Evening star., 1939-02-25
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
BERLIN, Feb. 25-The Berlin
police authorities today acted to
speed emigration of Jews by serving
notice on the Jewish community
OF the city that it must furnish
each day the names of 100 Jews
who then will be required to leave
the country within two weeks. The
order is to take effect Monday.
Some new measure against the
alleged enemies of the May regime
had been expected today following
double-barreled attack on Ger
man-haters abroad" and opponents
OF the regime at home delivered
by Chancellor Hitler and his min
lister of propaganda, Paul Joseph
Goebbels.
Hitler spoke last night at a Mum
ich rally of his ''old Guard" on the
18th anniversary of the founding
of his Nazi movement. Goebbels'
blast appeared in Hitler's paper,
Voelkischer Beobatchter. Both ac-
knowledged continued opposition to
the Nazis in Germany.
Taxes to Be Deducted.
Today's police notice provided
that as soon as the 100 names are
furnished the necessary deductions
for taxes. the billion-mark fine
levied on Jews last November after
the killing of Ernst vom Rath in
Paris. the capital flight tax and a
special levy for the support of aged
Jews unable to emigrate will be
taken from the fortunes of the
nominees.
They then will be handed their
passes. bearing the large imprint
u" (Jew). and told to obtain a visa
to some other country within IA
days.
The order caused CONSERVATION
in Jewish circles. which had hoped
the Reich would permit them to
wind up their affairs normally with.
out undue pressure.
Leaders of the Jewish community
said they could name only 300 or
400 Jews whose ability to leave
within a fortnight they could give
assurance.
Seek to Drive Wedge.
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small clique at home are seeking to
drive wedge between the people
and the leadership" Goebbels de-
clared.
Even atheistic bolshevism fra
ternizes in this with the Catholic
church because both are enemies
of authoritarian states
Threats, said Hitler, will make
no impression on us-should they
ever bring the peoples to the mad
ness of a war, we shall never capitu-
late. The year 1918 will never be
repeated in German history"
Hitler declared: "A few opponents
still remain, but they are dying out.
They are the well-known friends Of
the black, red and gold coalition
(the former German republic) who
are arrayed against us as they are
arrayed elsewhere in the world"
Some foreign correspondents for
newspapers particularly hostile to
national socialism recently received
intimations that their Berlin offices
may be closed permanently.
Goebbels attacked democracies.
Jews, Marxists and the church in
an article in Hitler's newspaper.
Voelkischer Beobachter. Hitler spoke
last night at the annual gathering
in Munich of 1900 of his oldest fol-
lowers, observing the 10th anniver-
sary of the formation of the Nazi
party program.
240,000 Leave in 6 Years.
A semi-ofhcial announcement said
240, 900 Jews had left Germany since
the Nazis came to power January 30,
1888, the majority of them going to
the United States.
The statement was the first au-
thoritative indication of how many
Jews had joined the six-year exodus
to escape anti-Jewish measures.
Since new action against them was
instituted last November, 100000
Jews have emigrated, the statement
declared.
Next to the United States. South
American nations received the bulk
of the emigrants. France, England,
Belgium, The Netherlands, Switzer-
land and China were listed as also
having taken large numbers.
The best previous information had
placed the number of Jewish emf
grants at 215,000.
An estimated 100000 Jews still are
trying to leave Germany.