Evening star., 1939-03-29
Says TotoIiturionism
Will Be Short-Lived
Democracy Seen as Only
Natural and Enduring
Form of Government

To the Editor of The Star:
What Man Hath Done, Man Can Do"
Surely this terse but far-reaching aspect
of human logic couldn't aspire to be the
creed or impregnable philosophical bull
wark of Adolf Hitler. No dictator, great
or SMALL could commit his destiny to
such limited possibility.
It would seem inconceivable to assume
that this was the iispirational stimulus
behind the German Chancellor's drive
to the east" but after reading certain
excerpts from "Mein Kampf" and then
witnessing the correlative fulfllments
one cannot help but wonder. If this be
true and Hitler does visualize himself
as new Holy Roman Emperor, he must
in moments of seclusion allow his
thoughts to drift backward over the GEN.
turies to time when others intoxicated
their desires with similar dreams The
same would apply to II Duce and his
egoism about the new Caesar.
How we'll we remember the stories of
imperialists before, who through their
cunningness and tact sailed the ancient
Mediterranean and Aegean in quest of
new lands to appropriate and consume.
Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Caesar,
Alergic, Pepin lie Bref, Charlemagne,
William the Conqueror, Napoleon and
Wilhelm: All these are names which
stand out vividly in the gruesome pic
ture of attempted world domination.
Hitler in "Mein Kampf" states that
ito guarantee the German nation the
soil and territory to which it is entitled
on this earth is the only action
which. before God and our German pos
terity, would seem to justify an invest
ment of blood" And then later on he
states: Our foreign policy is correct
only if, bare century from now, 250,-
100000 Germans are living on this con-
tinent"
This ideal of the German Chancellor's
might be a colossal advantage to many
races provided it offered anything con-
structive and lasting in the way of en-
lightened government. But it seems pre-
mature to assume that NaZi-ism, as we
know it, can be of any great benefit to
the masses of Eastern Europe and the
Ukraine. There is some need, no doubt,
for adjustment in Germany and great
er need for rehabilitation along safe and
sound social and economic lines, but the
authoritative regime of Adolf Hitler
would seem to destroy rather than per-
petuate the ideals and principles under
lying higher social order.
The fallacious premise advanced by
the Nazis is that because they have re-
tanned individual initiative in the physi-
cal sense, all is well. Of what value is
individual initiative in the physical sense
If it is retarded along e~lines of edu-
cation? How can any people remain
enlightened and consequently progress
if their desire for knowledge is curbed
by pertinacious and dogmatic oligarchies?
1 challenge any National Socialist to
before in the press, such procedure stim-
ulates retrogression and stagnation, the
prime degenerates of social-character
evolution.
With Bohemia, Moravia, Slovakia,
Memel and now Rumania under his
military and economic domination, Hit
ler looks beyond the mountains to the
rich and virgin soil Of the Russian
Ukraine. Odessa, Kharkov and Kiev
offer lucrative rewards to his ever-in-
creasing Reich. He would justify the
Russian grab by stating it was crusade
to "iberate oppressed minorities" But
the fact is that the 100000 Ukrainians
in the U. S. S. r. are neither oppressed
nor a minority. They make up 80 per
cent of the population of the Ukrainan
Republic and. except on matters of
broad policy, enjoy local government
This fertile Russian Ukraine is about
the size of TeXas-or slightly smaller
than Germany.
1t has been pointed out by some diplo-
matte observers that Hitler, realizing
the great potential strength of Russia,
has attempted to bring about German
Russian alliance with the Reichsfuehrer
taking the initiative. There may be
some logic behind this observation, but
politically it would seem to have little
benefit, either for Hitler or Stain. Hit
Ter is definitely pledged to stop Com
munism, and the RomeBerlin axis is
founded on the premise that it is a
baUier against the infiltration of Marx
ian philosophy into Western Europe.
In any event this writer is of the opin-
ion that all totalitarianism can only be
short-lived 1t is founded upon super
fetal hypothesis. Democracy will emerge
triumphant, for in spirit and principle
it is the most natural form of govern
ment. BENJAMIN r. STICKNEY, Jr.
Miami, Fla.
March %.