The German cauldron, seething openly for the last three days, boiled over today.
Out of a welter of conflicting reports, rumors, denials and charges, one fact emerged definitely—that was that the list of arrests and executions of German officials was steadily mounting. At least twenty high-ranking officials had met their death, it was known definitely. It was reported that the total would exceed 200.
President Paul von Hindenburg, from his Neudeck estate in East Prussia, was reported to have taken two important steps today. One was a message to Chancellor Hitler that the President would hold the Reichswehr personally responsible for the safety of Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen, the President’s intimate friend, who is being detained in his home.
The second step reported was that von Hindenburg, unable to countenance the acts of the government, had submitted his resignation as President to the Reich cabinet. This report could not be confirmed.
(Reports that von Hindenburg,
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