HITLER’S VISIT TO ROME

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 April 1938, Page 7

HITLER’S VISIT TO ROME

> SAFETY PRECAUTIONS BODYGUARD INCREASED : I • [by CABLE—DRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] BERLIN, April 29. g Seven hundred secret police ’have gene to Italy to guard Hitler during.'? i, i his visit, in addition to two compan- < ies of Hitler’s, bodyguard. LATER. ; i- Hitler is going to Rome on May 2, , accompanied by Herr von Ribbentrop, f Hess, Goebbels, and Doctor Franch, ; i General Keitel Himmler, Doctor Diet- - rick, and numerous high, naval and . military officials. Hitler will be the . guest of the King of Italy for a few ■■ . days. \ J MEASURES AT ROME (Rec. April 29, 1.30 p.m.) . ? LONDON, April 28. I The “Telegraph’s” Rome correspon- ' dent says: As chief of the Italian pub- ; lie Security Department, Senator Boc- ; chini is not taking chances on Hit- ’ ler’s safety in Rome. Many Jewish and other refugees who arrived in Italy since 1935, have been told it would be wise;.to keep clear of Rpme, Naples and Florence until Hitler has ‘gone. Those who would not, or could not, take the hint are being placed e under “precautionary arrest.” A system of passport control has < been introduced on the roads to Rome. Cars are halted outside the city h and passports examined. :■ Landlords and householders are . I warned that they will be responsible for the good behaviour of tenants...,; Flower pits must be removed from balconies and windows, because they J might fall on Hitler’s head. BISHOP AND REICHSTAG. LONDON, April 2S. The “Telegraph’s” correspondent .. says it is officially announced that separate schools are being set apart * for Jews to prevent Jewish and Aryan children making contact. The “Telegraph’s” Berlin correspondent says: Monsignor Sproll, aged 68, Bishop of Rottenburg, Wurtem- •!’’ berg, “was recommended by the •; secret police to. leave the town, at least temporarily; y because he failed £ to vote at the Reichstag elections, on the ground that he could not conscientiously vote for a Reichstag in- ’« eluding enemies of the church.” When this became known, demon? ” strators pulled down the Nazi flag from the Episcopal Palace, after which .the secret police intervened. -