GERMAN HAPPENINGS

Greymouth Evening Star, 5 June 1934, Page 5

GERMAN HAPPENINGS

FOREIGN PRESS CONTROL. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT..] LONDON, June 4. Mr Stephens, writing in the “Daily Express,” attributes his expulsion from Germany to Dr. Ernst Hanfstaengl, Chief of the Foreign Press Department of the Nazi Party. He describes him as “a tall, stooping, long-faced pianist.” When Hitler is tired or depressed, he says, he sends for Dr. Hanfstaengl to sooth him with music, and to amuse him with his droll ways as a clown at court, and he is a ridiculous failure. There is little in the German newspapers to inform th© foreign correspondents about the real conditions in Germany, so they, are forced to rely upon informants. The Government has tried to stop this by spying on the correspondents, tapping their telephones, and other methods.”

SAAR PLEBISCITE RUGBY, June 4. Approval to the proposals of Baron Aloisi (Italy) on the holding of the Saar plebiscite on January 13, was given to-day by the League Council. M. Barthou accepted the report, without reservation, stressing the responsibility of the Council, and the necessity for loyal adherence to all provisions of the report regarding the liberty of voters and the guarantee of security to the people of the Saar. Mr. Eden praised the spirit which enabled Germany and France to reach an agreement on this point, adding that nothing would please the British Government more than an extension of this spirit to other Dominions. It was now for the Council to study the working of the agreement so that a guarantee could be given to all Saar inhabitants, whether voters or nonvoters.