FURY IN BERLIN

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19891, 20 March 1939, Page 7

FURY IN BERLIN

DUFF COOPER'S ATTACK DEEMED OFFICIAL VIEW AMBASSADOR SENT FOR CALLED TO WHITEHALL (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. March 18. 2.40 p.m.) LONDON, March 17. It is officially stated that the British Ambassador to Germany, Sir Nevile Henderson, is leaving Berlin in order to report on tihc situation to the British Government. Messages from Berlin state that mounting Nazi fury is evident and its en,d in, diplomatic consequences is forecast as a result of the personal attack made on Herr Hitler by Mr. A. Dull' Cooper ili the House of Commons yesterday. It is pointed out in Berlin that neither the Speaker of the House nor any member of the Government intervened, which seems to sanction the attack officially. A diplomatic spokesman said: "The British Government at present undoubtedly has sufficient reasons requiring a personal report from its Berlin Ambassador, but unless his return is shown io be in the nature of a demonstrative character, such as a deliberate, protracted absence, the Reich sees no reason to recall its Ambassador, since the German Government has at present no special reason to hear a personal report from its London Ambassador concerning current matters or the view of the British Government." The American Ambassador, Mr. J. P. Kennedy, called on the Foreign Secretary, Viscount Halifax, to-day. The leader of "tile Labour Opposition, Major C. R. Attlee, and Mr. A. Greenwood, M.P., also had an interview with Lord Halifax.