ENJOY NO LONGER PERSONA GRATA.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 31, 6 February 1937, Page 9

ENJOY NO LONGER PERSONA GRATA.

INTRIGUE SUSPECT. Allegations Against German Ambassador. NAZI PROPAGANDA IN LONDON. United Tress Association. —Copyright. (Received 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, February 3. Although well-informed circles at Whitehall yesterday gave the Australian Associated Press an emphatic denial of the suggestion in the provincial Press that the • German Ambassador, Herr von Kibbentrop, was conducting propaganda against Mr. Anthony Eden, "also that ho sought to influence the appointment of the new Ambassador to Berlin, the "Xews Chronicle" political correspondent repeats the story.

This writer alleges that diplomatic disquiet has arisen in London, and that Herr von Kibbentrop is no longer persona grata with British 'Ministers, who resent his propagandist activity which are not consonant with Ambassadorial practice.

It is pointed out that lie has been as much in Berlin as in Londo:; since Ins appointment, and it is suspected that he was active in the preparation of Herr Hitler's Keichstag speech. He is Conservatives favourable to an alliance between Britain and Germany on an anti-Kussian basis, which would necessarily also be anti-French. From another source it is reported that Herr von Kibbcntrop is considering whether he should issue a statement in reply to the allegations that he is carrying on Xazi intrigues in London. "Heil Hitler" Before King George. Ambassadors and Ministers accredited to the Court of St. James attended at Buckingham Palace to present new letters of credence to the King. For the first time on a State occasion His Majesty wore the. uniform of Admiral of the' Fleet. The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden, was in attendance. The "Daily Herald" states that when the name of Herr von Ribbentrop, was called, lie advanced toward the King, halted, clicked his heels together and gave the full Nazi salute. The King bowed in formal acknowledgment. The- diplomatic correspondent of the "Morning Post" states that as Herr von Kibbcntrop saluted he rapped out the words: "Heil, Hitler." Although this must have been unexpected the King showed no surprise. Nazi Broadcasts Resented. The "Daily Herald" gives prominence to a. statement that, in consequence of misrepresentations in Xazi broadcasts Whitehall is now recording every transmission in which British rule is vilified and the Government's pronouncements distorted. The paper also quotes the testimony of a Xew Zcalander who has just arrived in London, that British rule is fiercely attacked in broadcasts to the natives of Samoa and Xew Guinea, while those to Xew Zealand and Australia are friendly in the heavy German way but extol Xazi-ism. COLONIES CAMPAIGN. OUTBURST OF PRESS ACTIVITY. (Received 11.?* a.m.) BERLIX, February 5. The German domestic campaign for the return of colonies, suspended on Herr von Ribbentrop's advice, has been resumed. Herr Hitler's Reichstag speech being the signal for an outburst of Press activity. "Berliner Tageblatt" has vigorously protested against laws by which South Africa proposes to prevent foreign interference with her mandated territories. It accuses the Government of having expelled GO.OOO Germans from PolttllTVest Africa, and in other-ways violating Article XXII. of the League Covenant. Herr Bohles' Department of the Foreign Office aims at stringently controlling the lives of the entire 18,000,000 Germans living abroad. NEW AMBASSADOR. APPOINTMENT APPROVED. British Official Wireless. (Received 12 noon.) RUGBY, February 5. The King lias approved the appointment of Sir Xevile M. Henderson. Ambassador at Buenos Ayres, to be Ambassador to Berlin.