40,000 GERMANS ENTERED DANZIG.

SUPPOSED TOURISTS.

Big Parade Of Nazi Forces Set For To-day. " PUTSCH " NOT EXPECTED. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Itvcelvcd 12 noon.) LONDON, -May 14. Press reports I'roni Warsaw state that 40.000 young (iennans, ostensibly tourists, have filtered Danzig; in the past ten day-. They are expected to participate in a parade of Danzig's Brown Shirts and Black fJuards to-morrow, which the authorities are not seeking to prevent. Political circles do not expect a "putsch" at present, but voting papers similar to those used in the Nazi plebiscites arc reported to have been printed in Danzig. An official communique issued in Warsaw says any attempt to alter the present state of affairs in Danzig will result in immediate action by the Polish military forces, which are at present in readiness for war. The communique was issued owing to reports from Danzig that the Nazis were hopeful Poland would remain inactive if a "putsch" were staged.

SCRUBBED FLOORS.

Harsh Treatment Of Baron

de Rothschild.

NAZIS TAKE PROPERTIES

TAKIS, May 14

Baron Louis de Rothschild, who has been released by the Nazis, has arrived in Paris from Zurich.

The baron was released from the Hotel Metro pole, Vienna, where he had been detained since the anschluss (union) of Austria with (Jermany, says the Independent Cable Service. In Paris it is understood the English. Swiss and French branches of his family will meet him to hear an account of the seizure of the Rothschild properties in Germany and Austria.

The baron told his brother that the Xazis had made him scrub floors.

CHURCH FINANCE

Nazi Chief Must Approve Roman Catholic Budget. POSITION IN AUSTRIA. (Received 1.30 p.m.) VIENNA, May 14. In consequence of the disestablishment the Conference of Bishops decided to finance the Roman Catholic Church in Austria partly from Church tax and partly from voluntary contributions. Herr Buerckel, Reich Commissioner for Austria, must approve of the budget.

WINDOWS SMASHED.

DEMONSTRATION IN WARSAW

WARSAW, May 14

The Polish Senate has banned the ceremony of honouring the memory of the late Marshal Pilsudski. This action follows the breaking of windows of a Polish library and Marshal Pilsudski's portrait being damaged.

ANTI-NAZI BOOK

U.S. Publisher's Kidnappers

Spoke German.

CALIFORNIA SENSATION.

NEW YORK, May 14.

A sensational affair is reported from Bakersfield, California. Mr. George Palmer Putnam, publisher, widower of the late Amelia (Karhart) Putnam, famous airwoman, was found bound and gagged in a vacant house early yesterday morning. He told the police he had been kidnapped from his home at Hollywood on the previous night by two men who spoke German.

Mr. Putnam recently announced that he had received a letter threatening his death unless he desisted from publishing an anti-Nazi book, "The Man Who Killed Hitler." He told the sheriff the men had assaulted him in his garage and driven him away in his own motor car.