Evening star., 1932-03-10
Leading German Candidates
Arouse Interest i'm Policies

The current German election is oi
! special interest to Americans because
! Paul Won Hindenburg and Adoph Hitler
| represent two widely divergent interests
! affecting the foreign policy Of that re-
| public. The conservatism of the former
and the reversal of established policies
| which Is preached by the latter have Of
fered an opportunity for a test OF
| strength between the two forces, result
of which is subject to speculative COM
! ment here in America.
/ The Chattanooga Times, in its sum-
mary of all the candidates., states: "Al-
/ though President Won Hindenberg has
| displayed answering loyalty to the re-
! public, he is described as being a mon
archist at heart. Hitler has developed
his movement around the idea of dis
posing of the republic, but last week he
! accepted a governmental position and
took an oath to support the Weimar
constitution, thereby becoming citizen
of the republic and eligible for its
| presidency. Duesterburg, backed by the
German Nationalists and the Steel Hell
met organization. Is an avowed foe of
the republic. And Thaelmann, who is
Communist, is no less eager than Hit
Ter to bring about abandonment of the
country's present form of government. 4"
Venerable Paul Won Hindenburg. "
according to the Cincinnati Times
Star. "emboGies the traditional virtues
of his nation. In peace, as in war, he
has never failed in courage, in indus
try or in stern loyalty to the Father
land. His determination to carry on
at the age of "a is no less heroic than
his military service, that spanned the
victory Of 1871 and the defeat of 1913.
Though he has lived only half of Hin
denburgs years, Adolf Hitler repre-
sents just as completely newer ele-
ments in German life-a taste for bold
experiment, passion for display and
spiritual revolt born of despair.
There is something of the adventurer
In Hitlers makeup An Austrian by
birth, he was a middling artist and
an interior decorator before he Joined
the German army and won a medal
for valor. Since the war he has been
the firebrand of German politics,
though only recently did he become
citizen. His speeches, like his polit-
ical conduct, have been clever, but i'm
petuous and often absurd. Mussolini's
mimic, he has mastered the modern
art of publicity. But his best publicity
agent is Germany's economic distress" !"
Even In the days of the Armaged-
don," recalls the Oklahoma City Okla
homan, Americans had q certain ad-
miration for Hindenburg. They at least
admired the military capacity of the
man who conquered the Russian armies
at Tannenberg and held the western
lines of Germany against an embattled
world. Since hostilities came to an end
the Western people have seen their
admiration for the aged German in
crease vastly. They admire the way in
which he assumed control of a war
wasted nation and became the con-
structive Washington Of his people in
stead of a self-centered Mussolini. Most
military men make mistake when
they assume civic position after a sue
cessful military career. But in this
respect Hindenburg is entirely unlike
the others. He has added to his fame
As President of the German republic"
Pointing out the fact that one of the
important forces in the election cam
paign has been the interest of the peo-
ple of East Prussia, the Hartford
Times remarks that "the Polish Cor
ridor is a delicate question, and is
likely to remain so for some time" The
Ann Arbor Daily News emphasizes the
dangerous policy of Hitler in his plank
declaring for German freedom from
foreign slavery" and suggests the pos
sibility of xprovoking the French to
action" Lincoln State Journal,