DISMISSAL OF JEWS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 March 1938, Page 5

DISMISSAL OF JEWS

*»■ - NAZI “SPRING CLEANING.” AUSTRIAN RESOURCES TO BE EXPLOITED. -i (By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright) (Received Friday, 11 p.m.) { TIENNA, March 17. What the Nazi newspapers call a “great spring cleaning/’ or in other words, a wholesale dismissal of Jews from places of’‘employment and exclusion from professions, continues at high speed. The ■Gestapo is systematically investigating the entire Austrian Jewish community. It has announced that theatres and music halls h£ive been completely cleansed of Jews. World-famous f artists whom Vienna will know no more include Richard Tauber, Bruno Walter and Max Reinhardt. Seventeen judges were dismissed because of Jewish A feature of the streets is the number of foreigners wearing large badges indicating their nationality. The British Consul at Vienna has received assurances that the frontier authorities will observe respect toward all bearers of British passports, even though of Jewish race; also, if it is claimed that any property is British, no. action will be taken to confiscate it until it is established whether the claim is valid. A decree extending Germany’s fouryear plan of economic self-sufficiency to Austria is among a number issued in order, to complete the union of the two countries. General Goering telegraphed Dr. Inquart requesting full exploitation of Austrian resources to benefit the whole Reich. Other decrees announce that the reichsmark is valid with the schilling throughout Austria, one reichsmark equalling one schilling 50 grosehen. The Austrian National Bank has been taken over by the Reichsbank. the Austrian Federal railways by the German railways and the Austrian General Staff ,by tbe German General Staff. Hitler has instructed Austrians living abroad that they may participate in the ; plebiscite. Dr. Goebbels is presenting . 20,000 radio sets, valued at £70,000, to; enable ■the Austrian people to listen in to speeches by the Nazi leaders. The Italian Ambassador at Berlin informed the Foreign Office that his Government has recognised the union ox Austria with the Reic» by closing the Legation at Vienna and making Italian Consulates throughout Austria responsible to the Embassy in Berlin. Similar action has already been taken by Hungary.

An official Gazette announces that all laws promulgated in the Reich after March 13 will also be valid in Austria. It is proposed to transfer to the Tomb of Honour in Vienna the body of Herr ■Otto Planetta, who was executed for shooting Dr. Dollfuss. The suicides are reported of Dr. Russo, director of the Credit Anstalt, Herr Klaushner, director of a chain of shoe stores, and Dr. Gruenwald, an architect. » The German war flag was ceremoniously hoisted over the Defence Ministry. A message from Prague states that Dt. Kreisler, who helped to prosecute the murderers of the former Austrian Chancellor Dr. Dollfuss, committed suicide. His mother lost her reason. anti-hitler pamphlets pound IN CATHOLIC CHURCHES 'NUMBER OF PRIESTS ARRESTED. (.Received This Day, 10.15 a.m.) VIENNA, March 18. A futher decree prohibits - the sale or exchange of art treasures. Jews arc ■excluded from the famous Vienna- philharmonic orchestra, which is placed under Commissar Wilhelm Jerger the •composer. Official quarters allege that stores •of arms and stocks' of auti-Hitlei pamphlets were discovered in Catholic churches and monasteries in the neighbourhood of Linz. It is declared arm.were found in a vault in the Cathedral, and it is reported a number of priescs were arrested in addition to the chairrnian of the Catholic party.

BRITISH CABINET >l*OT TO REASSEMBLE FOR A FEW _ Todays. (Received This Day, 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, March 18. Unless : a . sudden change occurs in the European situation, the Ministers not reassemble until March 23, CONSULAR STAFF ARRESTED. (Received This Day, 9.50 a.m.) MUNICH, March 18. Dk. Ludwig Jordan, the Austrian • Consul-General at Munich, and, the entire Consulate General Staff have been arrested by secret police. ./ bank officials arrested. (Received This Day, 9.50 a.m.) VIENNA, March 18. Many highly-placed officials in the Kredst Ansalt Bank, including have been arrested for connection with the financial Heimwehr.