Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-28 | Page 8 | Martial Law Imminent on German Soil

MARTIAL LAW IMMINENT ON GERMAN SOIL Spread of Chaos and Rioting May Force Drastic Action Acton en By Bi United Press BERLIN June 28 The 28 The alarming spread of political chaos street fighting fighting fighting fight fight- ing and rioting throughout hout Germany indicated today the government might have lave to resort to martial law to pre pre- vent more serious disorders Although election of a new tag is five weeks away and the campaign campaign cam cam- is not even started newspapers daily devote columns to an increasIng Ing ng toll toil of disorders The situation became became became be be- came steadily worse after the government government govern govern- ment lifted the ban on Adolf Hitler's brown shirt arm army President von van Hindenburg appealed to extremists to settle their differences differ less belli belligerently but political foes oes chiefly Nazis and communists continued to resort to fists stones and revolvers The government expected the Nazis and nationalists would win less than 50 per cent of the reichstag scats seats and andl therefore concentrated on winning support of ot the Catholic party headed by y Ex Chancellor Heinrich Bruening Bruening remained embittered over his abrupt dismissal by President Hindenburg Catholic trade unions expressed bitter disapproval of the economic policy of at the Von Van ca cabinet binet The government therefore may dissolve the new reichstag as soon as possible and call still another elec tion Ion in an effort to break the Catholics Catholics Catholics' Catholics Catholics' Cath Cath- olics' olics resistance BRUNSWICK Germany June 28 Three CUP UP Three workmen were shot and wounded several women were beaten and windows were smashed in n a fascist political fight toda today