The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-23

Compelling German citizens to register with Nazi consulates and report any change in their address or personal status.
 Appointing regional leaders, un- der direct supervisio of Berlin, to inculcate Nazi principles in Ger mans living abroad.
 Establishing clubs at which Ger mans meet.
 Providing those clubs with films, newspapers and books that reflect Nazi theology. .+
 Encouraging the club members to give the Nazi salue and observe Nazi holidays.
 Discouraging Germans from mar rying Jews or even mingling with Jews.
 Any German citizen-there are about 100000 of them in the 25,- 100000 persons of German descent living abroad-who fails to keep in close touch with the local consul is subject to loss of citizenship.
 It is expected here that this cam- paign will become wider and more intense now that Hitler definitely is embarked on his middle European adventure. It is definite that a list of eligible lawyers and doctors has been sent to Germans living in New York and the presumption is that similar instructions went to other large centers of population.
 One new phase of this campaign. according to seni-official circles here, will be a stiffening of the Nazi attitude toward foreign newspaper correspondents. There may even be repriSals against correspondents - expulsion from Germany would be the most likely one-in cases where foreign newspapers publish unfound- ed reports. Such reports were sent out during the recent army purge" most of the dispatches being based on reports originating outside of Germany.
 In the five years of Nazi rule 20 correspondents of the foreign press have been expelled. Several others have left under pressure. The most recent instance of Nazi displeasure toward the foreign press occurred at the time of the correspondents ball to which some government off, cials had accepted invitations. None appeared.
 There appears to be a widespread misunderstanding abroad about cen- SorShlp in Germany. There is no censorship in the sense that the Nazis seek to control the means of transmitting news. Any correspond ent can telephone to London, Paris or anywhere else whenever he cares to do so, and can transmit over the telephone any informant ton or mis- information without interference from the authorities. Hundreds of press calls go through daily from Berlin to London and Paris.
 There is. however, close restric- tion on sources of information in cases involving matters the govern ment wishes to keep secret. This makes it extremely difficult to ob- tain reliable information unless the Nazls see fit to make such informa- eAOAl puDAAC.
 The government tries to "canalize" official information through the ministry of propaganda and the of ficial news bureau - two places where strict control can be exer- cised. Nazis discourage persons in official capacities from furnish ing information to foreign corres- pondents.
 For instance one German is now serving life sentence in prison for giving to a French correspondent and foreign embassy, details of a press conference attended by Ger man newspaper men. In certain cases furnishing information to for eigners is regarded as such serious offense that it is placed in the cate- gory of treason.
 The government, of course, has a rigid censorship on German news papers. In the case of foreign cor respondents-in the light of the 20 expulsionS-censorShip in Germany appears to be something that is in- voked after publication, not before
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