SAVAGE REPRISALS

Evening Star, Issue 23113, 12 November 1938, Page 17

SAVAGE REPRISALS

GERMANY’S BLACK RECORD ACCUSATIONS AGAINST BRITISH PARLIAMENTARIANS SHARP REPLY IN LONDON ‘TIMES' SITUATION “WHOLLY INTOLERABLE" (Independent Cable Service.) Press Association—by Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, November 11. * The Times,’ in an editorial, says: “ No foreign propagandist bent upon blackening Germany before, the world could outdo the tale of burnings, beatings, and blackguardly assaults upon defenceless, innocent people, which disgraced that country yesterday. Either the German authorities were a party to this outbreak or their power over public order and the hooligan minority is not what they proudly claimed, it to be.” . ‘ The Times ’ then refers to the accusations against Messrs Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, and A. DuffCooper in ‘ Angriff ’ as instigators of the murder of Dr von Rath, and says; "It is quite another matter when foreign countries and their ditizens are wantonly involved against their will in the concern of another. This attempt to implicate British politicians in the murder of Dr, von Rath is. not. the work of an obscure sheet but of a journal controlled by the Minister for Propaganda, Dr Goebbels. It is much worse than merely ludicrous; it is wholly intolerable. It demands official notice and should receive it without delay.” The 1 Daily Telegraph ’ says: " The pogroms bear every mark of careful organisation and official- condonation, otherwise it is impossible to explain simultaneous outbreaks throughout the country at the curious hour of 2 a.m., and the impotence of the most efficient police force in the world. German revenge has been one of the most terrible things of the present century.” The ‘News Chronicle* claims’that therelis no basis for such savagery, and asks: “ Can there be any hope of an understanding between the leaders of Germany and the people of this try?”POLICE REGAIN CONTROL PROPAGANDA MINISTRY ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY BERLIN, November 10. Crowds were still parading the streets at 11 p.m., but the police were in complete control. Dr Goebbels’s order to cease demonstrations against Jews was rebroadcast to-night. The Propaganda Ministry told Reuter’s Agency that it assumed responsibility in connection with the occurences. “ The police did not interfere in these spontaneous demonstrations.” The offices of the Jewish Agency were sacked and papers and files destroyed, including records of would-be migrants to Palestine. A mob invaded a Jewish community house and partly destroyed a . valuable library, . Jews of all ages and both sexes were beaten in the streets and in their homes. Only two are reported to have been killed, one at an emigrants’ training cAmp. Israel’s store, which is one of the largest in Europe, was completely sacked. It is partly British-owned. JEWS IN PANIC ORDERED TO LEAVE.COUNTRY' MUNICH, November 10. - While squads of Storm Troopers wrecked shops and houses the police arrested 20 prominent Jews as a reprisal for the shooting of Dr von Rath, including Dr Klar, a famous orthopaedic surgeon. Nazis set fire to the house of Dr Bach, and the family escaped in their night clothes. The Jewish population took panic following an order to quit Germany, the penalty for disobeying being confinement in concentration camps. Hundreds .besieged the British Consulate for visas, but most had no passports. Many have already been evicted from their houses and are destitute. ONLY ONE SYNAGOGUE UNTOUCHED WHOLESALE DESTRUCTION IK AUSTRIA VIENNA, November 10. No fewer than 1,500 Jews were searched throughout the day. About two-thirds were released and the others imprisoned in concentration camps. The police made a house-to-house search, arresting all male Jews under 60. Numbers are reported to have fled from Vienna to the forests. Steel-helmeted Storm Troopers protected the central Synagogue, in which are records the loss of which would inconvenience the authorities, but this is the only one of 21 synagogues and 71 prayer houses that has not been touched. Some have been gutted and others half destroyed, while none can be used for worship. Bombs used for the destruction of some of the synagogues shattered nearby windows.

NUMEROUS SUICIDES WARNING OF “ JUSTIFIED HARSHNESS " LONDON, November 10. The British United Press Vienna correspondent says that by midnight all Jews had been examined at police stations or in their homes. Thirty are believed to have been successful in attempts at suicide. Even a Jewish kindergarten was attacked. It has been announced that the raids revealed that a large amount of arms, Communist literature, and illegal currency was possessed by Jews, and it was announced that “ if they wish to avoid justified harshness Jews must get out as quickly as possible.” The British United Press Berlin correspondent says Herr Hitler will attend and speak lit Dr von Rath’s State funeral at Dusseldorf on November 15. THE ASSAILANT MEDICAL EXAMINATION ORDERED • . PARIS, November 11. A magistrates ordered Grynszpan to be medically examined. NEW "GHETTO" LAW LONDON, November 11. (Received November 12, at 8 a.m.) The Berlin correspondent of the British* United Press says it is understood that one of the forthcoming antiJewish laws will be the “ ghetto law,” under which Jewish residences and businesses will only be permitted in certain prescribed districts. DEPARTMENTAL STORES GUTTED OWNERS ARRESTED ON SUSPICION BERLIN, November 11. (Received November 12, at 8 a.m.) The Official News Agency says that the owners of Jewish shops in many towns have been placed under protective arrest. It is alleged that a fire which completely destroyed the Jewish departmental stores of Bamberger and Hertz at Leipzig was caused deliberately, either personally or by agents, in order to secure insurance money. The owners have been taken into custody on suspicion. The central Jewish organisation in Germany telegraphed to the Government its condemnation of the attack on Dr von Hath. REPRESSION OF DISORDERS ENFORCED WITH UTMOST SEVERITY LONDON, November 11. (Received November 12, at noon.) The British United Press Association’s Berlin correspondent says that the mob, in attempting to renew rioting, found that the authorities’ attitude had changed to one of; the utmost severity. Scores were arrested at the slightest indication of disorder. .. The havoc .in the streets' was cleaned up today, and only the boarded shop windows, (which is the condition of half the premises in the west end) recalls the outrages. ■Nazi circles estimate that thousands of Berlin Jew’s have been sent to concentration camps. ORGANISED ATTACK DENIED "MERELY SPONTANEOUS OUTBURSTS" BERLIN, November 11. (Received November 12, at 10 a.m.) Dr Goebbels repudiates the, assertion that the anti-Jewish attacks were organised.. He says they were merely spontaneous outbursts. There was no plundering or injury to Jews, and the police were not instructed to remain passive'. PROTECTION FOR BRITISH JEWS REQUESTED LONDON, November 11. (Received November 12, at 10.40 a.m.) The Associated Press says Mr Ogilvie Forbes, in the absence of Sir Nevile Henderson, who is on holiday, made representations to the Gorman Gijvernment asking for the safeguarding of the property of British Jews, numbering about 300. JEWS ALLOWED TO STAY EXPULSION ORDER DENIED MUNICH, November 11; (Received November 12, at noon.) ■ Jew’s appealing to the police chief and asking where they could go, were told that they might stay. The police dehy knowledge of the expulsion order, which the Brown Shirts apparently circulated without authority. PARTY LEAVES FOR DOMINIONS ALL SKILLED HEH LONDON, November 11. (Received November 12, at 1 p.m.) One hundred Austrian and German Jews sailed from Liverpool for Australia and New’ Zealand via Canada. The men are all skilled and have permits. Some were assisted by the Jewish Aid. Society. .