“ Hail Austria ! ”

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7192, 26 June 1933, Page 7

“ Hail Austria ! ”

Great Patriotic Demonstration BONFIRES ALONG GERMAN BORDER United Press Association—By Electric Telegrapn—Copyright Received Sunday, 9.55 p.m. VIENNA, Juno 25.

Bonfires aro blazing on 1500 hills and mountain tops throughout Austria. Those in the vicinity of Germany arc illuminated with the words “Hail Austria!” Cuns also aro firing aslutes These constitute part of to-night’s great patriotic demonstration which is intended to show the Nazis that Austria caunot be intimidated. “If wo are driven to it he who takes life shall pay with life,” declared the Premier, Dr. Dollfuss, indicating the possible introduction of the death penalty, when addressing a crowd of 12,000. 110 added: “We have restored faith in our Austrian Fatherland. Our pcoplo need not fear the future.” Several moro Nazi leaders have been arrested, including soven deputies. The Nazi leader Fntuenfeld was arrested near tho Italian border and brought back. An aeroplane dropped leaflets over Linz prior to the speech by Dr. Dollfuss, containing a declaration by Proksch, tho Austrian Nazi leader, now in hiding - in Munich, threatening to deprive Dollfuss of power. Counter-Measures in Austria VIENNA, June 23. The Lower House passed a bill voiding Nazi mandates. The Nazi burgomaster of Kitzbuehl was sentenced to ten weeks’ imprisonment and fined £3O for pro-Nazi activities. The Mandates Bill entails the expulsion of eight Nazi members of Parliament. Nazis Unpupular in Bohemia PRAGUE, June 23. The Nazi Knirsch was expelled from Parliament for disparaging the Czechoslovakian attitude towards tho Germans in 1930. Even Boy Scouts Are Suppressed “GERMANY’S YOUTH BELONGS TO THE NAZIS.” BERLIN, June 23. The Boy Scouts and similar organisations, except tho Catholic group, have been dissolved throughout Germany and their fund 3 and property seized preparatory to welding them into a “National Youth-Group” in pursuance of Herr Hitler’s claim that Germany’s youth belongs exclusively to tho Nazis. Opponents in “Preventive Custody” MUST PAY THEIR OWN EXPENSES BERLIN, June 23. On the ground that “it is unjust to make the public pay for criminal or disloyal elements,” political oppon- [ ents of tho Nazis who are in preventive custody aro being compelled to pay the expenses of their detention, also fior the upkeep of moneyless prisoners. Rebuff for Jew Baiters JEWISH AUTHOR OF NAVY’S | ANTHEM. j BERLIN, June 23.

Nazi headquarters are embarrassed by the discovery that Robert Lindersr, author of tlio famous "Flag Song," the official anthem of the German Navy, was a Jew. The song, which the Kaiser loved, was so patriotic and popular that it is included in a Nazi songbook containing only gems of German poetry. Hitlerisation Begins at Birth FAMILY BONUS FOR NAZI BABIES LONDON, June 23. The Daily Mail's Berlin correspondent says the Hitler Government is granting a bonus of £l2 15s per baby to newly-married German couples, securing a housekeeping loan of £SO. A quarter of the loan is remitted for the iirst child, and four children will wipe out the entire amount. The loan is only granted in return for whole-heart-ed support of tho Nazi cause.

An earlier cablo said that the Nazi Government '3 unemployment relief proposals include a tax on unmarried males and females, which will be used for loans of £SO to newly-married couples to enable them to furnish homes, thus drawing women back to home life, Which the Nazis regard as their proper sphore. Wives accepting, furniture must promiso not to seek employment while the husband is earning more than £8 10s a month. The furniture loan is repayable at the rate of one per cent, monthly. The Government is expected to finance 150,000 marriages yearly. »

German Oxford and Cambridge TO MOULT) RISING GENERATION. Received Sunday, 9.50 p.m. BERLIN, June 25. The Minister of Education caused a surprised when ho announced his intention of establishing universities on the lines of Oxford and Cambridge. He added that Germany needed a young generation with iron discipline ready to obey tho interests of tho common

welfare in which the new universities will play a special part. Free Hand for Danzig Nazis Received Sunday, 9.50 p.m. DANZIG, June 25. Tho enabling Act empowering the Nazi Government of the free city to promulgate and enforce laws without recourse to Parliament .was passed by the Diet by 50 votes to 19.