Evening star., 1935-01-15
Saarbruecken Police Force
in HitIerite ControI-120
Anti-Nazi Officers to Be
Arrested Today.
go PCT. CAST BALLOTS
FOR RETURN TO REICH
Vote Is 477,119 for Germany.
46,513 for Status Quo, 2,124
for Annexation to France-Ofi-
cial Position of Territory
Awaits Action by League.

(copyright. 1885. by the Associated PressJ
SAARBRUECKEN, Saar Basin Ter
rltory, January 15.-The Nazis. having
swept the Saar plebiscite with q poll
OF 80 per cent of the more than half
million votes cast Sunday, today as
sumed full command of the Saar-
bruecken police force.
They started out to round I'D about
l2O men-all the anti-Nazi members
of the blue coats. Thirty of them, and
these included some who fed from
Reichsfuehrer Hitler's Germany, were
said by the Nazis to have been Jailed
before 130 pm.
Sixteen Communists previously re-
ported arrested turned out to be
policemen.
120 to Be Jailed.
The entire 100, the Nazis said, would
be jailed before nightfall unless they
escape across the frontier. These men
formed special group recruited sew
eral months ago as the day of the
plebiScite neared.
Although the League Of Nations
Governing Commission still directed
the affairs of the territory, all public
services were in virtual rebellion
against foreign control on freedom
day"
French officials of the telegraph
service said their employees refused to
take orders. kilograms were lying on
the counters untouched while the cele.
bration continued
Two members of the Society of
Friends arrived from London to aid
possible refugees.
Socialists poured into the Socialist
center building here from all over
the territory. filling up the great
auditorium inside. Outside, however,
everything was quiet.
Up until early afternoon there had
been no sign of mob action anywhere.
So far as could be discovered, the only
concerted action had been against the
local police.
477,119 Vote for Reich.
The Nazi victory was complete.
After a full night of tabulation, the
plebiScite commission announced the
vote to be:
For return to Germany, 477,ll9;
For the status quo, 46,5l3;
For annexation to France, 2,l24.
One OF the police arrested had been
sent as bodyguard for Max Braun.
leader of the Common Front, organ
lzation which fought return to Ger
PrQlIn hod
for his life should the territory re-
unite with the Reich. The officer was
held for Stealing arms after their
seazure in the Socialist welfare CEN
ter, where Braun has lived for months.
Braun refused to flee across the
frontier despite the insistence of his
friends.
Two other policemen and a woman
were arrested in his sight. The Off
GERS had rushed to the Socialist head
quarters for protection, claiming Nazi
members of the police force had con-
fiscated their arms in a barracks here.
Although the city government is
strongly pro-Nazi. about 40 members
of the Saarbruecken police were said
to have favored maintaining the
status quo. 1t was reported that for
mer Police Commissioner Machts Of
Saarbruecken had fed to France.
Will "Shoot From Windows"
Warned that Nazis were after
him." Braun shouted he would shoot
from the windows" if they molested
him.
Communists. who bad been called
to protest meetings by their leaders
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