PEACE IN THE SAAR

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 December 1934, Page 7

PEACE IN THE SAAR

NAZI PLOT FOILEb • GOODWILL TO CONTINGENTS [BY CABLE—PBESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] LONDON, December 14. The “Daily Mail” says: The British contingent in the Saar includes a fleet of twelve wireless cars, Similar to that from which His Majesty wirelessly directed tanks operations at Aidershot in the summer time, and also twenty motor cycle despatch riders. » ‘The “News-Chronicle" emphasises that there is nothing warlike in the departure of General Brind arid his staff for the Saar from Britain. All travelled in mufti.

“The Times’s” correspondent at Saarbrucken says: The British decision to Send troops to the Saar came in the nick of time. Serious disorders would have followed a failure to agree at Geneva. It is even declaredthat the Nazis had definitely planned a rising for the night of January 13, tbe day of the Plebiscite, and beginning by seizing the main electric station in Saarbrucken, and plunging a large area in darkness, thus paralysing the railway services: but a large scale movement is no longer feared. Indeed it is suspected that the Nazis secretly welcome this excuse for not attempting a dangerous movement. The advent of Christmas has given the Saar a more cheerful animation than it has known for a long time. The streets are decorated with evergreens, Christmas trees and- electric lamps. There are crowds rejoicing that their apprehensions have been dispelled. The Nazi flags have almost disappeared, while the Hitler salute is less prominent than it was six months ago. , .

COMMANDERS ARRIVE. RUGBY, December 14.' The Commanders of the Netherlands and Swedish contingents, General Baron Van Vost -Tot ..Voord. and Colonel Rbolossem, reached Saar territory, yesterday, and immediately made contact with the staff officers in the. British pfirty/ The Italian contingent will he under the command of-Brigadier ..General Visconti Prasca, anfl consists of two battalions of Grenadiers and one of some other regiment. Mr. Geoffrey Knox, President of the Saar .Governing Commission, also arrived at Sadrbrueken, yesterday, and arrangements are proceeding between him and officers of the Force for the disposal of. troops ' throughout the area. Correspondents in. the Saar state that the crowds are displaying a friendly interest in the patties of international forces, in billeting Grid other arrangements. The British contingent, will be accompanied to the territory by.-battalions of, bands and colours. / ■' ‘ GERMANY’S SURPRISE CRUISER. LONDON/December 14. The “Daily Telegraph’s” naval correspondent says: Germany has sprung a surprise by launching a new cruiser, the Nuremberg,” of which there was previously not the slightest inkling. The dockyards at Kiel and at Wilhelmshaven, and the ordinance, plants at Essen and Dusseldorf are guarded as closely as they were in war time.