EARLY TROUBLE

Southland Times, Issue 22488, 24 January 1935, Page 7

EARLY TROUBLE

EX-PREFECT SHOT ARREST BY GERMAN POLICE RESISTED PRESS SUGGESTS TERRORISM (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.)Saarbrucken, January 22. The Police attempted to arrest Paul Meyer, ex-Prefect of the Rhineland on an old German warrant charging him with embezzlement. Meyer was shot dead when he resisted. The anti-Nazl press suggests terrorism, alleging that it was due to German revenge against Meyer, who was the leader of the Separatists. Police Commissioner Tilk, who allegedly fired the shot, was subsequently arrested on the Supreme Plebiscite Court warrant on a charge of murder. The Berlin correspondent of the Times says: Although the Press denies any political significance, it is emphasized that Meyer has been a notorious Separatist since the Rhineland occupation and he had been sought by the German authorities on that account. Reports give the impression that the bullet found the right man. THREATENING LETTERS GUARD FOR DR. SCHUSCHNIGG. (United Press Assn.— Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 10.40 p.m.) London, January 23. The Vienna correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says that pamphlets threatening Dr. Schuschnigg with death and thrust into hundreds of the Viennese letter boxes is the latest move in the Nazi terror campaign which started immediately after the Saar plebiscite. The pamphlet read:. “The man who was guilty of last year’s bloodshed is dead, namely Dr. Dollfuss. Our job is not to bring him to judgment, but his successor.” . . The Ministry of War in which Dr. Schuschnigg has an apartment and also his Chancellory office, where Dr. Dollfuss was murdered, are both strongly guarded by troops. TREK TO FRANCE 2500 REFUGEES. (United Press Assn.— Telegraph Copyright.) Paris, January 22. It is officially announced that 2500 persons have taken refuge in France from the Saar since the plebiscite.