EXIT FROM REICHSTAG
BEGINNING OF BOYCOTT
SPECTACULAR- SCENE
United £ress Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. BERLIN, 11th February. Raising their arms in a 'Fascist salute and shouting "Haill" thrice, 107 of the Hitlerite deputies maclc a spectacular exit from the Reichstag. Their, j action, which is described as a boycott, is stated to" be tho outcome of tlio Reichstag's adoption last night of sweeping reforms in Parliamentary procedure, designed to accelerate business and curb the efforts of ora-tors' ob-viously-designed propaganda. The action also is associated with the Nazis' motion urging Germany's withdrawal from the League of Nations. Members of Nationalist, also Country and People's Parties, followed. " The Reichstag, of 577 members, thus* has been deprived of . 166 Oppositionists. The decision to abstain will facilitate the passage oj the- Budget and other Government measures, but it is expected that there will be a big increase in the activities of the Nazis throughout the country, / where it is proposed to declare all laws of the present Reichstag unconstitutional. It is explained on behalf of the Nazis that they will not return until "it is necessary to defend the nation against Parliament's treacherous attacks."
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 36, 12 February 1931, Page 13
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