The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-29

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 The next coup, it is forecast her but will be an urgent demand for colonies, lost after the war, or for cnnsioil.
 Thus Europe awaits the start of khe fifth year of Hitlerism with even greater trepidation than 1t viewed his first dramatic rise to political might.
 HATEFUL FIRE
 Four years ago, as the result Of $ backstairs calnarilla, the dodder- 4ng. half-dying President Hinden- burg was induced to sign on the dotted line, dismissing General von schIeicher as Chancellor and nam ing Adolf Hitler in his place. on that February 27 the splendid Reichstag building in Berlin was partially destroyed by 8 fire evi- dently of incendiary origin. The Nazis swore the Communists started the w-historic blaze. Most of the world planes the Nazis. For the fire gave them the excuse they had been waiting for. They drove the Communists and Socialists out of the Reischtag and seized complete power.
 Hitler celebrated the first anni- versary as Chancellor by setting in motion on January 30, 1884, his la nous purge" in which were mur- <lered hundreds of Nazi leaders, in- ciuding some who were deemed his closest friends. So were former Chancellor Schleicher and his wife. The s'purge"-chiefly cold-blooded murders in Berlin and Munich-rid Hitler of the chief grumblers in his party and threw into the rest Tear which has kept them tame and humble ever since. The death of President Hindenburg on August ?. 1035, enabled Hitler to complete his grasp of power. The one-time Aus friari was now master of 68,000, 900 Germans. The one-tirne corporal dn . Bavarian regiment was now supreme war lord of the country's armed forces.
 ACTS RUTHLEssLY
 Der F'uehrer proceeded to give the people benevolent tyranny such as Bismarck and the Kaisers never dreamed of daring. He per- secuted the Jews. He smashed and outlawed all the rival political par fies-C Communist, Socialist, Cath 0aic Center, Demoratic. He crushed the existing labor unions and ap- propriated their funds for his own lahor organization. He destroyed Free Masonry. He wiped out all the old. autonomous privileges of the German states and welded them into the Reich, now dividing Ger many into mere provinces. He held sselections," which were huge jokes, because nobody but an approved set of NaM candidates could run, thus making farce of the Reichstag.
 so far, inside Germany. he has done everything he promised he would do in his famous book ,,Mein Kampf." It is because of this that Hitler has kept Europe worried. For statesmen fear that, if he has done everything inside Germany he said he would do, SO likewise will he att tempt to do outside Germany every thing he said he would do. His apologists say this is a false fear. They say that his book was written when he was in prison after his nbortive putsch and that, as man 1n power, he will not attempt to ac- complish in Europe what, as a man 1n prison and with no responsibil- fty, he dreamed of accomplishing. sa1Y BATTLE"
 The essence of his thought on foreign affairs set forth in his book IF; Germany must build strong army and air force. Then she will not only be considered worthy of being an ally by other strong coun- tries, but will be listened to with respect in the comity of nations. He outlined his foreign policy as a steadfast wooing of England, either to get her as an ally or to win her Benevolent neutrality. That se- cured, there should be the destruc- fion of the eternal enemy" France. That done, Germany should turn eastWards and take what territory she wanted and needed. Then in a hundred years time Germany would be q nation of 300, 900, 900 living on 1ts own soil. That policy, of course. means taking Russian territory and explains his violent attacks on that country.
 Europe sees in everything he has dome one step after another in the