Evening star., 1934-03-05
BY DIR. JOSEPH GOEBBELS.

BY DR.. JOSEPH GOEBBELS.
BERLIN, March S (NANA) The
new Germany has gradually become
accustomed to the fact that all her
actions are accompanied by the very
unfriendly criticism of large portion
of the rest of the world. She was
therefore by no means taken aback
when her withdrawal from the League
of Nations was characterized as a
sign of evil intentions" or even. in
deed, of jeopardizing the peace OF
Europe.
The honest friends OF peace in all
parts of the globe may rest assured
that nothing is more detrimental to
peace than the atmosphere OF unrest
and suspicion created by alarmist
rumors, according to which the part
played by Germany must be that Of
"bogey man."
Fortunately, a very much calmer
view has been adopted in the criticism
of our withdrawal from Geneva. and,
indeed whispers have been heard here
and there which betoken a certain
amount of sympathy with the reasons
for which We took that line of action.
The League of Nations has broken
down so often during its compare
lively brief existence that even the
most ardent disciples of the ideas un-
derlying that League are beginning
to regard it with critical eyes.
Move Is Permanent
In spite of the fact that the exist
ence of the League is an embarrass-
ment rather than an object of inspira-
ton to all the parties concerned,
France and Great Britain have de-
cided to uphold the Geneva conven-
ton.
In order that this institution, OF
which four great, powers no longer
are members, shall not bear too
strong a resemblance to a mere torso,
Germany's withdrawal has been de-
fined as tactical maneuver, a tenta-
tive momentary gesture, and the hope
has been expressed that Germany will
resume her seat in the consultative
assembly before the expiration Of the
two years during which she is still
legally regarded as being a member
thereof. These anticipations are
purely imaginary and are liable under
circumstances to give rise to serious
disappointments. Germany withdrew
because she broke sincerely away from
a league which had never been able to
deny the spirit of her inaugural year,
1919, and also because the German
representatives were not in position
to recast the shape and form Of that
league
1t would be unjust on our part II
We failed to appreciate the high ideals
which at the outset pervaded the
minds of the Anglo-Saxon progenitors
of the League of Nations. But the
tangled web resulting from these ideas
should prove lasting lesson to these
visionary utopians unless they are af-
flicted by nature with a certain
amount of blindness with regard to
the reality of things.
The League of Nations pact Is set
out in part l of the Treaty of Ver-
sailles and constitutes moral cloak
for the 440 articles of implacable re-
venge The ideals emanating from
the American professor fell into the
hands of French politicians who at
first coolly disdained these dreams
and then suddenly discovered that
these ideals afforded them an oppor-
tunity for putting into force and per-
petuating the terms of a dictated
peace. The League Of Nations became
the league Of victors. Those who were
vanquished in the great war were stig-
matized as outcasts and were not al
lowed to be represented at that league.
To Keep to Old Road.
Has the Geneva atmosphere ever
been rid of this dualism, even after
Germany's admittance? The opinion
in Germany is that the League Of
Nations has taken its own road and
will persist in keeping that road in