COOL RECEPTION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18588, 24 December 1934, Page 5

COOL RECEPTION

TROOPS IN THE SAAR

EAST LANCS ARRIVE

SAARBRUCKEN, Dec. 23. The scenes at Calais last night for a few hours resembled 1914, when residents flocked to the quayside to welcome the main body oi British troops, numbering 1000 en route for the Saar. When the East Lancashires arrived at Saarbrucken station, the inhabitants looked on in silence, surprising the British who, on journeying to the Saar, received cheers and smiles and Nazi salutes at level crossings and stations. The Lancashires were somewhat disappointed on hearing that the display of Nazi bunting was not in honor of their irrival, but was a political demonstration. There are no signs of hostility. General Brind, commanding the international force, said: ‘‘We do not expect the Saarbruckers to be enthusiastic at the presence of foreign troops,, but tho British will certainly get on well.”

A commission order forbids the flying of flags after to-day. The Deutschfront replied, urging the population to display the, German flag as a protest. Consequently thousands of Nazi flags are hanging out of windows throughout the town.