Evening star., 1939-11-10
Hand Of Nazi Police
Seen in Explosion al
Munich Beer Hall
Purpose Is Believed to
RekindIe Moss Loyalty
To Fuehrer Hitler
By PERTINAX.

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BY PERTINAX.
PARIS, Nov. 10 (N.ANAD.-
sure information is available here
about the explosion which occurred
In the Buergerbrau at Munich We'd
nesday night less than 20 minutes
after Chancellor Hitler had left the
room.
But all competent observers of
German affairs are unanimous in
their verdict. The hand of the Nazi
police is to be found in that So
called attempt on Hitlers life. as it
was detected six years ago In the
Reichstag fire
On Wednesday night, the aim in
view was to rekindle loyalty to the
Fuehrer among the masses to pre-
pare them for the difficult and cruel
times which lay ahead of them and
to cause hate against Britain to
flame up.
That incident and tie manner in
which it was unhesitatingly ex-
plotted on the German radio YES
terday, ought probably to dispel all
doubts about the significance of the
following phrase uttered by Hitler
IN his speech: Germany will speak
language all are to understand.
Hitler Seen in Fatalistic Mood.
Other phrases in the same speech,
to the effect that the German Reich
Will not surrender and that Field
Marshal Goering had been ordered
to prepare for campaign of five
years duration, have attracted spe-
clal attention here. They have Gre
ated the impression that Hitler.
While ready to embark on the bold
est warlike undertaking. is never
theless In sort of fatalstic mood.
In that respect, itfWas recalled,
from an unimpeachable source,
that, few months before the out
break OF hostilities. some diplomats
belonging to neutral countries were
discussing with Gen. Mich, then
undersecretary at the air ministry,
the possibility of an international
conflict in the near future. The
whole question will be to ascertain"
said Gen. Mich. whether Germany
will or will not be in a position to
win the war within six months"
Clearly, Wednesday night in
Munich, Hitler was not inclined to
trust to successful "Blitzkrieg."
But it does not change anything in
the fact that. to all outward ap-
pearance, the dice seem about to
be cast.
In such circumstances. it may
seem surprising that King Leopold
OF the Belgians and Queen Will
helmina of the Netherlands should
have deemed that the proper time
had come for them to lend their
good offices to the heads of state of
the belligerent countries for
speedy restoration of peace. 1t had
been thought at first that they had
taken that initiative only in order
to comply with direct and nina
tory request from Berlin. But now
the whole gist and trend of Hitlers
address makes short work of that
explanation.
Embarrassment for Hitler.
The truth is believed to be that.
indeed the Belgian King and the
Dutch Queen. as they observed that
German preparations against the
low countries took more threaten
ing turn, made up their minds spon-
taneously to fulfill d demand ex-
pressed to them on behalf Of Hitler
shortly after the so-called peace
offer formulated at the Kroll opera
House on October 6, and to which.
in the past four weeks, they had
not found it consistent with their
neutrality to pay heed.
But the theory commonly ac-
cepted today is that, while they tele-
graphed their message to King
George, to President Lebrun and to
Hitler on the evening of November
Z, the warlike resolution OF the
Fuehrer had moved much further
than they had anticipated. AS a
consequence, it is assumed that their
offer Of good Offices has indeed
proved more embarrassing to the
German dictator than to the other
recipients of the telegram Such is
the reason why the British and
French cabinets. although unshaka-
BILE in their determination to con-
tinue the war will not hasten in re-
turning an answer.
1t is quite obvious today that the
step taken by both moharchs in the
hope that Hitler would cease to re-
gard them as ''vassals" of the west
ern democracies has not placated
the Nazi ruler in the least. Fresh
preparations of the Reichswehr can
be watched from hour to hour in the
neighborhood of the Dutch and Bel
gian frontiers.
In Holland, the day which will fol-
low the commemoration of the 1918
armistice is seen to approach with
special apprehension. But, on the
western front, the signs of a Hitler
decision to part with the temporiz-
Ing tactics carried out hitherto can
not be said to be circumscribed to a
definite area.