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Matt Halton Considers Discretion the Better Part of Valor after Nazi Threats
After being advised that he was under suspicion, Matt Halton, Editor-in-Chief of The Gateway, 1928-29, and winner of an I.O.D.E. scholarship, who has been writing a series of articles on his impressions of Hitler’s Germany, has fled Germany, abandoning his mission for the time being, hoping, however, to continue after the pending German election.
Quoting Mr. Halton, through the Journal: “I have been scared out of Germany at last.” Having ignore the friendly warning of some of the Nazis, he was informed that he was being followed, and that it would be very advisable for his own sake to leave the country.
He very much regrets that he has not been able to finish his articles, but by staying and attempting to do so, he would face arrest. However, he claims he would not object to being arrested, but that in the end it would mean a long spell in jail on some false charge, before he could even be expelled from the country.
Journalists, living in Germany, agree that the facts spread before the public in Matt Halton’s articles are not in the least exaggerated; nevertheless, they fear to say too much lest the same fate await them as has befallen the ex-Albertan.
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