NAZI EXPULSION OF CORRESPONDENT

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 175, 11 August 1937, Page 5

NAZI EXPULSION OF CORRESPONDENT

—Press Assn.r

Britain Protests At German Action "DEPLORABLE EFFECT"

(By Telegraph'

-Copyright.)

(Eeceived 11, S.45 a.m.)' LQNDQN, Aug. 10. The 'diploiqatie correspondent of the Daily Telegraph understands that Lord Halifax, who is acfing a? Fpreigp JSecretary durjng the ' absqnpe of Mr. Anthquy Eden, pointed out to thq German Charge d'A^aires, ^exr Y^qer; manu, the " deplorabie p#ect Germany's request 'won|d havq on llritish jmhljc ppiiiipn. " ** ' ' J" " - Mr. Norman Ebbutt, the correspondent of The Times/whqrn geranany "rq-. guests "shou|d be remoyed as a reprisal for "the expulsion of the German journalis'ts} frohi Eritain, Hqrrqn * Cib(me, Wiede and Larigden/ is aged 43. Iffe has worlced in the Berlin 'bfiice of The Times since 1925, and has' been the. paper's chief correspondent i since 1927. The Morning Post's Berlin correspondent says that' Mr. Ebbutt has been repeatedly abused by the Ger-, man Press, nqta-bly by the Nazi paper Angriff, which is closely connected with Dr. Gpebbels, Minister for Pro-^ paganda. Thq News-Chronicle reealls that Hqrr /pangden, one qf the expelled German jqu/nalists, Y/ho is a clpje personal friend of General Qoqriqg, was expelled frq^i ftaly iq Fqbzuqry w/tfi: out explanation. •The " Manchester Gqardian says: "The three Germans have* npt beeq'expeiled as 'joqrnaiistSj 'but fpr' aetiyities that have nothing Jo dq with journalism. ' " ' '■ The British view is that if Germany" wants her relatio.ns with Britain to be as f riendly as possible, she should not take reprisals wh'ere hone are called for.'? The Berlin correspondent of Tho Times says that in view of Mr Ebbutts standing, the Foreign Press Assoeiation, representing 103 correspondents from '23 countries) of- which Mr Ebbutt was a former president, "is meeting on August 11 to investigate the situatiqn legally.