NAZI SEARCH

Hokitika Guardian, 27 July 1933, Page 5

NAZI SEARCH

TRAFFIC HELD UP

UNPRECEDENTED EXAMINATION (United Press Association—By Elpctrie Telegraph—Copyright;. LONDOIN, July 26. The “Daily Chronicle’s” Berlin correspondent says: The Na«is effected tue biggest iiolcl-up in history, without any hitch. Hundreds of thousands of motors and thousands of trains were stopped on the stroke of twelve o’clock. They were allowed to proceed punctually at 12.40 o’clock. Meanwhile, the occupants were compelled to leave the vehicles,, and to submit to an inspection .of their letters and their other personal documents. Fashionable women, who were riding in the trains were indignant when they were forced to disclose the contents of their handbags and to submit to the perusal of their correspondence. The search, was an extremely,thorough one. Mats and cushions were removed, panelling unscrewed, and mechanical parts were inspected. Even, spare, tyres were opened. . -• Such a search for subversive;, literature is unprecedented. ...Traffic jams occurred in the largo cities. Thousands of excited people were imprisoned at railway stations until the police, assisted by an army of: Brown Shirts had examined all of, the luggage. The police describe the ; soarch a« “having been a satisfactory success. Several for whoso arrest warrehtu had been issued were caught,, and hold, There was new baggage which revealed some forbidden written material. Numerous arrests were made for the illegal carrying of arms. GERMANY’S POLICE PLANES BRITAIN’S REPLY TO GOER ING

LONDON, July 25

An answer has been conveyed by the British Government to'Captain Go.ering, of,:the German Ministry, who r. cently approached the British Attache at Berlin with the information that Austria had purchased a few British aeroplanes of a military type for police purposes, and Captain Goering suggested the possibility of Germany purchasing similar machines for the'same purpose. The British. Government has informed Captain Goering that no aeroplanes of the H-oe indicated' had been supplied to tlie Austrian Government. The British Government. had no intention of conniving in any breach of "the Paris Air' Agreement of 1926, under winch fifty members of the German police * force were allowed to 'receive flying instructions, but the police force was not to perform any duties in the air, or to possess any aeroplanes. BIG EXODUS OF JEWS MAY FOLLOW PERSECUTIONS . - LONDON, July 20. The “Daily Herald” says: Undiminished Nazi persecution is likely to lead to a new exodus of the Jews from Germany. One hundred thousand of them already have left. Four hundred thousand more would depart if they were possessed of the means. Their settlement in Palestine, under the present conditions would be costly and impracticable. Influential Jews have approached the Governments of the Argentine, of Brazil, of Turkey and of Persia asking if they are prepared to facilitate the settlement of Jews in their countries. Persia welcomes technicians, and Turkey is willing to, admit professional trade experts. LITHUANIANS* FATAL FLIGHT WAS MACHINE SHOT DOWN? PARIS, July 26. The Strasbourg newspaper “Derniers Nouvelles” says: It has been widely reported that the aeroplane Lithuanica (in which the two Lithuanion American airmen, after flying the ] Atlantic, were recently killed in Pom- • crania, East Germany) was mistaken for a police plane and was shot down by German frontier guards, who are reputed to have been ordered to fire on the unknown plane, that was crossin? the Polish frontier. The newspaper adds: There are German anti-aircraft defences on the Polish frontier which are ecmipped with a chain of concrete machine-gun emplacements,