The bureau was closed Thursday at the order of Ludwig Diels, chief of the Prussian state police and of the German political police “for the maintenance of public security and order; and for the prevention in the future of acts endangering the State such as may be expected.” Publication of the German Bulletin issued by the bureau was ordered suspended.
The State Department at Washington has been asked by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency to aid in the case it was said at the news service’s main offices here. It was pointed out that the Jewish Telegraphic Agency is an American organization with news bureaus throughout the world.
Otto Schick, an Austrian citizen, who is editor of the Berlin office of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, was arrested by the secret police early in June and was released after a week’s imprisonment following intercession by American diplomatic representatives.
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