JEWISH BOYCOTT

Greymouth Evening Star, 5 April 1933, Page 2

JEWISH BOYCOTT

NOT TO BE RESUMED. [BY CABLE —PBESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] (Recd. April 5, 11.10 a.m.) BERLIN, April 4. It is officially ordered that the boycott of the Jews must not he resumed, to-morrow. . , . , , Meanwhile, anti-Semitism is unabated in Germany. Wholesale dismissals of Jews continue. The Nazis are now attempting . to “Christianise” the Bourse, by forcing the Jews to resign from it. The Berlin Boxing Association have prohibited Jews from participation in fights. They have cancelled Jewish managers’ contracts, and have also suspended foreign manageis. BRITISHERS ARRESTED. (Received April 5, 9.30 a.m.) BERLIN, April 4. The Nazis arrested a journalist, Geoffrey Fraser, a British subject, as an alleged Communist. Fraser, who was in bed, was conveyed to an unknown destination. The police also gaoled a Britisher, R C. Catchpole, the International Secretary of the Society of Friends. The British Embassy is investigating. SEARCH FOR ARMS. BERLIN, April 4. The police and Nazis systematically combed the Ghetto, in search of arms. The Synagogue service was hot molested', but the worshippers were afterwards searched, and those minus identification papers were bundled into lorries and taken to the police stations. A few weapons were found. PARLIAMENTARY PETITION. LONDON, April 4. Fifty Gentile members of the House of Commons, representing all parties, are petitioning Parliament, seeking representations in connection with the anti-Semitism in Germany, and are endeavouring to secure a day’s debate. A Jewish members’ meeting decided to approach the Government. POLES APPEAL TO LEAGUE. WARSAW, April 4. The executive of the Polish Jewish Unions is appealing to the League of Nations to intervene in the German persecution of the Jews. MINISTERS’ RESOLUTION WELLINGTON-, April 4. The following resolution was passed by the Wellington Ministers’ Association yesterday: “We express our horror in relation to the persecutions to which Jews are being subjected 5 ' in Germany, and put on record our sympathy with them in these persecutions. We assure the Jewish citizens of this community of our prayers and sympathy.”

NAZIS SHOOT PRESSMAN. AUSTRIAN HOTEL RAIDED. (Recd. April 5, 1.30 p.m.) VIENNA, April 4. German armed Nazis crossed the frontier and raided the Austrian Durchholzen Hotel, where they shot a German newspaperman named Pell, who refused to return to Germany in their car. The Austrian gendarmes confirm his death, but await police investigations before they publish details. LATER— The newspaperman who was shot was Dr. George Bell, an Englishman, who had lived in Germany for 15 years. He joined the Nazi movement and became the political confidant of Colonel Roehm, Commander-in-Chief of the Nazi Storm Troops. The “Arbeiter Zeitung,” in an article on March 1, described Dr. Bell as liaison officer between the Hitlerites and an international magnate, who subscribed largely to the Nazi cause. It is said that Dr. Bell met the magnate in London, last year. Bigcredits for the Nazis followed. The “Daily Express,” however, recalls that he reached Harwich, but was not allowed to land. The authorities, gave no reason. Dr. Bell returned to Berlin in fear’ of the Nazi leaders at Munich, who later decided that Bell was untrustworthy. He recently revealed sensational details concerning Colonel Roehm, and these were hotly resented in Nazi circles. Thereafter, Bell was a doomed man. He finally fled from Berlin, to avoid arrest. His pursuers cut the telegraph wires at Durchholzen, before entering the village. They were heard urging Bell to return to Germany, saying that his mother and sister bad been seized as hostages, and would then be released. Bell replied that he would return only by train and not by motor car. The boots, hearing shots, rushed to the room, and saw Bell lying dead on the floor. He was himself shot in the leg. The murderers drove at high speed past the Austrian frontier guards, who are stated to have fired.