ANTI-NAZI FEELING IN AMERICA

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20680, 19 March 1937, Page 9

ANTI-NAZI FEELING IN AMERICA

GERMAN PRESS ATTACK RESENTED PRECAUTIONS IN AFRICA AND BAVARIA United Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright (Received March 18, 7.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, March 17. The German Ambassador to the United States (Herr Luther), verbally protested to Mr Cordell Hull (Secretary of State) concex-ning Mr Laguardia’s remark at a anti-Nazi meetiing held in Madison Square Gardens at Which 20,000 attended. Mr La Guardia appeared unexpectedly at the meeting and told the audience to pay no attention to anything that Herr Hitler said. He ended his remarks with a German phrase which he later told the reporters meant: “Hitler can’t ■ take it.” Mr Hull expressed regrets, and after a telephone conversation with President Roosevelt, he issued this statement: “I am personally hopeful that all participating in a controversy marked by bitter and vituperative utterances here and in Germany will soon reach a conclusion that will be to the best interests of both countries. I hope they will find other subjects that can be discussed mor temperately. On March 5 the United States apologised orally but officially to the German Embassy, following a protest by the Embassy against a speech by the Mayor of New York, Mr La Guardia, in which he suggested the inclusion of a figure of Herr Hitler in the proposed chamber jf horrors at the World Fair. A few days later, the Secretary of State, Mr Cordell Hull, instructed the United States Ambassador in Berlin to make emphatic comment to the German Government regarding attacks in the official Press on the Mayor of New York, Mr La Guardia, and American women. He explained that comment differed from a protest representation because it did not oblige Germany to reply officially. Mr Hull’s action resulted from a letter of protest by the president of the Jewish women’s organisations, which Mr La Guardia was addressing when he criticised the German Chancellor, Herr Hitler, early in March. The letter says that the Nazi Press, including the National Socialist organ “Der Angriff,” published a statement that the 1200 women attending the meeting were “women of the streets” gathered to be entertained by a “pimp and procurer.” The next day the United States Ambassador in Berlin called on the Foreign Minister, Baron von Neurath, and protested against “studied insults” of German newspapers against the American people and Government. Mr Dodd said that his Government c mid not understand the sweeping vituperation, unfounded statements, and attacks on American women and institutions, which was unparalleled indecency. NAZI ACTIVITIES IN AFRICA SUPPRESSION AUTHORISED United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received March 18, 5.5 p.m.) CAPETOWN, March 17. The Government is giving ' drastic powers to local authorities to suppress Nazi activities in South-West Africa. Organisers of boycotts and intimidation will be liable to immediate deportation and aliens will be forbidden to join any political organisation. GERMAN CHURCH WARNING NAZIS’ UNCHRISTIAN ACTIVITIES United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received March 18, 5.5 p.m.) BERLIN, March 17. The Confessional churches of Saxony issued a manifesto, bluntly warning members to ward off the onslaught of Nazi-ism, which persecutes professing Christians. Those attending church should not be deceived by those describing the Old Testament as a Jewish book; and they must decide whether God’s word or the ambiguous speeches of those falsifying it will be proclaimed in the churches.