Evening star., 1934-08-11
WAR PREVENTED
TWICE BY IL DUCE
European Nations Realize
His Actions Blocked
Austrian Conflict.
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Mai. Emil Fey. respectively. vic'
chancellor and minister Of security
Prince Won Starhemberg is considered
callov and superficial, while Maj. Fe,
is half Nazi
1t is now clear even to skepticl
that q Nazi inSurrection in Austria
even unencouraged and unaioed b,
Germany. probably means a genera
war. The British are slow to see thl.
point. 1t was the British who per
mitted the powers not 70 intervene il
Austrian matters and encouraged TIT
Austrians TO accept Vice Chancellor
Baron Won Papen as German Ministe
in order mot to over exasperate tn,
Germans" But the rest of Europ,
sees 1t only too clearly.
HitIer's Word "No Good"
Worse, 1t is now a matter Of genera
knowledge that Reichsfuehrar Adolf
Hitler's abstention from Austria is un
likely, that his word is no good, anC
that, as the Londcn Times so neatly
expressed it. the massacre of June 81
showed his readiness to adopt murde
as an instrument of internal polio,
and the events Of July IS proved hi
willingness to use murder as an instru
ment Of foreign policy.
The Austrian government claims Il
have fr1controvertible proof that tn,
German government and prominen
members of the Nazi party took al
active part in organizing the Austrian
NaZi insurrection which resulted Il
the murder of Dollfuss.
Mussolini knows from sad expert
ence that Hitler's pledged word i
worth nothing. At their Venicr
meeting Hitler solemnly promised I,
keep his hands Of Austria if Musso
lini would do the same thing. Thi
offer was kept by the Italians. No
by the Germans.
Here Is the key to the European
nervousness: The largest, potential!
the strongest and probably the mos
capable people Of Europe Is utterl!
in the hands of single man, whom
events have shown will shrink from
nothing in the fulfllment of his ia
natical aims.
Preparing for War.
This man, Adolf Hitler. has Jus
proclaimed himself omnipotent il
Germany. He is preparing for wal
morally and physically as no countr!
ever has done since ancient Rom,
and Sparta. He promises to keel
hands of" Austria, yet allows th'
assassination Of an Austrian premie
to be concocted under his and tht
eyes OF his country. He claims t.
desire only a fair plebiscite in th'
Saar land, yet his agents there en-
gage in activities ranging from al
attempt at the murder of Police Chic
Machts to military espionage, viola.
ton of postal secrets and terroris
threats against all opponents.
There is good reason to believe tina
League Of Nations governing com
mission was prepared in Germany ant
only stopped by the drastic action O.
High Commissioner Geoffrey G. Knox
Europe is inevitably prepared to be.
lieve the worst of such a ruler. Wher
he claims he wants only peace, iron!
arises throughout Europe. When h
is shown In q French movie making
pacific speech, the entire French
audience bursts into sarcastic re.
marks. The National Zeitung o.
German-speaking Basil In Switzerland
writes soberly:
"Hitler's political objectives as ex-
posed in his book are incompatible
with the maintenance of peace"
Europe Won't Believe Him.
Yet when caught, he affrms tn,
opposite. Vainly such a ruler dis,
bands the Austrian legion. 1t is toe
late. Vainly he may disband a por-
ton Of the storm battalions. 1t woulc
be also too late. Vainly he may ver-
bally renounce the worst portions oi
his 25-point Nazi program for sub.
jugating Germany and Europe. Eu.
rope will not believe him.
People say already: "Germany'S
economic position must be worse thar
we thought if Hitler starts trying tc
persuade the world that he is a sheer
in VOLTS clothing"
This very fact of Germany's disas-
trous financial fix arouseS anxiety
People say--among them, diplomats
that Germany faces kind of eco.
nomic catastrophe. Were Hitler g
normal ruler, he would simply fade
from the picture and, once all the
traces of National Socialism were oh.
liberated, Germany could gradually be
brought back to civilization.
But Hitler has proved that rather
than be shaken from power he viii
shrink from no violence no matter
how abominable. He has murdered
his former friends to save his personal
power. Will he not try to murder Eu-
rope to save his nation from economic
breakdown"
If Hitler signs the projected North
eastern pact Of mutual assistance, peo-
pie will say he does so in bad faith In
order TO conceal his secret belligerent
intentions. If he does not sign, they
will say that his intentions thereby
become obvious.
Take your vacation Immediately,
a doplimat friend advised this corre-
spondent yesterday, "for who knows
when you will again have an oppor-
tunity? This Winter is crucial for
Europe"
tCopyright. 1934)