BOYCOTT OF REICHSTAG

Taranaki Daily News, 13 February 1931, Page 7

BOYCOTT OF REICHSTAG

WITHDRAWAL OF THE NAZIS

government counter-move

CAMPAIGN IN THE COUNTRY

By Telegraph—Press Assn-— Copyright- ■ Rec. 5.5 p.m. Berlin, Feb. 11. The German Government is proposing a’ counter-offensive against the Hitlerites’ country campaign as a sequel to the withdrawal of the Hitler faction ■from the Reichstag. It has already con* ferred. with the Prussian and other State Governments in regard to measures such as the repression of the freedom of the Press and the right of meet-; ing for Hitler followers.! Raising their arms in the Fascist salute and shouting “Hail!” thrice, the whole 107 Hitlerite deputies made A spectacular exit from thfe Reichstag, stated a cable received on Thursday. Their action, which is described as a 'boycott, is stated, to be the outcome of the Reichstag’s adoption of sweeping reforms in Parliamentary procedure designed to' accelerate business and curb the efforts of orators whose obvious intention is propaganda. Tk» (action is also associated with the Nazitf (Hitlerites) League of Nations motion tablet! on February 3. Members of the Nationalist, Country and People’s parties followed. The Reichstag of 577 members has thus been deprived of 166 Oppositionists. Their decision to abstain will facilitate the passage of the Budget and other Government .measures, but it is expected there will be a big increase of the activities of Nazis throughout the country, where it is proposed to declare all laws of the present Reichstag unconstitutional.