Evening star., 1939-04-02

a patriotic duty to his great Germany
so says Goebbels-to go without coffee
and tobacco and to eat adu1terated but
ter. greenish potato flour bread and
other "ersatz" foods. Butter and fats
and coffee are rationed by cards, which
allow limited amount week, while
all other foods-meats. vegetables and
fruits-are just as effectively rationed by
limiting the quantities put on sale in
the stores.
Imbued with such egotism, it is un-
derstandable how the German is car
ried along by national pride and love of
country. He must save all the superior
Germans who are ruled by inferior
people, regardless of the sacrifices by
himself. who does not help his coun-
trymen in misfortune and suffering is
not worthy to live among them is
sign in restaurants. He joins in the
cheering when more territory is an
nexed, bends his shoulders to the addi-
tional load which that means and is
Loyalty proud that Germany is going
somewhere. He is told that, in the end,
it will get the rich lands to make it
self lf-sustaining. He believes and is sat-
isfied, for nothing has stopped Germany
in the last six years. To-day Germany
belongs to us and tomorrow-the entire
world" is the popular song.
The German tells visitors there are no
poor or unemployed in the country. He
cannot explain why four separate public
collections are needed each month, in
addition to the special taxes, all amount
ing to millions, on the pretext of caring
for these non-existent poor and unem-
ployed. He is convinced that Germany
is opulated-"people without space"
is the slogan-but cannot explain why
Italians are brought by the thousands to
work on farms and new construction.
The explanation is simple-all available
money and manpower are sued for new
public buildings, Notifications, NUM-
tions, roads and other reproductive
development. The German is not ex-
pected to bother his head about that.
Der Fuehrer will decide and tell him
what to think.
Inconsistencies Are Overlooked.
Life in Germany is full of such in
consistencies, but the belief that Ger
many is different from other countries
and that Germans are different from
other people satisfies the German. Der
Fuehrer has decided what shall be done
and the people must do it.
When a filling station proprietor tcid
me that more anti-freeze mixture would
be needed in an automobile radiator IN
Germany than in the United States. I
suggested that water froze at the same
temperature all over the world, according
to varying attitudes.
"Oh. no." he replied, when it freezes
in Germany. it is colder than in other
countries"
/ asked a waiter in a Cologne hotel
if he had cream for the breakfast coffee.
Instead of getting cream, of which there
was none, received lecture on how
Germany lost the war and on Woodrow
Wilson's IA points. They were on the
front pages, 20 years ago, and any one
who is more Of farmer and less of
robot political economist knows that sev
eral generations of COWS can start filling
milk cans in 20 years. Even the answers
are prepared for the dutiful Germans.
If the German people are not en-
thusiastic about everything in their coun-
try today, they are confident in the
future Germany which is pictured for
them, and no amount of talking or
arguing. in chancelleries or newspapers
will change their opinions.
(Copyyight. 1030.)