LOYALTY TO HITLER

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 86, 5 January 1935, Page 11

LOYALTY TO HITLER

Solidarity Demonstration

LEADERS SUMMONED j ——-• Berlin, January 3. Speculation is rife regarding Herr Hitler’s sudden calling to Berlin of a>. key men in the Nazi movement from all parts of Germany, necessitating some returning by air, for a meeting in' the Opera House, which was eventually disclosed as a solidarity demonstration Soltjjers and. police closed the Opera House Square to traffic, 10.060 uniform ed men lining Herr Hitler’s route from the Palace. Herr Hess spoke, emphasising everybody's devotion to Herr Hitler. General Goering assured Herr Hitler that all were ready to follow him for life anadeath. He condemned the hostile Prius campaign. Herr Hitler acknowledged .the expressions of loyalty. ' The Nazi news agency ascribed the assemblage to the necessity for stamping out lies in connection with the Saar plebiscite, asserting that dissension was rife among the Nazi leaders. TO IMPRESS SAAR Reason For Demonstration “RETURN TO WORTHY HOME” (Received January 5, 12.5(1 a.m. i London, January 4. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Berlin correspondent says that the Nazi demonstration was held to impress the world in general and the population\of the Saay in particular. , , The chief mover in the scheme was Dr. Goebbels, Minister foe Propaganda, whose growing nervousness in the face of recent rumours has been evident to all close observers. It was thought necessary to show that nothing is wrong in the State of Germany. Herr Hitler’s speech revealed fear of persecution by hidden enemies. He said tliat the same people who had been unjustly attacking the Nazi movement for 14 years with a flood of lies and calumnies were reverting to the old weapons. ■ “It is essential that our brothers who return to us on January 13 (meaning people in the Saar) after 15 years of courageous resistance shall know that they are returning to a .worthy home. Those who have speculated on Germany’s hereditary fault of disunity will be wrong. No difficulties will toe too much for our will, faith, decency, unitv and co-operation. May Almighty Gocrkeep our people not only healthy but give us a strong spirit so that we will do justice to the tasks with which we are confronted.” ‘CHAMBER OF HORRORS’ Former Freemasons’ Hall (Received January 5, 12.50 a.m.) Berlin, January 4, The richly furnished Freemasons’ Hall, Nuremberg, which was closed a year ago with all lodges in Germany, on the ground that they were anti-Nnzi and run by Jews, has been reopened as a chamber of horrors.

Its rooms are filled with skeletons, death's heads mid huge knives, which it is stated'that the Freemasons used: Official guides escort visitors through the rooms explaining tlie “sinister antiGerman principles upon which the Masonic societies were based.” Admission is free, as tlie exhibition is regarded as educational.