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we'll known. He got hold of an
Iron Cross, but no one believes
he came by 1t honestly.
He is certifiably insane. suf-
fering from a form of sex and
race mania. This obsession gives
him phases of vehement energy.
One has only to listen to his
screaming and sobbing on the
radio to sense his mental disor-
der. He is conspicuously illit-
crate, witness 'Mein Kampf."
The quality of the thought in
that book is like swill from
hst-banged, beer garden table.
Not War on individuals.
1t Is necessary to insist upon
these facts because a great num-
ber Of people in Great Britain
seem to think this war is a war
against Hitler alone. That may
lead to the very dangerous per-
suasion that If he and his gross
friend Goering and the far
brighter and subtler Goebbels
are disposed Of, a satisfactory
peace with Germany will be pos
sible. That is pure illusion. II
militant Germany repudiated
and tossed us these three in
dividuals tomorrow, she would
merely have disencumbered her
self of something she no longer
needs. She would become much
more formidable to all we hold
dear.
But she will find 1t hard to re-
pudiate him now. I agree with
Rudolf Olden's Hitler the
Pawn" that, to begin with, the
rich industrialists and army re-
dictionaries did regard him as a
convenient tool for the repudia-
ton OF Germany's obligations and
for rearmament. He was Just
the stuff to bring the workers to
heel on the Fascist pattern. What
they did not realize was the
streak of cunning persistence his
insanity gave him. and the pos
sibility of his getting out of hand.
They fell to readily into a super
stition about his luck. The pawn
became a mascot, and their mas
cot became their master.
Their old, poisonous dream of
surprising, swift and over
whelming attack for world as
tendency revived, has had its
initial success. and finds them
now. according to precedent, with
their energy ebbing and a grow
ing realization of ultimate fall
ure. They are passing visibly
into that morbid masochist phase
that is the other side of the Ger
man cultural tradition: they will
go on now in the mood of the
Gotterdammerung.
The great blitzkrieg has failed;
1t is plain now that their scare
crow master is at a loss and Ger
many behind him is at loss for
any clear idea of what to do next.
But they are tied to him now.
For him and his group there is
nothing ahead but an ever-re-
ceding mirage Of victory or sui
cloe. There can be no Elba for
him. no Doom, no friendly hos
pitality among our English Fas-
cists. He is not an Eton boy: he
does not know the right sort of
people; even the patient, all too
kindly English King will not
stand him. He will have
muddy end. I guess, but the par
tlcular form of that end belongs
to the chapter of accidents.
Dlssensions Of Social System.
Let us try and get down to the
bare essence of the situation,
even if that involves the admis-
sion OF difhculties many people
are very unwisely attempting to
ignore. The opportunity that
made this poor dauber of post
cards a world figure is the pro-
found dissensions in our social
system.
Hitler has been able to drive a
wedge between the cowardly and
acquisitive rich and privileged
above, and the discomfort and
distrust of the masses of ill-em-
ployed young men that our deca-
dent prof1teering social system
lets loose upon the world. That
was the simple game he played
in Germany. That is his game
today. In every country he has
overrun, there have been traitors
anxious to secure their money
bags at the price of any "appease-
ment," however inglorious, and
the workers have been sullen and
sulky and ready to let down their
capitalist" government because
they could not trust it for q gen.
erous deal France Is our object
lesson. But the story OF all the
subjugated countries is . parallel
one. We have watched this proc
ess for a year as it has drawn
nearer to us.
The fundamental question be-
fore us now is just how far this
process Of playing of the fears
and disingenuousness of our
moneyed and governing class
against the increasing discom-
forts ard sacrifices Of the worker,
may not also prove successful in
the English-speaking world. Let
us not deceive ourselves. There
is parallel sabotage in key posi-
tions and influential quarters"
albeit less cynical and deliberate.
British Differences.
But there are certain differ
ences in the British atmosphere.
There Is more give and take be-
tween the classes. Compromise,