HITLER BROADCASTS

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 95, 16 January 1935, Page 9

HITLER BROADCASTS

Time Come For Appeasement and Reconciliation DEEP DESIRE FOR PEACE (Received January 16, 1.20 a.m.) Berlin, January 15. Herr Buerckel, Herr Hitler’s Saar Commissioner, announcing the result tx> Herr Hitler, said: “The voice of the blood becomes an iron law.” Herr Hitler replied: “Fifteen years of injustice to Saar Germans is coming to an end. A treaty has been rectified which promised peace but brought in Its wake endless bitterness and oppression. With the return of the Saar there will be no more territorial claims by Germany against France. I declare that no mqre claims will be raised by us. We are now certain that the time lias come for appeasement and reconciliation. “I want to express my gratitude and satisfaction at the loyal help other countries have given France and ourselves tlu-ough the difficult days by' guaranteeing orderly procedure during the plebiscite. We want to assure the world of our deep desire for peace. Just as we are determined to win back our equality of rights in the fullest measure, afterward we will co-operate fully in the creation and preservation of that international solidarity which is essential to the welfare of the peoples of the world.” ■ He greeted Germans of the Saar who I had returned to the open arms of the •* home country. He added: “In these coming weeks, you representatives of the German people and the Reieh, I know you won’t forget that you must continue to act in a "way that no blame is attachable to you.” After Herr Hitler’s broadcast a choir sang “Great God, We Prise Thee and Magnify Thy Works.” The Saar song followed, then church bells rang throughout Germany. WILL MAKE APPEAL Request That Poll Be Ruled Null and Void HERR BRAUN'S INTENTION » (Received January 15, 7.40 p.m.) London, January 15. The Saarbrucken correspondent of the Central News Agency say that Herr Max Braun, the Socialist leader, in a special interview, said: “I shall appeal to the' league to declare the poll null and void on the ground that while it was taken by neutral, officials with scrupulous fairness, the background of terrorism made a free an uninfluenced vote impossible. Mr. G. G. Knox, chairman of the Saar Governing Commission, asked me to keep my people off the streets to-day and I promised to do so. We shall stay indoors but, if attacked, shall shoot from windows.” lu the “Daily Mail” Mr. Ward Price, writing from Saarbrucken, says that the voters were so harassed by warnings and directions that the majority were depressed as if undergoing a ma-l jor operation. They dared hardly l speak in the.queues. Herr Braun declared that a Germay, Front reign of terror was likely within 48 hours. POLICE PLOT ALLEGED German Attack on Mr. Knox (Received January 15, 7 pant) Berlin, January 15. Mr. G. G. Knox, chairman of the Governing Commission, is attatftked by an official German agency for neglecting supervisory duties, and not preventing disaffection among the Saar police. The charge is based on an alleged plot organised by the so-called emigrant police, these being anti-Hitlerites, Communists and others expelled from Germany who secured entry to the force. The agency says that Herr Macht’s squad of 120 planned, under the leadership of Constable Grumbarii, to seize power by force. Grumbach was suspended a few days ago and has disappeared. Major Hennessy., head of the police force, on Monday searched the barracks, disarmed 69 men, confiscated weapons and addressed the force secretly at midnight. The agency affirms that Mr. Knox cannot be acquitted of blame. It reports that six police and a woman friend of Herr Macht have been arrested, in connection . with. thejnfot;