NEWS OF THE WEEK
STUNNED by the news which came upon them so swiftly last week-end the people of Germany have had no chance to express frank opinions or to reveal to the world what they think of the decimation of their leaders of a week ago. Many of the most powerful of them have at one totally unexpected blow been swept off the scene. The huge army of Storm Troopers have been humbled. Up to the time of writing there has been no effective resistance, and few reports of visible unrest. The nation is cowed into silence and passivity, and the S.S. are everywhere in evidence in Berlin ready to pounce upon anyone who might dare to misbehave. There has been nothing for the anxious public to do but to await the official list of the killed, and to guess the fate of others who are not included in it. President Hindenburg still remains apart in his country estate at Neudek. Herr von Papen has resigned ; and other resignations or dismissals are expected. The Hitler- Gtiring-Goebbels triumvirate having exterminated their rivals are for the moment completely established in their tyranny, ringed about by their own gunmen and well informed by their secret police. The Press obeys them. ,The nation lies terrified and inarticulate at their feet. " Business as usual " is the order of the day.
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