Evening star., 1939-10-07
j. ). Editors See
Little Peace Hope
In Hitler Speech
Fuehrer's Aim Is Found
To Win War Without
Fighting for It
By the Associated Press.

leaves Europe as uncertain as ever
about what goes on in his mind
and what goes on behind the scenes
in this strange, strange war.
To those not in the know" of
what goes on behind the scenes it
seems likely that some heavy talk
ing must be going on between
spokesmen for Hitler, Stain, Cham
berlain and Daladier. Brief dis
patches from England yesterday
indicated that both Conservative
and Labor groups were holding pri-
vate sessions of mysterious purpose
Maybe Hitler's real offer was not
over the radio. Has it been made
through Turkey?
New Haven (Conn.) Journal
Courier independently A rapid
survey shows the address true
to form; bombastic, contradic-
tory, boastful, threatening, alter
nately wheedling and demanding
and studded with promises. Basi-
cally it offers peace under
threat of force-if that peace is on
his own terms. The immediate
and the expected answer from the
allies suggests that, like the boy
playing with the word wolf" he
has promised his peace" once too
often.
BOSTON Transcript
Hitler speech offered slight assur-
ance that European peace could be
assured If hostilities are halted.
Hitlerism, to the determination of
which the allies have dedicated this
war, was not repudiated. 1t was
rather reasserted in the amoral
philosophy with which Hitler sought
to justify the humiliation of small
nations by aggression, and in his
proposal to extend the German
policy against the Jews
Christian Science Monitor-The
peace value of the speech will
inevitably be measured against
, the mentality from which it came.
The allies have made that mental
ity the issue. Certainly only a
mentality devoid of a sense of
humor would put into almost iden-
tical words the oft-repeated mo
more territorial demands" and eX-
pect to be taken seriously. Or
fresh from a triumph" in the
smoking ruins of Warsaw say that
armaments which allow any coun-
try to threaten another or to in
wade it by armed force must be
eliminated.
Those whose chief concern is to
stay out Of war will easily under
stand the refusal of Britain and
France to find hope of genuine
peace in this speech.
Chicago Tribune Herr Hitler
has stated what he regards as
basis for the termination of hos
tilities in Europe. 1t is not for us
in America to say whether the
allies should accept the offer, sub
NIT counter proposals or reject it
out of hand. 1t is Europe's war,
not ours. Much as we desire the
establishment of peace on a firm
foundation, we cannot with reason
or propriety advise the allies on
the course they should adopt.
Cleveland Plain Dealer Nndepend-
ent- -Democratic) Adolf Hitler's lat
est offer of peace is interlarded with
promises there is no reason to think
he intends to keep. Peace. as de-
fined by the Fuehrer, would be an
other instrument to gain European
domination for Germany. 1t
has taken the democracies long
time to organize against Hitler. =
That he still tries the old tricks of
Turing them into false peace indi-
Gates both the insecurity of Ger
many and the inability of the man
who leads it to grasp the change
that has come over the world.
To accept his overtrures now would
spell suicide for democracy in Eu-
rope.
New York Daily News-It remains
to be seen whether the allies can
think disapassionately about what
may happen if this war goes to a
finish, as Churchill and Chamber
lain have insisted it must
And at the end (if the war con-
tinueO neither side will be able to
obtain as good a peace as both sides
could obtain now by negotiation.
The most probable winner of war
to the finish will be Josef Stain, or
the spread-the-poverty system which
he represents.
New York Daily MirrOr-We fear
that it is not now likely that the
British and French people will take
Hitler's "outstretched hand" the
fist. The allies distrusted the Kaiser
as they distrust Hitler today.
D.. And so Europe may 60 on with a
new war, because the word of one
man cannot be trusted, and his word
is the will of the people.
Richmond Va.) Times Dispatch
England and France evidently
realize that if they grasp the out
stretched hand" of Adolf Hitler,
rendered them yesterday in his
ReicAstag speech, it will be found
to contain a stiletto. The war
will go on. There is every reason
why it should, as long as Hitler's
proposals and promises are as vague
and meaningless as they are to date.
New York Times - He (Hit-
ler) asked by implication for the
resignation of Mr.. Chamberlain and
M. Daladier. For it is perfectly
clear that it is not within the
realm of practical politics for these
terms to be accepted in their pres
ent form by either the British or the
French governments as those gov
ernments are now constituted.
Either Hitler has now become
convinced - that he can actually
have peace on his own terms; or he
has abandoned all hope of peace and
made a speech which is intended
wholly for home consumption.
New York Herald Tribune-This
Is no peace offensive" It is bar
rack-room craftsmanship; and one
cannot resist the impression that 1t
was Intended more to fortify the
morale Of the great barracks into