Evening star., 1939-01-31
By the Associated Press.

3, the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Jan. 31.-Following Is
the official translation Of pertinent
sections Of Chancellor Hitler's ad-
dress to the Reichstag last night:
Members of the German Reichstag:
When six years ago this evening
tens of thousands of National So
cialist fighters marched through the
Brandenburg Gate to the light of
their torches to express to me, who
had just been appointed Chancellor
of the Reich, their feeling of over
twhelming Joy and their VOWS as
faithful followers. countless anxious
eyes all over Germany and in Berlin
gazed upon the beginning Of devel-
opment the end of which still seemed
unknown and unpredictable.
One thing remains unforgotten:
1t seemed that only q miracle in
the 18th hour could have Germany.
We National Socialists believed in
this miracle. Our opponents ridi-
culed our belief in it. The idea of
redeeming the nation from decline
extending over Is years simply by
the power of q new idea seemed to
the non-National Socialists fantas-
tic nonsense.
Rescue Continued.
The rescue of Europe began at
one end of the continent with Mus
solini and Fascism. National So
ri 1iSro continued this roco,,o Il, ~,
other part of Europe, and at the
present moment we are witnessing
in still a third country the same
drama Of brave triumph over the
Jewish international attempt to de-
stroy European civilization.
If certain newspapers and poll
ticians in the rest of the world
now allege that Germany thus
threatened other nations (by mill
tary preparations in the Czecho-
Slovak crisis) by military blackmail,
1t can only be as a result of crude
distortion of the facts.
Germany restored the rights of
self-determination to 100000 of
her fellow countrymen In terri
tory where neither the British nor
any other western nation have any
business.
And I need not assure you gen.
tlemen that in the future as we'll
we shall not tolerate the western
states attempting to interfere in
certain matters which concern no.
body but ourselves in order to hinder
natural and reasonable solutions by
their Intervention.
We were all happy, therefore,
when thanks to the initiative of our
good friend, Benito Mussolini, and
thanks also to the highly appre-
ciated readiness of Mr.. Chamber
lain and M. Daladier, it became pos
sible to find ethe elements on an
agreement which not only allowed
Of the peaceful settlement of a mat
| ter which admitted no further delay,
but could moreover be looked upon
as an example Of the possibility of
a general and sensible treatment
and settlement of certain vital prob
lens. -.
Root Cause Of Difficulties.
What Is the root cause of all our
economic difficulties? It is the over
population of our territory. And in
this connection there is only one
fact and one question which I can
hold up to the credit in the Western
and in the xtra-European democ-
racies.
The fact is this: In Germany
there are 1875 people to the square
kilometer living entirely without
their former reserve; for Is years q
prey to all the rest of the world
burdened with tremendous debts
without colonies, the German people
are nevertheless fed and clothed
and, moreover, there are no unem-
ployed among them.
There are countries in the world
where, instead of 135 people to the
square kilometer, as there are In
Germany, there are only between
. and II; where vast stretches Of
fertile land lie fallow, where all
imaginable minerals are available:
there are countries which have all
this and the natural wealth of coal.
iron and ore and yet are not even
capable Of solving their own social
problems, of doing away with un-
employment or overcoming their
other difficulties.
And now the representatives Of
these states swear by the wonderful
qualities Of their democracy. They
| are quite at liberty to do so as far
as they are concerned. But as long
as we still had an o:shoot of this
democracy In Germany we had
1000, 900 unemployed, trade and in
dustry were faced with absolute
ruin in town and country, and
society was on the point of revolu-
tion.
Indifferent to Other Regimes.
The question Of the form of gov
ernment or of the organization OF
the national community is not
subject for international debate at
all. 1t Is q matter Of absolute in
difference to us in Germany what
form of government other nations
have.
At the most, it is a matter of
indifference to us whether National
Socialism-which is our copyright,
just as Fascism is the italian one
is exported or not. -"
The assertion that National So
cialism in Germany will soon at
!