HITLER’S STORM TROOPS

Evening Star, Issue 21077, 14 April 1932, Page 9

HITLER’S STORM TROOPS

ORDERED TO BE DISBANDED SENSATION IN GERMANY Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. BERLIN, April 13. (Received April 14, at 10.30 a.m.) A sensation bos been caused by tbo issue of a decree signed by President Hindenburg, Dr Bruening, and Dr Groener, ordering the dissolution of Herr Hitler’s storm troops, numbering 400,000, on the ground that it is an illegal organisation menacing State authority.

The decision was taken at a conference of Ministers of the Interior of the Federal States, presided over by Dr Bruening, in consequence of the storm troops’ repeated violations of the decree forbidding the wearing of party uniforms, also acts of terrorism against political opponents, and the preparation of acts of high treason as revealed by documents recently confiscated throughout Germany. Herr Hitler, disavows responsibility of the consequences of disbandment, hut the authorities are confident that the decree can be executed without strife. It is regarded as a heavy blow to Herr Hitler. SWIFT ACTION BY POLICE BERLIN BARRACKS SEIZED, BERLIN, April 13. (Received 'April 14, at 1.30 p.m.)' Swift action followed the decree. The police closed thirty Nazi barracks in Berlin and seized all military material. They are now dealing with 200 barracks throughout Germany. The Government declares that Nazi detachments constituted a private army organised on military formation to the smallest detail, though lacking in heavy weapons. The forces wjere capable of performing acts of violence and bringing pressure to hear on the population. SOURCE OF CONTINUAL UNREST / BERLIN, April 13. (Received April 14, at 1.30 p.m.) The proclamation states that the more existence o'f such organisations forming a State within the State is a source of continual unrest and liable to create conditions similar to civil war. The decree threatens imprisonment of persons attempting to carry on banned organisations, OTHER HEADQUARTERS RAIDED BERLIN, April 13. (Received April 14, at 1.25 p.m.), The police at Hamburg found the Nazi headquarters filled with tear gas and were forced to break the windows before entering. The police blocked all roads leading to Brown House, the Nazi central headquarters at Munich, and strong detachments raided the building. The decree was not enforced in Brunswick, whoso Nazi Government alone opposed the suppression. The Nazis complained that the police exceeded their powers when they searched political offices as well as barracks and seized election material.