Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-10-25 | Page 8 | Court Sustains Prussia Ouster

I COURT SUSTAINS PRUSSIA OUSTER Von Hindenburg's Seating o oVon of Von as Chancellor Chancel Chancel- lor for Is Upheld in 0 By Associated Freas LEIPZIG Oct 25 The supreme court today sustained President vo YOn von Hindenburg's removal of the Prussian government government from office on July 2 20 and his temporary appointment o of Chancellor Franz von as commissioner commissioner com corn missioner for that state with the power pow pow- er to name substitute Prussian o of of- President von Hindenburg's emer gency decree for the reestablishment of security and order in Prussia i is compatible with the federal const constitution Chief Justice Erwin Bumke announced It was not permissible the ruling rulin said for the federal government t take to take ake from the deposed Prussian mInIstry mIn mm- stry its right to represent Prussia in n the reichstag or the or I In dealings with the Prussian state council coun coun- cil cil or other German states COUNTRY BEWILDERED Political Germany appeared to b be bewildered over the verdict of th the court What stumped political leaders lead lead- ers was the the- two edged nature of th the verdict It was noted that the court held the he temporary taking over of of th the Prussian ministry by the chancellor chancello was justified but decided at the same sam time that the deposed ministers were were conceded the right to continue to represent represent represent rep rep- resent Prussia officially Inq Inquiries iries among the v various rious party part leaders brought the stock reply We W must first study the verdict before announcing our position Government circles however hast has hastened hast hast- cried ened to assure the Associated Press Pres they considered the verdict a corn com om victory for Chancellor vo von on On the other hand one retired minister of justice described the vcr vcr- dict diet as giving Prussia two govern govern- ments merits In an opinion accompanying th the verdict the court declared it declined to p define the limits within which article ar ar- ar- ar tide 48 of the constitution sometimes called the dictatorship clause could coul be applied for this question was no not involved in the present case except a as concerned the right of the deposed ministers to represent the state o of f Prussia in its dealings with the n na national national na- na government I IThe The court also declined to decide whether the Prussian government had hat failed tailed to fulfil its duties thereby necessitating ne no- intervention by the f federal I authorities COURSE JUSTIFIED Government spokesmen regarded the verdict as complete justification of the chancellors chancellor's course Even th the courts court's reservation regarding the rIght of the deposed ministers to represent the stats docs does not affect the government adversely they maintained main main- tamed for the chancellor always has ha treated this issue as an open question and never claimed or exercised th the right All administrative and other measures mea inca taken by the chancellor as as commissioner commissioner com com- mIssi missioner ner for Pr Prussia or by his appointees ap ap- ap the government ives said are arc un unaffected by the cour court decision The courts court's opinion stated that IndivIdual individual individual in In- charges by the federal government gov gov- of ne negligence by members o ohe of the he Prussian n cabinet were not Dot sub sub- st. especially the charge that tha the he Prussian government had failed fallee to oppose communism with energy I