Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
BY ]. A. BOUMAN.

Associated Press Foreign Correspondent
BERLIN, Nov. 5.-We don't want
war, no nation wants war;" Hitler
shouted when he was explaining why
he was going to seize Sudetenland
His audience, cheered themselves
hoarse. mo WAR;" the country
echoed from end to end.
Thank God. no war;" came the
response from all the Reich's neigh
bors. great and small.
Gas masks were put away: re-
servists were sent home; mobiliza
ton Cancelled.
But none save incurable optimists
believe that peace millennium is
just around the corner.
Warnings are plentiful that the
next great war, when it comes, will
In its ferocity, put the World War
Of 20 years ago completely in the
shade.
No smaller authority than the late
war lord" Erich Ludandorff, the
Kaiser's famous quartermaster gen.
eral in the World War, has laid it
down that the next war will be a
total war.
No Nom Combatants.
Virtually there will be no nom
combatants; there will be no con-
sidera ton for graybeards. women
or babes in arms. It will be war
of humiliation.
In order to win. the complete
conquest of the peoples soul is
essential" Ludendorff wrote.
He elaborated two main points:
One being that the most regid con-
troll and discipline, and the utmost
sacrifice must be imposed on all
Germans, men and women.
The slightest breath of doubt or
encouragement must be stif1ed ruth
lessly."
No country is likely prematurely
to reveal its secrets as to what
means 1t entends to employ in the
next major conflict.
In Germany, as elsewhere. the
order is: Keep your mouth shut
enemy ears are listening"
Hitler lifted tip of the veil when
he showed Regent Nicholas Horthy
of Hungary some of his new DEATH
dealing machinery at parade in
the latters honor in Berlin, Au-
gust 25.
Foreign military attaches lifted
astonished eyebrows when they saw
laundering past them the biggest
howitzers l6 inchers) ever seen In
Germany. the super big berthas";
lOng-range guns with 40-foot bar
rels and to II inch caliber; truck
loads Of destruction dealing mon
sters, never before seen on wheels.
Five-Man Tanks Shown.
Tanks there Were-huge ones ap-
parently for a crew of five-officer,
two gunners. driver, substitute
driver-new types of medium size
tanks, some estimated to weigh ap-
proXimately Is tons; others between
s and 9 tons
Professional observers thought
that If Hitler was willing to show
off these monsters he must have
plenty more aces up his sleeve.
In a little book entitled The War
of the Future retired 1t Gen. Max
Schwartz voices the opinion, now
pretty generally held, that the next
war will be chiefly an aerial one.
The fact that the military budgets
Of all governments are appropriat-
Ing constantly rising sums for fight
ing planes goes to support this view.
"Ruthlessness in the superlative
degree" the writer declares, will
characterize the next war.
Nothing will be neglected to break
the morale Of the civil population
no laws of humanity, no interna-
tional law, will be kept"
Gen. Schwartz. too. supports Gen
Ludendorff' view that the next war
will be total" one.
1T means the compulsory indus
trlallzation of the whole nation
he writes. There will no longer
be any -combatant part of the
population"
Vulnerable Centers Dispersed.
To strike at an enemy's nerve CEN
ter will be the first aim, and the
realization of this explains why all
governments are spreading the most
vulnerable centers as far apart as
possible.
Neutrals will stand but . poor
chance IN the next war, the writer
thinks. The argument that "neces-