The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-24

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conduct toward the United
Fairbanks and his wife, the for
mer Lady Ashley, were vacation
Ing NJ Venice one year ago. Goeb-
bells also had come 10 Venice, and
The town was 80 decorated IN his
honor that the Fairbanks home
was about the only one along the
Grand Canal which did not fly
the SWaStika.
Later nj the Lido, Fairbanks
was introduced 10 Goebbels, who
called him "ZOrrO," no doubt re-
membering Fairbanks picture,
"The Mark Of Zorro" Az n DIM
ner, doebbels sat beside Lady
Ashley and became extremely
frank about NaHi ambitions, pre-
dieting that Poland would be TAX
en- In the near future.
Lady Ashley countered that
while Hitler might be able 10 take
over some OF the War-born states
OF Europe, his PHILOSOPHY never
would be accepted by the Low
Countries.
To this doebbels replied: ooh,
France and Great Britain are tired
old men. They will never fight"
INVASION or u. y. A.
The conversation then went on
10 the United States, which doeb-
belS described as n country OF
"niggcrs and Jews.
"They will never fight" he
said. "Our political philosophy
will sweep the world. When II
comes TO America, we shall con-
quer you by methods and means
Of which you know nothing"
Later, Goebbels said Germany's
greatest shame was the fact that
she was without q great fleet, had
been forced 10 scuttle II at Scapa
Flow after the World War. Re-
garding this sorroWful incident
Hitler had practised the philosophy
OF Gambetta, "Think Of II always,
speak Of II never"
And since Hitler's greatest am
bition was 10 secure q new fleet,
he plannew 10 let the British Off
lightly II they surrendered their
navy TO Germany,
Goebbels did not specify whom
the fleet was 10 be used against,
but as he left the Fairbanks he
made this boastful farewell: "See
you In the United States In IL
months"
Fairbanks at first did not pay
much attention to the remark,
but later got to thinking 1t over.
Finally he decided TO report the
conversation TO intelligence Of
ficers.
FLEET FOR DEBTS
The Chip Robert proposal TO
cancel the war debts in return for
O mortgage on the British fleet
has received q lot OF support on
Capitol Hill, but not among Of
ficials familiar with Great Bril-
tain.
They point out the British are
already pretty sour on the United
States, and that any proposal con-
nected with dar debts (Which they
consider non-existent) would
make them so bitter that they
might purposely dispose eof the
fleet In a way prejudicial to the
United States.
In fact, the attitude Of the Bril-
fish toward the United States Is
compared TO that of General Jan
Syrovy, the one-eyed commander
OF the Czech army. He became
so sour at Great Britain after
the surrender OF Munich that he
served as go-between in arranging
the alliance between Hitler and
Stain.
NAVAL INSTRUMENTS
The Justice Department has Just
bumped into the discovery that u.
s. submarine periscopes, naval
range-finders and other important
technical equipment used by the
Army and Navy Is being manufac-
tured In partial cooperation with
a German firm.
The American company In
v0ived Is Bausch and L0mb, we'll
known manufacturers Of optical
instruments, while the German
firm Is Carl Zeiss Of Jena.
The whole matter came out DUR
ing an antitrust prosecution by
the Justice Department. which
ended this week In consent de-
cree by which Bausch and Lomb
agreed to refrain from monopolis-
tic practices. Perhaps more inn
portant. they also agreed 10 sup