidenVsDeparture from Washington—IsHe Captain Leaving HisShip in theMidst of aStorm...
...Then there is the Reichswehr of over 100,000 men, the army of the federal government...
...Onemployment has increased and slashing of wages has brought a frightful lowering of the standard of living...
...Roosevelt happens to be...
...There is no provision' for any acting President when the incumbent is out of the country or otherwise away from Washington...
...The disillusioned masses have no other course than to turn to the underground revolutionaries now organizing in Germany...
...1 prolonged rest from political 'k« and brain-trust experimentations "««hington...
...Its enlargement rai.s«,'d the issue as to whether Storm Troop leaders should not have the high commissions...
...There is little doubt that Hitler and his allies had to choose between the old ruling cliques or satisfy the demands of the "radical" wing...
...That would mean civil war with the Reichswehr and Stahlhelm ranged against the Storm Troops, with the odds against ^ the latter...
...All "•s icaching here from political scouts that commerce, industry and '"¦e contemplate with supreme satis-'•>"« the fact that they are abott to l...
...A Socialist revolution there means the doom of Austrian fascism which rests on a narrow base of militarists and clerical politicians...
...The country in "Hi probably wishes the same...
...on the other side was the wing of big bankers and capitalists who financed the movement...
...By Benjamin Meimon-» Special Correspondence ¦ ' J^T Kriday, when President Roo.scvelt 'aid his temporary good-bye at the liir White House press conference, he nI I lie hope that there v'ould be "no « ill Washington all summer...
...A plain military dictatorship may sei^e as a stop gap but the sword can no more solve the economic proolem of sick capitalifm than could the clubs of the Nazi vandals...
...the Storm Troops a "vacation...
...No President was ever given as much power as the Seventy-Third Congress placed in the hands of Mr...
...Social RevolutioN Next In GerMany THE hideous rule of thie' German Nazis cracked last week...
...There was the radical wing of ill-informed workers and peasants who were promised drastic labor and "Socialistic" legislation...
...The dispute over the army came to a head when the Storm Troopers were told that they would be sent for a "vacation" in July and be demobilized...
...so the presidency during the next two or three months will be just where AJr...
...The '1 lioya and girls" gave hearty ap...
...This conflict began as a conspiracy led by Roehm and other Storm Troop leaders...
...He is the hostage of those who financed him...
...Executive functions can be exercised by him alone, and with a dozen major bills -just passed, and many cummissions just appointed, the President's departure is looked upon as s captain's leaving his ship in the midst of n storm.' » . (Coatiaued on Paf e Hf ht...
...Germany is now the center of European social revolution...
...It is doubtful whether Hitler will Atr venture to hold another "election...
...This combination has its army in the Stahlhelm, a crack army faithful to the Junkers and monarchists...
...A combination of circumstances brought about the conflict between the gangsters...
...The army comntiand picked Stahlhelm leaders and men and the Nazi bosses cried that the Storm 1 roopers were being "betrayed" into the hands of the Junker-monarchist clique...
...In the background there is the Prussian Junker class with its clique of old militarists dreaming of a return of the monarchy and whose class interests co-relate with the capitalist wing of the Nazis...
...The precarious ba^ince between Nazi workers and their exploiters in one party has been destroyed...
...Roosevelt, and no President ever went so far from the t^apital as will Franklin D. Uooacvelt...
...A Storm Troop conspiracy followed, Hitler's secret police knowing the plans with the result that Hitler and Goering set up firing squads in Munich and Berlin and drowned the revolt in blood...
...Ill the sentiment...
Vol. 17 • July 1934 • No. 27
