MAY DAY DEMONSTRATION

Greymouth Evening Star, 4 May 1936, Page 7

MAY DAY DEMONSTRATION

ftITLER ON PEACE "NO MOTHERS’ DARLINGS" [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] BERLIN, May 1. “Peace abroad is necessary to our plans,” declared Hitler in a speech at the May Day Celebrations. Greeted with wild chqering> fanfares of trumpets., and beating drums, Hitler made a triumphal procession to the Opera House, Charlottenberg, where he was ecstatically welcomed. Dr. Goebbels declared; You are the whole German people. You have given us internal peace and now prepare for world peace.”

Hitler declared that formerly May Day was a source of strife and bloodshed. but the Nazis had changed this. It was now a day of national rejoicing in Germany contrasting with the troubled celebrations in other countries.

Hitler then said: Peace abroad is necessary to our plans. They conduct a campaign of lies saying Germany threatens Austria and Czecho-Slovakia, but they are a small band of international war profiteers.

“Rejoice in life,” was the slogan adopted for Germany’s celebration of May Day. The children began to assemble as early as four in the morning to hear Hitler’s and Goebbel’s speeches. Hitler told them that Germany had no use for “mothers’ darlings.” “Children.” he said, “must thing only for the nation, which must, live united, according to one will.” All Berlin was closed to traffic at eight o’clock in the morning. All the streets were lined with Storm Troopers. Every town and village was ablaze with decorations. Brass bands paraded the streets and orators held forth at almost every corner.

TRUCULENT WARNING.

LONDON, May 1

The Berlin correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph” says Hitler’s reaffirmation of his desire for peace was acompanied by a somewhat truculent warning against interference with Germany’s internal affairs. “We wish to say to other nations,” said Hitler, “Don’t cross our path. We’ve overcome internal problems without involving others in our difficulties. Be good enough to do the same. Do not draw others into your quarrels.” The crowd’s enthusiasm was at fever heat when Hitl6r concluded, declaring: “1 would rather be the smallest worm in Germanw than a king elsewhere.” BRITISH LABOURITES. (Recd. May 4, Noon.) LONDON, May 3. Thousands attended the Labour Dav demonstration in Hyde Park, which passed off quietly. Addresses were given from six platforms. Mr Attlee condemned the brutal tyranny of the Fascist regime as exemplified in Abyssinia, which was an object lesson'for the whole world. He taxed the British Government with indecision, and lack of confidence, and urged popular pursuance of a peace policy. . , A resolution was carried unanimously, condemning war-minded rulers for their deliberate violation of international pledges, and deprecating armaments and military alliances, and urging the pooling of national resources for collective peace through the League. QUIET IN FRANCE. PARIS, May 1. May Day was quiet in France. The mass Labour demonstrations held throughout France were very orderly, 'as the Leftists were anxious not to prejudice the success of the Second Ballot elections. MOSCOW, May 1. Stalin and Moletev standing at Lenin’S tomb, inspected a parade of tens of thousands of troops and over a million citizens, oyer whom hovered an air armada of 750 planes, including 375 ul-tra-fast small lighters. The increasing mechanisation was the most notable feature of the military display. AT NEW YORK. NEW YORK, May 1. ■Radical Labour celebrated international May Day in traditional fashion, with parades and mass meetings. For the first time since the war, Radicals effected something of a “united front” with Left. Wing Socialists. Communists and some American Federation of Labour units marching together. The Right Wing Socialists, however, remained aloof.