Evening star., 1938-10-10
Text of Hitler Speech
Fuehrer Pays Deep Tribute to Mussol;ni d., Only
Real Friend Germany Possesses
Today.

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that must be done for the protection
Of the Reich.
Opposite us are statesmen who
that, we must believe of them-alsc
want peace. However, they govern In
countries whose internal construction
makes it possible for them at any time
to be supplanted by others who dc
not aim at peace.
These others are there.
In England, 1t merely is necessary
that instead of Chamberlain q Duff
Cooper or Eden or Churchill come into
power.
We know that the aim Of these men
would be to start war. They do not
attempt to hide it.
That obligateS us to be on the watch
to think of the protection Of the Reich.
We know further that now, as before,
there Is lurking threateningly that
Jewish international world enemy who
has found living expression in Boil
shevism.
We also know the power of the
international press which lives solely
on lies and calumniation.
In view of this popularity of the
world about us and of these forces we
must be careful about the future.
We must at all times have will for
peace but be ready for defense.
have, therefore, decided to continue
construction of our Notifications in
the west with increased energy as
already indicated in my Nurmberg
speech.
FortiRcations Extended.
Also, shall include larger districts
that hitherto lay before our fortiflca-
tions. namely the Aachen region and
Saarbruecken region, in this belt of
Notifications.
That will be done for the protection
of the Reich.
As for the rest, am happy now to
be able within the next few days to
rescind those measures which we have
projected or been compelled to intro
duce during critical months and weeks.
am happy hundreds of thousands
of men can 90 home and reservists
can be discharged.
lam happy to be able to thank them
for doing their duty.
am particularly happy to be able
to thank the German people for having
conducted itself in so wonderfully
manly a manner.
Especially do I thank a hundred
thousand German workers, engineers
and others of whom 10000 are standing
in your midst-men who helped build
fortifications.
You have helped, my comrades, to
secure peace for Germany and so, as
strong state, We are ready at all
times to embark upon a policy OF
understanding with the world about us.
We can do that. We want nothing
from others.
We have no wishes or demands. We
want peace.
There Is only one thing-this refers
to our relations to England 1t would
be good if in England certain manner
isms held over from the Versailles
period were discarded.
We just cannot stand for gover-
ness-like guardianship Of Germany.
Inquiries Out of Order.
Inquiries by British statesmen or
Parliament concerning the fate of the
Reich's subjects inside Germany are
out Of order We do not bother about
similar things in England.
The rest Of the world would some
times have had reason enough to
bother about international happenings
happenings in Palestine.
We leave this to those who feel
themselves pre-ordained by God to
solve these problems.
And We observe with amazement
how they do solve them. We must,
however, give these gentlemen advice
to attend even more to the solution
Of their own problems and to leave
us in peace.
1t also is part of the task of secur-
ing world peace that responsible states
men and politicians look after their
own affairs and refrain from con-
stantly meddling talk with the prob
lens Of other countries and peoples
BY such mutual considerateness,
preconditions are really created for
durable peace of which no one is more
earnestly desirous than the German
people.
We have great tasks facing us, great
cultural tasks. Economic problems
must be solved.
No people can make better use Of
peace than we. However, no people
knows better than we what it means
to be weak and be at the mercy OF
others for better or for worse.
My fellow countrymen!
With this year great national
work OF unification has been COM
pleted.
Resurrection of Reich.
1t was at same time the resurrection
OF proud, strong, free German Reich.
You have yourselves been compelled
to suffer so much anguish here that
you can understand it if I am worried
about the future Of this Reich and if
I can do nothing else than admonish
the entire German people always to
be on guard.
We have learned bitter lessons and
paid a great price for them.
Let us remember for all times: A