Show RUMORS TELL TELLOF OF UNREST IN INGERMAN INGERMAN GERMAN ARMY Virtual Closing of Austrian Border Reported LONDON Feb 10 INS INS INS- With receipt of a Vienna dispatch dispatch dispatch dis dis- patch stating the Ger Austro-Ger- man border has been virtually closed reports of an attempted military uprising in Germany gained rapid momentum to tonight to- to night Direct telephonic messages from the German Gennan capital continued to deny the revolt reports in their entirety although tension in the higher army brackets as a result of Hitters Hitler's recent purge was admitted Reuters Reuter's agency in a dispatch from Vienna declared the frontier between Germany and upper Austria Aus Aus- Austria tria had been closed entirely The Tyrolean border was closed to normal normal normal nor nor- mal traffic the dispatch stated but buta a few persons were allowed to pass under strict observation Reports from various continental capitals of extraordinary border precautions precautions precautions pre pre- cautions and of trouble of an undetermined undetermined un un- un determined extent and nature in East Prussia and strongholds of Prussian military aristocracy were immediately linked in the public mind with the somewhat somewhat somewhat some some- what mysterious departure of former former for for- mer Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Wilhelm Wilhelm Wil- Wil helm from Potsdam without a passport passport pass pass- port Saturday At Cortina Italy the prince insisted insisted in in- he was merely on a skiing expedition Reports of a monarchist monarchist monar monar- chist movement in opposition to Hitler's recent purge of the army aristocracy however have never been downed Coincident with the Reuter dispatch dispatch dispatch dis dis- dis- dis patch that the German Austro-German frontier frontier frontier fron fron- tier had been closed the same agency carried an unconfirmed rumor from Vienna that the frontier frontier fron fron- tier between Germany and Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland Switzer Switzer- land had been shut off to normal traffic The British government expressed ne alarm over the situation feeling it was to be expected as an aftermath aftermath aftermath after after- math of the fuehrer's drastic purge of old-line old army leadership It was believed here Hitler has now taken the necessary precautions precautions to prevent a monarchist movement movement move move- ment from spreading The nature of these precautions could not be learned but some rumors rumors ru rUe ru- ru mors said Germany was planning to close her Swiss and Belgian frontiers Others spoke of an outright outright out out- right revolt in East Prussia and with large numbers of officers deserting and frontier guards strengthened An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Brussels said the foreign of of- Continued on Page PaJe Two Column Three UNREST IN NAZI ARMY REPORTED Continued tram from P Pare Page te One five fico there had officially confirmed the German Beige frontier will be cl closed ed shortly The border was still open tonight Deny Unrest Report Dispatches direct from Berlin denied de denied de de- nied one rumor that unrest had occurred occurred occurred oc oc- oc- oc In the crack Berlin watch regiment the favorite of Kaiser ex-Kaiser Wilhelm during Imperial days whose officers are now Invariably selected as Hitler's Hillers own escorts Categorical denials from Berlin failed to stem the tide of rumor that some sort of revolutionary uprising had occurred From Warsaw Basil Brussels and elsewhere came a steady stream of unconfirmed rumor The London Evening Star re reported reported reported re- re ported unrest in one of the crack regiments which usually provides escorts escort for Adolf Hitler Hiller From other sources came rumors of revolts In East Prussia Prussia sia sla and strongholds of the Prussian old guard Frontier Closing Foreseen Reports in Basil said the German German German Ger Ger- man government was planning to close the French Belgian and Swiss fr frontiers to prevent people from fleeing Berlin was In easy and direct telephonic communication with London All official sources there denied the rumors in entirety They are too ridiculous even to tobe tobe tobe be bothered with the foreign press department said The International News Service bureau in Berlin reported by telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone everything was seemingly quiet In the capital and that no confirmation whatever of the widespread widespread widespread wide wide- spread rumors could be obtained Report Grave Gra Situation Warsaw dispatches to Paris papers however went so far as to report grave military Incidents at such places as Allenstein East Prussia and Stolp In Both are In the conservative old Junker estate country where the landed gentry of Germany has for decades been in control and which h gave to the Prussian army the conservative conservative conservative con con- aristocrats who led the military during the world war The late President von Hindenburg's home was in n East Prussia It was the linking of East p Prussia Prussia us sia sla and to the rumors that aroused keenest speculation abroad In his recent purge of the army and government Hitler weeded out I thirteen old line Prussian aristocratic aristo i cratic generals and retired them i His Immediate reason was the furore furore furore fu fu- fu- fu rore raised by their opposition to I the unconventional marriage of former former former for for- mer War Minister General Werner I Ivon von Blomberg to a girl of lower so social social so- so so-I so cial standing and 40 0 years his junior I BRUSSELS Belgium Feb 10 UP The UP-The The foreign office today de denied denied denied de- de nied reports abroad that the German German Ger Ger- man frontier had been Deen closed A spokesman for the propaganda ministry said Rumors that the frontiers have been closed or will be closed are complete nonsense All trains and mails malls are passing the frontiers inand inand in inand and out of Germany absolutely normally The rumors probably are a maneuver maneuver ma ma- ma-I ma on the Paris bourse |