Berlin, Mar. 20. The Federal Minister of the Interior Dr. Severing has addressed a letter to the Government of Thuringia complaining of gross Inck of courtesy on the part of the Thuringian Minister of the Interior, Mr. Trick, a militant National: Socialist, for not only ignoring to answer all communications address ed to him by the Federal Government but even publicly boasting that would never do so.
Dr. Severing states that not only will no further communications be addressed from the Federal Government to the Government of Thur-india till all" previous ones have been, acknowledged, but also till a satisfactory explanation has been Until then such moneys as are payable by the Reich to Thuringia will be withheld.
The first of such payments, amounting tp a quarter of a million Marks is due on April t and is intended for the admi the police which Fri by the Republicans with attempting to turn into an anti-Republican force subservient to National-Socialist It ix understood that the Federal Cabinet is determined to support to the utmost Dr. Severing's order to discontinue the payment -of the Reich's share towards the upkeep of the Thuringian State police. It is
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