Keep Out!

Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 7106, 15 March 1933, Page 7

Keep Out!

No Place for Britain IN THREATENING eupropean STORM tJnited Press Association —By Electric ' Telegraph-Copyright. LONDON, Mar. 13. The Rothermere papers have joined others in urging that Britain must not he involved in the storm threatening Europe. The Evening News in a leader says tnat tno sregan, '' r>.eep out. This means * oiv should he printed in large letters at Whitehall and Westminster. The Empire has more than enough problems. Who knows, if a spark sets Europe ail m where the conflagration will end.

Demilitarised Zone STORM TROOPS ACTIVE. OPINION IN BRITAIN. LONDON, Mar. 13. The British Government is considering the Storm Troops’ occupation of Kehl, Speyer, and Cologne. It is understood that the official view is that the (Versailles Treaty has been infringed, if the Storm Troops are classified as military. If they are classified a 3 police, the matter comes within the Boulogne correspondence, which fixes the number of police in the demilitarised zone. Move in Bavaria TO RESTORE MONARCHY. STAHLHELM PETITION. MUNICH, Mar. 13. The Stahlhelms petitioned the Commissioner, General von Epp, to restore the Bavarian monarchy. They state that a hundred thousand electors in every party desire it. Geneva Wrestles With Danzigproblem

British Official Wireless. Received Tuesday, 10.30 p.m. RUGBY, Mar. 13. Ia Geneva there has been a day of diplomatic conversations with the outcome of which the achievement of positive results by the Disarmament Con. ferenco is closely concerned. Tho Et. Hon. Sir John Simon had a long interview with the Polish Foreign Minister, principally in reference to the situation in Danzig.

Agreement Reached With Poland Received Tuesday, 9.50 p.m. GENE'-rA, Mar. 14, An agreement has been reached restoring the former position of Westerplatte, and Poiand withdraws her troops from the Danzig area.

Mussolini and MacDonald

NO MEETING ARRANGED YET.

Received Tuesday, 10.55 p.m

LONDON, Mar. 14,

Tho Daily Telegraph’s Home correspondent has been officially informed that no proposal has been reached there for a meeting between Signor Mussolini and Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, but the former is willing to fix a date.

The Nazi Onrush

OUSTING ALL OPPONENTS

BERLIN, March 13,

tn pursuance of the Nazi policy of consolidating the party’s success at the municipal elections by seizing city administrations, further arrests of burgomasters includo those of Herr Flecfoot at Ludwigshafen, and Herr Forthuber at Neustad; also Socialist and Communist councillors in various towns. Herr Landmann, burgomaster at Frankfurt, relinquished his office in favour of Nazis. The burgomaster at. Heinrich is threatened with arrest immediately he leaves hospital. Six Socialist leaders aro already in custody.

At Breslau the Law Courts have been idle for three days, guarded by Storm Troops. At Munich Count Anton Arcovallcy, pardoned in 1924 for shooting the Communist Premier Eisner in 19.19, was arrested on suspicion of intending to kill Herr Hitler. A hundred armed Nazis raided the offices of the Essencr Volkszeitung, and compelled the staff to print a verbatim report of Captain Goering's latest speech, complaining that it was inadequately reported in Saturday's issue. They also forced the machinists to print a large number of extra copies which the Nazis distributed in the streets. The Nazi report adds: "We hope this example will make the newspapers more loyal to the new regime.”

There was a lull in outrages to-day. General von Epp has ordered patrols to arrest agents provocateurs masquerading as Nazis and limited tho suspension of newspapers to eight days.

Austria Follows Suit

VIENNA, March 13.

Tho police raided Communist headquarters, occupied the office of the newspaper Eoto Fahne, and arrested 24 persons.

Large Stores of Ammunition

Seized

Received Tuesday, 10.30 p.m. LONDON, March 14.

The Daily Mail’s Vienna correspondent reports that armoured cars conveying three hundred soldiers awakened the salt-mining town of Hallein at dawn. Troops searched houses, seized communications and found large stores

of arms and ammunition. Many Com munists wore arrested.

120 Communists Arrested

Received Wednesday, 2 a.m. BERLIN, Mar. 14,

For allegedly planning to dynamite Tho local gas and electricity plants, 120 Communists have been arrested at Annanberg, Saxony,