Evening star., 1935-07-25
CATHOLIC PAPERS
|. FEAR REICH BLOW
Suppression Plea Arouses
Concern-Foreign Press
Scored in Germany.
Rx the Associated Press.

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BERLIN, July 25.-The Nazs at
tackled today on three fronts-against
the foreign press, against the Catholic
press at home, and against the war
veterans organization, the Steee
Helmet.
A large portion of Germanys press
heaped scorn ON foreign newspapers
for alleged "slander, biased reporting
and exaggeration" Of the German
governments anti-Semitic and anti
Catholic measures.
Catholic editors were worried as to
how soon Max Amann, the president
of the Reich press chamber and boss
of the German publishing business.
would strike against Catholic news
papers which he decides are not edited
"in the national Socialist spirit"
Political police dissolved the Steel
Helmet units in Western Mecklen-
burg, at Parchim. Ludwigslust and
Warren on the grounds of subversive
activity.
Parallel Abroad Seen.
The attack on the foreign press took
the form mainly of pointing out that
other nations had their own riots,
lynchings and such disorders and that
therefore there was no cause for them
to get unduly excited over disorders in
Germany.
The Nad party organ at Baden,
Fuehrer, appeared with demand that
Catholic newspapers be eliminated, as
part of the Nad drive against "polit-
ical Catholicism"
Last April rs, Amann published an
edict giving newspapers three months
to show they agreed with Nazi party
principles. That time now has ex-
pired.
The dissolution of the Steel Helmet
unit in Western Mecklenburg was
ordered, it was officially announced,
because resistance has been offered
by members of the Steel Helmet to
orders issued by state officials and
officers of the (NazD party"
Most particularly, the complaint
was made that the members Of the
war veterans units concerned had
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aerial protection ordered by the ad-
ministrative leader of the district.
Whether the entire Steel Helmet
organization may be dissolved has not
been ascertained. Although various
rumors have said sIch dissolution is
likely.
A campaign against the Catholic
harayoa nntirao Innar
Silesia, where church circles said the
Hitler youth movement was the back
| bone of a drive against the Catholic
press.
There, however. church circles con-
tended that the campaign was being
carried on by wordof-mouth propa-
ganda. They said the drive was al
ready partly successful, with the
number of subscribers to the Catholic
newspaper declining.
A spokesman for the propaganda
ministry. meanwhile. chuckled on
being informed of the proposal of
! Senator King, Democrat, of Utah, for
an investigation to determine whether
the Nazi anti-semitic and anti-church
policies warranted breaking OF diplo-
matte relations between the United
States and Germany.
Germany "Not Alarmed"
"would the United States feel war
ranted in breaking of relations with
England over the Belfast riots or with
France over anti-Jewish disorders in
Algeria several months ago?" the
spokesman asked. Why, the idea is
grotesque.
I'll bet some of Senator Kings
colleagues will be chuckling about
his proposition the same as l. Tell
them in America Germany doesn't
feel the least bit alarmed at Senator
Kings threat-if it is a threat"
While some church circles saw fur
ther repressive measures almost GER
tain within the next month, Jews
were more and more stunning public
places.
Mayor Treff of Steglitz, Berlin
borough, demanding boycott of Jew
ish stores, said:
"The shameless behavior Of certain
Jewish elements and other state enc
mics has recently made necessary spe-
cial regulations. 1t Is more than ever
necessary for each public employe to
buy only from German fellow citi-
zens"