The Washington times., 1937-09-29

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great affection for our race.
you will take with you the
usual outfit-a rifle and suppose
a couple Of shotguns, with cart
ridges from number twos to sew.
ems. Let it look as much like a
genuine sporting expedition as
possible"
And when I arrive with this
arsenal?"
Sir Francis was silent for sew.
eral moments.
II shall have to wander for a
few minutes" he said, from the
immediate subject Of our discus
sion.
You have shown yourself ca
pable Of helping us to such an ex-
tent that I am going to take you
still further into our confidence"
MatreSser pulled up his chair
closer to the visitors. He leaned
forward and listened intently.
THE fact of it is" Sir Francis
began, that neither you nor any
one else outside the Cabinet knows
exactly how serious the present
situation is.
Even the press dare not acknowl-
edge it. Our ambassadors keep us
on the Jump the whole of the
time"
Where's the danger, sir?" Mat.
resser asked.
Germany, of course. She is the
strongest and best prepared ma
ton in Europe and she knows it.
THE curious thing about it is
that the man who is chiefly re-
sponsible for her strength, the
man who has hammered militar.
ism into the country, defied all
Europe and broken every coven-
ant, is the man who today desires
peace"
THAT seems rather surprizing
MatreSSer observed quietly.
81 am not guessing" Sir Fran
els assured him. II am telling you
the absolute truth I was in
Berlin myself, as you know, a short
time ago. I had two interviews
with the person whom I will call
the Dictator.
LOSING HOLD
He acknowledged frankly that
he was losing his hold upon the
country, and he was losing it be-
cause, having weighed up all the
possibilities, he has come to the
conclusion that what Germany
needs is peace"
"Why?"
"You have asked question" the
Foreign Secretary replied, (which
I believe am the only man in the
world who could answer.
THE Dictator gave himself away
at our last interview. know what
it is he is really fearing"
"A return to monarchy?"
Precisely. There are at least
three of the present generation of
HohenZollerns who are lusty, am
bilious fellows and they have been
living before their public in the
one hope that some day the coun.
try will swing back and they
might be chosen to take He'll
stern's place.
1.-THE students are all with them
and curiously enough, the army,
fashioned and developed by the
Dictator, is becoming more and
more royalist every day.
mot one of those three likely
candidates for the throne of the
new Germany can show himself
in the streets today without be-
ing Saluted and applauded."
and France?"
"Our alliance with France has
become almost a fetish of honor
with us ALL" Sir Francis said
gravely. "And frankly, Matresser,
we may have to face at any mo-
ment a terrible decision.
There's not anyone in the Cab
met or out of it who could pretend
that France has treated this coun-
try we'll since the war. She only
once made a gesture of being our
ally at Geneva and in the matter
OF sanctions she did her best to
heap all the onus of making a
decision upon is and us alone.
DISHONEST GAME
"She never for a single moment
played the honest game. You
know as well as I do, Matresser,
that there is not > more unpop-
ular country in France today than
England. They don't trust us.
They don't believe in us.
In the press there they call us
a nation of hypocrites. We have
been stupid often enough but we
have not deserved such an at.
titude on their part. Tha4 is one
of the things we are up against,
MatresSer.
1T boils itself down to this. Are
we to risk everything that this
nation stands for by fighting Ger
many for the sake of France?"
You are being extraordinarily
candid with me. Sir Francis" Mat
resser observed.
I'VE have more faith in you
than you have in yourself" was
the blunt reply. Now that we
have begun, let us go through .
with it.
There's Italy. Well, my own
opinion is that Hellstern's turn
about-face is entirely due to the
disaster which has befallen that
country.