ATTACK ON NAZI DIPLOMAT

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21189, 9 November 1938, Page 7

ATTACK ON NAZI DIPLOMAT

YOUTHFUL POLE’S ' REVENGE Sequel to Expulsion of Jews Serious Diplomatic Repercussions United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright PARIS, November 7. A seventeen-year-old Jew, Herschel Grynszpan shot and seriously wounded Dr, von Rath, secretary to the German Embassy. The youth asked to see the Ambassador, and was told that it was impossible, whereupon he drew’ a revolver. He told the police he went to the Embassy on a divine mission as he wished to avenge the Polish Jews who were expelled from Germany. He travelled to Paris for that purpose. The German Embassy states that Dr. von Rath, wounded in the chest and lungs, was removed to a private hospital where an operation was performed. His condition is serious. Grynszpan, who was born in Hanover, possessed a Polish passport issued by the Paris Consulate. REQUEST REFUSED GERMAN PROTEST LIKELY United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright PARIS, November 7. The police rejected the German Embassy’s request to permit a German representative to be present during the questioning of Grynszpan. The Embassy is now considering a formal protest to the French Government. GERMANS HOTLY INDIGNANT JEWS ANGER REVEALED United press Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyright (Received November 8, 5.5 p.m.) PARIS, November 8. The shooting of Dr. von Rath is regarded as most regrettable in view of the international situation. It is expected that Herr Hitler will demand that Grynszpan be handed over, as the shooting was perpetrated technically in German territory, and also that sterner measures be taken against opponents of the Nazi regime at present in France. Herr Hitler telephoned the Embassy inquiring the condition of von Rath, who has undergone two operations for blood transfusion. “Sorry I Did Not Kill Him” “I am sorry I did not kill him.” Grynszpan allegedly told the police, and added: “I wished to avenge the Jewish people by killing some German, I did not care whom." A letter from Grynszpan’s parents was found dated October 31, which read: “We are in a train and approaching the Polish frontier. We were roughly expelled from Germany and have been left without a farthing. We do not know what we can do." Grynszpan’s uncle and aunt have been arrested and charged with harbouring an alien. French Regret M. Bonnet (Minister of Foreign Affairs) has expressed regret to the German Ambassador. Fuhrer’s Concern The Berlin correspondent of “The Daily Telegraph” says: Herr Hitler has sent his own medical attendant. Dr. Brandt, and also Professor Madnuss to Paris by air to attend von Rath. OUTBURST AGAINST jfcVV’S NAZI PRESS VIEW United Press Association—By Elin.—<c Telegraph—Copyright Independent Cable Service (Received November 9, 12.5 a.m.) BERLIN, November 8. There is general press unanimity that “international Bolshevik and Jews are behind Dr. von Rath’s shooting, which is linked up with that of Gustloff in Switzerland.” “The Volklscher Beobachter,” the chief Nazi Party organ, declares that the shots not only mark a new German attitude towards the Jews, but should also be signal for other countries to recognise that international Jewry alone hinders an understanding between the nations. EXPULSION OF JEWS ITALIANS PROVIDE EXEMPTIONS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyrlgb t ROME, November 7. A Jewish Agency states that out of an estimated total of 15,000 Jewish families, 3522 Italian Jewish families are entitled to exemption under the new racial laws on the grounds that members were either killed and decorated in the Great War. killed or wounded in the service of Fascism, or joined the early Fascists and participated in the march on Rome.