REJOICING ORDERED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 109, 11 May 1938, Page 7

REJOICING ORDERED

Hitler’s Return To Berlin JUBILATION TO ” KNOW NO BOUNDS” t'By Te'ecranh —Prese Association—Copyright] Received May 10, 10.20 p.m. BERLIN, May 10. Marshal Goering has issued a proclamation calling on the people of Berlin to receive Herr Hitler on his return from Italy to-night with “jubilation and rejoicing knowing no bounds.” The streets are illuminated with searchlights and coloured lamps ana will be lined with Storm Troopers with torches. Four hundred trumpeters from the Hitler Youth Organisation will herald the train’s entry at the station. HITLER IN FLORENCE WILD ENTHUSIASM ROME-BERLIN AXIS STRENGTHENED ROME, May 9. King Victor Emmanuel farevvelled Herr Hitler as he left for Florence in a bullet-proof train. The line of route was decorated and cordoned with troops. Vast crowds at many points gave an ovation to the Fuhrer. Signor Mussolini travelled separately. The dictators will fulfil an extensive sight-seeing programme at Florence. Signor Mussolini, having passed Herr Hitler en route, welcomed him at Florence. The dictators attended a reception at the Pitti Palace. The Florence correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that the former capital of united Italy accorded Herr Hitler the most enthusiastic reception since his arrival in Italy. Thousands of Black Shirts cheered wildly in the streets through which Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini travelled to th? palace. Crowds clamoured until the dictators appeared on the balcony, to which they were recalled ten times. Threatening Leaflets The precautions taken to ensur? Herr Hitler’s safety, however, were more stringent than in Rome and Naples, owing to the distribution of a large number of leaflets announcing that Florence would be the Fuhrer’s tomb. Helped by the Gestapo, the Italian police, who long ago had arrested all suspects, arrested a large number of other people and sent back discharged mental patients to the asylums. Nobody without a permit was allowed to enter the city. All cellars were carefully inspected and locked up. On the eve of entraining for Munich, Herr Hitler issued a statement: “It has been too beautiful. I have been moved by the remarkable friendliness and sympathy of the? population and I have rejoiced at the intimate understanding between Fascism and Nazism. Ours is certainly the same world. Ours is friendship not artificially constructed.” The Berlin correspondent of Th? Times says Germany is confident that the Fuhrer’s visit has strengthened the Pvome-Berlin axis.