Evening star., 1933-10-29

authority, Mr.. Calvin Hoover. says that
it Is truly a mass movement and makes
very clear the economic and other con-
ditions to which different elements in
Hitler's following have reacted in be-
coming Hitlerites. The implication IS
that the racial idea, which is all-irn-
portant to Hitler, means little to mil
lions who think they are marching be-
hind him to personal and national
economic regeneration. This may be
true, but so long as Hitler is the recog-
nized leader Of the movement the racial
idea will be its theme song and all those
who support Hitler for Interior reasons
will be supporting the racial movement
whether they like it or not.
Other critics of the NaZi regime will
object that. while Hitler may seem to
be driving the bandwagon. that convey
ance is just packed with such backseat
drivers as the Rhenish industrialists,
the Eohenzollern princes and others
who think they are getting lift to
their own destinations. This also may
be true, but it Is absolutely certain that
Adolf Hitler will not hold the reins for
moment If the bandwagon Is ever
diverted from the road to German
racial solidarity, and that when he gets
of the others will all Jump of and
run.
Less than a year ago the opinion was
very widely current in Germany, and,
therefore, in this country. that Adolf
Hitler had proved himself a clown, a
vacillating weakling and an opportunist
whose opportunity had come and gone.
The polite hauteur with which Presi-
dent Won Hindenburg rejected Hitler's
,,1oo ~ r,oko hiy,,co1f M1IScnljni in
August of last year made Hitler the
worlds laughing stock. The National
Socialist German Workers party was
bankrupt, losing members, and was
rightly assumed, when it lost nearly
100000 votes and 35 Reichstag seats
In the November elections, to be In the
throes Of disintegration.
Came in Power Through Conspiracy.
Adolf Hitler came to the chancellor
ship on January 80 Of this year through
conspiracy in and out Of the presiden-
tial palace and not on any tide Of pop
ular acclaim. It was Col Ernst Won
Papen, whom Gen. Kurt Won Schleicher
had elbowed out Of Office few months
earlier. who brought the Hugenberg Ma
tionalists. some influential members of
the Presidents personal entourage, the
East Prussian landowners and the
Rhenish industrialistS into agreement
upon a coalition cabinet. With ma
jority Of the posts in the hands of
hard-headed reactionaries and with the
ReichSwehr (the national army still
at the personal disposition Of President
Won Hindenburg, Hitler was given what
appeared to be, and what was doubt
less intended to be, puppet chancellor
ship. The international assumption
then was that he and few Of his most
hoisted onto the highest available plat
form, so that when they had fixed the
nooses about their own necks and the
nation had given the signal for the
springing of the trap they would drop
to more certain demise.
The fear and suspicious which Hitler's
elevation aroused among the reds and
Liberals, the Communists. Socialists
(Social Democrats) and the Catholic
Centrists were suficientlyA lulled by
Hermann Frick's announcement that
the government had no intention what
ever Of prescribing the Communists or
any other party to give the Naxis and
their Naitioalist allies the time they
needed to establish an absolute mon
opoiy on campaign propaganda: The
powerful press and cinema chains, their
own Stahlheim organizations, fully as
formidable as Hitler's partly demoral-
ized Sturm Abteilung (storm troops) 3,
and full confidence in the Presidents
will and power to damp Hitler 'slmega-
lomania whenever he liked.
Fears for Peace Of World.
Hitler's boast that the new coalition
would remain in power, even though
the election went against 1t, and the
assurance and technical skill with
which the MANS took charge Of The
lContmued q Fourth Pase.)