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...only two were of any importance; a southern, Catholic, reactionary state, still talking Secession, representing Bavaria, and a central, industrial state representing Saxony. Then picture President Hoover, one week before a national election, suddenly throwing the entire New York State Government out of office, assuming the Governorship himself, declaring martial law and doubling the size of the U. S. Army by attaching to it the New York State Police. Precisely parallel was what happened in Germany last week...
...Cabinet. Even so, Chancellor von Papen was not quite sure enough of himself to offend the southern provinces unnecessarily. With Minister of the Interior von Gayl he hurried to Stuttgart, assured the Premiers of Bavaria and Baden that he had no intention of abolishing their states' rights, that martial law in Prussia was an emergency measure entirely and would probably be lifted "in a few days." Fervently he promised to abide by the results of the July 31 elections...
...barricaded themselves in an inn after waylaying a truckload of Nazis. There were brawls in Berlin, Cologne, Munich. The situation was serious enough for both Chancellor von Papen and Adolf Hitler to go out to East Neudeck and confer earnestly with President Paul von Hindenburg. First reports were that martial law was about to be declared throughout Germany. Correspondents waited but no announcement appeared. Another story was generally accepted: the 90,000 blue-coated Schupos (Prussian state police) were about to be mustered under the control of the central Government along with other state police -which would mean the practical...
During the trial, which ended last week, the prosecutor produced no evidence linking Senora Mariana de la Torre Mendoza to the attempted crime but proved up to the hilt that she has often voiced antagonism to President Machado. That was enough for the court martial. It sentenced all the accused to 14 years penal servitude each...
...properly speaking a President but an out & out Dictator, General Machado recently signed a bill passed by Cuba's Parliament at his behest extending the suspension of constitutional guarantees until the expiration of his term in 1935. In effect Cuba has been under martial law since her citizens' constitutional rights were suspended Dec. 11, 1930. National City Bank of New York, Chase National Bank of New York and Chicago's Continental Illinois Bank & Trust Co. lately joined in loaning the Machado Government $2,278,125 which it needed June 30 to meet payments on Cuba...