The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10
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. SA" "RHA~-A ~sAsS SSSS ubSOA gi run. But the Sunday calm will be horribly fractured by this mass uprising-since thousands of Saar- landers have naturally changed their place of residence in 15 years.
 If special train schedules run without Q hitch, the effect of this displacement of a large section of the population may not be serious. But delay and, traffic jams and dif- faculties in feding and housing the thousands offer nice invita- tions to trouble, ',a 4.e
 Intellectually the Saar plebiscite is confidently expected in Deutsche Front circles to set a new com- parative. high for balloting. They estimate that 99 per cent of the eligible voters will go to the polls.
 Test For Hitler
 The plebiscite in the Saar is the greatest test yet devised by fate of the prestige and power of the ruler of the Reich, Adolph Hitler.
 While few people question the result, there is still question of the actual size of the vote. Will Hitler Germany win by .97 per cent of the total, or will she win by, say, 60 per cent?I
 The latter figure would be Q shocking rebuf for the !F'uehrer, far more devastating than the re- cent stubborn defiance of German fprotestants to his dictatorship.
 That is why feverish propagan- da continues in the. Saar. Why the roads are plastered with glam- orous signs, appealing. to the peo- pie by every possible persuasion of patriotism, of disdain for the French, of lnationalistic emotion. Why Saarbrucken presses are turning out almost uncountahle mushroom newspapers, including scurrilous. rags, adorned by semi cartoons and headlined: {: Status Quo That Means War!""
 We are going home on January 13."i .,... .. "One faith, one. truth on home-the Fatherland!'' The Saar, is German!" .-.. Stand fast and true for the Fath- erland!" :. So read the great signs. covering house walls in Stark German lettering, through out the Saar. The effect is evil dent. An old peasant, by the way to Homburg and the north east German frontier, halts to watch a motor car flash by. Through. the early dusk his arm can be seen held rigid in the Nazi salute. And his shout comes faint ly above the roar of the rnotor--- "Heit HitlerH z. v ;.9ss ;y 54,
 A crowd;of, children on a tgrimy, grasslcss village common runss to greet the car. The greeting is "HeiI Hitler!" .7.,
 If below-ground in the. saar mines, the salutation is "Glueck auf," in the air above 1t is just as regularly Hall to the Fuehrcr!"7 {
 How Miners Feel
 From the, VoellSIingcn steel works to the Brcfeid Mine Is. only a few miles by road. But Jour neyed still another halfs1pile below ground to go to the handament of the Saarland problem. For the vote of the miners, more. than that of any other one class, will deter 'mine> s the political future of the Saar.
 It is an old mine, the Brefeld, and a cranky one. Fire damp in its lower galleries Is 50 prevalent that 75Q0 cubic metres of air must be driven. through itsl two main 'ventilators every minute. open lamps are of course impossible. The 1900 miners work with safety lamps. The average production of each miner Is 3 and 3-1O tons a day.
 As flyers cry Happy landings" so these men uttered the immem- orial salute of the German miner -"Glueck aufl" It was Q grave, friendly greeting, spoken with dig nity, the- password of the craft.
 High cheekbones in the flicker ing light, pair of. black trimmed eyes, a voice-''I live in Huehne- field. I am married and have six children. My father, who was q miner in this mine but has retired. farms our garden. We have q gont for milk. My grandfather worked in this mine, too. have a brother in the. CAmphausen mine"
 Another man spoke. T am un- married. I come here by train