Evening star., 1934-08-26
WR|TER'SOUSTER
ST|RS DIPLOMATS
Dorothy Thompson's ExpuI.
sion by Nazis Suggests
Wholesale Action.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
BERLIN, August 25-A pleasant
young man In civilian clothes" yes
terday delivered to Dorothy Thomp-
son-Mrs. Sinclair Lewis-an invita-
ton to leave" Nazi Germany.
Tonight the wife of the Nobel Prize
winner, herself widely known for mag
azine and other writings, was ready
to go to Paris.
The German government had ex-
PEELED an American newspaper cor
respondent for damaging Germany
in the world press for the first time
since Adolf Hitler came to power, and
tonight diplomatic and newspaper cir
cles, buzz over the case, wondered
whether 1t might be the prelude to
wholesale expulsion of foreign cor
respondents.
Delivers Parting Shots.
The free lance contribution to
American newspapers and magazines
paused long enough in packing her
bags to loose several parting shots at
Nazidom
"that Germans have the right to any
form of government they choose.
agree to that and personally have
consistently opposed all organized at
tempts, such as boycott, which aim
to reform this government from with
out.
But National Socialism, on its own
claims, is not only a system of Ger
man government but is world out
look which is frankly directed against
the liberal and democratic concep-
ton under which a great part of the
world still lives, and which some of
us, curiously enough, still cherish.
Must Expect Opposition. q.
"It cannot expect to set itself
against the most priced institutions
and credits of other countries without
encountering robust and energetic op-
position"
Miss Thompson's offense, apparently,
was not any general unfavorable COM
ment on Germany but unfavorable
personal impressions of Hitler him
self published in connection with an
interview she had with him more than
two years ago.
She was ready with her protest.
"I should like to point out" she
said, that 1t (the Hitler article) was
written some time before Hitler be-
came chancellor and when he did not
enjoy the support of more than 35
per cent of the German people. =
1t is difficult to see how an adverse
impression at that time could be in
terpreted as an attack on Germany"
Get "a Hours Stay.
The first American correspondent to
be ordered out under Hitler-ironi-
cally enough, wife of the writer whose
caustic description Of American life
once infuriated his sharper critics to
the point of urging that he be elected
from the country-got "a hours stay
on her Invitation to leave" The
American consul secured the extern
sion.
The consul was informed, Miss
Thompson said, that 'if didn't leave
before tonight, the invitation would
be followed tomorrow by an official
order from police headquarters and
then would be accompanied to the
border by two police officials
There is, find, no legal appeal
against such an order.
''T7' e fact that was granted a visa
in New York, that was in Germany
entirely legally, that I engaged in no
illegal activity of any kind while here
or caused any complaints is not per-
tinent to the order, which is due to
artfn1nc hnuo r,vitfor1 al he
National Socialistic movement during
the last three years"
Met No Discourtesy.
Asserting she had not encountered
"the slightest discourtesy on the part
of any of the authorities" Miss
Thompson said she understood the
expulsion order was based on a para
graph of the 1882 law which empowers
the government to expel any person
whose activities "have tended to dam
age the reputation of the country"
Anticipating that other foreign cor
respondents might be expelled and
foreign newspapers, most popular
reading matter in Germany recently,
might be conf1scated, members of the
diplomatic corps were reported in
formally discussing a joint demarche.
No definite step has been taken,
however.
A telephoned inquiry to the secret
police headquarters brought the re-
ply: Everybody who knows anything
about the Thompson case is out and
won't be back until Monday"
The propaganda ministry said:
ITS a mistake to say she is expelled.
She was only advised to leave"
COMPARED TO MOWRER CASE.