BITTERLY CONDEMNED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 46, 24 February 1939, Page 7

BITTERLY CONDEMNED

THE BUND MEETING LEADER’S SALUTATION SCATHING REFERENCE IN THE HOUSE [By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright] Received Feb. 23, 9.15 p.m. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. Representative Martin, addressing the House, bitterly attacked the Bund meeting last Monday, and Herr Hitler, whom he called a “pagan dictator.” Referring to Herr Kuhn’s salutation to tha audience as “My fellow Christian Americans," Mr. Martin said. “Among other delusions growing out of the world war was the delusion that it rid us of the hyphenated American, only to find that in his place we have the hundred per cent. Hun on whose lips the words “my fellow Christian Americans” is nothing less than barefaced mockery. These are words taken from a pagan dictatorship which has denied God, suppressed the Bible, persecuted Christianity and referred to the founder of the Christian religion as a dirty Jew pig.’ Every man who attended the meeting and sympathised with such sentiments is a traitor to the American Government.”

Mr. Martin asked,: “Must such things be tolerated In the name of liberty on the free soil of America. God save America from Nazi Christian Americanism.”

Members of both parties rose and applauded Mr. Martin vociferously.

A crowd of 25,000 jammed every street leading to Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night, when the Ger-man-American Bund held an "Americanisation rally” beneath mingled Swastika and American flags and placards reading “Stop Jewish domination of Christian Americans.” Protesting anti-Nazis, many of whom were trampled in the crush, were held back by 1600 police. Two hundred Socialists staged a ten-minute riot with 100 patrolmen and drove the police back till mounted reinforcements were rushed up. Fists, banners, and batons swung freely. Gr-j shirted Storm Troopers paraded inside the building, answering orders in German. The crowd later swelled to 100,000. Rioting broke out all ovei the Broadway district. The greatest concentration of police in the department's history fought men and women on the pavements and among jammed traffic. Mounted troopers were constantly moving from place to place breaking up disturbances.

“DICTATOR FRONT”

MUCH SKIRMISHING IN AMERICA IMPORTANT OCCURRENCES Received Feb. 23, 10.4 S p.m. NEW YORK, Feb. 23. Washington's birthday offered an opportunity for much skirmishing along the so-called “dictator front, and a variety of occurrences both in the Congress and out emphasise* America's great concern of interest therein. Among the most important of these occurrences were: (1) The injury of several persons when an anti-Nazi mob stormed the Deutscheschau's, Los Angeles, where members of the German-American Bund were giving a Washington birthday party. Herman Schwinn, west coast director of the Bund, threatened to clear the streets with his own Storm Troopers if the police

were unable. (2) Representative Martin strongly attacked the New York Bund meeting as traitorous. (3) A civil aeronautics authority member informed the Senate that Germany could raid the United States from South America. . (4) The Senate Military Affairs Committee recommended an upward limit of 6000 serviceable aeroplanes instead of the 5500 authorised by the Bill which passed the House last week. (5> Representative Maas closed the debate on the Naval Bases Bill with the declaration: “I am personally convinced that Japans fortified islands in the Caroline or Marshall groups are nearer Hawaii than Guam.” This statement was made in answer to charges that the fortification of Guam was for the purpose of defending British interests in the Far East. (6) Reports that an ItalianFrnech brush at Tunisia which, although categorically denied from Paris and Rome, gave point to Mr. Roosevelt’s expression of apprehension concerning the European situation on February 18. The New Yorx Times states that Mr. Roosevelt apparently knew of the Tunisia conflict when he made the observation that the European situation might require his early return to Washington.

WORK FOR WORLD PEACE

FRENCH TRIBUTE TO ROOSEVELT Received Feb. 23, 10.20 p.m. PARIS, Feb. 22. Speaking at the Washington birthday dinner, the Premier, M. Daladier paid a tribute to Mr. Roosevelts work for world peace. He repeated that France would never yield to a threat of force or blackmailing tactics. Nevertheless, she was ready to participate in a sincere effort for - limitation or reduction of armaments.