Show r- r New Cabinet Hopes To o Place Germany Upon Prewar Basis r r Moves Toward Stamping Out J Democracy Ending r r. Work of 12 Years Editors Editor's Note This is the sec cr second crand ec- ec ond and of a series of articles by the chief chiC of ot the United Press bureau burem in Berlin explaining the nature of the sudden sweeping change of Hof of government and the trend toward undoing the republican w work rk of the last dozen en ye years rs By FREDERICK KUH Copyright 1932 by United Press BERLIN June 7 The 7 The prewar pre rulers of Germany for the time being bein minus the dynasty have recaptured power in the re public German historians recorded the shift as of epochal significance in a week of ot stirring events Not the Hitler fascism but imperial Germany Germany Ger many at present is cracking cracking crack crack- ing the whip of the dictatorship The Von governments government's first proclamation sounded the death knell of or democracy denouncing parliamentary parliamentary parlia parlia- government as a failure Even one of the leaders of the thc democratic democratic dem demo party uttering a view heard hitherto only among the mortal enemies enemies ene ene- mies of or the democrats remarked to the correspondent Our postwar blunder was in administering administering ad ad- ministering an overdose of democracy democracy democracy racy to a people for centuries accustomed accustomed accustomed tomed to absolutism MAY COME IE NEXT While democracy is being eradicated many arc are askin asking whether the republic will be the next victim I Standing near the Brandenburg I gate gale ate Otto Bornemann member of ot otI I the reichstag rem remarked a ded I Maybe the crown prince will make a triumphal entry through that Portal portal por pore tal in the autumn Questioning of a dozen other members memo mem bers of the however brought the opinion that thal monarchism is no immediately acute problem especially in view of or the sentiment in southern Germany Ger Ger- many The Thc topic of a monarchial restoration restora tion Uon is less in the foreground than the measures being discussed by the cabinet for tor stamping out democracy and essentially recreating the nation nation na tion Uon in the image of prewar Ger Ger- many A leading nationalist told the United Press if the government fails to obtain a majority in the which will be elected next month the may be recessed for four years ears and the dictatorship con con- LOOKS FOR FOrt SUPPORT If the new parliament is allowed to survive it was stated its function function tion may be merely that of a safety valve to enable critics of events to let off steam harmlessly Von counts on popular support for the policy of or subjugating the reichstag believing the public tired of parlia parlia- The government go was Wag considering also establishing later laler a sort of house of lords which would further doom the to insignificance Von intends virtually to abolish the Prussian government of the last 13 years which has been the backbone backbone backbone back back- bone of German democracy Recalling Recalling Recall Recall- ing ine the system under which the kaiser was both emperor of Germany and king kine of Prussia the Prussian administration accord according in to a project on which it was learned the cabinet has informally agreed will b be placed tu under der the heel of Von re rc- rc gime To eliminate thus the dualism of the reich and Prussia the government govern ment proposes to name a commission commission commis commis- sion with wilh dictatorial powers in Prussia sia That would involve shelving shelvin the Prussian diet and would extend the reich's authority over the armed forces to include well equipped and disciplined Pruss Prussian Ian police Regarding social problems the Von government plans to put the relations between laborers and employer on a prewar basis The government would swiftly abolish the collective wage agreements which the labor unions forced the employers to accept after alter the war and which are regarded as one of the principal democratic achievements of the November No vember ember 1918 revolution Government Government Government Govern Govern- ment arbitration of labor disputes would be abandoned The first condition of or the secret pact between Adolph Hitler and Kurt von yon Schleicher of or the new defense ministry minish which preceded the change of or government was fulfilled with dissolution of the reichstag The second condition will be carried out soon when Von transforms Hitler's brown militia into labor battalions bat in the governments government's service its leaders consequently occupying government jobs Thus without formally lifting the previous governments government's ban on the fascist militia Von wilt will go further by absorbing them into the states state's employ |