CONSUL BEATEN

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 133, 17 March 1933, Page 5

CONSUL BEATEN

OUTRAGE IN WURTEMEURG. SUFPERINC FROM CONCUSSION. NAZIS DISLIKE OF SWEDEN. PRESS CRITICISM RESENTED. (United Press Association—Copyright). (Received This Day, 11.10 a.m.) BERLIN, March 15. Two unknown men posing as detectives entered the house of the Swedish Consul-General (Dr. Manner) at Stuttgart and beat him unconscious with heavy instruments, causing concussion. , Relations between Sweden and Germany have recently been strained owing to the Swedish Press criticising the Nazis. A PLOT REVEALED. RAISING TROUBLE WITH FRANCE ;- BERLIN, March 16. There was a dramatic scene at Karlsruhe when Herr Wagner, the Hitlerite Commissioner of Baden, addressing a large gathering in the main square, as well as the whole of Bavaria through the mbcrophone, said a plot had been discovered for an outrage on the French Consulate at Karlsruhe. ~. Herr Wagner said the plot was to have been perpetrated by the Socialists, but it would have been laid to the charge of the Hitlerites, with the object of causing diplomatic strife and possibly war between France and Germany. "The two 'traitors concerned have already been discovered,' said Herr Wagner, "and will be publicly executed in this very square." The crowd shouted its approval. The five Nazis who were sentenced to death in August for the murder of a Communist named Pieutzueh, at Zotempa, and were afterwards reprieved, have been released under orders from Herr Hitler. Their crime was committed a few hours after President Hindenburg's emergency decree prescribing the death penalty for terrorists. DR. LUTHER RESIGNS. SUCCEEDED BY DR. SCHACHT. (Received This Day, 10.30 a.m.) BERLIN, March 16. Dr. Luther has resigned the presidency of the Reichsbank, '. Dr. Schacht succeeds him. BAVARIAN PREMIER RESIGNS. COMMISSIONER. TAKES OFFICE. (Received This Day, 10.30 a.m.) J3ERLIN, March 16. The Premier of Bavaria (Dr. Held) has resigned, and the . Commissioner (General von Epp) takes the Premiership. % TO BOYCOTT REICHSTAG. 1 \ SOCIALIST DEPUTIES' STAND. (Received This Day, 2.5 p.m.) BERLIN,-March 16. Though it is generally understood that they will be excluded if they attempted to attend, 121 Socialist Deputies decided to boycott the opening of the Reichstag on Tuesday.