CLASH ON BORDER

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23429, 19 August 1939, Page 15

CLASH ON BORDER

HUNGARY AND RUMANIA GUARD FATALLY SHOT " * RIVAL VERSIONS OF AFFAIR (Keceived Angrast 18, 7.5 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 17 Tension is growing on the HungarianRumanian border, says a message from Bucharest. A Rumanian frontier guard was shot dead and another wounded, while a third is missing near the village of Salonta. A Rumanian communique claims that the guards were suddenly attacked while patrolling the frontier. One was shot in the back. The sergeant in charge was attacked with bayonets and seriously wounded. The Hungarian version is that five Rumanians entered Hungarian territory and attacked the Hungarians, w t lio fired in self-defence. Two were wounded and the other taken prisoner. Official circles in Rumania and Hungary state that the frontier shooting will not.go further owing to the serious international situation.

CLAIM TO GIBRALTAR AXIS SUPPORTS SPAIN " SACROSANCT ASPIRATIONS " 1 ROME. Ang. 12 A promise by Germany and Italy to support Spain's claim to Gibraltar is featured in the Bologna newspaper Resto del Carlino. The- paper says: "Spaniards know that in their sacrosanct aspirations, of which Gibraltar' is the foremost, they can count on German and Italian understanding and solidarity. "The cry to Britain to 'get out of Gibraltar' is echoed in Germany and Italy as a spontaneous cry for justice. All Spanish territory must return to Spanish sovereignty."

CASE FOR GERMANY BOOK BY PROFESSOR I MEMBER OF. "THE LINK" LONDON, Aug. 12 London newspapers give prominence to statements bj r members of "The Link," the organisation which the Home Secretary, Sir Samuel Hoare, lias described as a vehicle for Nazi propaganda. Several papers publish photographs taken in the house of the chairman of "The Link," Admiral Sir Barry Domvile, showing Sir Barry and Lady Domvilo looking at a framed invitation to the Salzburg festival, below which, on a bookcase, thero appear a portrait of Herr Hitler and statuettes of a dachshund and a Nazi Stormtrooper. Special prominence is given in the press to an admission by Professor A. R. Laurie, a member of the council of "The Link," that a Berlin firm had paid him £l5O in a lump sum for his book, "The Case for German}*." London publishers had refused it because it was too favourable to Germany, he declared. He said that members of "The Link" might receive money for special articles, or for working for German firms, without engaging in propaganda. Professor Laurie's hook is dedicated as follows: —"It is with admiration and gratitude for the great work that ho lias dovie for the German people that I dedicate this hook to the Fuehrer." The concluding passage in the book reads: "The peoples of Europe, Britain, and the British Empire have a choice between adopting the policy of Herr Hitler and peace, or adopting that of Mr. Chamberlain, who is being driven by forces hostile to Germany, to war." In an interview, Professor Laurie said: "The book has been printed, and some copies have been sent to leading people in Britain. It will be on sale in Britain when it is published." The Daily Herald (Labour) quotes him as saying that he has just joined Sir Oswald Mosley's British "Fascists."