Evening star., 1936-09-01

more candid spokesmen, like Dr..
Goebbels, do not hesitate to call 1t
collectivism. to admit its collectivism
and call 1t socialism. On Friday last
DR.. Joseph Goebbels, opening the
radio exhibition in Berlin, described
the regime in Germany as "a Social
ist racial state" National socialism,
like communism, claims to be q world
theory. It is true that every once in
q while an official spokesman denies
that 1t Is an export article, but the
continual propaganda which 1t makes
everywhere bellies this. From Ger
many emanates constantly stream
Of propaganda which permeates every
country, including our own, to the
effect that all radical tendencies, with
which are Jumped all forms Of LIBERAL
ism, emanate from the Jews, and that
the only way of preventing NATIONAL
ism is to preserve it along Nazi lines.
That means: To overcome republic
anism, crush representative govern
ment, eliminate minorities and estah-
lish q racial coflectivism under an
all-powerful state, with complete con-
troll over the whole Of economic and
social life, under dictatorship. The
myth of national socialism is entirely
different from the myth Of oommu-
nism. But the collectivist state which
1t establishes bears closer resem-
blance to the Bolshevist state than
it does to any form Of democratic
government.
Plan Joint Campaign.
That communism has become q
stalking horse for the Fascist coun-
tries is illustrated by the latest moves
between Germany and Italy. DR..
Goebbels, whose control over the Ger
man press, RADIO, and every other
form of communication, Is complete,
got together on Saturday with Gino
Alfieri, the Italian press minister, to
plan q joint campaign against COM
munism. Significantly enough, this
conference follows upon the decision
of Mr.. Hitler to stop his persecution
of the Roman Catholic Church. The
reason is obvious; the Catholic Church
is on the side of the rebels in Spain;
it is therefore at this moment an
ally; 1t is therefore necessary to re-
verse a policy.
But one may well ask: Why are
Germany and Italy joining their
forces in a campaign against COM
munism? Are their own countries
threatened? Have not the forces of
communism been utterly uprooted in
Germany and in Italy Who, then,
are these countries trying to save?
Not themselves, certainly. They want
TO become the worlds saviors.
World Would Make Mistake.
They are establishing a basis for
another alliance and another cru
sade, simply that and nothing more.
The reasons are national and i'm
Russia as a warlike power, ready to
step out and conquer the world.
There is no evidence to support this.
Russia is a country of vast area, with
out territorial ambitions. The recent
purge in Moscow Of the most active
Leftist element indicates that in its
Byzantine way Moscow is washing its
hands of revolutionary communism in
other countries. BY the very nature
of it's composition, Soviet Russia has
everything to lose and nothing what
ever to gain by war. Let US keep
that in mind when the time comes
that We are asked to support war
to make the world safe against COM
munism. The democratic world
would make a grave mistake should
it seek the collaboration Of one col
lectivist revolutionary regime to save
1t from another collectiNst revolu-
tionary regime.
Copyright, 1886 New York Tribune Inc.