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"INSULTS TO GERMANY" ALLEGED TOLERATION NAZI PRESS RESENTMENT By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received January 3, 5.5 p.m.) BERLIN", Dec. 3t General Goering's newspaper, tlie National Zeitung, protests against the number of alleged insults to Germany accompanying the preparations for the wedding of Princess Juliana of Holland and Prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld. It declares that Germans have been victims of hostile demonstrations in Dutch towns because they displayed the swastika. The paper also criticises Prince von Lippe-Binsterfcld beeauso lio .agreed to the playing of a song "Lippe-Detniold, that is a pretty tune. Boom, hoom," 011 official occasions instead of the German national anthem. The German newspapers have now begun a concerted campaign against the Prince owing to the alleged insults. Ho is severely criticised for not protesting against "such slights to Germany." A message from the Hague states that the alleged insults and demonstrations are described as pure imagination. ]t emphasises that the Dutch have the most friendly feelings toward Germany, but Holland has taken the Prince to her heart for his own qualities. His German birth is not considered to he specially important. It is generally felt that Germany is soro simply because her hopes in regard to Nazi propaganda have been disappointed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22616, 2 January 1937, Page 9
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