Berlin, Oct. 1.
On the eve of his uth birthday, President von Hindenburg quietly slipped "away" from the capital to-HEME to escape all popular demon-Htrations. In accordance. with the
Genburg's incumbency of the Execu-Euston gstabished sine, yon, Hin Mgnsiony the President wil Spent the day. shooting over his off lal country seat near Berlin, where fre will be carefully guarded from] all Interruptions, Meanwhile. floral tributes, itt parcels, letters and telegrams from many parts of the world delivered to the Executiv Mansion by the thousand, For to-morrow the postal authorities "have made special arrangements to cope with the rush of birthday traffic—Trans-'Ocean Kuo Min, Berlin, Oct. 2.
To-day, President von Hindenburg, and all Germany with him, has. been celebrating the famous soldier's eighty-fourth birthday. The Government celebrated it by requesting him to continue in ofice a3 President for another two years.
serttdent Hinder bay tad 8 the service of his coun try a fact which was recognised to-day in the thousands of—telegrams of congratulation he receiv long ago as 1905 he attained' the yeni: of full General and in JOIN retirut from the German auiny. "Hut when the world war broke on: in S914 he was recalled and recomio'esioned and" became tone of the most famous military fenders of the wa He retired again in 1919 but in 1925 when he was 73 years of age was recalled to. service, being made President of the Reich, a Position he has held ever since' and Which he has now been asked. to retain for two more yeurs.—Reuter. Berlin, Oct. 2 While President von Hindenburg passed his sith birthday away from the capital, the Executive Mansion" inthe Wilhelmstrasse Sa, long palnmaced Jarge crowds watching the special mail vans with thousands of par-gels and tens of thousands "of atlers and cheering the Tong tine of congratulants who had come to Insevibe their names in the visivors* book, The new Ambassador, M. Fr oda special drew up tender his best' withes forthe The congratulary messages feom abroad included telegrams fro the kings of Italy and Groat Bi tain and the chiefs of the respective governments, President Hoover, President Doumet Austrian President, Herr Miklas had 4 also sent cordial messages. Dr. Bruening, he had sought out the President in hie seclusion carly. in the morning, presented on this oreasion the joint. congratulations of the cabinet, adding for himealt that "r Know that voice the hope of the overwhelming. majority" of the nation when T wish you many among, years of life and devotion to "My colleagues in the cabinet and myself", the Chancellor con-eluded, are confident. that with your We shall succeed in navigating the state through th
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