IN GERMANY

Hokitika Guardian, 26 August 1938, Page 5

IN GERMANY

FTORTHY’S VISIT PLEDCEB AT BANQUET • !; : : , (United Press Association—By Electric - Telegraph—Copyright). BERLIN, August 24. The arrival, from Hamburg, this afternoon, of Admiral Horthy (Regent of Hungary) found a five-mile triumphal route to the Imperial Castle brilliantly decorated .with all toe Mfussolmi’s ’ visit’s . grandeur plus 50,000 square yards of new Hungarian flags and a- grandstand to accommodate 10,000 at Tiergarten, wherefrom Admiral Horthy and Hitler tomorrow, will take the salute at the parade of the flower of the German Army. Admiral and Mrs Horthy will stay at Hiqdenburgs Palace.

The Political Spokesman was eager to emphasise that the Little Entente agreement with Hungary in no ways threatens Hungarian-German friendship, although it is suspiected by some .that the Entente is trying to draw Hungary from the Nazi orbit. The greatest satisfaction is' expressed, that Hungary is released from military limitations.

'■-The “Berliner Tageblatt” says: The dictated peace in Central Europe isn’t cracked but Shattered,

■ln a cold > vvind, rain-drenched crowds greeted Admiral Horthy, who drove two miles through the festooned .floodlit streets to-'the Presidential Pfilace. • - --Hi.

•Herr Hitler proposed the toast of Admiral Horthy at- a State banquet. Kerr Hitler described the GermanHungarian frontier as bding “final.” He added,: “Our firm friendship, which is based, on mutual and unshakable 'confidence, will be particularly valuable to both of our peoples.” Admiral ..Horthy, replying saicj that Hungary’s relations with Germany were reinforced by their joint desire for a just peace and by their common friendship with Italy.”

HUNGARIAN NAZIS’ FEELINGS " V : LONDON, August 24.

The “Telegraph’s” Budapest, correspondent says: The Hungarian Nazis,;, and the extreme Nationalists are indignant because they feel the agreement precludes Hungary from participating in any eventual attack on Czechoslovakia, wherefrom, they hoped Hungary would be rewarded fty sharing in the Republic’s partition. ‘ Elsewhere the agreement is greeted with lively satisfaction, though Jears are expressed in some quarters about the consequences from Germany i where it will certainly be most unwelcome.

DISPLAY OF WAR STRENGTH NEW GUNS AND TANKS. this day at 11 a.m.) LONDON, August 25. The British United Press correspondent in, Berlin reports that the Regent of Hungary, Herr Horthy, accompanied by Herr Hitler, witnessed the biggest military parade ever held in Germany since the war. Sixty-one thousand troops participated, and 3008 guns were included, some of which were seen for the first time in public, a riel whose size Visibly surprised foreign military attaches.

The new weapons, unprecedently paraded, included double-barrelled machine-guns, eight-inch mortars; and an extra, heavy tank, equipped with a grating on top to assist in bursting through obstructions. A dozen long-barrelled siege guns of unknown calibre, with portable platforms,. frdm whence they will he fired, and other equipment, were all drawn by tractors, and occupied half a mile in the procession. 1

A BISHOP. ORDERED TO LEAVE DIOCESE. , BERLIN, August 25. The Bishop of Notherbuig has been ordered’ to leave the Diocese, He has refused declaring he could not renounce his duties. It is not known whether he will bo forcibly expelled. The Nazis allege tlia-t he insolently violated his political obligations.