Evening star., 1937-03-15
HITLER IS TERMED
THREAT TO PEACE
French Writer and German
Educator Debate at
Town Hall.

Characterizing national socialism,
the political doctrine of Nazi Ger
many, as a very simple form OF
exploitation of the mass spirit" Count
De Roussy de Sales, French political
writer, told Town Hall audience
last night that Adolph Hitler's ap-
plication of this philosophy consti-
tutes the greatest threat to the
security of the world today.
Speaking prior to his French op-
ponent, DR.. Helgo W. Culemann,
German educator, declared that
Germans hail the Nazi doctrine with
a fervor approaching religion in con-
trast to the maligning and misrepre-
sentation of those outside the
country.
Contending that the seed of Nazi
policy was sown in the Versailles
Treaty, which filled with laundering
mistakes, made Germany bleed
white" DR.. Culemann said the Ger
man people accepted Naziism in pref
erence to communism and that they
have not regretted that choice.
Big Cut in Unemployment.
AS its principal achievements, DR..
Culemann declared the Hitler gov
ernment has restored the national
confidence and reduced unemploy-
ment from six and one-half millions
to slightly more than one million.
Explaining the anti-Semitic drive
of the Nazis, the German speaker
said it had been made necessary by
the fact that Jews, leaders of left
1st doctrines" had controlled the
newspapers and educational insti-
tutlors whose opposition could not
be tolerated during the expert
mental stages of national socialism.
personally do not say this (the
purge of jews was a necessary means
or the only one" DR.. Culemann said.
but circumstances forced some
action"
Germanys internal policy, DR.. Guile
mann said, constitutes no threat to
peace. Her foreign policy, ne then
continued, likewise constitutes nc
menace, pointing out significantly
that If Germany had the colonies
she needs she could not afford tc
light, for fear of losing them again
Although he avoided direct mention
OF possibilities of war with Russia
he cited Germany'S extensive border
line as reason for a great army and
spoke Of Czechoslovakia as a "vassal
state of Russia"
N0rdic Supremacy Held Bunk"
Drawing applause on several oc-
casions, De Sales termed the Naz
theory Of Nordic supremacy, what
ever that is as "the bunk" Remark
ing with obvious sarcasm that it was
too bad" about the differences ct
opinion held by Jewish scientists,
educators and publishers, De Sales
declared that such divergence may
be messy, but I like it better that
way"
I'VE were coping pretty well with
communism before Hitler appointed
himself the worlds defender" De
Sales continued "If we look at the
map we find that no nation except
Russia has embraced communism anc
that Is a communism far from the
original ideas of Lenin 1t is not thai
I prefer Stain to Hitler, but it is 6
fact that Russia In the last few years
has made no threats against hel
neighbors nor against world peace"
Defending the Versailles treaty, De
Bales declared that no treaty ever
was fair to the side that lost the
nror rH that SC Ia l.
with the Treaty of Versailles" France
may be mostly to blame for the
treaty, he continued, but it should
not be blamed for Hitler.
Return of Liberties Seen.
Il don't think We could be-" he re-
marked
Speaking in rebuttal, DR. Culemann
predicted that Germans will regain
their individual liberties as soon as
the nation regains its normal place
among world powers.
During questioning from the audi
ence, DR.. Culemann referred to the
recent Hitler-La Guardia ernbroglio
as resulting in very unpleasant
exchange of notes. but declined to
discuss it further. Mayor La Guardia s
sighting remarks about Hitler, he
said, were made "comprehensibly for
political reasons"
DR.. Wilson Compton, associate pro-
lessor of economics at George Wash
1ngton University, presided over the
debate. Despite the bad weather the
Shoreham ball room was filled.