Let the Cat Out of the Bag

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7300, 30 October 1933, Page 7

Let the Cat Out of the Bag

British Journalist Who Was Arrested by Nazis

DESCRIBED A MILITARY DISPLAY

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received Sunday, 7 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 29. Tho Daily Telegraph re-puhlishes fully Noel Banter's report of Hitler’s review of 20,000 Storm Troops atKclheim, which immediately led to his arPanter opened by stating: *A deep cr significance attaches to this military display than either tho Chancellor or his Nazi lieutenants desire the outer world to know." Ho mentioned that orders were issued to the Press to avoid everything that might represent the celebrations as being of a military character; m particular, they were not to mention tho firing of salutes, the inspection ot ranks by the Chief of Staff, and the participation of the Rcichsmehr. Ho added that particular anxiety was felt lest tho British and French Press become “perturbed’’ by the day events. . Panter proceeded to describe the inspection and salute of 21 guns, fired by cannons on Hitler’s arrival and again at the end of Hitler's speech. He gave other details, showing the essentially military character of the proceedings. The Daily Telegraph’s Berlin correspondent says that Panter, refusing to make a statement except in tho presence of a witness, was told he would not bo allowed facilities for consultation while he persisted in this attitude. Subsequently ho submitted on Thursday night to an examination hold in tho absence of witnesses, when he declared that he had only done his duty as a journalist in faithfully reporting events of public interest. . He strongly denied any action prejudicial to the interests of the German State. There is reason to believe that a statement might have turned matters in Punter’s favour but for a deposition also on Thursday night, in unknown circumstances, by a German journalist who was arrested simultaneously. The result is the charge now officially brought. Attempts to obtain legal assistance on his behalf have so far been unsuccessful. The Telegraph, in a loader protesting against Banter’s arrest, expresses the opinion that tho German Government inconceivably blundered in following up by an action raising tie gravest international issues.

High Treason and Espionage Charges RANTER BEING WELL TREATED (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Oct. 27. The British Consul-General in Munich, Mr. D. St. C. Gainer, who since Tuesday has been denied access to Mr. Noel Panter, the Munich correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, was to-day permitted to visit him at the Munich Police Headquarters, where he is under "protective custody.” Mr. Panter is to bo charged at Leipzig under Article 92 of tho Penal Code with high treason and espionage. It is assumed that Mr. Banter’s arrest is In connection with his descriptive report, reproduced in last Monday's Daily Telegraph, of the parade of Storm Troops ,which the Chancellor, Herr Hitler, addressed at Kelheim on Sunday. Article 92 of tho Criminal Code provides for the punishment by penal servitude for not less than two years of anyone who deliberately "communicates to another Government or makes publicly known State secrets or news of which ho knows that to keep them secret is necessary for tho welfare of the German Empire or the Federal State, as against that of other Governments.” The Consul-General found that Mr. Panter was in good health, although pale from his confinement. He has boon well treated and allowed to buy what he wanted. It is stated that the charge is based on "accumulation of information concerning Storm Troops and Hitler Guards which was used so as to convey the impression that they were military formations and that Gormany was thus violating the Treaty of Versailles,” Mr. Panter declared that Ms message was sent in tho course of carrying on only his ordinary occupation of journalist and sending ordinary messages. Mr. Gainer has asked the Bavarian Government for permission for a legal adviser to seo Mr. Panter.

Strong Criticism by British Newspapers “ JOURNALIST WHO DARED TO TELL THE TRUTH” (British. Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Oct. 27. Very strong criticism is made in the English Press of the action of the German authorities in reference to the arrest by the Bavarian political police on Tuosday of Mr. Noel Punter, the Munich correspondent of the Daily Tolograph. Tho News-Chronicle comments: “If there was one certain way of focussing the attention of the whole of Europe on the military character of a ‘peaceful’ demonstratiou aud of arousing widespread suspicion, it was by arresting a reputable English journalist who had dared to tell the truth in a leading English newspaper.” The Times’ Munich correspondent observes: “Foreign residents in Munich find some difficulty iu understanding how the Bavarian authorities reconcile their complaint of misrepresentation abroad with the fact that uniformed Nazis walk fee • a&regtfi Qj&gßffi&ggglg

armed with revolvers, that Nazi Guards at the Brown House carry rifles, and that bodies of tho S.A. may be seen on the march armed with rifles or executing field manoeuvres in parks and meadows.” Only 30 of Election Candidates Are Non-Nazis DESCRIBED AS “GUESTS.” Received Sunday, 7 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 28. Tho Chronicle’s Berlin correspondent says that only 30 of tho listed election candidates aro non-Nazis. They are described as guests of the Nazi Party. London Evening Standard Banned CARTOONS NOT APPRECIATED Received Sunday, 7 p.m. BERLIN, Oct. 28. The London Evening Standard has been banned until the end of November owing to Low’s recent cartoons concerning tho Reichstag fire trial. Starving Jews Out PRESENT POLICY IN GERMANY. MANY DRIVEN TO SUICIDE. LONDON, October 27. Mr. It. 11. Bernays, M.P. (Lab.) for North Bristol, summarising in the “Contemporary Review” tho. result of three weeks’ iuvestigatiou in Germany, declares that the ferocity of the anti-Jewish drive has been intensified. .Whole families are workless, and suicides are increasing. The antiJewish boycott is not slackening, but beatiugs have enormously diminished. Jews are not interned as Jews, but as opponents of the Government. Some of the Nazi leaders revolted. The worst atrocities were Government regulations designed to deprive Jews of their livelihood. The suicides in pre-Hitler days were as nothing compared with those now occurring. It is further stated by Mr. Bernays that Jews have less chance of employment in Germany than a convict in England. England, he considers, should maintain moral pressure and officially boycott German goods, and should assist Jewish migration. Preparations for Elections ALL NAZI MEMBERS STANDING AGAIN. BERLIN, October 27. The Nazis’ full list of election candidates numbers 600, including all the Nazis in tho last Parliament. The official list of candidates is headed by Hitler, then come Hess, Frick, Goering, Goebbels, Rochm, and Darre, all pillars of Nazism; then Seltdo (leader of the steel helmets, Von Papen ymd Jfugenberg J§adei/. ,