The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-06
Doubtful Democracies Ever
Can Stop Hitler Now
Towers Above
All Statesmen
In Europe
By MILTON BRONNER


London, Oct. elf the statesmen
in the foreign offices Of Europe had
taken the care to study Adolf Hit
ler's book, "Mein Kampf," and the
rs points he enuxiciated therein,
they would not today be astounded
that he towers above all Of them
and represents a power which 1t Is
very doubtful whether the democ-
racies now can stop.
For he has out-gamed them, out
guessed them and welded the U.s.
600 900 Germans into the most pow
erful machine for war-making the
world has ever seen.
The first three points Of his rs
give the clue to his entire foreign
policy since he took power:
Il. We demand the reunion Of
all Germans in a single great Ger
many upon the basis of the right
Of people to dispose of themselves.
"2. The treaties of Versailles and
ST. German must be abolished.
"3. We expect colonies to nourish
our people and give the possibility
for our excess population to emf
CRATE"
If anybody was still in doubt as
to what Hitler meant, all he had
to do was to visit the Feldherrn-
halle in the center of Munich. Here
he would see the words:
"God make us free"
And under that he would see the
names Of lost provinces: Alsace-Lor-
raine, Eupen-Malmedy, Memel,
Suedeten Germany, South Tyrol,
Posen, Silesia and the colonies.
Hitler knew these aspirations were
futile without the power force
brings. Hence all through his "Mein
Kampf" he spoke Of forging the
German sword.
He said the lost provinces could
be won. not by prayers to God nor
through the League Of Nations, but
only by force. He cynically but
truthfully said frontiers had been
made by men and could be changed
by men.
He praised the army as the last
and highest school for the youth OF
the nation. It was inevitable that
the moment he came to power, he
would get In close touch with the
army chiefs and do everything his
autocracy could accomplish for the
creation of the bigger army.
At the same time, he followed the
foreign policy he outlined in his
book. In that he denounced France
as the eternal enemy with whom a
final reckoning would have to come
some day. He said weak Germany
would not be worth having as an
ally. A strong Germany would be
sought as an ally. He indicated his
choice Of England and italy as those
possibilities. He has not got the for
mer-yet-but he did capture Italy.
He also made clear that to him,
more important than colonies was
land right In Europe itself. He in
dictated 1t would be taken at the ex-
pense ultimately Of Russia. He
visioned Germany someday with
800, 100000 Germans on their own
soil.
With the Rhineland, Austria and
q generous portion Of Czechoslovakia
now under the German flag, an
anxious world is wondering which
Of the next lost provinces he will
go after. Hitler Is a dreamer about
history. He remembers the Holy
Roman Empire which once dom
mated Europe and held Poland,
Hungary and Bohemia in fee. The
indications are that he will plunge
on towards the southeast and ulti-
mately towards the Ukraine. If he
gets the oil and grain on the Balk-
ans, he will have made good his
recent boast that Germany can
never agat be blockaded and starv-
ed into submission.
At present 1t looks as II there is
no holding him. France and Eng
land missed the boat. The smaller
powers In the east Of Europe, re-
membering the fate Of the Czecho-
slovakians, and will not side against
Germany. They will seek to be nice
little brothers to the giant. Hitler
bids fair to win the hegemony Of
Europe for Germany. despite the
avowals of peace that came out OF
the four-power conference at Mum
ich.