PURGE OF NAZIS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18879, 3 December 1935, Page 7

PURGE OF NAZIS

SECRET POLICE ACTIVE TENSION IN GERMANY ALLEGATIONS OF GRAFT EXTRAVAGANT LIVING (Klec. Tel. Copyright—United Prnss Assn.) (Reed. Dec. 3, 10.15 a.m.) BERLIN, Dec. 2. The News-Chronicle's Berlin correspondent says that Herr Hitler has ordered a new clean-up of the Nazi party with a view to ridding the movement of men whose extravagant living had caused comment. It is asked how they are able to spend recklessly when their incomes are reputedly so modest. The first victim is a prominent official, whom the secret police seized. This new Nazi purge is most extensive. Secret police are raiding houses throughout Germany and suspects are being taken to the Gestapo headquarters while agents remain in the houses searching letters, books and papers. The fa',o of those arrested is seldom disclosed, thus leading to the wildest rumors, but it is believed the purge is aimed principally at Catholics who are alleged to have participated in politic;, reactionaries accused of conspiring against the Nazi political economic measures, and NaUi officials suspected of graft and extravagance. The secret police are creating an atmosphere of tension similar to the fears of t ho- Ogpu of Russia, whose methods (hey closely follow. Telephones are tapped, correspondence intercepted-'aild suspects, shadowed-.j The extension of acti-' vitie's is' possibly due to widespread grumbling at the food shortage and rising prices. It generally is agreed that Germany is heading for a hard', dismal winter.