VINDICTIVE NAZIS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 287, 15 September 1933, Page 5

VINDICTIVE NAZIS

INCITING TO MURDER.

REFUGEES iN LONDON MENACED

NOTICE POSTED IN CLUB

(United Press Association—Copyright). LONDON, September 14.

The "Daily Herald" says that incitement to murder 33 distinguished Germans, who are outlawed under Herr Hitler's regime, is openly displayed on a notice board in the London Nazi Club, accompanied by the outlaw's photographs. The notice reads: "If you meet one of them, kill 'him; and, if he is a Jew, the.n. break every bone in his body." Among the photographs are those of the former Chancellor, Herr Scheidmanni; Feiichtwanger, the author, and Shampfer, editor of "Vorwaerts." Several of these refugees are now in London.

LEVIES AND COLLECTIONS.

HEAVY BURDEN OF TAXATION

LONDON, Sept. 13

The Berlin correspondent of "The Times" says that Herr Goebbels.. has outlined a winter relief scheme, including compulsory and voluntary levies and street collections. Relief food is to l)e carried free, and prosperous towns are to adopt indigent ones. The scheme will not be welcomed by the already overtaxed' people. Over £IOO,OOO was subscribed to the unemployment fund in three hours, the Dye Trust contributing £50,000. "Times" Cable.

REICHSTAG FIRE TRIAL.

ACTION BY ENGLISH K.C

LONDON, September 14

In connection with the inquiry into the burning of the Reichstag Sir Stafford Cripps, K.C, will preside at a gathering of prominent lawyers of all nations who are taking evidence with a view to assisting the defence of the accused persons at Leipzig.

AN INTERNATIONAL PERSONNEL.

IN THE CAUSE OF JUSTICE

(Beceived This Day, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, September 14

The burning of the German Reichstag building, in connection with which prisoners will be tried at Leipzig next week, is being investigated in London by a self-appointed commission of jurists from the United States of America, Sweden, France, England, Switzerland, Denmark, Belgium and Holland. The commission is not a court in.any sense, and has no official standing. This was emphasised when a reception was given to its members. Sir Stafford Cripps, K.C., who is chairman of the commission, said it had been established by various people interested in the cause of justiee, who were enxious that the trial at Leipzig should not proceed without assistance being put forward on behalf of the prisoners. It is anticipated that the inquiry will be concluded by Monday'and the reports will immediately be made public. —British Official Wireless.

CONDEMNED AS A FARCE.

SOLELY PROPAGANDA PURPOSES

(Received This Day, 12.40 p.m.) LONDON, September 14. lii a little room behind the Law Courts an international commission of inquiry considered the burning of the Reichstag. It hopes to publish, its findings before the actual trial begins at Leipzig next Thursday. The "Evening Standard" asserts that the German Government inquired at the Foreign Office if the inquiry was undertaken with official British prompting and sanction. The reply made it plain that the Government had not the slightest connection with the inquiry. It is understood that Prince insmark, who inquired on behalf of the German Ambassador, was told that the Government neither sanctioned the proceedings nor was associated with them. The Law Society .similarly dissociates itself. The tribunal's original request to be allowed to sit in the Parliamentary offices was refused, as it is meeting privately, as any gathering is entitled to assemble in Britain.

The accordance of the right of free speech in the assembly proceedings is somewhjat embarrassing, because a number of the leading Socialists, including Sir Stafford Cripps and an exmember of the House of Commons, Miss Ellen Wilkinson, are prominently associated with it, while the inquiry is generally considered to be under strong Communistic inspiration. The "Evening Standard" declares that it is a mock trial, indistinguishable from a theatrical performance. The term "commission" is misleading. As a judicial body it is a farce, deliberately depriving itself of knowledge of what is the German Government's case. "They are international busybodies not animated by sympathy for the Jews but abusing British hospitality solely for propaganda purposes," savs the "Standard."