GERMAN TERRORISM

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 131, 15 March 1933, Page 5

GERMAN TERRORISM

NAZI LOOTERS EXPELLED. ACTION BY COLOGNE LEADERS. MEN TO BE PROSECUTED. (United Press Association—Copyright). (Received This Day. 10.30 a.m.) BERLIN, March -14. At Cologne . Nazi leaders arrested three' armed Nazis who were robbing a. Jewish shopkeeper. The offenders were stripped of their uniforms and summarily* expelled from the party. It is officially announced that they will be prosecuted. This is the first recent instance of Nazis punishing members for taking part in excesses, and it has produced a wholesome effect on the public. "Nazis vacated the Centre Party's newspaper office. Socialist newspapers, due to reappear to-day, were suspended for another fortnight. ■:;, >c '' , FIiCiTIVE JEWS BEATEN. INCIDENT. ON- POLISH FRONTIER. (Received This Day, 12.10 p.m.) WARS AAV, March 14. Frontier guards report that Nazis severely beat and attempted to deprive of valuables 150 East Prussian Jews who were fleeing to Poland. CANDID DICTATOR. "THE BULLETS ARE MINE:"

LONDON, February 26. "As a soldier, I learned that a mistake in the choice, of means is not as bad as a failure to act. When the police shoot their bullets are mine," said the Controller of Prussian Police (Captain Goering), in a speech at Dortmund. "I stand by all my orders and I am solely responsible for them," he went on. "Every official may be sure of my absolute protection." Captain Goering added: "It is not a policeman's business what happens in the stormtroopers' houses even if weapons are piled nlountaiiirhigh." He further announced the addition' of three strong detachments to the "political police." These, hitherto mainly bureaucratic, will now be used for "special, employment" under a Nazi commander. This is leading to Republican fears of the introduction of Gheka methods. The promulgation of the order for the arming of Nazis and Stahlhelms has caused additional alarm. The organ of the Catholic Centre Party, "Germania," says it; hopes that the time will not come when people will ask who is to protect them from the military police. Heir Goehbels, the Nazi propaganda leader, announcing Nazi torchlight processions and "liberation bonfires,*" for the eve of the general election polling, says that the "wreckers of German freedom must not mistake our present inaction for softness. The reckoning of many years will shortly have to he paid."