HITLER'S MARCH

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 154, 28 December 1936, Page 8

HITLER'S MARCH

PUTSCH RE-ENACTED

■ The historic Nazi march on Munch on November 9, 1923, was re-enacted by Herr Hitler and a number of companions in commemoration of the thirteenth anniversary of his unsuccessful attempt to seize power. (says the "Daily Telegraph"). : The Chancellor, accompanied by his deputy, Herr Hess, General Goering, General yon Blbmberg, the Defence Minister, and Herr Himmler, head of the German police, marched from Burgerbrau, the Munich beer-hall, where the original putsch was planned, to the Koenigsplatz, walking a a slow pace through crowded streets. This is the first time since the "Roehm revolt" on June 30, 1934, that Herr Hitler has been seen in : the streets of Munich on foot. Herr Julius Streicher, 4he notorious Nazi leader for Franconia, had a place of honour at the ceremony. He marched at the head of the; Nazi columns with the "blood flag, the sacred Nazi colours carried in the 1923 putsch. The route followed was the same taken by Herr Hitler thirteen years ago Sixteen red-draped pylons, topped With naming bowls of remembrance fire," each bearing the name of a dead Nazi hero, marked the route. ' NAZI SYMBOLISM. Each time the procession came abreast of these pylons the name of the dead hero was read aloud by Herr Hitler, and the crowd-of Hitler youths which lined the route four abreast responded with "Here." This was to symbolise the continuity of the Nazi revolution. . The marchers reached the ■Koenigstrasse at 1 o'clock. More 'than 10,000. Storm Troopers, S.S. guards, soldiers, and members of the Nazi flying corps had assembled here outside the two "Greek temples" which now house the sarcophagi containing the remains of the sixteen Nazi heroes who were shot in the putsch. . Herr Hitler's march was accompanied by very little cheering—probably due to the fact that he was not easily recognised among the marchers. General Goering, however, was immediately picked out, and he was given a loud and enthusiastic ovation. Extraordinary precautions were taken to safeguard Herr Hitler. Double rows of strongly armed S.S. guards, one line facing inwards and the other out,. lined the entire route. Plainclothes S.S. guards held the first rank in the crowds which lined the streets. Distilled~from coal, motor fuel in solid form has recenUy been tested in' England. Equipped with a special en-1 gine to burn the new fuel, a five-ton truck is said to have made a test run for less than half the cost of the pet> rol. . ' ' ■ I