The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-26
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
THE REVOLUTION IN GERMANY

The outside world is still in doubt about the
true nature of the revolution which has recently
taken place in Germany. On the one hand 1t rec
ognizes that the triumph of the Acknowledgements
has been accepted by probably majority OF the
German people as a great movement OF national
notification and regeneration. The revolution is
acclaimed as being an end of the defeatist spirit
which is said to have lain over Germany since
1919, an end to the menace of Communist class
war and dictatorship an end to the financial scan
dals and political corruption which are said to
have characterized the Democratic regime
Finally it is welcomed as ending the confusion
and instability of the parliamentary era by Install
ing government with mandate to govern for
four years on policy not of social reaction but
designed to secure social equality and economic
development.
On the other hand are facts which are not dis
puted by the adherents of the new regime. The
Natonal-Socialist party is champion Of German
raciaism and in the name of racial purity has in
augurated a campaign against the Jews which IS
inficting the gravest loss and hardship many
excellent Jewish citizens not because of any fail
ure of citizenship on their part but purely on the
score of their race. Then again the constitutional
rights of the individual against arrest except by
due process of law seem to be in allegiance.
Finally, freedom for the expression of individual
opinion has very largely disappeared has the
freedom of the press, in the interest of party die
tatorship. Likewise the right of public speech and
meeting is abridged The instruments for inform
ing and molding public opinion are now almost en-
tirely in the hands of the dominant party.
1t is clearly the duty of the rest of the world
to suspend final judgment for the time being. Con-
ditions in Germany were admittedly dangerously
chaotic; there was great need for stable and strong
government; revolutions are not uncommon in
times of great stress and strain and revolutions
are usually accompanied by violence and incidents
which its leaders regret and do their best to stop
But in the long run the test by which the new
regime in Germany will and must be judged is
simple Does it, as a result, and after period Of
transition, guarantee to the individual justice adj
minstered by an impartial court, that is to say,
court which is independent and not, as in Russia
the creature of the state? And does it give free
dom to religion, the right to express Independent
political views, to the press, and to the individual
within the law? Or is the dictatorship of the Ma
tional-Socialist party in Germany like the Com
munst dictatorship in Russia and the Fascist die
tatorship in Italy to become an end in itself?
For as all experience shows dictatorship, save IN
short periods of emergency must, in order to main
tain itself, seek to repress and destroy every
Hesitation of opinion not in accord with its own,
to prohibit and prescribe individual thought and
initiative and to enforce obedience and conform
ity to its own interests and desires And that is
not compatible with freedom, with spiritual and
moral independence and progress, with true
greatness of spirit either in the individual or the
naturalization Science Monitor.