Evening star., 1940-07-22
Germany Is Willing
To Respect British
Empire, Nazi Writes
Colonies and Free Hand
-ln Europe Declared
sHitIer's Terms
By WALLACE r. DEUEL..


BERLIN, July 22-Nnat purports
I'd. be glimpse of four of the terms
on which Germany is ready to make
peace with England is provided by
the Frankfurter Zeitung in a 'front.'
page article today by its able editor,
Dr.. Rudolph Kircher.
The four terms, as summed up by
DR.. Kircher, are as follows:
/. The Reich to get back "its
colonies
Q. Italy's national demands" to be
satisfied.
3, England's "unholy influence on
the continent of Europe to be
eliminated. Al
4. On the other hand, "this
people the English, its legally &C
quired possessions and its q func-
tiops in the world should be re-
spected"
DR.. Kircher does not undertake
to explain these terms. Other infor-
nation available here, however, pro-
vides some indication of how they
might be met. In the colonial re-
adjustment which Germany de-
mands, for example, the Reich
might be willing to accept an ar
rangement by. which it receives the
equivalent of its pre-World War
colonies, rather than precisely the
very same areas. 1t should be en-
phasized. at the same time, that
this is the absolute and irreducible
minimum of colonial readjustments
which Germany would be willing to
consider, and that the Reich's de-
mands might be much greater.
Illegal Acquisition Charge.
Point is particularly vague be-
cause at one time or another NaZi
spokesmen have charged that virtu-
ally all of Englands possessions
without exception have been illegal
ly acquired.
Dr.. kircher does not pretend, fur
thermore, to be speaking with the
authority of the Reich, and the
terms which he outlines would, in
any event, constitute only the be-
ginning of any peace settlement
which Hitler would be likely to con-
slider at this time.
There are two principal obstacles
to the conclusion of peace now, DR..
klrcher Writes-the British ruling
class, from Prime Minister
Churchill to lord Privy SeaD Att
lee. from the conservatives to the
labor politicians" and President
Roosevelt.
Without saying so openly. Dr.
Kirchner seems to imply that if the
British ruling class should be driven
from power, and a new regime set
Cp, this could be arranged relatively
easily. He intimates this should be
more than possible, and that the
Reich would heartily welcome such
a development.
Writing of what he says is Presi-
dent Roosevelt's share in the re-
sponsibility for the war and it's con-
tinuation, DR.. Kirchner says most
Americans are not aware of just how
great the Presidents guilt is.
Probe of Roosevelt Expected.
I'VE do not doubt, however, the
writer goes on, that in the coming
months before the presidential elec-
ton, the role of Roosevelt. his ad-
ministrators and his ambassadors,
with Mr.. (William c. Bullitt at
the head, will be more carefully in
vestigated by his opponents. Nor
do we doubt that the material for
such a study will be lacking"
DR.. Kircher's article is the only
open indication afforded thus far of
any Of the terms on which
Hitler might be ready to
make peace with England, and
it should be repeated that DR..
Kircher holds no special warrant
enabling him to speak for the Reich
government. There is, however,
reason for taking seriously his as
surance-echoing Hitler's own-that
the chancellor does not wish to de-
stroy the whole British Empire.
For quite apart from idealistic
AolASiAiCl dblollo, "lllIll llldy lIldH
not appear as they would in London
there are extremely practical rea-
sons for Hitler's not wanting to de-
stroy the British Empire Above all,
If the real war" against England is
launched and the far-fung empire,
deprived of its nerve center, it's
heart and its pocketbook, breaks up,
who will profit by this breakup?
Others to Benefit.
Whoever can get first to the pieces
Of property left lying around loose,
presumably. And who will that be?
The United States in the Western
Hemisphere, probably Japan in the
Far East, Russia in the Middle East
and possibly Italy in the Near East
and North Africa. Germany, at
any rate. might, having won the
war against England be left with
precious little to show for it and
with the non- European world cer-
tainly no better a place for the
Reich to live in than it was be-
fore.
Germany is hardly in a position
now to take over any considerable
share of the overseas British en-
pire, even if it wished to do so. Until
Germany may be in such posi-
ton, there are highly practical, as
well as sentimental, reasons for
wishing to refrain from shaking the
overseas portions of the empire loose
from England itself, which a mill
tary defeat of England would be
liable to have the result of doing.
Copyright, 1910, Chicago Daily News. Inc)
Nozi Economist Expects
No Reporotions for War
NEW YORK, July % tP) CVia Ra-
dio) The German radio yesterday