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tive war"
These are the instruments Of
German willingness for war.
Finally Germany wants to
unito in the third Reich the 30
to SS million Germans in Europe
Of whom Is to 20 million live
outside present-day Germany. She
wants to recover everything she
lost in the last war.
She wants to win, in addition,
sufficient territory either Conti-
mental or colonial to provide the
SPACE she considers necessary for
her prosperity.
In the end the Germans hope
to replace the French as masters
Of the Continent.
Not Yet Prepared
These are the German aims.
Most Of them are incapable Of
realization without war. These
moral factors. these instruments
and these aims Of Germany
point to eventual war.
All this Is not decisive for the
question, "will war come in Eu-
roper" The most serious con-
sideration must be paid to fac
tors which speak against Ger
man willingness, preparedness
and aims for war.
Germany is not yet prepared
for war. The vast majority OF
neutral, as we'll as anti-German
technical, military opinion in
Europe believes that Germany
cannot again become as strong
absolutely as she was in 1914 IN
less than three years, even II
she had a completely free hand
to re-arm.
She may never become so
strong again relative to her po-
tential enemies because while
Germany rearms, others, accord
ing to every indication today,
will arm upward with equal II
not greater speed.
They All Believe It
These are instruments against
Germany's willingness for war.
But not less important at the
ment is the fact that Adolf Hit
ler himself does not want war.
This Is reported not because he
has said it so often, but because
he has made nearly all Europe
believe it, because he has made
his own people believe it and
because according to the best
qualified observers who ought to
know, he has made himself be-
NeVe ID.
He declares and believes that
he does not want war, not only to-
day, when Germany is unable to
hope for victory, but also tomor-
row, when she may think she
could be victorious.
Among 80 Of Europe's leading
statesmen, kings, dictatorS, for
eign ministers, war ministers and
chiefs Of general staffs inter
viewed during the course Of this
investigation not one failed to de-
clare that Hitler is sincere in de-
claring he does not want war, now
or in the near future.
Almost every one Of them, how
ever, qualified that not even Hit
ler himself in his own heart Is
able to say today what his atti-
tude toward war will be when Ger.
many is sufficiently rearmed to
make victory probable.
Mystical Prophet
When that time comes Hitler
will probably be, as he certainly is
now, the one man in Europe who
will be decisive for the question.
''Will war Gomez"
He is today more nearly ON
nipotenC in Germany than ever.
His power, based on Germany'S
mystical concept Of him as q
prophet of the German blood
brotherhood, is almost absolute.
He controls the thoughts and
feelings of his countrymen to a de-
gree most difficult for a non-Ger-
man to understand. He can do
with Germany as he likes.
I,sHe is the first German chan.
cellor since the war with suffi.
cient authority to make all the
concessions necessary to insure
peace as long as he wants it.
What other German statesman
could have made the non-aggres-
sion pact with Poland, giving up
the corridor for 10 years ?
Bruening, had he done it, would
have been crucified. Hitler con-
trolled his storm troops in
DanZig. He can control them in
the Saar and in Austria if he will.
The Moral Factor
This is the moral factor that
controls Germany's willingness
for wal and for the moment
speaks against it.
Finally, though Germany. aims
at a great many goals that could
only be achieved by war they
could be achieved, of course, only
by a victorious war.
And in contemplating war Ger
many, too, must contemplate what
might be the result of a lost war.
A lost war, German as a whole
is convinced, would mean first
Of all the end Of modern Ger
many as a united state. No
pacifiSt propaganda could be
more effective than the maps
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