HELD BY NAZIS

Southland Times, Issue 22157, 27 October 1933, Page 7

HELD BY NAZIS

BRITISH JOURNALIST EXPLANATION ASKED BY GOVERNMENT ALLEGED ESPIONAGE (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 7 p.m.) London, October 26. The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that the British Ambassador, Sir Eric Phipps, handed a British Note to the German Government asking for an explanation for the arrest of Noel Panter, the Daily Telegraph’s correspondent in Munich, who was taken into custody by the political police. Britain’s action was due to the fact that the British Consul-General at Munich was refused permission to see Panter, who was also not allowed to consult a lawyer. The charge is “suspicion of espionage,” this consisting of Banter’s telegram describing a demonstration at Kilheim on Saturday. The correspondent adds that it is obvious the Nazis are following their usual tactics of secluding Panter from any contact with the outside world during his examination, hoping to trap him into an incriminating admission.

THE NEW GERMANY “BULWARK AGAINST COMMUNISM.” HITLER’S ELECTION SPEECH. (United Press Assn. —Telegraph Copyright.) Berlin, October 25. Herr Hitler’s election speech was a strange mixture of phrases. In his references to Britain one minute he called her “a great, rich” nation and then came a taunt on her _ monetary qualification for Jewish emigres. Finally he said: “Scenes comparable with those of the Irish rebellion never occurred in Germany.” There were sustained cheers when Herr Hitler said: “We are ready to stretch out the hand of friendship to France. Germany wants peace with everyone. She is the world’s bulwark against Communism.”