The Archive · 1934

Reichstag Support for Herr Hitler

Chancellor Thanked for Suppressing Revolt: Fuehrer Ignores Foreign Affairs Berlin, July 13.

\HE Reichstag this evening approved unanimously and with acclamation the Government's action dealing with the rebels who had taken part in the recent revolt and passed a vote of thanks in Herr Adolf Hitler.

This was after he had made his eagerly-awaited speech in the Reichstag, which met at the Kroll Opera House.

'Bursts of overwhelming applause punctuated the Chancellor's statement, especially his dec! tion: "I beat down the revolution before it had time to spring up!'

Stringent precautions were taken to prevent any untoward incidents economic sphere, is testified by the and police were on guard at all irrefutable fact that 4,500,000 jobless entrances to the Opera House were brought back into useful pro-throughout the day. Herr Hitler was duction. We were faced by prob-escorted by an armed bodyguard, Toms no one before us had tried while scores of picked black-to answer. Thus we could not refer uniformed guards were distributed to the experience of others in throughout the building. earlier periods but had at once to On his arrival, the Chancellor was seek our own way. Therefore, it is greeted by enormous crowds who Of course afterwards very easy to gave him a magnificent ovation, The denounce this and that mistake but building was packed with people and I consider it a higher service to {660 deputies, wearing black or brown have the courage to find at any price uniforms, rose, raised their arms and way out of the misery than to shouted "Heili" three times. take no way at all.

Herr Hitler began his speech by "We see the difficulties confront-making a vigorous defence of the ing us but I can assure the German work of the Nazi Government, depeople that we will solve them. If, claring tat it had rescued Germany through economic bars "on foreig from collapse and achieved the markets, our trade balance 1s passive political unity of the Reich and the for political reasons, we are determined to find a way to make our-Selves independent of foreign raw Eloquent Plea materials."

Berlin, July 13, must acknowledge that our work would have been in vain it Before the Reichstag, which was crowded to capacity, with literally the German people had not bestowed almost every German seated before fon us its confidence and loyal copublic oF private microphone and operation. The words of national with "the furthest-flung audience brotherhood found their mightiest bound together by a dozen world transfiguration in the sons of our radio networks. the Chancellor, Herr people. Millions of women love this Adolf Hitler, this evening eloquently new State, sacrifice, labour and pray leaded "for justice before the bar for it." of world opinion.

"To this embodiment of German Herr Hitler opened his speech by declaring that it_was his intention bead snd moral value there stands indeed op! 'a small negative "to inform the German people con-world which is unable to take part cerning the events which will live spiritually in the work of German in our history for all time as sorrow recovery and Fenaissance. There is 'My speech will be frst a tiny group of international frank to the limits set on the one poisoners of peoples' faith who, as hand by consideration of national apostles of political and economic and on the other by the Communism, systematically labour Umitations of shame: for the destruction of nations and "he National Socialist Party," the peoples.

Chancellor declared, "took over the Destructive Elements"

State which economically and poli= fe see signs of the international ically was rin decay, January 30, activity of this conspiracy all round 1933, therefore, was not the day us. Up and down the continent flicker of assumption of government from flames of insurrection over the nathe hands of another goverment, but tions. Street riots, barricade fighting, the "final liquidation of an "une ass terror and individualist pro~ bearable situation, for the solution Daganda to-day shake nearly all of which the whole German people countries. In Germany too a few of had yearned for years." these fools and criminals continue for inscrutable reasons has their destructive activities. our people to serve thes consequences of their triumph in a politicians as an experimental Tand like Germany could mean not! and a guinea pig. That may ha less than annihilation of the deen interesting for the surrounding others. world, especially for that part which "The second group of discontented wishes us ill, but for the German consists of political leaders who felt people these' experiments were as their future destroyed by the events painful as they were humiliating. of January 30 without being able to resign. themselves to the irrevocable Slck Era Swept Out fact. From these, there arises "On January 30 not @ new govern-serious danger to the National So-sixth time dalist. State." but @ brand new regime swept out the old and sick era. We have not made a revolution as planless as Anarchists but, as executors of the aside a "When to-day I newspapers that I am borne by heavy cares. at the moment, especially economic worries, 1 would like to, give the scribbler that answer: "Surely, but. cares: tortured me not for the first time to-day but for a long, long time."

"Whatever our enemies may say, contest fact that we hav capitulated before the problems. The results of year and a half of National So ist administration lie clear bet us. Their significance can be mea: sured only in comparison with the fituaton" we found on "January 30, 983."

"When I moved into Wilhelmstrasser as Chancellor, the authority of the Reich had became a wort). Yess phantom and the spirit of insurrection dominated in the provinces as well as in the cities. With in a few months, we exterminated thig spirit of insubordination and rebellion. The German Reich today ig mo longer a bureaucratic conception but a political unity and thereby a reality.

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