GERMANY UPSET

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1937, Page 11

GERMANY UPSET

INSULTS IN HOLLAND

UNSATISFACTORY APOLOGY PRINCE CRITICISED (United I'rcss Association—Br Electric Telegraph— Copyright.) (Received January 2, 12.30 p.m.) BERLIN, January 1. The Dutch Foreign Minister (Dr. A. C. de Graeff) has expressed regret to the German Foreign Office for an incident at The Hague when a swastika flag was torn down. The German Press is not satisfied with the apology and continues to attack both Holland and Prince Bernhard von Lippc-Biesterfcld. fiance of Princess Juliana of Holland. The "Volkischer Beobachter" says: "We do not demand to be loved in Holland, but we forbid insults to our symbols of sovereignty." The "National Zeitung" says: "If Prince von Lippe-Biesterfeld fails to protest he is no good German, and if he has no feeling for national honour he is no good Dutchman either." The "Times's" Berlin correspondent points out that the German Press entirely overlooks the fact that Prince von Lippe-Biesterfeld has already been naturalised and has become an officer in the Netherlands Army. A cable from Berlin, published on Thursday, stated that the "National Zeitung," the organ of General Goering, Reich Minister of Air, had protested against a number of alleged insults to Germany which were accompanying the preparations for the forthcoming wedding of Princess Juliana of Holland to Prince von Lippe-Biester-feld. The paper declared that Germans were the victims of hostile demonstrations in Dutch towns because they displayed the swastika, and it also criticised the Prince because he had agreed to the playing of the song "Lippedetmold, That's a Pretty Tune, Boom, Boom," on official occasions instead of the German National Anthem.

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I PRINCE'S GERMAN BIRTH THE HAGUE, December 31. The insults and demonstrations are described as "pure imagination." It is emphasised that the Dutch have most friendly feelings towards Germany, but Holland has taken the prince to her heart for his own qualities. His German birth is not considered especially important. Generally it is felt that Germany is sore simply because the hopes of Nazi propaganda have been disappointed. CONCERTED ATTACK. BERLIN, December 31. German newspapers are now concertedly campaigning against Prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld owing to the alleged insults. He is severely criticised for not protesting against "such slights to Germany."