The Washington times., 1938-09-21

The Dry COnquerOr
WE MAY seem to be writing too much about Hitler
w Chamberlain and Czechoslovakia, but the Euro
pean situation is becoming, easily could become,
thousand times important to this country than
our primaries our World Series any other domestic
question 1t is think the subject in which all
Americans most intensely interested at the moment
Hitler has been extending his conquests in Europe.
He is the process Of absorbing of the territories
outside Bismarcks Germany which inhabited by Ger
man-speaking peoples He has
WUHLS OULLeL OH done practically boodlessy.
RIccL Cor Too If this reagnment of the map
has to take place. it is good
thing that it is being done with little sacrifice of life
He is "inspired" leader, who believes he gets his
inspirations in communion with the Final Cause what
he calls it. He is not practical, to be reasoned
with; he is prophet like Mohammed, Father Divine
of those other select characters.
We know that Hitler wants possess or dominate the
countries opening down the Danube onto the Black Sea
because his friend Mussoln has cut him off from the
Mediterranean. 1t is worth remembering that the old
Hungarian empire extended as far south as
Trieste and Fiume the Adratc coast that Austria
and Germany combined had ample outlets two seas.
We haven't noticed Mussoni moving to give Hitler a
corridor to the Adratc Hitler may take that latter
point up with Mussoin later. It also seems to us that
DeIOre long, ne may De having another about
Africa.
Germany, before the World War, held the following
colonies in Africa which have indicated in the map
on Page 2.
German Southwest Afrca-32OoOO 50. mi. 100000 pop.
tabou 10000 whte-now part of Britains Union Of South
aSSu 5000 E Bs M.nGat: m 5 G
the French s and and BS gS s00u 5000
% %ToEOlandIS2ooo So mi 100000 pop-now French and
and Urundi-2O0OO 81 mi 50o mn MN
merly part of German Africa now Belgian mandate
We don't why Chamberlain can't make trade
with Hitler for of these colonies since only one
Of them German Southwest Africa, is at all valuable
The rest are just sops to national pride To Germany
they would represent the glory
Glory to Hitler; of empire reganed Inciden-
Worru fo Rrifn1n tally Chamberlain would then
have them hosta ges;
Hitler would be reasonable toward England in the
future he again in danger of having his African
colonies cut off by the British navy. England is
feted with African possessons there is why
she couldn't drop the less desirable territories. None
of them is particularly habtable tempting to white
settlers. AS somebody observed, there
Germans in Yorkvlle in 1914 than in all the German
colonies in Africa.
Such trade might be made in exchange for more
reasonable attitude by Hitler toward the Jews. Anti
Semitism, which has spread to Italy and Poland, is
creating problem for other countries, where poor
Jews come KNOCKING al Lue QOOF1
Mass Exile: penniless, unable to speak the
DrohIou, language burden to nations
which treat Jews whole with
consideration. These mass exies have created dis
location If they could be stopped, the whole world
would benefit.
Under Hiters fanaticsm, it is obvious there is
deeper He wanted to get the property of the
Jews; the only way he could excuse himself for doing
by abusing them unworthy of consdera-
ton Now he has most of their property, and it is
sonabe to suppose he might be willing to make deal to
let up those he hasn't exled Such deal would make
him less likely to toppe like Napoleon and other con-
querors who went too far too fast.
We Welcome Daring