ANTI-BRITISH CAMPAIGN

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18583, 18 December 1934, Page 5

ANTI-BRITISH CAMPAIGN

INCIDENT IN THE SAAR MAGNIFIED BY NAZIS HILARIOUS CAFE SCENE (Elec. Tel. Copyright —United Press Assn.) (Received December 18, noon.) LONDON, Dec. 17. The British United Press Saarbrucken correspondent says that an anti-British campaign has started in the Saar as a result of the Justice incident. Verbal attacks are directed chiefly against the British, but they are intended for foreigners generally. The Nazi press is magnifying the incident as much as possible. The agitation is directed against the police, and not British soldiers, who are promised a warm welcome. .Some hot-headed members of the German Front, however, warn women not to talk to any Britishers, otherwise “something unpleasant will happen.” Saarbrucken is gaily decorated with holly. There is plenty of evidence of the Christmas spirit, but little peace and goodwill owing to the highlycolored German newspaper accounts. The average Saarlander is now convinced that the British police officer deliberately attacked a Saarlander, and wilfully fired on the crowd. Tho Nazis forbid their women even to smile at British hoops. The Daily Mail’s Saarbrucken correspondent says that the night club visited by Captain Justice and his companions was the sceno of wild hilarity during lheir presence. Prince Lowenstein stated Ihat the conduct of Captain Justice and another police official was so outrageous that lie and Jiis half-brother, Count von Alvenslebeu, despite the lateness of the hour, decided to report the matter to Mr. Knox, to avoid a greater scandal, but en route to Mr. Knox’s house they met a police officer and told him. He thanked them and then went to the night club. Official German circles, while regretting the Saarbrucken incident, emphasise that it had no political significance, and expect that a thorough investigation will lead to the punishment of the culprit.