Evening star., 1933-09-01
The Great Nazi Convention.

Ancient Nuremberg, citadel Of Ba-
varian art and culture, where Adolf
Hitler ten years ago launched the mod
est beginnings of the National Socialist
party, is host this week to what must
be the most stupendous and spectacular
political convention of all times.
Dispatches tell Of anywhere from
$50, 900 to a million participants, made
up Of NaA party delegates. storm
troopers or private sympathizers. -Four
hundred special trains are transporting
people to the fervid scene from the four
quarters Of the Reich. Saxonys storm
troop contingent, four thousand strong,
is marching to the convention across
three hundred miles Of territory. Co.
lossal cities of tents have had to be
thrown up on the broad meadows out
side of town to accommodate the multi
tudes modified to glorify the Nazis'
omnipotent rule of the Fatherland.
Chancellor Hitler, of course, is pres
ent in all his power and pomp. We'll
coined, as he sped southwark from Ber-
lin like a demi-god and like the con-
queror that he is, Nuremberg's bells
pealed out a thunderous symbolical well
come at the moment Of his arrival, and
everywhere he is the object of idola-
trcus acclaim. His first public utter
ance was designed to harness Nurem-
bergers to his chariot for all time, for
he proclaimed that as tribute to their
hoary and undiluted Germanism, he
has ordained that all NaZi conventions
exclusively.
Before the four-day conclave is over
Herr Hitler will deliver himself of sew
eral addresses which will map Nazi
policy at home and abroad in lurid
outline. Radio will carry his words
to every corner of Germany. AS do
mestic show, Nuremberg doubtless
measures up to Hitler's fondest expec-
tations, just as it unmistakably sup
plies graphic evidence Of the vastness
and indisputable might which the Nazi
movement has attained But in one
respect it is distinct disappointment
to its stage managers. They invited the
entire Berlin diplomatic corps to be
present as guests Of honor and receive
an ocular demonstration, for the benefit
of foreign countries, of who rul-s the
roost in Germany, and why. The Am
bassadors of Great Britain, France,
Spain and the United States are con-
spicuous by their absence. Perhaps
Hitler consoles himself for it with the
presence of two Italian official "ob-
servers" sent by Premier Mussolini-
an apparent social amenity by one
Fascist autocrat to another.
On Sunday Chancellor Hitler is billed
to deliver a momentous speech at the
closing of the convention and after an
impressive parade Of 350.000 storm
troops-the flower Of his private army
a military display the like Of which has
not been seen in Germany or elsewhere
since the World War.
In light Of the Nazis' continued prov
ocation of Austria. their "demonstra-
tions" on the borders of Switzerland
and Denmark, their truculent attitude
toward all Europe, the climax Of the
Nuremberg convention is awaited abroad
with somewhat anxious interest The
setting is ideal for Hitlerite ebullience
and the emission of sparks which could
easily ignite the continental powder
barrel. Perhaps the British. French and
Italian governments thought the mo-
ment of the colossal Nazi rally an op-
perfume one for permitting Austria
temporarily to enlist force of eight
thousand men in addition to her regu-
lar army of thirty thousand, to help
Chancellor Dollfuss defend his govern
ment against Nad violence and intimi-
dation.