NAZI CLAMPING DOWN ON AUSTRIAN FREEDOM Arrest of Clerical Orders Begun And Masonic Lodges Are Watched In Austria. VIENNA, March 17 (AP) Henrich Himmler, chief of all Germany's police, today ordered the arrest of all persons belonging to "certain clerical quarters", who he said were spreading "false rumors about new national Socialist Austria." The order mentions 110 names, but it warned an immediate EUROPE AT A GLANCE LONDON Cabinet revolt against Prime Minister Chamberlain's cautious foreign policy threatens British crisis. MOSCOW Foreign Minister Litvinoff calls for joint action by non-Fascist powers to halt aggression and "new world massacre"_-excluding Germany, Ja-: pan and Italy. PARIS - Premier Blum announces immediate increase in armaments to meet war threat; cabinet authorizes 4,465,000,000| francs, mostly for planes. VIENNA Chief of police of greater Germany, Heinrich Himmler, orders arrest of persons in "certain clerical quarters." BERLIN Reichsfuehrer Hitler prepares important "declara-| tion" for Reichstag and world tomorrow, may deal with Spain. HENDAYE Spanish insurgents report capture of Caspe, opening way for drive to sea. BARCELONA Insurgent planes bomb city in relays, taking more than 300 lives. WARSAW Polish foreign minister to address !senate next| Wednesday on Polish-Lithuanian relations. cleanup was in store for these "clericals." Their object, he said, was "not only to sow unrest within, but also to disturb the Reich's good foreign relations." He blamed the "clericals" for starting a rumor Italian Premier Mussolini had given back to Germany the South Tyrol, formerly a part of Austria. Communists in Nazi uniforms officially were charged with ille-| gal house searching and seizures of property and persons. Flying squads had been organizing, the announcement said, to deal sharp-| ly with this practice. There was no mention of how widespread it was. The public also was warned against a wave, of "money collecting," ostensibly for party purposes. A notice that all Free Mason lodges were watched and that no one was permitted to enter completed the day's warnings. The i lodges, the notice said, later will | be cleaned out and closed for good. of of to aggres| i |
