AN APPARENT MENACE.

Wairarapa Age, 13 March 1933, Page 5

AN APPARENT MENACE.

Fears of Reckless Move By Hitler. ATTACK ON POLISH CORRIDOR POSSIBLE. BRITISH MINISTERS’ MISSION TO GENEVA. DANGEROUS SITUATION. (Received Sunday, 11.30 p.m.) , LONDON, March 12. The entire Sunday Press emphasises the danger of the present situation in Europe, which is described as the most serious since 1914. The papers declare that the real mission of Mr. Ramsay MacDonald and Sir John Simon to Geneva is to prevent an almost immediate conflagration. Events in Germany have developed so rapidly since Hitler came to power that anxiety is expressed in several capitals lest, flushed with victory, he may determine to invade the Polish corridor.

France is undisguisedly alarmed both by this fear and by the manner, which Hitler has armed the Nazi Steel Helmets and police. One paper suggests that the position is so serious that an attempt may be made to induce Hitler and Mussolini to meet Anglo-French statesmen on the borders of Italy. Australia is believed to be on the point of uniting with Hungary for the restoration of the Hapsburgs. GERMAN REPORTS. ALLEGED CONCENTRATION BY POLAND. TROOPS & PLANES AT BORDER POINTS. (Received Sunday, 6.30 p.m.) BERLIN, March 11. Despite the Polish Government’s denials, the “Oglischer Rundschau,” General von Schleicher’s organ, asserts that Polish troops have been concentrated at various border points and that there is unusual military activity throughout the corridor. Nearly three hundred military aeroplanes have been assembled at one aerodrome and the tank unit at Posen has been increased from thirty-five to eighty-five. Troops and aeroplanes continue to arrive at G'ydnia, while Dirchau looks like a war camp. Troop movements are occurring between Gyndia and Preusstchtarg with the object of surrounding Danzig. FRANCE & BRITAIN. PLEDGE OF SUPPORT VAINLY SOUGHT. LONDON, March 11. Several Paris correspondents affirm that Nazi -rule £n Germany figured largely in the discussions between Mr. Ramsay MacDonald and M. Daladier, the French Premier, who is represented as trying hard, but vainly, to secure a pledge of British support in the event of trouble. . t ( HANDSAND IwONEY. HERR HITLER’S DECLARATION. UNDERSTANDING FAVOURED. (Received Sunday, 1'1.30 p.m.) BERLIN, March 12. ‘' I favour an understanding with all nations, but it can only be reached among equals,” said Herr Hitler, addressing a meeting of 20,000 on the eve of the Municipal elections. “We are ready to offer our hands, but people today only want our money.” IMPERIAL FLAGRESTORATION AS GERMANY’S EMBLEM. (Received Sunday, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, March 11. The “Daily Mail’s” Berlin correspondent states that Herr Hitler has issued orders restoring the old empire flag as Germany’s emblem. SAFETY OF JEWS.' ALLEGED MALTREATMENT IN MAGDEBURG. BERLIN, March 10. Captain Goering, Minister of Police, assured the Jewish Citizens’ Union that the safety of the lives and property of loyal Jews was legally guaranteed. Nevertheless, the Nazis closed several Jewish shops in Magdeburg, and allegedly maltreated the employees and customers, causing women and children to be trampled down in a panic. NOT TO BE TOLERATED. SOCIALIST TRADE UNIONS. (Received Sunday, 6.30 p.m.) BERLIN, March 11. ' Captain Goering told' a Swedish interviewer that Germany would not tolerate the existence of Socialist trade unions. The whole movement would be reconstructed on a national basis as in Italy. Dr. Luther, President of the Reichsbank, is reported to be resisting Herr Hitler’s demand to use the Reichsbank’s reserves to finance unemployment schemes. It is rumoured that his resignation is imminent. Herr Schacht is mentioned as his successor. ACTION IN BAVARIA. SUPPRESSION OF REPUBLICAN ORGANISATION. (Received (Sunday, 6.30 p.m.) BERLIN, March 11. The Republican Reichsbanner organisation throughout Bavaria has been dissolved and the display of its flags and badges prohibited. The police have confiscated its property.