FURTHER DECREES

Hokitika Guardian, 7 April 1933, Page 5

FURTHER DECREES

GERMAN MEASURES

RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGNERS.

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

•BERLIN, April 5

With the boycott receding into the background, other steps for the protection of German national interests are coming into view. The Cabinet have promulgated a new law providing the death penalty for acts of political terrorism, including arson, and the sabotage of public utilities. The issue of visas is made- (stricter to prevent the departure of citizens who are suspected of activities dotrimenal to the I,state, such as Die dissemination of false lep-orts.

Captain Goering has issued a decree, owing to the over-crowding of the p-rehisrions with foreigners, debarring foreigners from practising medicine, chemistry and dentistry.

GERMAN JEWS’ SUICIDE

TARIFFS “DOWNING” TRADE,

LONDON, April 6,

“The Times’ ” Berlin correspond* cut states: “Besides the suicides of a Jewish Judge and two- Jewish law. yers, la fourth Jew, Bettmann, a young assessor, who was disoharged from the Heidlobe-rg Law Courts, went home and saw a warning attached to his father’s door, and then walked to the cemetery and shot himself, leaving a. letter hoping that his sacrifice would not be in vain.

President Lister, of the Chamber of Shipping, declares that the international trade will soon he completely damned unless the British Government abandons its high tariff Walls. The shipowners know that there is no oneway traffic in trade. The shipowners would do their utmost to promote the success of the Economic Conference, because the health of shipping depended on world trade.

BOYCOTT’S DESIRED EFFECT,

LONDON, April 5,

The “Daily Telegraph’s” Berlin correspondent says: Though the boycott against the Jews is not being' resumed, “las it has produced the desired effect abroad,” a statement by the chairman of the central boycott committee shows that it will be made Permanent in another form.

All non-Jewish businesses are to be visibly attested by liirge plates, which, apparently, will be issued by the Government, or the- Nazi’. Party. The expulsion of' Jewish judges will' be permanent.

FURTHER DECREES

GERMANY AND GOLD STANDARD

BERLIN, April 6

Is Germany going off nominal gold standard? This question- is raised by the Reichsbank’s decision to re-pay in gold credit fourteen million sterling granted by the central banks of England, France and America, and the Rpc.ik of Inter national Settlements, The immediate effect will be to reduce the gold coverage of Germany’s currency to fifteen per cent. • ' LONDON, April G.

The “Daily Herald’,s” financial editor saws there is <v strong feeling both in London and New York that this move is part of a carefully prepared Nazi campaign to precipitate a crisis which would provide an excuse for the wholesale reduction of the interest on Germany’s external loans.

3000 JEWS REACH BASLE,

(Received April 7 -at 9.12 nun.) BASLE. Apnl 6

Three thousand Jews have arrived from Germany during the past few days'. The majority are prosperous business people who tell stones. <> persecution. Many have proceeded to France.

JEWS FLEEING TO HOLLAND

(Received April 7 at 9.12 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, April 6. Fifteen hundred Jews arrived from Germany yesterday, manv on foot being unable to pay the railway fme.

another outrage

attack on jews

outside ger man territory

(Received April 7 at 8.50 a.m.) BERLIN, April 6

Another outrage against German -.Jews, outride German, territory, is reported at Gaslei, Leichter,stein. Brothers, Alfred and Fritz Rotter, formerly leading theatre managers in Berlin, were walking with Alfred’s wile and Frau Wolf, when. seven young gunmen stopped and tried to drag them to a waiting meter car.

Alfred and the women struggled free, and jumped d-own a ravine in an -effort to escape. Env Wcif was found injured and the other two dead. Meantime the kidnappers secured Fritz, and drove furiously towards Tyrol. Frit:- at Triesenberg, .leapt from the car and fractured his skull. The police stopped the ear at Tyrol, and i-rrested the occupants who were gaolfcd at Foltlhirch,