Evening star., 1940-03-02
Fuehrer Reported
7 eIIing WeIIes
Peace Conditions
BY the Associated Press.

BERLIN, March Germany will
fight until Britain and France rec
ognize German Monroe Doctrine
for Central Europe" and restore her
war-lost colonies-this was described
by sources who know Adolf Hitler's
mind as the burden of the message
he delivered today to President
Roosevelt's emissary, Sumner Welles.
Another point in the message
given by the Fuehrer to the Ameri-
can Undersecretary of State in their
94-minute conference in the Chan
celery was understood to be that
England must renounce her stran-
glehold control" of the strategic lanes
to the worlds raw materials.
Germanys price of peace, accord
ing to this version of Hitler's decla-
ration, includes permanent German
political domination
over Bohemia -Moravia, Slovakia,
Poland and Hungary, making the
Reich proper solid bloc of about
130. 900 900 population.
Furthermore, 1t was said, he want
ed guarantees that Britain and
France would not stir up the Balkans
or Scandinavians.
Demands Bases BE Given Up.
Hitler was said to have argued
further that disarmament must be-
gin by England's relinquishing mill
tary control of Gibraltar, the Suez
Canal and other strategic points held
in the midst of non British terri
tories. Malta and Singapore bases
must be dismantled, Hitler report
edly said. These points were termed
pirate hangouts."
Improvement Of German-Ameri-
can relations was also declared to
be the most desirable, according to
this version of Hitler's talk. but to
be impossible so long as Washington
declines to name an Ambassador for
the now vacant post in the Berlin
Embassy.
Mr.. Welles. accompanied by Alex
ander c. Kirk. United States Charge
d'Affaires. both in formal morning
clothes. entered Hitler's Chancellery
at 1888 am.
A company of honor saluted Mr..
Welles, which Nazis said was an un-
usual honor for one not a state Wis
itor. At II o'clock the Americans
began their meeting with the Nazi
chieftain. who was supported by
Foreign Minister Joachim Won Rib
bentrop. Also with Hitler were State
Minister Otto Meissner and Dr. Paul
Schmidt, internationally known in
terpreter.
Asks What u. s. Would Do.
Informed persons said the un-
compromising, aggressive Fuehrer,
with Americans illustrations ever at
hand, asked Mr.. Welles what the
United States would do il some
Asiatic or European power tried to
stir up trouble in Mexico. It was
not disclosed, whether Mr.. Welles
replied.
Hitler's thesis was said to be that
the seas never can be considered
free as long as Britain has mill
tary control of all the important
trade lanes of Europe and Asia and
can at any time choke of aspiring
young nations such as Fascist Italy
and NaA Germany.
In this connection, Hitler was
said to have asked MIR. Welles how
the United States would like for
some American power to have
control of the Panama Canal.
Hitler's Argument.
Hitler was reported to have lived
up to a reputation for adapting
himself to the psychology of the
person with whom he confers while
at the same time defending Ger
many's position aggressively. His
argument was said to have run to
this effect:
Just as the United States, largest
and most powerful nation Of the
Western Hemisphere, has assumed
obligations for all of America so far
as interference from European or
Asiatic powers is concerned, so Ger
many considers it her moral obliga-
ton to see that Central European
living space be guaranteed once and
for all from the interference of
Britain and France.
Hitler repeatedly insisted that
German colonies be returned and
at the same time impressed on Mr..
Welles that he considers Germany
unbeatable economically in the war
with Britain and France because OF
the German arrangements with the
Soviet Union.
Nevertheless, he was described as
emphasizing that Germany wants
her colonies as a matter of justice
and as a means of enjoying lfe's
(See WELLES, Page A-3)