MILITARY POMP

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22262, 9 November 1935, Page 13

MILITARY POMP

NEW NAZI CONSCHIPTS SWEARING-IN CEREMONY f ■ ECONOMIC TROUBLES GROWING By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright BERLIN, Nov. 7 Thousands of Germany's first post-war conscripts assembled for the swearing-in ceremony at dawn on the historic Potsdam parade ground where the Kaiser used to inspect his new recruits. The scene recalled the grim military spectacles of Imperial Germany. The young conscripts- in grey greatcoats and shrapnel helmets resembled v a wall of sited through the early morning mists, and guns boomed a salute as the new Nazi war flag was hoisted and a proclamation from Herr Hitler was read. The recruits were exhorted to be as hard as iron and ready to sacrifice their last drop of blood for the Fatherland. While the Nazis are reviving the military pomp of pre-war daj's, the financial and economic situation of the country is getting worse. The heavy depreciation of the mark, which is reflected in unofficial foreign quotations, is causing tho gravest anxiety tyid is partly due to new laws excluding Jews from commerce and depriving them of the proceeds of the sale of their businesses. Consequently currency smuggling is increasing as Jews otherwise fear they will lose whatever capital they possess. The Reichsbank is unable to buy marks offered for in foreign centres, and tho gravity of the economic crisis is driven home in the main street, where there are long butter and other queues, recalling the early days of Soviet Russia.