GERMAN AFFAIRS

Hokitika Guardian, 18 January 1937, Page 6

GERMAN AFFAIRS

REICHSTAG , SUMMONED (United Preßs Association —By Electro Telegraph--Copyright). BERLIN, January 16. The Official News Agency announces that the Reichstag has ihoen summoned for January 30, to hear Herr Hitler deliver .a speech. Thi s will include a lengthy review of the Nazi reconstruction work dating the first four years of his regime. LONDON, January 16. The “Daily Herald’s’’ Berlin correspondent stato s Herr Hitler will speak on the Nazi A.B.C.—namely, Arya.ii•isiii, Bolshevism' and Colonies. The Reichstag last met on March 7, 1936, when Hojt Hitler announced the rebccupation of the Rhineland. KIEL CANAL CLOSED TO FOREIGN WARSHIPS BERLIN, January 16. An official communique in the Naval Ordance. Gazette closes the Kiel Canal to foreign warships, despite ' the Treaty of Versailles. Permission to pass, the Canal must now be obtained through diplomatic channels. It is intimated ..that the Governments' concerned have "■ already been informed. The Foreign Office spokesman states that the measure is the •automatic- sequel to the suspension o'J (lie Waterways Clauses in the Versailles Treaty.

FRANCE AND GERMANY

BETTER FEELING KXRESSKD

PARTS, January 17. Laying the fir,st stone of a monumental tower which is to complete the German Pavilion at tho International Exhibition lie.ro, the German Charge do’ Allaires said : “Germany will strike a triple blow with this hammer. Jt will emphasise her wishes, firstly• that the pavilion will make the German mind . and son] hotter known to France ; secondly, that the exhibition may be a success worthy ol' Fiance and) Paris; and thirdly, that the exhibition may form a last■ilig international bridge, especially hctweou France and Germany.