The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03

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 Before telling 1t, however, the other chapters in the story should be kept in mind. They make significant history.
 CHAPTER took place in April, 1895, when Hitler tore up the disarmament sections of the Versailles Treaty by declaring uni- versal conscription and an army limited by no one. This convinced the British 1t was time to get friendly with Germany, so Sir John Simon and Captain Anthony Eden flew to Berlin.
 Meanwhile Hitler had been per- suaded by his advisers to receive the British visitors in a friendly manner, and to let them do the talking. (Hitler has the habit of featuring all visitors for hours on end.)
 Hitler went even further, and as Q special honor, sent his per- sonaI bodyguard of Brown Shirts to the airport. But when the two Engllshmen stepped from their plane, they walked by without even giving the guard . nod, let alone returning the Maxi salute.
 This snub was immediately re- ported to Der Fuehrer, who hit the ceiling. So instead of re- ceiving Simon and Eden as he had promised and letting them do the talking, he launched into one of his usual lectures lasting three hours, in which he preached page after page of "Mein Kampf".
 The two Britishers returned to London with not one conciliatory pebble turned in their search for friendship with Germany.
 Two Rebuffs
 CHAPTER 2 was written in the spring of 1886 after Hitler had sent his troops goose-stepping into the Rhineland, thus tearing up the last military vestige of Ver- sailles.
 Tho British immediately sent a questionnaire to Berlin asking the Na2is to state their future inten- tons. The note was an opener for a Western European confer- ence. But the Nazis never an- swered 1t, have not answered 1t to this day. Once again the Brl. tish were rebuffed.
 CHAPTER 3 was penned last summer when the British invited Foreign Minister von Neurath to London to discuss problems affect- ing the two countries. The Nazis kept the British in suspense for several weeks, then just before von Neurath was scheduled to ar- rive, telegraphed that he was in- disposed.
 Halifax Visit
 Against the background of these three rebtiffs came Viscount Hali- fax'S visit to Hitler. His trip, 1t should be noted, was opposed by the British Foreign Office which maintained that the more olive branches held out to Germany, the more high-handed her attitude. Foreign Minister Eden, who held the same view, hurried back from Brussels when he heard tho cabi- net had gone over his head.
 Premier Chamberlain. however, was adamant. Convinced that Bri- tain must cooperate with Ger many until the British rearama- ment program is finished, he spurred Halifax to Berlin.
 Tho ensuing conference boiled down to three things, once again with Der Fuehrer doing the talk ing. Hitler demanded:
 1. C0lonles--Not immediate.
 ly (hc recognized that tho ac-
 tual transfer of colonies would
 take two or three years), but he
 wanted an immediate promise
 that all dermany's pre-war col-
 onies would be transferred.
 Free hand in Austria. Should
 the Austrian people decide
 through plebiscite or otherwise
 that their future lay with Ger.
 many, Hitler wanted no inter.
 ference from any western na-
 ton.
 3. Freedom for mlnorItlcs in CxeCh0slovakia-F0or restive Ger
 mans in the land of the Czechs,
 and also for the Slovaks, Hitler
 demanded complete freedom.
 Tn return for this he was will- ing to give Great Britain Q non- aggression pact respecting the borders of western Europe.
 Once again the British had turned the other cheek--and once again they had been smacked.
 The British have now taken up the German proposal with the French, and the latter, diplomati- cally-hard-boiled and realistic, have replied to this effect:
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