Evening star., 1941-10-03
Soyiets Violated
Non-Aeeression Pact,
Fuehrer Declares
b. the Associated Press.

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BERLIN, Oct. 3.-Adolf Hitler,
home from the Russian front to
launch Germany's ninth winter
relief campaign, declared today
that Russia had been so stricken
she never again will rise up" and
that "a gigantic new develop
ment" has opened on the front
In the last 48 hours.
That development. he said, had
made it especially difficult for him
10 leave his field headquarters.
The decision now being fought
out is for the next 100 years" he
shouted Thunderous cheers of the
thousands assembled in the Sports
palast greeted this.
The Fuehrer declared that Ger
many before the war had sought
particularly to reach a settlement
with Britain. but that Prime Min
lister Churchill had asked for war,
that Russia had failed to live up to
her non-aggression pact with Ger
many and had modified on the
Reich's borders.
BY August and September of last
year 1t became clear that I had an
enemy at the back ready to stab at
any time" Hitler said.
Soviet Asked Commitment.
He said Russian Foreign Min
lister VyacheSlav Molotov had come
to Berlin late in 1910, seeking a COM
mitment from Germany on Ru-
mania and Finland Hitler said he
had declined all Russian sugges-
tions that the U. S. S. R. extend her
influence westward, including the
Dardanelles.'
The address lasted 65 minutes.
The Fuehrer asserted that every
thing had proceeded according to
plan since June %, when the Ger
man armies struck into Russia He
said he had painfully kept his ST.
lence for months while he knew
that Russia, as he said, was pre-
pairing to attack,
That. Hitler said, was part of his
traditional strategy of surprise. He
added that the decision to remain
silent was the hardest decision of
my life" but that hundreds of thou
sands of lives were at stake.
we are not mistaken about any
Z hiy7@ thot liI
how awfully big the preparations
were against us and how closely
Europe escaped Bolshevism," he
said.
Awakening in Europe
"Something like a general awak-
ening went through Europe, how
ever. In the North, brave Finland.
In the South. Rumania."
Hitler enumerated the other
states which had sent formations
into the crusade against bolshev-
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Explaining his long silence since
the Russian campaign started,
Hitler said he could not have spoken
until the enemy had been hit so
hard he never again will rise up"
To illustrate Germany's military
position, he said Russian prisoners
now number 2,500000,
He called the Russian forces mot
human beings, but animals and
beasts"
That is what bolshevism made of
them"
He devoted much of the 65 min
utes to a tribute to German soldiers,
railway and road builders, the labor
service, the Red Cross and other
formations. The United States was
never directly mentioned.
Not Delivering Answer.
The Fuehrer started his address
before the cheering multitude at
5:33 pm. Q0:33 am, E. S. t.. He
said he was not speaking Ito answer
any statesmen who may have been
wondering at my long silence" His
last speech was before the Reich
stag at the Kroll Opera House, May
q. although he issued long procla-
nation at the start of the war with
Russia.
In the customary review section of
his address, Hitler said he had not
lost sight of his goal since 1898,
when he came to power.
What we have accomplished is
unique" he said I'VE did not need
this war to place our names in his
tory, the accomplishments of peace
would have. been sufficient for that.
I'VE never aimed at war, but one
thing is certain, we would never
have renounced German freedom"
As for his fve-month silence. the