GERMANY MOURNS DEAD PRESIDENT
Immortal Hero Of Tannenburg
Berlin. "August 2 President von Hindenburg died į at 9 am, without regaining cori- sciousness from the coma into
which he fell last night, He will
be given a state funeral.
- PILLAR OF AUTHORITY.
The
In
Paris. August 2 immediate reaction French authoritative circles is sin- cerely to pay a tribute to the Field" Marshal's military and statesman- like qualities, emphasising "his un- rivalled prestige as a pillar of au-
The President's death was un- nounced to waiting journalists by lowering the flag over the prest- dential residence at Neudeck.thority... Reuter.
GERMAN TRIBUTES
Berlin, August 2. Alt broadcast programmes were suddenly stopped at 9.35 a.m, when all stations switched over to Berlin after the interval. Dr. Goebbels announced to the nation the deach at the President. Half an hour's silence followed and then Dr. Goebbels announced the new laws, besides the State funeral detalls and mourning. after which the orchestra played the famous mill- tary song "I Had A Comrade."
All newspapers
with appear black borders. and pay glowing tributes to the President. All flags on public buildings are half mast- ed and draped with crepe, also many private buildings and even trams and buses are flying streamers of "crepe. All under- ground entrances display National and Swastika flags draped in black. -Rruler.
HONOUR AND UPRIGHTNESS
!
While not attempting to disguise the political Importance of his death, authoritative circles decline to comment Renter
CONCERN IN AUSTRIA
Vienna. August 2 President von Hindenburg's death has profoundly Impressed Austria where the personality of Hinden- burg is highly respected, but his death is regarded as ending the epoch of German history stop.
The question of Hindenburg's successor is utmost importance to Austria because, while it is thought that the Austrians will probably
the
greet any weakening of Chancellor Hitler's popularity with undisguls- ed satisfaction, yet they are most worried when they consider disturbing potentialitles German situation. — Rruter.
of the
EX-KAISER'S MESSAGE
Doorn, August 2
The ex-Kaiser telegraphed Hin- Berlin, August 2 In the course of his broadcast denburg's son "the Kalserin and mentioned earlier, Dr. Goebbels
I mourn with you and the whole paid a tribute to. Hindenburg on
German people. A fe highly behalf of the Cabinet and collea-blessed by the Lord has ended. gues, adding that Hindenburg was The Crown Prince is conveying our one whole life because its honour last homage to the immortal hero and uprightness will always be of tennenburg." remembered in the Fatherland
General von Blomberg ordered the Army and Navy to take the path towards Hitler, while Lutze issued a manifesto to Storm Troops extolling Hindenburg.—” Reuter.
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
(Special to "Hong Kong.
Daily Press")
(Hy Telegraph Copyright, Tele- "graphic Messages Ordinance, 1894
Received, August 2, 1.20 p.m.)
Reuter.
PRESIDENT-CHANCELLOR
Berlin, August 2.
The Cabinet has adopted a jaw combining the offices of President and Chancellor which Hitler as- sumes.
This law comes into force imme- diately, Hitler probably taking title of Reichsfuehrer.
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Several Prussian Regiments of which Hindenburgh was the Col- onel will mourn for four weeks
Reuter.
BINDENBURG'S WISH
Newdeck. August 2.
The council of ten doctors have
He has ordered 2 fortnight's mourning for the Black Uniformed Guards, Storm Troops, all political Berlin, August 2. organisations and similarly all off- Conforming with the require-cers and officials to be in meurn- ments of the law concerning the
ing for a fortnight. filling of the offices of the Reichs- president, the Reichs Chancellor was proclaimed by the Reichs- government on Thursday. The Reichs defence Minister, General von Blomberg" has ordered that all soldiers belonging to the national defence forces will be required to take the oath of allegiance to the Fuehrer, the German Reich and the people, and Adolf Hitler. This oath reads "I swear by God on this sacred oath that I will render unconditional obedience to the Fuehrer, the German Reich and It 's learned that Hindenburgh's the people, and Adolf Hitler, the wish to be buried beside his par- commander-in-chief of the de-ents in the little cemetery adjoin- fence forces and as a
vallanting his house at Neudeck is likely soldier, I will be ready to discharge to be respected. the obligation appertaining to my The State funeral will probably oath even at the cost of my life." be held either in Berlin or Tannen- Immediately following the act of berg, after which interment will swearing-in, cheers will be given take place quietly "at Neudeck. for the new commander-in-chief Reuter. of the National defence forces, and both national hymns will be sung,
BURIAL PLACE
(Special to "Hong Kong
Daily Press")
(By Telegraph, Copyright," Telr. graphic - Mersages" Ordinance. 180$. Received, August 2. 8.81) p.m.)
Berlin, August 2. Although no official decision is yet made concerning the burial place of. Hindenburg. a proposal that has arisen spontaneously from the people is being considered in authoritative circles, namely that Germany's greatest veteran of the
of the great triumph. Tannenburg. -Transocean Kuo Min,
BOURSE CLOSED (Spedal to "Hong Kong Daily Press").
decided. in view of Hindenburg's weakness, not to operate or ad-
remained in a state of coma minister stimulants, Hindenburg all night long.
MORNING BULLETIN
(Special to Hong Kong
Daily Press").
(By Telegraph, Copyright, Tele- graphic Merages Ordinance, 1894. Received, August 2, 1.30 pm.)
Berlin, August 2.
A laconic bulletin issued at Nepdeck at 5.45 this morning ad- mits the seriousness of President Hindenburg's conditon, The bul- letin which was issued by Ger- many's foremost physicians, Pro fessor, Sauerbruch who attended is Majesty King George V of England some years ago. Dr.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1934.
THE LATE PRESIDENT
HINDENBURG'S, LIFE
Paul von Hindenburg was born on October 3. 1847 in Posen and was the son of an officer. At the age of 18, he joined the Prussian- Army and served throughout the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870- 71. He had a very distinguished career and retired from the Army ir 1911 but in 1914 he was recalled and appointed to the command of the German troops in East Prussia. In August 1916 he was appointed Chief of the General Star of the Field Army and from that time to.
'the' signing of the Armistice, was the German Generalissima.
to
at
In 1919 he retired from the Army and went
live quietly Hanover, but Fate willed otherwise for in 1925 when the elections in Germany threatened to result in stalemate, he emerged from his retirement once again and was returned by a big majority, and when his term of office expired in 1932, he was unanimously re-elect- ed to office which he held up till the time of his death.
A PROMINENT PERSONALITY
Fresident von Hindenburg was a simple man who grew up to be one of the leading figures in recent German history. He was a man who thought slowly and arrived at decisions only after arduous effort; a military career gradually Ifted him to high position."and then the war, recalling him from retiré- ment, swept him to. a peak of enormous responsibility..
At the time of the first election, Hindenburg declined to become candidate for the German presi-. dency, but several years after, when he was approached again, He sald to the members of the deputa- tion who called on him at his to offer me the presidential can- Hanover estate, "I know you want
| didacy. I accept. I thank you
gentlemen."
Election day came. Popular pas- sions were aroused.. Even the campaign managers of "the
nation's caviour" were caught by the sensation of excitement which, they had provoked. Only one man remained calm-von Hindenburg, and Hindenburg it was who was returned.
Already an old
when he took over the reins of the Govern-
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ANOTHER TRAIN WRECKED
Manchukuo Officers Among The Slain
Dairen. August 2
Bandits derailed and wrecked an eastward bound freighter fourteen mties east of Imlenpo. A fire broke out and seventeen wagons destroyed.
were
Two Manchoukuo officers and four soldiers were killed, while two soldlers were injured,
Further casualties were one or the train crew killed and two kid- napped.
Communications temporarily.-Reuter
.
have
SILVER MARKET
ceased
(From Our Own Correspondent)
London, August 2. London silver prices to-day were up one-eighth for spot and three-stxteenths forward, as fol- low:-
Spot
Forward
r
Aug. 1 Aug. 2 20.7/16 20.9/16 20.1/2 20.11/16
The London on New York cross- rate at 2.00 pm. to-day was 5.03-3/18, compared with 5.03-1/4
at closing yesterday.
SPECIAL PRAYERS
EXECUTION IN
AUSTRIA
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Murderer of Police Chief
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[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright,}]
Innsbruck, Aug 1. One more prompt death sentence was meted out on Wednesday by the summary court in Innsbruck which tried two insurgents, War- nick and Mayer who were charged with having shot down the Inns- bruck chief of police, Hickel, on the day of the Vlenna putsch.
Wurnick, who, occording to the evidence, had fired the fatal shota, was given the aupreme penalty, while Mayer, who served merely as a lookout was sentenced Lo twenty years' hard labour..... Transocean Kuo Min,"
CARRIED TO THE GALLOWS
Innabuck, Aug." 2. Wurnig, one of the accused was sentenced to death, and Meyer the other accused, who protested his innocence was sentenced to 20, years' imprisonment on the con- clusion of the trial for assassina- tion of the local Police Chief Nickle, the day Dr.. Dollfuss was murdered in Vienna.
Wurnig went into convulsion" a sentence was pronounced. An appeal for clemency was imme- diately telephoned to President Miklas, who turned. It down. [Special to the "Hong Kong Dally and collapsed as the
Wurnig was hanged in the evening time for Press" (Copyright.)]
execution approached: He WB5 carried half conscious the gallows. Reuter.
Berlin, Aug 1, " Spécial prayers for President von Hindenburg will go up in every church in Germany on Wednesday as the, result of the directions is- sued by the Reich Bishop on Tues- day night including a prayer for the sinking statesman in the mem- orial "service already scheduled to take place in all churches of the nation on the anniversary of the opening day of the world war.
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All places of wofship will further remain open the enure day to pro- vide citizens with the opportunity of making individual supplica- tions-Tramoreau Kuo Min,
The
HITLER'S POSITION
to
NAZI REVOLT "CABINET"
Rintelen's House Discovery
Vienna, August 1.
A strange list of appointments to Cabinet rank, had the Nazis
to have been discovered at the re- coup d'etat succeeded, is alleged
sidence of the Austrian Minister
Neudeck, August 2
the Field Marshal as head of the former Corporal succeeds Army for Hitler, with assumption of the Presidency, automatically to Rome, Dr. Rintelen, who is un- becomes Commander-in-Chief. Al-der arrest in connection with the though the assumption of the post recent uprising in Austria. without consulting the people is a Bagrant violation of the' constitu-" tion. It appears certain that Hitler will have the entire country and army behtid him,
FAMILY AT BEDSIDE
The list shows that Dr. Rintelen was to be Chancellor, and Herr Ha-
bicht, Chancellor Hitler's notorious Inspector of Nazis in Austria. Vice- Chancellor.
A surprise was caused by the Inclusion of Herr Winkler, former
Vice-Chancellor and collaborator of Dr. Dollfuss, as Minister Agriculture.
be Minister of Trade.
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CURTAILED TIN PURCHASES
Slight Effect On Supply
London, August 2.1
The recent falling off of pur-
There were only four starters, Hill Song's betting was 21 to 20 and Erninence was backed 4 to 1-chases in tin by America and Cen-
Reuter.
REQUIEM TO THE LATE CHANCELLOR
(Special to "Hong Kong Daily Press!)
tral Europe is responsible for the first increase visible in the supply since July 1933, as a result of which some London tin circles ex- pect a reduction of the quota at the meeting of the International Committee on August 13. ..
The market has been prevented sinking considerably solely by the group purchasing nearly
Berlin, August 2. Chancellor Hitler has commis-10,000 ton in the last two months. Furthermore the visible supply Berlin, August 2
sioned Vice-Chancellor von Papen All hope of saving President von
to attend as the Reich representa- would have been eger but for Hindenberg's life has been aban-
tive at the requiem of "the late considerable lag in předuction as Austrian Chancellor, Dollfuss, mines have not yet prodied the doned. According to the views of
which will be held here to-day full amount permitted by the Dr. Apold, General Director of (Thursday) in the four doctors. the President is not
famous St
Buffer Pool Agreement. For exa likely to survive to-day, which is
the Alpine-Montane Steelworks. Hedwig Cathedral. The dozen of
ple, Malaya is 3,000 tons behind- the twentieth anniversary of the who is now under arrest, was to the Berlin diplomatic corps, the land, due mainly to shortage of outbreak of the Great War.
Papal Nuncio will perform the ab- labour owing to repatriation of "The President's son and daugh:-
of Field-Marshal solution rizes while the general Chinese coolles, coupled with more ter-in-law and his two daughters Bardioff and General Wagner also vicar, Monsignor Steinmann will lucrative wages offered by rubber and their husbands. were called appear in the alleged iricriminat-conduct the services-Tranincenn | estates— to the bedside at 5 am. to-day, ing documents,
Kuo Min.
Reuter, also the Vicar of Langenau. All In the meantime, à number of
feared at any moment. all knelt in prayer. Death is highly-placed Austrians are stated. to be shivering in their.shoes for A bulletin issued early this morn- fear if Dr. Rintelen, who is rapid- hours at receptions" and othering states that President von Hin-ly recovering from a self-inflicted ceremonies while younger states-denburg has sunk into deep un-wound, carries out his threat to men would surreptitiously larice consciousness. His weakness is in-make a clean breast of all he
ment. President Hindenburg spent rearly all his energy in fighting the encroachments of age as the
himself straight, like an oak. He days passed, but he always held
had cultivated the art of kings which consists in standing, for long
around for chairs.
Without himself being aware of Renter.
it, he was, indeed, a monument of a forgotten age, a monument to the primitive virtues of an honest soldier and straightforward man.
STRIKING COINCIDENCES
creasing.-
PUBLIC SURMISE
יד
Berlin, August 2. The official admission that Pre- sident von Hindenburg is dying. has naturally caused a rumour that he is already dead, which is streng- thened by the fact that the Ca- binet is meeting immediately..
Berlin Aug. 2. Two striking coincidences are connected with the "President's twentieth anniversary of the out death. It occurred on the The flag is still flying at fullmast break of the Great War, and Hindenberg was precisely the same age as his father, namely. eighty,
on Neudeck. Castle and there seems to be no reason to believe that the Government will delay the sunour ement when President von Hindenburg dies
The names
knows. Many measures have al- ready been taken on information" which he has furnished- Reuter..
FRAU DOLLFUSS' REQUEST
Special to the "Hong Kong Daily
Press" (Copyright,)1
world war be interred at the scene Krauss, Professor vón Bergmaan. six years and three-quarters..
Rome, August 1. At the request of the late Chan- Professor Kauffmann and Dr.
cellor's widow, the Pope readily Adam, says that the President is The castle "at Neudeck is still There were no witnesses whatso gave permission on Wednesday to gradually sinking.
barred to everybody. A detach- ever at the interview between have · Dollfuss'» - mortal remains The nation has prepared for the ment of the Reichswehr is station-Chancellor Hitler and the President laid to a final rest in Seipel me- worat. The President's family and ed round the castle. The police which lasted an hour, but there is morial church, Vienna, which lay a few close friends are at the fiercely bar anyone attempting to no doubt that President von Hin- now under construction but near- President's bedside." TeleHitler who yesterday paid a brief with arrest.
Chancellor approach, threatening journalists denburg's successor was discussed. ing completion. The church is de- visit to Neudeck and stayed for a
dicated to the memory of the late Austrian priest-statesman, "Chan- time at the patient's bedside again
cellor Ignaz Beipel who died in departed. President Hindenburg recognised the German leader with
August, 1992 and who will also whom he had a brief talk. After
bearing his name. find his resting place in the church he had thanked Hitler for his visit, the President fell asleep. Late last night the German cabinet met for an important session, which lasted well into the late hours of the night.-Transocean. Kuo Min.
As
(By Telegraph, Copyright, graphic Messages Ordinarice, fan Received, August 2. 7.30 p.m.)
Berlin, August 2. a mark of grief at the national loss arising from the death
the Reichspresident, von Hindenburg, the Berlin bourse will be closed on Thursday and Friday so that the next bourse will be on Monday-Transocean Kuo Min.
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LAST HOURS
A report is how current that the Foreign Minister, Count von Neu- rath will be the Government's no- miree.
President spoke to his chlidren Before his evening 'relapse, the
and grandchildren and even dis- cussed the harvest prospects.
No information, hitherto has been given out regarding, the Pre- sident's final hours and last words. Within a few minutes of his death the telegraph and telephone lines were completely blocked by official messages. Fast cars are tearing a message of loyalty to
It is believed that he also sent hither "and thither, engaged Kaiser.- evidently in serious work-Reuter. Beuter.
Frau Dollfuss had arrived at Viccione to rejoin her two children. and will stay for some time at Mus- the ex-soltar's summer house, the villa
Bant Angelo
Transocean Kuo Min."
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