SAAR PLEBISCITE

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 November 1934, Page 7

SAAR PLEBISCITE

BRITISH GOVT.’S CAUTION [bbitish official wibeless.J RUGBY, November 15. Matters affecting the conduct of the Saar plebiscite, were raised in the Lords, but Earl Stanhope on behalf of the Government, said it would be improper for His Majesty’s Government, which had no responsibility apart from membership of the League, to express views on any aspect of the question. A committee of three had been appointed to consider these questions by the League Council, and would report to the Council meeting next week. His Majesty’s Government had not received that report. Regarding the safety of Mr. Knox, they had sent special servicemen from Scotland Yard, who were now on duty for that purpose. SAAR NAZIS. SAARBRUCKEN, November 14. The “German Front” in the Saar have sent a long memorandum to the League of Nation, claiming that the compromising documents which were discovered in the house-to-house search in the Saar on November 10 were planted there by anti-Nazis, who were expelled from Germany. The memorandum denies that the “German Front” constitutes the Saar Nazi Party. It says it is merely a confederation of all the Saar Germans working for the return of the Saar territory to the Reich within the scope of law. MAYOR SENTENCED. SAARBRUCKEN, November 15. The Supreme Court sentenced Mayor Kuppersberg, of Homberg, to 46 days’ imprisonment and a fine of two thousand francs fiJr- violation of neutrality. COMMISSION’S DENIALS SAARBRUCKEN, November 15. The Saar Commission, replying to the German memorandum, denies that Government officials provided anti-Hit-lerite newspapers with information regarding documents seized at the “German Front” office. The Commission requested the supreme tribunal to prosecute signatories to the memorandum libelling Heimburger, M. Knox’s Cabinet chief. Ritzel, the Government adviser, also denies that German emigres in the Saar are being taught to use arms.