NAZI FOOTBALLERS

Evening Star, Issue 22202, 3 December 1935, Page 9

NAZI FOOTBALLERS

ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND WELCOMED BY LARGE CROWD Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, December 2. (Received December 3, at 10 a.m.) A large crowd welcomed the Nazi team at Croydon aerodrome. The manager emphasised that they Had come for the sake of the game alone, _ and would behave as guests of Britain in every sense of the word. Sir John Simon informed a Trade Union Congress deputation that he was taking all necessary police precautions to prevent a demonstration. There would be no organised procession. PICKED PLAYERS OF GERMAN TEAMS (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, December 2, (Received December 3, at noon.) The football team from Germany which is to play an England eleven on Wednesday has been picked from the finest sides in Germany, and an exciting match is expected. In an interview on his arrival the managing secretary of the German Football Association, who accompanied the team, declared that there would be no politics and no demonstration of any sort. Sir John Simon received a deputation from the Council of the Trade Union Congress. . Sir Walter Citrine emphasised that it was quite contrary to the council’s desire to import any political feeling into sport, but it was the opinion of the council that in view of the political character of sport in Germany it was clear that the fixture was being made use of by the German Government for political purposes. The Home Secretary thanked the deputation for putting its point of view so clearly before him. He had never misunderstood the council’s attitude, but he emphasised _ that the matter had no political significance whatever and that everything was being done by all concerned to ensure that there would be no provocative demonstrations or incidents.