STRIFE IN GERMANY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21245, 27 July 1932, Page 11

STRIFE IN GERMANY

ELECTION-ON SUNDAY BITTERNESS OF CAMPAIGN ABUSE AND VITUPERATION COMMUNISTS FIGHT POLICE By Telesraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received July 2(i, 7.55 p.m.) BKRIiIN. July 20 | The general election campaign is culj initiating in a flood of abuse and vituperaj lion. Polling day is on Sunday. Headlines in the newspapers denounce opponents as traitors and murderers. Beligions bodies, however, are urging the nation to keep the peace and remember God and the brotherhood of man. The German national flag is rarely seen. Jt has been replaced by party emblems. A party of Communists attempted to demonstrate in defiance of the ordinances and fought the police. A woman was shot dead and two men were seriously hurt and many others slightly injured. MARTIAL LAW ENDED DICTATORSHIP REMAINS STATE OFFICIALS AND NAZIS (Received July 27, 1.5 a.m.) BERLIN, July 20 Martial law has been terminated in Prussia. Government officials will be permitted to join the Hitlerites (Nazis). Ihe President, Marshal von Hindcnburg, has revoked the state of emergency in Berlin and Brandenburg, where virtual martial law has been operative since July 20. Herr von Papen, however, re- j mains dictator of Prussia. Herr von Papon advised the President I that public security is no longer en- j dangered and he is confident that the elec- I tion on Sunday will be held peacefully. 'lhe Supreme Court has refused the Prussian Government's application for an interim' injunction to restrain the von Papen Government, from dismissing it, on the ground that an injunction might prejudice the eventual decision as to the constitutional aspect! EX-KAISER AGAIN ACTIVITIES CAUSE CONCERN EX-CROWN PRINCE'S VISITS (Received July 27, 1.5 a.m.) E'ERLIN. July 20 A message from the Hague says the exKaiser's recent activities and the visits to Doom by the ex-Crown Prince and other monarchists have caused concern. The authorities are silent, but a Socialist member of the Reichstag intends to ask the Government whether preparations are being made for the possible return of Willielm to Germany, also whether the Government will take measures to ensure that he keeps the promise he made in 1920 not to participate in political activities.