FOR MAY DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 103, 3 May 1937, Page 7

FOR MAY DAY.

VARIED CELEBRATION.

Processions and Military Parades in Europe. MOSTLY OF PEACEFUL ORDER. United Press Association.—Copyright. LONDON, May 2. Europe observed a varied May Day. London had the largest Labour-Communist procession in its history. It extended more than four miles and included 1000 striking busmen, some of them carrying red flags. In Moscow there was a gigantic military parade of 50,000 troops and 200 tanks, while hundreds of modern fighters and bombers were roaring overhead.

Residents of Berlin witnessed a display by troops and hundreds of military aeroplanes. Paris had vast Labour demonstrations which brought work to a standstill throughout the country. In Warsaw there was a Communist demonstration which was dispersed by the police. A child was trampled to death and others were injured. Other celebrations in Europe were peaceful except in Madrid, which the insurgents shelled. Loyalist troops, between the bombardments, played football in the streets. Everyone in Bilbao remained at work. Hitler Warns Churches. Herr Hitler, according- to a Berlin message, addressed a monster May Day gathering at the Lustgarten. In a speech, whieh was broadcast throughout Germany, he laid stress on Germany's claim to colonies.

It was impossible to increase wages as it would tend to an increase in prices, said Herr Hitler. He denounced critics of Nazi-ism, saying: "Our opponents must bow to us or be broken. This warning applies to the churches."

A Hitler Youth rally at the Olympic Stadium was attended by 180,000 members.

The Fuehrer uttered a veiled threat against the Church by declaring that the Reich would yield the education and training of youth to nobody. He announced that 917,000 boys and girls, aged 10, had joined the youth organisation on his birthday last week.