KAISERS OLD ARMY IS RESUSCITATED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 159, 8 July 1935, Page 7

KAISERS OLD ARMY IS RESUSCITATED.

THOUSANDS PARADE.

Old Warriors Swear Fealty To Herr Hitler.

FOUR-HOUR MARCH-PAST. (United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Ee'ceived 1 p.m.) BERLIN, July 7. With trumpets, drums and martial pomp, the Kaiser's army was resuscitated when 350,000 assembled at Kassel for Warriors Day. This was organised by the Kyffhauser, a union of ex-soldiers, whose numbers transcended anything Germany has seen. Herr Hitler, to whom they swore fealty as commander-in-chief, was a corporal when they filled the fighting lines. Sleep was impossible while the army, under 20,000 flags, marched through Kassel all night. Some limped, and others bore empty sleeves, but all marched triumphantly on to the review ground. General Reinhardt welcomed the pact between Britain and Germany, and affirmed the value of a rapprochement of front-line fighters of all nations. He reiterated his belief in Herr Hitler amid thunderous shouts of "Heil." The march-past lasted for four hours. General Dollman conveyed Herr Hitler's greetings. Wreaths were laid on the graves of Russian and British war prisoners. HeiT von Epp testified to the bravery of those who crossed swords with Germans. French and British ex-soldiers' unions wrote hoping that a common basis for future friendship would be found.