Evening star., 1935-03-01
UTILIZATION RULES
SAAR ON REUNION
WITH FATHERLAND
15-Year Separation Ends
With TriumphaI Entry
of Hitler.
SOVEREIGNTY TRANSFER
is EFFECTED IN PRIVATE
Fuch Receives Control of Area
From Baron Aloisi-Troopers
Occupy Villages.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAARBRUECKEN. Saar Basin Ter
rftory, Germany, March Adolf
Hitler came to the Saar today and the
population of the erStWhile League OF
Nations territory went wild with
adulation of der Reichsfuehrer.
This was the day when the Saar
Basin Territory Topped off from Ger
many by the World War and for the
last Is years under the government
of the League of Nations, went back
to German sovereignty
To celebrate the event, Hitler flew
by airplane from Berlin 20 Mannheim,
the last landing field before Sarr-
bruecken. for the local airport was
flooded by recent heavy rains With
him was Franz Won Papen, former
vice chancellor and now Minister to
Austria.
Troopers Line Avenues.
Hitler arrived at the city limit at
1880 pm. Ahead of him stretched
streets covered with flags and bunt-
ing The avenues ahead were lined
with Nazi storm troopers, respondent
in fresh uniforms.
For 25 minutes he drove through
StreetS-StreetS vivid with color,
deafening with the shouts of the
populace, filled with cries of He'll
The arms of the Stormers, the po-
lice. the aviation men and the citi-
zenS, raised in the Nazi salute, formed
veritable arch of humanity through
which the former Austrian army cor
poral. now leader of Germany, passed
in triumph.
The Saarlanders again are Ger
mans.
AIOisi Transfers Power.
In the name of the League of Ma
tionS, which administered the pro-
ductive area from the day the treaty
of Versailles became effective, Baron
Pompeo Aloisi of Italy formally trans
ferred the territory to German SOW
ereignty.
Wilhelm Frick, Nazi minister of the
Interior, accepted control over the
Saar for the Reich. and the mandate
of the January l3 plebiscite was full
filled.
The brief ceremony took place in the
government building along the Saar
River, while thousands of Saarlanders
who voted overwhelmingly for reunion
with Germany in preference to reten-
ton of the Leagues administration or
annexation to France, stood outside in
a driZzling rain.
NV,1yy hi Inh No nj
the three members of the League of
Nations Saar Governing Commission
witnessed the formalitieS.
Knox Not Present.
Col G. G. Knox who. as high COM
missioner, governed the territory dur
ing the time it was under the Leagues
control, was not present Baron Aloisi
succeeded the Englishman yesterday
to hold office only until today's for
malitieS were concluded.
simultaneously with the transfer,
seven columns of Storm Troopers,
each 900 strong, crossed the obliter-
ated frontier which until today Sepa-
rated the Saar Basin from its home
land
The military detachment marched
along seven different roads and "oc-
cupied" the nearest villages, where
they joined with the inhabitants in
celebrating the restoration.
Once the League of Nations author
ity had been set aside, the German
officials went Immediately to City Hall
where Frick inducted Joseph Buerckel
as little dictator" of the valley.
Hoist the Flags"
From there the minister of the in
terror sent thrill through the exult-
ant German nation as he solemnly an
nounced over the radio "hoist the
flags" This was the prearranged sig
nal for the Reich to begin its celebra-
tions
AS Frick received the token of SOW
ereignty from Baron Aloisi, he COM
mented that the day marked an ad-
vancement in the cause of peace.
Germany is solemnizing this day
with pride and JOY" he said. But
this is not only significant for Ger
many. For an end has been put to
European policy which endangered
the relations of two neighbor coun-
tries.
"The German government is con-
yinced that with definite settlement
of the Saar question an important step
has been made toward improvement of
the general European political situa-
ton and the peaceful collaboration OF
nations"
In a radio address to the German
nation later in the day Frick de-
clared "the hour of liberation has
come"
1--WE wan. to be free like our FORE
iathers." he said. I'VE will never
again tolerate that the German land
be forcibly taken away"