The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-22
ALL GERMANY
GOOSE-STEPS
UNDER HITLER
ONE OF FIRST MOVES WAS
TO DEMAND EQUALITY FOR
GERMAN NATION IN ALL
MATTERS
By DEWITT Mackenzie
CAP Feature Service Writer)

Although Hilter's drive for con-
verts began in 1919, it was not
until 1880 that he really crashed
the gates of Berlin. In the in
term came his Inflated "beer cell
lar putsch" at Munich in 1928,
when he attempted to lead his fol-
lowers to the national capital, in
emulation of Mussolinps march on
Rome.
National troops fired on the
marchers, killing number, and
Hitler was sentenced to five years
in prison. He served one year,
during which time he prepared the
groundwork for his autobiogra-
ply, "Mein Kampf" (My Fight,
which has become the great book
of Nazi:sm. After that he was re-
leased, but the authorities kept
him in hand until 1928.
BY 1890 ne was abe to capture
ITO seats in the Reichstag cleo
tions. On he surged through various
pc itical campaigns, backed by
brown-shirted storm troopers who
engaged in bloody riots with COM
munists and MARKHAM socialists,
and melted anti-Semitism, until
on January 80, 1888, President
Paul Won Hindenburg named him
chancellor.
Equality Demanded
One of Hitler's first moves was
to demand equality for Germany
in all things, especially in rearma-
ment, despite the treaty of Yer
sailles. When this was not grant
ed, he withdrew from the League
of Nations and defied the world.
Opposition in his own ranks
brought, in June of 1884, the
"blood purge" which made the
world shudder. The official total
of those killed was set at II, but
unofficial reports ran to hundreds.
When President Won linden
burg died late that year, Hitler
became Supreme head of the state,
and the republic was at an end.
The position now is this:
He has strapped the entire
treaty of Versailles, over the AL
lied protests, with the exception
of the clauses which took away
German colonies, and he is de-
manding a return of these appar-
emily with some prospects of sue
cess.
Army Rebuilt
Ignoring the edict against re-
armament, Hitler has increased
his army to close to a million;
created a vast air-armada and
built many ships of war.
Most activities of the country
have been nationalized. Business,
banking and agriculture are under
state control.
The newspapers are voices for
the government.
An effort has been made to
subordinate the churches, Protest
ant and Catholic, to the state but
with opposition not yet overcome.
Socialist trade unions have been
eradicated, and others brought
under control.
Pursuant to the program of
Germany for the Aryans, the Jews
have been crushed and thousands
have fled the country.
Communism has been eradicat-
ed, so far as surface indications
go.
Lives IN ne OIouoS
In external affairs, Germany's
relations are strained with France,
Russia, Czechoslovakia, and the
radical socialist government of
Spain.
On the other hand Der Fuehrer
has won back the friendship of
Mussolini, Austria, Hungary and
to a certain degree, of Romania
and Bulgaria and as concluded an
anti-communist pact with Japan.
The man who has done all these
things is a peculiar combination
of the far-seeing statesman and
the dreamer who spends a lot of
time in the clouds. He is accused
of being vain and being dependent
on the plaudits of his people. He
is a good Snowman and likes pag-
eants.
Hitler is something of an ascot
/ ic. He is a bachelor and women
play no part in his life. He does
not smoke, drink or even eat meat.
A spinster sister is housekeeper in