GERMAN MISSING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 117, 20 May 1938, Page 7

GERMAN MISSING.

ABDUCTED BY FORCE? U.S. Nazi's Disappearance Prior To Spy Trial. PUZZLED WIFE'S ANXIETY. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 12 noon.) NEW YORK, May 19. The former national leader of American Nazis, Dr. Ignatz Greibl, who was to have been one of the chief witnesses for the United States Government in the greatest spy trial in time of peace, disappeared mysteriously only a few days before the opening of the grand jury's hearing of the case. Federal agents learned that Dr. Greibl sailed for Germany by the German liner Bremen on Thursday and they requested the French authorities at Cherbourg to ask him to return to the United States. However, the captain would not allow them to make contact with him. The Federal agents now are trying to ascertain whether Dr. Greibl was forced to go to Germany by threats. His wife laughs at the suggestion that he was kidnapped by Nazis, and says he will return in three weeks. The mystery deepened later when Dr. Greibl's wife stated: "I can't believe he would have left me like this of his own free will. I honestly don't know whether my husband is alive or dead. "When he left me near the pier he said, 'I shall be back in half an hour. I have an appointment with someone on the North German Lloyd pier.' 1 never saw him again." She added that her husband had severed his connection with friends in the new Germany several years ago. GERMANS DISAGREE. Resignation Follows Heated Interview. FOREIGN OFFICE CHIEF. (Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 19. The "Daily Telegraph" Berlin correspondent says that diplomatic circles were surprised to learn that the chief protocolist at the German Foreign Office, Herr von Buelow Schwante, had resigned after a heated interview with Herr von Ribbentrop, Foreign Minister. Other members of the Department are expected to resign in sympathy with Herr von Buelow Schwante, who holds a high rank in the Nazi Storm Troops.