Evening star., 1934-07-11
German Citizens Also Are
Warned Against Spread
of False Reports.
NEWS WRITERS PLAN
GOEBBELS PROTEST
Speech Arouses Correspondents,
Who Claim Leaders Block
Verifcation of Reports.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
BERLIN, July 1l.-Nazi authorities
today sought 70 extend dictatorship TO
rumor- -mongering. which seems, judg-
ing from various DEGREES. TO be the
favorite indoor sport Of Germans
throughout the Reich.
Decree against spreading false re-
ports" are issued by Nazi section lead
ers and sub-offlcers OF the propaganda
ministry as well as police chiefs. pro-
vinical Governors and State cabinet
ministers.
How widespread is the carrying OF
tales which, in the opinion Of author
tiles, are based on false information.
is illustrated by enumeration of such
DEGREES and orders as have reached
Berlin Offices of foreign correspond
ents.
Reading these DEGREES produces the
opinion that reports of the shooting
of this or that storm troop leader
are stin current despite official de-
mails.
Vague Threats.
The DEGREES usually are couched
in vague terms of which the follow
ing by Divisional Leader Krause OF
Magdeburg is typical;
'Inasmuch as unscrupulous rumor-
mongers are using the tension Of
recent days to spread all sorts Of nom
sentical reports. found myself duty
bound TO admonish every National
Socialist not TO be carrier OF these
rumors and to observe discipline.
The population of Magdeburg
stands unshakeably behind its leader.
Adolph Hitler, and has no occasion
to lend ear to these wild scare-mon-
gers"
Other DEGREES add TO a general
warning of this nature q threat of
heavy punishment. Still others en-
join the population to report any
rumor-monger Immediately to the
police.
Meanwhile, Germany threatened to
expel foreign correspondents whose
accounts of the bloody second revolu-
ton" aroused Nazi ire.
Hitlers own newspaper, the Volk-
ische Beobachter, editorially under
scored a warning given the journalists
by Paul Joseph Goebbels, sharp
tongued minister OF propaganda, In an
address last night.
I'VE wish TO emphasize the minis
ter's frank warning that the German
government is no longer inclined to
tolerate foreign correspondents incit-
ing nations against each o:ler," said
the newspaper.
Germany Quiet.
Germany otherwise was compar-
attvely quiet, following days OF bullets
and then of oratory.
1t awaited an account of his stew
ardship from the lips of der fuehrer,"
Hitler himself, who has called the
puppet Eeichstag to meet Friday
night. Hitler is expected to explain
his ruthless suppression of the "Roehm
revolt" Of June 30.
Foreign correspondents, many of
them angered by Goebbel's bitter at
tack, considered the possibility Of
making formal remonstranceS.
They pointed to the dificulty of
getting confirmation Of reports and
rumors.
There will be no inconsistency in
our reports" said one veteran CORE
spondent. IF definite confirmation or
denial were possible at all times. 1t
has been my experience to be asked
What business is it of yours?' when
I endeavored to confirm certain re-
ports"
Americans Not Mentioned.
Goebbels struck particularly at
French, Russian and English press
and radio reports Of the "purging."
He did not mention the American
press.
A majority of the press, Goebbels
charged, embarked upon a campaign
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