The Auckland Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, Morning News, The Echo and The Sun. MONDAY, JULY 2, 1934. NAZI RULE THREATENED.

Auckland Star, Issue 154, 2 July 1934, Page 6

The Auckland Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, Morning News, The Echo and The Sun.

MONDAY, JULY 2, 1934. NAZI RULE THREATENED.

For the cause that lacks assistance. For the ivrong that needs resistancet For the future in the distance, And the good thai can do

By ruthless suppression of his opponents Hitler has for the moment -quelled the agitation against his rule. It is, however, bound to reappear. He is threatened both from the Right and from the Left. His Storm Troops, who compose his personal bodyguard and have been responsible for most of the terrorism associated with the Nazi regime, have lately come into conflict with the Steel Helmets, who comprise the returned soldiers. They have also clashed with the Reichswehr, or standing army of Germany. The Storm Troops were recruited from the lower elements of the population, and lately they have shown leanings towards Communism. This excited the fears of the large industrialists and the Prussian military element, who were said to be aiming at a military dictatorship. They demanded the suppression of the Storm Troops, and Hitler agreed to give them a month's holiday, during which they were not to be allowed to wear their uniforms. • This led to a mutiny of these troops, and seven of their prominent leaders have been shot.

Apart from this revolt of the Storm Troops there has been an undercurrent of feeling against the drastic tyranny of the Nazis. This was voiced by von Schleicher, who was almost a Liberal in politics. During his term as Chancellor he sought to adopt a policy of conciliation towards all the different sections of German political opinion, including the Hitlerites. He has how been shot while resisting arrest. Opposition to Hitlerism has also come from the Churches, and von Papen has resented the attempts to discipline the Roman Catholic Church. Roman Catholic prelates hava-been fearless in their criticism of Nazi efforts to interfere with their youth organisations. There is also a certain amount of cultural revolt against the Nazis, but this cannot find expression owing to the censorship.

Hitler's rule is therefore threatened by the Communists, by the old Prussian bureaucrats, by the Churches, and by the undercurrent of Liberal opinion which seeks a revival of freedom of expression. Germany's economic plight has added to Hitler s difficulties. It is.doubtful if he will be able to continue to rule by force, and a second revolution may yet take place to restore the liberties lie has so ruthlessly suppressed.