Evening star., 1935-10-06

fallen in the states with a surplus
population "a development which be-
came noticeable in Germany and Italy
Is years ago, is now reported to occur
in Poland and Japan, and even now
has not been checked by all the demo-
graphic ordinances" of the dictatorS)
If these things had taken place, q
more satisfactory relation of popula-
ton to space would have gradually
asserted itself. At any rate, it would
have been possible to see upon what
lines in all-around paciflcation was to
be sought. But We are being carried
further and further away from the
goal. Directly or indirectly Soviet
Communism, Fascism and National
Socialism have destroyed whatever
internationaliSm was in existence.
Moreover. if closely scrutinized. the
words and the deeds of the omnip-
otent Hitler and Mussolini of today
can lead only to the creation of i'm
passes where no way out can be opened
except through the resort to brutal
force. and which would certainly not
end in a fairer adjustment of popu-
lation and space. This point calls for
some discussion.
1t is remarkable fact that while
those who speak on behalf of Ger
many and Italy shout for more srace
they do everything in their power tc
increase the number of their nationals
and are making early marriage and
procreation q primary obligation of
the citizens toward the state. Thus
they are doing their utmost to make
still more unbearable the pressure o!
which they like to call natural phe-
nomenon which battles them. Indeed
they have come to consider that a su-
perabundant population is a good ex-
cuse for territorial expansion and car
be turned by diplomacy into an ele.
ment of world power.
Losses Might Be Protested.
Were all the laws which forbid i'm
migration, in the United States and
elsewhere, to be withdrawn tomorrow,
those rulers would probably regard
that new step as a calamity Very
likely they would decree that their
countrymen on the. other side of the
ocean are not entitled to change their
nationality and to bow to any au-
thority other than their own. We can
not allow our manpower to be lost
they are won't to proclaim.
The end they have in view Is not
perhaps so much to make use Of vacant
space for the sake of settling the
superf1uous population and get direct
access to the raw materials of the
tropical regions than to seize strategic
routes, points of vantage with a view
to future struggles and to build CO.
herent empires. In "Mein Kampf'
Hitler insists that the Germans must
seek in Europe for the space" they
require. and not in other continents
But. in Europe, where are the coun-
tries so thinly inhabitated that fields
and pastures can be turned over to
millions of coloniSts without disturb
They simply do not exist. Adolf Hit
Ter and his men never have concealed
that Soviet Russia is their main OBJ
jective. But there is, after all, q
spread of 168 100000 Russians over
8,241 900 square miles. Those 5000 .00O
square miles cannot by any stretch
of imagination be called empty.
Therefore a fresh idea Is being
launched Certain races-and, above
all, the Germanic-on account Of their
inborn superiority or their greater
technical efficiency, have a natural
right to substitute themselves for the
others and to appropriate the land
because they are sure to foster q
more valuable civilization. Such Is
the very inspiration of the whole
pangermanist movement Adolf Hit.
ler's personal contribution has not
achieved more than to make 1t more
rigorous and violent.
Ready to Follow Germany.
In the footsteps of Germany vari-
Gus nations are ready to follow. Ths
late Count Apponyi once remarked tt
an American friend of mine: The Ru
manians are for us what the Negroe!
are for you!" I do not believe tha
Benito Mussolini would make his owr
racial boasts of that kind. But hi
much-advertised contempt for small
nations, the colonial theories ex
pounded in the Italian press'in relation
to Lydia may push him very near the
border line. For instance, it is statet
that the policy Of association with th'
natives, the respect shown to local in
stitutions and traditions by the French
in Morocco and Tunis are signs o
Topographic weakness. However
whenever Mussolini realizes his dream
in Ethiopia, hundreds of thousands o
black soldiers, supposed to be the bes
in Africa, could be enlisted under th'
flag of Savoy. Such G prospect, i
taken in conjunction with economi'
motives, may account for the anxiet.
felt in the British Empire in regart
to the Italian undertaking. The ap
partition of an Italian military empir'
wedged in between Egypt and tn
great sea route to India cannot b.
any means be relished IN London.
To sum up, the quest for vacant
CONTINUED o. Seventh pass.)