Evening star., 1939-08-28
Text of HitIer's Letter
Insists Germany Must Have
Donzig and Polish Corridor
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
BERLIN, Aug. % (Monday) -
The letter which Adolf Hitler wrote
to French Premier Edouard Dala-
dier is dated Berlin, August 27, and
reads as follows in English transla-
ton.
My Dear Minister President:
understand the misgiving which
you give expression.
l, too, have never overlooked the
grave responsibilities which are i'm
posed upon those who are in charge
of the fate of nations.
AS an old front fighter, I. like
yourself, know the horrors of war.
Guided by this attitude and expert
ence have tried honestly to remove
all matters that might cause con-
f1ict between our two people.
have quite frankly given one
assurance to the French people,
namely that the return of the Saar
would constitute the pre-condition
for this.
After its return Immediately and
solemnly pronounced my renuncia-
ton of any further claims that
might concern France. The Ger
maN people approved of this, my at
titude.
AS you could judge for yourself
during your last visit here, the Ger
man people, in the knowledge of it's
own behavior, held and holds no
i'll feelings, much less hatred, for
its one-time brave opponent.
An Increasing Sympathy.
On the contrary, the pacification
OF our western frontier led to an
increasing sympathy. Certainly as
far as the German people are con-
cerned sympathy which on many
occasions showed itself In a really
demonstrative way.
The construction of the western
Notifications, which swallowed and
stlll swallows many millions (of
marks) at the same time constituted
for Germany document of accept
ance and flXatiOn of the final
frontiers Of the Reich.
In doing so, the German people
nave renounced two provinces which
once belonged to the German Reich,
later were conquered again at OF
cost OF much blood and finally were
defended with even more blood.
l believed that by this renuncia-
ton and this attitude every conceiv-
able source of conflict between our
two peoples had been done away
with, which might lead to repeti-
ton OF the tragedy of l914-19l8.
This voluntary limitation of the
German claims to life in the west
can, however, not be interpreted as
an acceptance of all other phases
of the Versailles dictate.
I have really tried, year after year,
to achieve the revision of at least
the most impossible and unbearable
provisions of this dictate by way of
negotiation. This was impossible.
Says Revision Had to Come.
That the revision had to come was
known and clear to a greater num-
ber of sensible men among all ma
tons. Whatever one may say against
my method, whatever one believes
one should criticize about it, it must
not be overlooked or denied that it
became possible for me without new
bloodshed, not only to find solutions
satisfactory in many cases to Ger
many, but that by the method of my
procedure I relieved the statesmen
OF other nations of the obligation.
frequently impossible for them. of
having to defend this revision r
fore their own peoples.
For, your eXcellency will ha
admit one thing to me: The re
had to some. The Versailles :
tate was unbearable No Frenchman
with honor-and yourself included,
Herr Daladier-would have acted
/ differently from myself in a similar
position.
In this sense I have then tried to
remove from the world the most ir-
rational provisions of the Versailles
dictate.
I have made an offer to the Polish
government which shocked the Ger
man people Nobody but myself
could even dare to 60 before the
public with such an offer. 1t could
therefore be made only once.
Hits at England.
am deeply convinced that if
especially England at that time had,
instead of starting a wild campaign
against Germany in the press and
instead of launching rumors of a
German mobilization, had somehow
talked the Poles into being reason
able, Europe today and for Is years
could enjoy condition of deepest
peace.
! AS things were, however, Polish
public opinion was excited by a lie
about German aggression. Clear de-