Evening star., 1933-08-26
BY FREDERICK T. BIRCHALL.

| BY FREDERICK T. BIRCHALL.
! BY Radio to Thr Star.
BERLIN, August 26 (NANA)-
| What progress has Germany made
under her Nazi rulers in the last three
months toward insuring the stability
peace and power that are their avoweC
| aims?
| Almost that period has elapsed since
| this correspondent spent any length o.
time in the Reich, so he may be said Il
! come to the inquiry with a fresh out.
look Also, German politics, in the
| language of the kitchen, are temporarily
! off the boil, SO this is good time fol
! such a survey.
Outwardly there is now tranquility
but it is the quiescence Of inertia. AL
| opposition. all thought of opposition anc
almost all longing to oppose the Naz
system and methods have beenvcrushed
| These last three months have beer
i spent by the new regime in 'mopping
up" so to speak. 1t is process ir
which it is 100 per cent efficient Now
| everybody seems to have accepted what
in Germany has become the inevitable
Fear Even to Hear Opposition.
Walking homeward the other eve-
! ming with man who had been mill
tary parsonage of some Importance In
! former days. this correspondent was eX-
pressing in English and not loudly GER
! tain opinions neither violent nor un-
| duly critical.
quite right" said this man in al
| most an undertone. but would you
| mind not saying those things in the
! street? 1 may not even listen to them
| Come to my rooms"
That iS trannllil1itv n fhic npU Car-
many. DissenterS may not even listen
to another voice expressing their own
dissonance with the regime that is. AS
to how much secret opposition exists,
| who can tell? Only one thing is GER
tain. 1t is neither organized nor are
there even the slightest indications OF
its future organization
As to the ruling authorities. all their
efforts are still concentrated on the
consolidation and strengthening of
their power. Even lukeWarm allies are
being eliminated. Three months ago
Dr.. Alfred Hugenberg was in the cabi-
lieved that the NaZi eXcesSes could be
checked and that the Nazi leaders
would listen to a sincere appeal for
moderation. Now all that is left of DR..
HJgenberg is just another grave among
the Nazi hills.
Baron Won Neurath, Remains.
There still remains Baron Won
Neurath. foreign minister, but it is
only because his is so difficult a field
and so limitless in its possibilities of
creating serious trouble for the regime
that thus far there has been no dyed
in-the-wool NaZi who could fill it. But
his successors are already in training.
Any day now his grave may be dug
alongside DR.. Hugenberg's.
There seem to be fewer brown uni
forms visible That is probably the
effect of the recent Nazi edict restrict
| ing full membership in the party to
adherentS of two years standing.
Three months ago almost every third
man wore uniform or arnllet to in
dicate his adherence. 1t was wiser SO.
There are now fewer armlets, for it is
taken for granted that every man is
a NaZi; he ha- to be if he is to hold
his job.
But it needs neither uniform nor
armlet-it is scarcely necessary for any
one who has spent any length of time
here under this regime even to Maste
a pcrfuctory glance at the tiny swastika
button that often replaces the armlet
or unifCrm-to detect the true Nazi.
Semi Military Swagger.
There is military swagger
common to all the younger specimens
and almost common to those of all
ages. Ut recalls the old tourist who
said. You can always tell a German
policeman by the intelligent expression
on the face of his horse
Many OF the uniforms are now of a
new type and new color. Their style is
anything but Germanic-a sort of cock
tail Of French, English and Austrian
uniforms combining the worst elements
of ell three. But it is a uniform, al
though as far removed from the eff
cheney of the@reichsWehr garb as dark
is from light, to cater to The Germans
love for uniforms.
Moreover, the change is good for
the textile industry, helping to miti-
gate unemployment. In other days the
uniforms OF New York's policemen
under Taminy were changed peri
Cdically.
Berlin is quieter and more subdued
than it was few months ago. The
weather is at its best and Berlin, un-
der any regime, is beautiful city with
charm all its own. At this time the
wide windows of the cafes on Unter den
Linden and the avenues are thrown
open so that their attendance brims
over on the broad sidewalks, and the
orchestras within send forth pleasant
strains
Lack of Tourists Noted.
These cafes, the beer halls and the
cheaper restaurants are fairly filled, but
the hotels, better cafes and restaurants
are in the doldrums, for tourists are
almost non-eXistent. Despite attractive
invitations to come to Germany and see
the rebirth of a nation, they are not
coming.
Perhaps it is because they dislike the
new baby. Anyway, they are going
elsewhere, and those establishments
that largely depend on them are in de-
spair. Inquiry for the proprietor of
one of the most famous the other day
brought the response that he had gone
to take a cure that he did not need
because the sight of his deserted grill
was driving him crazy.
That is the outward and more super
fetal aspect. But what is underneath
and what are the prospects of better
ment? There are three viewpoints
from which to observe this-industrial
financial and employment.
Industry is scarcely improving. For
months now it has been poised for a
jump. in the hope of better conditions
They have not developed yet. The brief
post-election squirt in few trades re-
sulting from artificial stimulation by
the call for uniforms, flags. boots and
bc1.S, was soon over. There has been
nothing since, and now there is a cry
that the industrial centers are over
populated, people must get back to the
ard. And the land cannot absorb
them
Exports Have Dropped.