THE NEAR EAST

Hokitika Guardian, 27 June 1933, Page 5

THE NEAR EAST

'**' TREASON CHARGES AUSTRIAN NAZIS ARRESTED. (United Press Association—By Electric ■telegraph—Copyright/.) ) VIENNA, June 25. All of the Nazi members of the ' Austrian Lower Diet have been arrested on the charge of high treason in connection, with recent bomb outrages. Mostly these resulted in .little damage, but they included an unsuccessful effort "to blow up the largest gasometer in Vienna. Sulphuric acid was dropped into letter boxes and the cement into tramlines. The Nazis have been painting Swastikas, in red, upon the signposts, the walls, and even ou the churches. IRON CROWN OATH REVISION. PLACATING LITTLE ENTENTE. LONDON, June 26. • The “Daily Telegraph&” diplomatic correspondent says: “In-order to placate the Little Entente powers, prince Otto and the ex-Empress Zita hlave agreed to the revision of the so-called Iron Crown .path, which the Hapsburgs have hitherto; taken when they became the Kings of .Hungary, In future there will b-e no claim to any territories within the Little Entente other than the Danubian States. BULGARIAN RISING FEARED. A STATE OF SIEGE IN SOFIA. , . .LONDON, June 26.. The “Daily. Telegraph's’’ Belgrade correspondent says: There-is no telephonic communication possible with Bulgaria. A state of siege has been proclaimed in Sofia, the capital, which is cut off from the world. The Government, being determined to put down a rival Macedonian organisation, have searched almost every house in the capita). During , the night many arrests were made. A , large quantity oi arms hja& been confiscated. .

It is rumoured that a, dictatorship will be proclaimed. 1100 ARRESTS MADE IN SOFIA. , " SOFIA, June 26. There were eleven hundred .arrests Sunday,. but non, a of the prominent Macedonian -leaders were found. .