Evening star., 1938-11-18
Reich Calls Dieckhoff Home
To Explain Americas Queer
Attitude on Anti-Semitism
Nuzis Find Trouble
Believing Reports
From Envoy
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Je1Uish prosecutions in Ger
many hare stirred widespread
anger and resentment in United
States. Earlier this 1Ueek it Was
reDealed that the United States
had called home its Ambassador
in Berlin for accurate reports on
the German situation. Yester-
day it 7pas announced Douglas
Miller, American commercial
dttache in Berlin, also had been
called to Washington.
By the Associated Press
BERLIN, Nov. 18-Germany to-
day called home her Ambassador to
Washington for report on the
queer attitude of President Roose-
welt and other American leaders to-
ward the wave of violence and re-
strictive measures against Jews in
Nazi Germany.
The Summons to Ambassador
Hans Dieckhoff was sent just four
days after announcement that
United States Ambassador Hugh R.
Wilson had been ordered home by
President Roosevelt for report and
consultation.
The order for Dieckhoff to return
foreign office functionaries. 1t was
interpreted as meaning that Foreign
Minister Joachim Won Ribbentrop
and other members of the cabinet
have found it difficult to believe
Dieckhoff's cabled reports concern
ing American reaction to Germany's
anti-Semitism.
Declarations in L. S. Cited.
DNB, the official news agency, said
"the Ambassador will inform the
foreign minister in detail concern
ing the queer attitude toward events
in Germany of a domestic nature
which is apparent from declarations
by Roosevelt and other authoritative
personalities in the United States of
America"
officials generally had expected
that Dieckhof would return TO
Berlin to report only after Mr.. Will
son had conferred with President
Roosevelt.
Upon the nature of the American
envoy's report, the gist of which
Dieckhoff had been expected to
&earn, would depend the next Ger
Van step, informed circles believed.
Yesterday, however. it was re-
liably learned, reports from the
United States were considered by
Nazis to be so unfavorable that the
immediate summons to Dieckhof
was decided upon.
Those statements were said to have
compared the general attitude during
the Czechoslovak-German crisis in
September with the present Amer
lean frame of mind and to have
noted change from approval, be-
cause Americans felt Germany'S
annexation of the Sudeten areas
meant the union of Germans with
Germans. to one of "95 per cent"
indignation over the handling of the
Jewish situation
1n a press conference Tuesday
President Roosevelt said public
opinion in the United States had
been profoundly shocked by news
of Nazi- anti-Semitic violonceJ
A man who read dispatches from
the German Embassy in Washing
ton said the situation was reported
therein to be that had quiet period
followed the German annexation of
Sudetenland-perhaps with France
signing a declaration against war
similar to the one between the Brit
ish Prime Minister Neville Cham
berlain and Chancellor Hitler Sep
tember 30-a way might have been
paved for better understanding
with the United States.
All Changed Overnight.
All this. the report from the
United States was said to have de-
clared, was changed overnight when
antl-Semitic violence f1ared in Ger
many after German diplomat,
Ernst vom Rath was killed last week
by young Jew in the Paris En-
bassy.
Only a part of the afternoon
newspapers received the DNB dis
patch in time to tell the German
people about the summons to Dieck-
hoff.
The DNB report failed to mention
President Roosevelt's criticism ex-
cept indirectly to say that the diplo-
mat was to furnish information on
the Presidents queer" attitude.
No indication was given immedi-
ately as to whether the summons to
Dieckhof would be regarded editor
tally as Hitler's answer to the Presi-
dents criticism