IN GERMANY

Hokitika Guardian, 30 June 1933, Page 5

IN GERMANY

A NAZI THREAT BY CAPTAIN GOEBELS. a (United P l- ess Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) BERLIN, June 28. Captain Goebels (Hitler’s Lieutenant) in a speech at Stuttgart, Wurtemburg, advised the Catholic Centre party of the Reichstag to dissolve voluntarily if it wanted to avert action by the Government. He declared that there was no longer any room lor such a party as tne Centre. The Government would render a service to the Catholic Church by causing the party to disappear. He added: “Our aim is the creation of a homogenous National Socialist party.” Captain von Papen, the vice-Chancel-lor of Germany lias arrived at Rome, but no audience has yet been arranged there for him. MASS WEDDINGS. BERLIN, June 29. There have been mas 8 weddings of Nazis arranged to be held at the Church " of St, Lazarus, here on July 2, when ; fifty men, wearing the full Storm Troop i uniform will bo married to fifty women ! attired in brtnvu blouses and skirts. The j • wedding will take place to the accom- j paniments of Nazi brass bands and a : parade of Storm Troops. FRONTIER PATROL. VIENNA, June 28. The Austrian Government has bought ! or rented five high-speed aeroplanes of a British make for a frontier patrol. EX-CHANCELLOR ARRESTED. (Received this day at 10 a.m.) BERLIN, June 29. The Socialist ex-Chancellor, Herr Gustav Bauer, was arrested on corruption charges, involving self enrichment . at the expense of the taxpayers. '