Evening star., 1939-04-01
Hitler
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Admiral Won Trotha reviewed Won
Tripitz's life, especially his struggles
with a recalcitrant Reichstag for a
navy that could command world
esteem
His guiding thought was that a
free people can secure and maintain
peace only by power" Won Trotha
said
His whole life was one confess
sion of faith in the idea of Ger
man sea and world power
Took 20 Months to Build.
1t took less than two minutes
from the moment the ship began to
move until it came to a full stop
in the estuary where it will lie
about two years more before being
commissioned 1t has been under
construction % months.
To the layman, the outstanding
feature was the small number of
rivers to save weight and raw ma
terials, Germans have welded the
armor plates together. The hull
of the Tirpitz, therefore, presented
much smoother surface than is
customary for such ships.
The Chancellor came from Ber-
lin by special train. AS he stepped
upon the railway platform at II
a m. Is am. E. S. t. the battleship
Scharnhorst and the flagship Ad-
miral Graf Spec fired 81 shots in
salute
He was greeted tremendously by
dignitaries of the navy, army. all
force and the city of Wilmshaven
and then reviewed an honor COM
pany of marines.
Hitler Reported Angry.
The offer in Parliament by the
British Prime Minister of British
and French aid to Poland. if neces-
sary to defend Polish independence
amazed the Nazi Chancellor, it was
indicated in Berlin.
Coming as it did on the heels
of what the Nazis have regarded
and denounced as a lie campaign
in the English and French press
against Germany, it gave Hitler an
excellent opportunity to answer
back. Germans seemed convinced
that he would.
While Wilhelmshaven put down
red carpets and thousands of swas-
tikas we're hoisted in the historic
old navy base on the North Sea,
the German press attacked the
Chamberlain proposal as laugh
able" and mot Understandable"
Some papers charged bitterly that
the British Military Attache in War
saw spread rumors about alleged
German troop concentrations on
the Polish border deliberately to lay
the groundwork for such develop
ment
THE threat against Poland exists
only in lying columns of the English
press and its mimickers elsewhere, y
said Lokalanzeiger. which further
described Mr.. Chamberlain's "ges-
ture" as an attempt to "pick a
quarrel with GERMANY"
Voelkischer Beobachter said that
"Chamberlain' declaration shows
wanted or unWanted-a tendency to
poison German-Polish relations and
to make unbridgeable German
Polish problems which are COM
pletely soluble through negotiations. y
The Boersen-Zeitung said that
Mr.. Chamberlain was fighting
windmills" and added that "such at
tempts to disturb will suffocate in
their own absurdity."
Some Germans wondered if Hitler
might serve notice to Britain that
he was stepping out of the 1885
naval agreement under which Ger
manys naval tonnage was not to
exceed IS per cent of that of
Britain.
Second $4,000 Ton Ship.
The 35,OO0-ton Won T1rpitz, which
made its debut today, is the second
of that size launched by Germany
in less than two months. The Bis
marck preceded it February IA.
The main armament of the Won
Tripitz will consist of eight 38-
centimeter and twelve 15-centimeter
guns.
Fifty special trains were provided
to bring leading Nazls and high
army and navy officers to the cere-
mony. The festivities started last
night.
Propaganda Minister Goebbels,
who is vacationing in Eastern
countries, nevertheless had long
article in Voelkischer Beobachter
today entitled who Wants the
War?"
THE forces of internationalism
are the only ones to profit" an
other headline declared.
Nothing has happened in con-
nection with the Reich in Europe
since Adolf Hitler has taken over
power in Germany which could ever
have given occasion for q new war;