Berlin, Dec. 4. The German Press launched a violent anti-Rumanian campaign today after publishing reports upon the shooting of Captain Cornelius Codreanu, imprisoned leader of the Fascist "Iron Guard" who planned the abortive' march on Bucharest early this year.
The "Berliner Boersen Zeitung" compares Captain Codreanu to Calve Sotello, whose murder gave the signal that began the Spanish civil war.
Semi-ofücid D.N.B. news agency translates press commentaries from Hungary and Poland and puts them out under significant headings, adding, "The excitement of the Rumanian people is growing with every hour!"
The "Essener National Zeitung, generally considered to be the mouthpiece of Fielđ-Marshal Hermann Goering, says, "The formula, Shot while attempting to escape, is obviously the last political brain child of the regime of terror instituted in Rumania since the start of this year."
Writing upon the death of Captain Codreanu's companions, the same newspaper adds, "In this, as in the first case, it is simply a case of brutal murder arising solely out of the desire to maintain in power the present dictatorial regime."
The approach of the December 11 elections to the Lithuanian Diet brought about in the German Press today a campaign in favour of the total realization of autonomy for Memel, as provided for in Memel's Constitution.
The "Danziger Vorposten" writes about "home rule for Memel and German reports mention more and more often "oppression of Germans by the Lithuanians."
It is announced that the Memel police, in German hands, has disarmed the "Schaulists" who formed a sort of Lithuanian militia.—Havas.
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