Carbon County news., 1937-03-12
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By Lemuel F. Parton H
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ace. Astute foreign observers
find cumulative evidence o1
this in his Tightening hold on
the army and in the new good.
will facade which Germany
is trying to erect with his re.
assuring and now more fire.
quently repeated speeches.
"Other nations should not take il
lightly that we stretch out our hands
in conciliation," says the war min
lister in an address quite patiently
intended for foreign ears.
Dispatches hint that before long
Der Fuehrer will be transported to
a mystic valhaIla in a chariot of
fire, there to remain as a symbol
while some less febriIe citizen takes
care Of mundane affairs. That will
be the intellectual, cultured, but not
General Won BIomberg,
according to news from the watch
towers over seas.
In the endlessly repeated story Of
the praetorian aftermath Of war and
revolution, he, and his allies have
the army. Furthermore, he is more
capable Of rationalizing Germany
and her needs in foreign relation
ships than the Gilbert and Sullivan
Goering, the inept Won Ribbentrop
or the intellectual rubberman RoS-
enberg.
This writer has a friend, a former
journalist once stationed
at Berlin and now engaged in COM
enterprise in Europe, who
sees in the German junkers, to
which class General Won Blomberg
belongs, the only hope Germany has
for rehabilitation without war. He
does not wish his name used as he
passes in and out Of Germany. In a
letter mailed at Prague, he writes,
In parts,
"HitIer still has a tight hold on
but the real power is cas-
ing over to the army, and that
means Won. BlOmberg. Strangely
have found more brains
md more realism among the bull
et-headed officers and imperialists
If the World war days than among
he nazi fanatics. / have talked
70 Won Blomberg several times and
don't think he believes a word
If this racial nonsense.
"FIes is an educated man who
Knows that Germany will have to
make peace with the democratic
powers~to get what she needs. He
IS a diligent, and believe OPEN
student Of history, and I
Know he reads books which an ordi-
1ary German citizen would have to
'ead secretly.
II have an idea that it you read
he papers closely, you will see be-
ore long more and more stories
about Hitler's throat aff1iction and
he necessity of his retiring to
3erchtesgaden for rest and medita-
ion. I have no idea that he will
,e overthrown. He will be merely
.nshrined, while the old-line indus
and junkers pick up where
hey left off and get Germany back
N the track, if they can. The nazis
lave been highly useful in solidify-
ng the country, for their purposes
It least, but in my view the ulti-
nate power rests where it always
las rested-in the army and the
money bags.
Germany is not ready for war.
Ter 'ersatz' campaign has been sue
essfuI only to very limited de-
rec. She cannot redress her trade
'aIance because her productive en-
rgies go into armament. She must
ither fight or bargain her way out.
have found the disincIination to-
var and the hope Of new credit and
rade concessions much stronger
,mong the army groups and imperi-
lists than / have among the Ilazil
IOIiticians. The former know more
bout the actuaIities of war than
he latter, and they have a clearer
understanding Of the imperativeI
eed for raw materials and credit.
''von Blomberg is going to do a
ot Of fronting for Germany in the
ext year. Unless I am greatly
he will bear many olive
ranches. I do not consider him q
beraI in our sense Of the word,
ut he has brains enough to see that
rance, England and the United
tates have what he needs, and
1ust have, and he is going after it.
"As you know, I was caught in
Iermany when the World war[
tarted and I have no love for theI
but they have lucid mo-
1ents and am inclined to think
1is is one of them. Of course Ger
lany will do a lot Of growing and
'oofng as she starts bargaining for
,ans and raw materials, but that
ill be merely in the hope Of scar
lg concessions out of the other side.
nyway-and this a strange choice
, have to make-I am glad to see
over slipping into the hands Of the
rmy leaders" +