THE BOYCOTT POLICY

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 497, 3 April 1933, Page 5

THE BOYCOTT POLICY

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LATEST DECISION RESTRICTls' ' OPERATIONS TO ONE . DAY FINANCIAL POSSIBILITIES j

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Rec. April 2, 5.5 p.m. Berlin, March 31. , Jlerr Goebels has informed foreign .correspoiidentsifihat. th^ an,tj[Jewish boycott, starting with iron discipline on April 1, will' be enforced throughout the d'ay to ascertain .effect . in,. the . forefgn press. The boycott w.iR ft>e re-estr ablished on April 4 , jf the unfavourahle comments are continued. The sudden .decision to limit the boycott to one day .is .regarded in responsible quarters as a recognition that dislocation will inevitably f oi- . low an extension * of such measures. Nazi boycott offlcials admitted that telegrams from A-merica jnsisted on the exclusion of Jewish banks. from to-day's activities^ It is not unlikely that the financial risks urged in, influential quarters, caused the change in the original plan under ydiich the boycott would have been continued indefinitely. . Even Nazi members of Cabinet insisted on the desirability of avoiding economic complications, It is suspeeted that the whole campaign was a sop to Nazi extremists, who for years have been inciting to anti-Semitis'm. * It remains to be seen whether once the boycott is started, the leaders will be able to check it. On Sunday night, for the benefit of foreigners, placards were posted in ungrammatical English saying, "Germans defend yourselves against Jewish atrocity propaganda." There is reason to believe that the limitation of the anti- Jewish boycott is due to Herr von Neurath's threat to resign if it were carried through. Herr Hitler, thereupon compromised to one day., and insisted that Herr von Neurath stay in the Cabineti When the official boycott began, many Jewish shops were not.open and heavily picketed. Nazi placarded win1 dows warning citizens that they traded at the risk of their lives.