The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-28

eign banking interests were surpris- ed by Goering's decree, and they were uncertain still as 10 it's eX- act implica tions But they expressed belief that it prepared the way to complete elimination of Jewish busi- ness interests in Germany-prob- ably at sacrifice prices.
 1 It was estimated that If "utiliza- ton" were resorted to a matter of several billions of marks might be involved. GA mark is worth about 40 cents).
 Commenting on the decree, today's 5 issue of the newspaper Voelkischer Beobachter, official organ of the Nazi party, said:
 Foreign Jewry has so vehemently attacked national socialist (NazD Germany that it must be feared that foreign Jews will transfer prop erty abroad and use it in bating Germany. The decree prevented this"
 Separate Jewish Pupils
 The new Nazi attention to Jews was reflected in an official order issued by the superintendent of Vienna municipal schools, instruct ing school principals that Jewish pupils must be separated immedi- ately from "Aryans" and put into special schools.
 On the other hand Joseph Buerckel, Nazi leader in Austria, or dered special patrols of the crack "SS" storm troops to supplement ordinary police in street patrols to suppress any anti-JeWiSh exceSSes, especially against Jewish shop keep CTS.
 In a radio speech last night it was explained that Buerckel ordered out the patrols because he would not permit unauthorized action against Jewish merchants. It was ordered that the populace including Nazi party members implicitly obey the patrols who appeared in the streets today wearing special yellow arm bands.
 Shortage of Currency
 The inclusion in the utilization decree, of property owned by for eign Jews, including United States citizens, was regarded in some for eign banking quarters as another symptom of the governments in- creasing severe shortage of foreign currency. This shortage has been intensified by falling exports. It has become evident in number of ways. Permits for foreign currency have been drastically curtailed. Il was reported that travellers who ap- piled months ago for currency with which to visit Italy-southern end of the Berlin Rome axis" of coop eration-have not received their per- mits and, so far as they know, have no prospect of receiving them.
 An example of currency shortage was provided in the experience of one American woman here. Her daughter returned to Berlin for the Easter holidays from her school in Switzerland. Now, the mother is informed, there are no Swiss francs to permit her daughter to return to school.
 Nazis Decline World Fair
 The cancellation of Germany's participation in the New York World Fair to be held next year whether or not it was in reprisal for American delays in granting a permit for Germany to obtain helium gas for her dirigibles-was seen also as a symptom of currency shortage.
 Some foreign observers held that if even-as the reichsbank asserts Germany's foreign currency reserves are not at an specially low level, the government may be storing up cur- rency for some need in the near fu- ture, possibly in connection with the Central European situation or for service on Austrian foreign debts.
 There was great interest in the German American treaty of 1883 as it applies to the Gocring "utiliza-
 Under the decree "non- AryanS" must place their properties. if worth more than 5000 marks