THE SITUATION IN GERMANY

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 76, 11 March 1933, Page 6

THE SITUATION IN GERMANY

INCIDENT AT KEHL. SWASTIKA HOISTED. (Received 11, 10.30 a.in.) Paris, March 10. Captain Offermann, in charge of th* Customs House at Kehl bridge, aud 500 Storm Troops occupied a station and disused barracks on the right bank of the Rhine opposite Strasburg, and hoisted the Swastika, The incident is regarded as scrioua, because Kehl is within the demilitarised zone of the Rhineland. The French bridge guard has been reinforced. Later: It is officially stated that U 1» barracks opposite Strasbourg word temporarily occupied by storm trooper* from the country, while the Kehl storm troops were participating in the events at Karlsruhe. They have now returned and the Kehl barracks lune been vacated. No violation of the treaty was intended. The barracks art not occupied by military forces. THE SAFETY OF JEWS. GOERING’S ASSURANCE. (Received 11. 10.30 a.m.) Berlin, March 10. Captain Goering assured the Jewish Citizens’ Union of the safety of the lives and property of loyal Jews legally guaranteed. Nevertheless, Nazis closed several Jewish shops in Madgeburg and allegedly maltreated employees and customers, causing women and children to be trampled down. “TACEBLATT” SUSPENDED. (Received 11. 11.15 a.m.) Berlin, March 10. The “Berliner Tageblatt” has been suspended until March 13 without «»■ planation. NAZIS IN AUSTRIA. AIMS EXPLAINED BY LEADEB. (Received 11, 11.15 a.m.) Vienna, March 10. Edward Frauenfeld, a Nazi leader, states that but for the strength of th* Nazis Austria would have experienced a Heimwehr putsch. The Nazis would resort to illegal means for recognition only if legal means failed. He added: “We wish to become again, Germany’s eastern borderland, perhaps with local autonomy. Austria can no longer stand alone with its foreign policy dictated by any other nation. We must take French and Czecho-Slovakia annoyance for granted, but we intend _to remove their influence.” A Vienna newspaper declared: “If 6,000,000 Bavarian Catholics cannot prevail against the Nazis what hope is there for a million Austrians?” NAZI CONTROL EXTENDED (Received 11, 1.0 p.m.) Berlin, March 10. Governments of Saxony and Baden have ‘resigned. Herr von Killinger, on behalf of the Reich, has placed Nazis in charge of the Saxon Ministries and a new Government is being formed in Baden. Those in Bavaria and Saxony will bo reformed without elections on the basis of Sunday’s vote, giving the Nazis predominance everywhere. The police dispersed Brown Shirts picketing Jewish shops. BREACH OF VERSAILLES TREATY. (Received 11, 1.0 p.m.) Parts, March 10. French and British official circles regard tho enrolment of Stahlhelms and storm troops in the police as a breach of the Versailles Treaty necessitating diplomatic representations. SPANISH DEMONSTRATION. (Received 11, 1.0 p.m.) Madrid, March 10. Police dispersed hundreds of students and Connntini<t agitators marching to the German Embassy and crying “Death to Hitler; Down with Fascism.”