BRITAIN ACCUSED

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19985, 10 July 1939, Page 5

BRITAIN ACCUSED

SPYING ALLEGED GERMAN PRESS TIRADE CONSULATES CHARGED CLAIMS IX AUSTRALIA INFLUENCE OF PIONEERS (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. July 10, 9 a.m.) BERLIN. July 8. Temporarily turning from allegations -of the “encirclement" of Germany, the whole weight of '.he German press has been flung into a campaign accusing 'Britain ol building up a vast network of espionage throughout Germany by using the consulates and passport control offices. Flaring headlines on the front pages of the -morning journals give prominence to an -official announcement that the Reich requested Britain to recall the British consul at Vienna, Mr. Donald Gainer, who is alleged to have been involved in espionage. Mr. Gainer has already relumed to London.

Abuse of Hospitality Headlines in Herr Hitler’s paper, the Volkischer Beobachter, say that Britain’s official representatives are strongholds of espionage. The Boersen Zeitung declares that Britain is abusing German hospitality and that even the highest representatives are involved in an espionage sea n dal. The official journal, Deutsche Dienst, says: “T( is intolerable that the consular service should be saturated toy professional spies and secret agents. Britain is in a mental state of morbid distrust and exaggerated fear, tout, primarily in order to further poison ihe international atmosphere, she is now expelling tn meant and irreproacltab 1 e G c man Development of Australia The Deutsche Algemaine Zeitung, describing the part of Germans are olaving in the development of Australia, declares that 00,000 settlers of German descent, once divided toy confessional feuds, are now organised under the swastika and "have been reminded of their -blood relationship with the great German national community.'’

It is asserted that they have joined forces with 4000 German citizens resident in Australia in order to foster the aims of the German League. The article, in listing the chief claims of 'Germans to rights in Australia, declares that the founder of Sydney whs a German and that the first vineyards and orchards were German. It also is pointed out that since the advent of Herr Hitler three schools and two seminaries had gained permission to Leach in German and also many towns had been restored to their original German names.