GERMAN AFFAIRS

Greymouth Evening Star, 19 December 1934, Page 7

GERMAN AFFAIRS

HUNDREDS OF ARRESTS. [by cable —press assn. —copyright.] LONDON, December 18. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Berlin correspondent estimates that there have been five hundred arrests made during the last ten days in Germany. The arrests are the result of a renewed moral purge. Herr Himmler, the Head of the Secret Police, cast the net far and wide, those arrested including members of the Nazi Party. Other accounts suggest that the arrests made are primarily political in character, those arrested being members of the Nazi militant organisations and of other Left Wing organisations. The police are alleging that the latter have been living in luxury and have been commandeering funds that should have belonged to the Nazi Party. It is stated in some quarters that the arrests are part of a big scheme by Herr Hitler and General Goering to purge the Nazi Party of all of the National Socialist elements, and to discourage the young Nazi idealists, who believe that economic Socialism is still part of Herr Hitler's creed. SAAR SHOOTING. LONDON, December 18. The “Daily Mail’s” political correspondent says: The Cabinet discussed the Captain Justice incident, and it is informing the Saar Commission that it favours extreme disciplinary action if the circumstances warrant it. POLICE CHIEF RESIGNS. (Recd. December 19, 2.30 p.m.) SAARBRUCKEN, December 18. Major Hemsley has resigned his position as head of the Saar police, feeling that the Justice incident had shaken the Saar Commission’s faith in the international police. He is sacrificing himself to restore it.