Evening star., 1936-03-13
Hitler Steadfast
In Determination
To Stay on Rhine

(Copyrieht 1896. by the Associated Pressl
BERLIN, March 13.-Adolf Hitler
and his Nazi Third Reich stood stead
fast today behind the guns they have
planted in the Rhineland, vowing:
Nothing in the world can move us
from a tremendous step forward"
With a come what may" glare in
their eyes and compromise seemingly
ruled out, the high priests Of Nazidom
looked to London for new British eff
forts to break down their stubborn de-
termination, but pledged themselves to
give no ground on Germany's new
found freedom"
Der Fuehrer, heiled to the echo by
tens of thousands in the Rhineland
city Of Karlsruhe, coupled his bold re-
fusal to "renounce this sovereignty"
with the warning that if his offer of a
new European peace system is turned
down ''it will never be repeated"
Goering Also Speaks.
Across Germany. at Koenigsberg,
Gen. Hermann Wilhelm Goering, the
Reich's air minister, served notice
simultaneously last night:
Now let come whatever is to come.
Germany will stand up to the last man
to defend her rights until the last
breath"
Until the last few hours, Hitler had,
apparently, been waiting for Britain
to prevent the other Locarno powers
from going further than to pronounce
their formal censure of his remilitari-
zation of the Rhine.
That was what they did when the
Reich, in contravention of the treaty
of Versailles, brought back military
training on March 16, 1885.
But today, with Der Fuehrer's en-
phatic stand against yielding an inch
to French acknowledgement agreeing
to not increase the Rhineland army
diplomats saw bitter impasse, unless
the French back down.
Locarno News Buried.
Germany's controlled press. occupy
ing itself with Der Fuehrer's refusal
to 60 further than to keep the Rhine
land Reichswehr in status quo. buried
news of the judgment of Locarno
powers in London, finding the Reich
guilty of breaking that treaty along
with the pact of Versailles.
There was, moreover, little comment
on French parliamentary ratification
of the Franco-Soviet mutual assist
ance treaty, the cuckoo egg" against
which Hitler warned other powers at
Karlsruhe.
Joseph Avenol, League secretary
general, last night informed Der
Fuehrer of the change of venue from
Geneva to London, but did not alter
the wording of his original telegram.
which Hitler has declined to regard
as an invitation commensurate with
Germany's dignity.
Pride Basis of Hitler's Stand.
The entire tenor of the leaders
Karlsruhe speech made it clear he
is basing the whole matter on Ger
man pride and her insiStence on
equality for the German race-the
Nazi "weltanschauung" philosophy.
Nothing short Of the actual fear Of
war, Wilhelmstrasse officials limited,
will change his position.
As he spoke, the German people
were being told by the newspapers
that Belgium is wavering over the
French position, that Poland and Eng.
land will do nothing and that even
Switzerland Is taking stand against
France.
Hitler reached the crux Of his
speech when he said:
81 can only assure you here that
nothing, certainly nothing in the
world, can move us to renounce this
(the Rhineland) sovereignty. Not be-
cause we desire unrest, but because ]
am convinced that only upon this pre-
supposition can q new order in Europe
be founded"