Evening star., 1932-04-20

Much satisfaction is expressed in this
country over the success Of Paul Won
Hindenburg in winning reelection tC
the presidency of Germany. The size OF
Hitlers vote is assumed to show danger
GUS minority tendencies, but the OLD
army leaders substantial majority Is
held to be encouraging for other nations
which are fighting for constructive poll
cies.
Won Hindenburg's triumph" accord
ing to the San Antonio Express, has
strengthened the republics foundations
1t means q great deal to Chancellor
Bruening, who advocates collaboration
with the powers that were Germany
foes in the World War. Hitler has
sought to drive Bruening from ofhce be-
cause Of his cooperation with foreign
statesmen. The chancellor soon will re-
sumo work at the Geneva Conference
where delegates from SO countries are
trying to lessen the worlds armament
burdens. His words will have greater
weight now that Germany has rejected
Hitler's dangerously intolerant doctrines
and program"
Hitler came within 100000 votes of
winning the presidency" says the Prov
idence Bulletin. land if the combination
parties which make up the government
had not had the commanding and
towering figure of Won Hindenburg
around which to rally the result might
have been different HitleriSm is proved
to be a potent force in Germany today
and will continue to be until the eco
nomic pressure is lifted from the land -
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"The rest of the world, and eSpe-
cially France and her continental satel-
lites," warns the Cincinnati Times
Star, Should ponder well those 49,
500, 900 votes cast for Hitler" The
Times-Star advises that those mil
lions Of men and women ''risked a
perilous future in order to escape from
an intolerable present" and comments
further on the significance of the cleo
tion: 1T would be folly to underesti-
mate the significance of this protest
vote. It is equally unwise to ignore
the grain Of justice that lies buried in
the fanatical husk of Hitlerism.
Stripped of its tribal dreams and racial
phobias. Hitlerism is plea for the
independence, economic as we'll as
political. of the Fatherland. Such IN
dependence, as Hitler conceived 1t,
would have spelled calamity for Ger
many and a grave threat to the sta
,
voters recognized the danger and rose
up against it,"
The Germany Of Hindenburg, "
thinks the Atlanta Journal "is so much
more constructive and hopeful a fac
tor in European affairs than anything
which might have superseded it that
the whole world may well rejoice at
the elections result" The Journal
holds that lit is victory for the cause
Of international stability and good
will" The youngstown Vindicator
feels that the election of Hindenburg
is "a ray Of hope, not to Germany
alone, buN 20 the forces working for
reconstruction everywhere" and that
so long as he is at the helm. Ger
many is safe. no matter what storms
it may have to weather"
"The success of Hitler" in the judg-
ment of the Charleston wv. Va) Daily
Mail would, in the minds of many,
have led to general European turmoil,
the ultimate consequences OF which no
one could predict" The Spokane
Spokesman Review, linking Germany
with other countries, observes that
"drumbeatS for the retreat Of radical
ism are heard around the world" while
the Milwaukee Sentinel offers the esti-
mate of Hindenburg that "he has
shawn a single purpose, single policy
to save the laundering Fatherland." 4"
The Asbury Park Press. condemning
the H tier policies in opposition to war
obligations AYERS: liberalism. to be
effective, must be sane and applicable.
To carry it to extremes annihilates 1t
as a tangible policy Of governmental
reform The Minneapolis Journal re-
marks that moderation and a definite
policy defeated demagoguery and q
menace Of violence"
1T MEANS" according to the inter.