Evening star., 1935-01-27

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such staple products as potatoes and
vegetables. which have risen as much
as 300 per cent.
II is, however, the determination OF
the Socialists and Communists and
the Inauguration of national Social
ist new deal that the Hitler govern
ment glories in more than anything
else. What kind Of new deal has it
provided?
The Socialists and Communists
have beeen driven underground; their
Marxism is taboo. The labor unions
Of Germany, which were the most
powerful in the world. have been
wiped out. The democratic constltu-
ton of industrial plants has given way
to an autocratic one, so that now
every employer is little Hitler, while
the employees are merely followers. u
1t was only the other day that the
economic dictator of the Reich, DR.
Schacht. extolled the merits of in
ternational capitalism. What is more
significant, a few weeks ago member
No. of the National Socialist pars-.
Gottfried Feder-the man at whose
feet Hitler himself learned the tenets
of Hitlerism-was put out Of the gov
eminent 1t was he who had brought
light TO the leader by teaching him
the difference between constructive"
and destructive" capitalism and
bringing home to him the necessity of
breaking the interest servitude."
1t its campaign promises the Nazi
new deal was extremely radical. 1t
promised TO nationalize industrial
trusts and cartels and to let the work.
ers share the profits. 1t promised to
end department stores by breaking
them up and giving the small shop
keeper chance to live. 1t promised
the peasants a share in the large
estates, and 1t promised the hired
farm help a life worthy Of human be-
ings. None of these promises has been
fulfilled.
Economic Laws Drastic.
And yet some of the economic laws
of the NaZis are exceedingly drastic.
A so-called new plan. as we'll as re-
cent banking and farm laws, have
made business the handmade Of an
autocratic government. Under these
laws the induStrialist must take his
orders from all sorts of government
organs, whatever he does. He must
obtain a permit before he may in
stall new machine. He is told what
articles he may produce, in what
quantities and how he may dispose
of them. His exports and imports are
under strict control. The authorities
keep their hands on the money of
foreigners in Germany and the money
CT Germans in foreign countries
through their stringent currency reg
ulations. There is a special dictator
to fix the prices of most staple prod
ucts. No new stores may be opened
for the time being and government
permit will be required even after this
measure is repealed.
AS to the banks. some of the largest
are under direct control, while recent
DEGREES have placed the others under
the tutelage OF deSpotic central au-
thority. This law provides that divi-
dends disbursed by banks and other
credit institutions must be kept down
to 6 per cent and that undivided
earnings must be placed at the dis
posal of the government. Bank di-
rectors must be agreeable to the au-
thorities or they must be dismissed.
Even the most individualistic of hu-
man occupations, farming, is under a
collective regime. The peasants must
sell certain products to public agen-
cieS at fixed prices. The highly i'm
portant Prussian hereditary farm law
restraints their hands in selling or
mortgaging their property. Country
people are prevented from seeking
work in towns, so as to maintain a
proper balance of the population and
10 keep the peasants from the con-
tagion of city radicalism.
If one may interpret various signs
on the Reich'S economic horizon, the
capitalists are beginning to grow rest
less under Nazi legislation. One sees
gloom in eyes that were bright with
expectation when Hitler moved into
Berlin'S Wilhelmstrasse. Is this not
national bolshevism rather than ma
tional socialism? Such questions are
being asked by harassed capitalists.
National Consciousness Impaired.
In reply to the question as to
whether Germany is better of after
two years of Hitler, the Nazi devotee
will say that the leader has raised the
Germans to a higher level of national
consciousness and has given them a
spirit of pride in their country. Every
German is king" said Adolf Hitler.
Every man a king" said Senator
Huey Long.
But the -Nazi enters vehement
denial of the Nazi contention. He
feels the degradation of being sur
rounded by spies and informers. AS
to the NaZis' claim of the increased
physical well-being of the country, he
says that the raw material substitutes
upon which the Reich is falling back
are eloquent testimonials to the coun-
try's aggravated plight.
Impartial opinion will have no hesi-
tation in saying that the Hitler regime
so far is not a success. Nearly the
entire world is against the Hitler re-
gime; its internal contradictions are
too numerous to be ignored; the silent
opposition of millions of Germans
those who think for themselves-is
increasing.
What is written in the stars for
the third Reich? AS it Is not as
strong as it wants the world to be-
lieve. is it headed for disaster? Such
belief would be unwarranted. Even
though In constructive measures Hit
lerism is failure, in the work of de-
struction 1t is q great success. BY
6emoralizing and discrediting the OPP
position parties and driving them