idly undermined. There was little likelihood of recruiting the necessary men in the Saar itself, the commission declared. The authority of the commission had been maintained largely by the resolution empowering that body to call upon troops stationed at the frontier for aid, it was stated.
German refugees, including Communists, Socialists, pacifists, Jews and lately even Nazis, have settled in the Saar since the Nazis came to power. The Nazis have always contended that the Saar was an integral part of Germany and have carried on widespread propaganda to win the Saar to Germany. Some months ago a member of the Saar Commission complained that the Nazis had set up an illegal government in the Saar, which was functioning side by side and crippling the legal administration.
The Saar is mainly Catholic with strong Social Democratic and republican tendencies. The Jews in the Saar, of whom there are approximately 10,000, are fearful that a Nazi victory will mean persecution for them.
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