Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-31
Reich Will Give Allies
Fight They Sought
Hitler Warns
Value Of Russian Pact,
Italian Friendship
Stressed by Fuehrer
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Jan. 31.-A prompt boom
In the bitterness and energy Of the
war was predicted by German COM
mentators today on the strength OF
Adolf Hitler's declaration that Eng
land and France will get the fight
they asked for"
Hitler's own Voelkischer Beobach-
ter stressed this quotation in page
one headline over its account of his
impromptu seventh anniversary adj
dress in the Sports Palast last night.
Observers scanned the text of the
address vainly for any note of con-
Citation, and concluded that the
German Fuehrer intended to make
finish fight of the war that will be
five months old Saturday.
They detected note of reliance on
Soviet Russia and Italy, when he
said the Russian tiles made Ger
many's position safe from the rear"
and that the Reich was buttressed by
unchanged, CLOSE friendship" with
Italy.
In our battle for national exist
ence we have grown so strong that
nothing any longer will be able to
defeat U.s." Hitler declared.
His closest approach to definition
of Germany's war aims was the gen.
eral remark that the Reich was
fighting for Justice and the right
to live"
Little New in Speech.
While he spoke with his usual in
tensity and spread sarcasm heavily
on Germany's foes, hearers held the
opinion that he added no concrete
factor to the word war which has
been conducted simultaneously with
the physical conflict at sea and in
the air.
Hitler spoke at a rousing Nazi
rally of $4,000 picked demonstrators
to mark the anniversary of his &C
cession to the German chancellor
ship January 30, 1888, but the occa-
sion still lacked some of it's ira
ditional fanfare.
Until Propaganda Minister Paul
Joseph Goebbels made the introduce
ton, the uninitiated and radio lis
teners in Germany and abroad did
not know even where the meeting
was being held.
The cold, snowy streets of blacked-
out Berlin were devoid of demon
STATIONS.
Noises frequently interrupted
reception of the speech in the
United States, and some Amer
lean radio engineers said they be-
lieved this due to deliberate
jamming" from some unidenti-
fed source)
Some quarters emphasized the
fact that Immediately after Hitler's
address, force was given to his words
by the semi official announcement
that German flyers had destroyed
seven more British merchant ships
and damaged or destroyed other
vessels.
Outlines Foreign Relations.
In this, the German leaders first
formal address since he so narrowly
escaped death in the Munich beer
cellar explosion of November 8, Hit
Ter portrayed Germany's relations
as follows:
Great Britain and France:
I'm 1889 the Western powers
dropped the mask and sent Ger
many declaration of war, despite
~all our attempts at an understand
ing.
To-day they admit an understand
ing with Poland might have been
possible, but they did not want it.
They wanted war. I can only tell
England and France they will get
the fight they asked for"
England, he said, always has fol-
lowed the aim of preventing the
consolidation of Europe, just as
France for centuries prevented the
consolidation of Germany"
To the accompaniment of cheers
and applause. the gray uniformed
Hitler heaped scorn upon "old MIR.
Chamberlain" Britain's prime min
lister; Winston Churchill, first lord
OF the admiralty, and Frances Pre-
mier Daladier and French gen.
erals"
Germany's Back Cleared.
Soviet Russia:
For the past year I have tried
to remove the possibility of this
wars expanding into a general one.
Chamberlain then was anxious for
an understanding with Russia. To-
day our enemies are furious that
did what they attempted, namely, to
arrive at that understanding. be-
lieve the Almighty God will be sat-
isfied that senseless conflict in one
area was averted.
Through centuries Germany and
Russia were friends-why not now?
AS a result of my efforts, we
now have our back clear. We have
nothing to worry about any longer
from the rear on account of our
alliance with Russia"
Italy:
For years Germany has pursued
q common policy with Italy. This
policy has not changed. Both states
ara intimate friends. Their common
interests can be reduced to a COM
mon denomination.
Portions of the press today stress
ed Hitler's statement that there had
been M W9verinp IN, cooparot ;o,,