HITLER'S VISIT TO ROME.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 May 1938, Page 5

HITLER'S VISIT TO ROME.

UPROARIOUS WELCOME AT BERLIN. PREPARING POR HECTIC WEEK £By Telegraph-r rcaa Assn.-Copy right) BERLIN, May 2. Thousands uproariously fareweiled Herr Hitler at 4.-15 p.m. when he departed for Rome. .All work ceased early, employees inarching in bodies to line the streets, Anhalt Station was a forest of Italian and German flags. Marshal Goering, in a speech, said that the visit was of the greatest importance to the peace of the world, because the two greatest men of the century were meeting in Rome. Herr Hitler talked animatedly on the platform with Marshal Goering, who , will be temporarily head of the State. Herr Hitler was obviously in the best of humour. The Rome correspondent of the London Times says that the city is preparing for a hectic week. Herr Hitler’s visit is likely to become legendary. Never, since the Field of the Cloth of Gold, has .one ruler made more elaborate or more extravagant efforts to impress another. The estimated cost is between three and four millions. Almost the entire fleet of 200 vessels, including 90 submarines, have assembled for a display at Naples, and ther.e will be equally impressive air force and army concentrations

HITLER CROSSES FRONTIER

NATIONAL HOLIDAY IN ITALY.

Received Tuesday, 11.45 p.m. ROME, May 3,

Hitler’s train crossed the frontier and arrived at Brenner station, which was decorated with flowers and hung with flags. The Duke of Pistoia, representing King Victor, and Senor Starace welcomed the Fuhror while the Carabinieri presented arms and bands played the German anthem. A national holiday has been declared throughout Italy in. honour of Hitler’s arrival. Although the newspapers publish columns on Hitler’s visit, they give great prominence to Mr. Chamberlain’s speech and eulogise the happier AngloItalian atmosphere. A Berlin message says the newspapers unanimously acclaim the “meeting of the two greatest men of the century” and remind Mussolini of his previous declaration of the solidarity of the Berlin-Rome axis, while the socalled peaceful atmosphere of the axis talks is contrasted with the warlike spirit of the British and French discussions. FIGHTING ’PLANES ESCORT TRAIN'. (Received This Day, 9.53 a.m.) ROME, May 3. Hitler’s train slowed down when passing through two stations. At Florence the Fuehrer, standing at the window, acknowledged the cheers of 'German Fascists. Fighting r planes from .Bolonga are now escorting the train to Home. ■ _