Evening star., 1942-01-25
SraSSer'S Activities in Canada
Questioned by H. G. Wells
Free German Movement Declared Recruiting Aid
of Refugees to Save Reich From
Russia, Now British Allv
By II. &. Wells,
North American Newspaper Alliance

, warmed up. realized he was quite In
sanely anti Bolshevik and soaked to thl
marrow with the idea OF the German
people being first and foremost In Europe
and the world Most Of his declaration,
of opinion conclude with Hell Ger.
many!"
1t seemed to me that our worthy but
as 1t was then, rather alien-spirited
foreign Office at home. must be more OF
less aware of the activities Of its little
brother in Bermuda, and as had
already been denouncing Lord Halifax
and Lord Lothian as misrepresenting
the general ideas of the British common
man to the American common man,
pursued my inquiries into this new piece
of diplomatic idiocy with alarm.
Raising Armed Force.
And here are the essential facts. ]
will not comment on them; they speak
for themselves. We British are allies OF
the Russians and we are bound in honor
for this war and after the war to stand
by them as stoutly as they are now
standing by U.s. This adventurer Is now
in Canada, raising an armed force to
save Germany from Bolshevism, and the
government is allowing that to happen.
He Is getting arms, while many of our
airfields are still very short of defense
armament.
His latest book, 'L'Aigle Prussien Sur
L'Allemagne" (The Prussian Eagle Over
Germany, is an impudent attempt on
the soundest Nazi lines to exploit the re-
lgious feelings and prejudices of the
French Canadians for his projected re-
vival of Germany. I'm spite of my short
stay in this country cannot doubt that
Quebec will play great role in the re-
construction of Europe wherein the
French spirit will have a large share.
:. And he has a great scheme for q
neutrality-suspicious. Of Germany, leav-
ing 1t in fragments to come together
again with thunderclap whenever they
have sufficiently recovered from their
coming defeat to be disposed for further
mischief. He goes on-forgive my vul-
garity-to lubricate the suckers. "It is
my duty as European, as German, as
Catholic, to demonstrate without relaxa-
ton that it will not suffice to conquer
Hitler and Nazi-ism" - "Prussianism
also is execrable.""
Authorities Acquiescent.
And this is going on now, and it must
be going on with the acquiescence Of our
authorities This Strasser movement is
to be called the Free German" move
ment. And when at last the break
comes, then, so as not to hurt the fine
feelings of the German people, already
deeply wounded by the writings of Lord
Vansittart, this Strasser army, enlarged
by that time by an ever-increasing ac-
cession OF Free Germans" pseudo
refugees and tourists, is to be conveyed
across to Berlin to protect it from the
unforgettabie indignity of being occu-
pied, as it might be otherwise, by Poles,
Palestinians, Greeks, Serbs and even
(PahD goddess Russians.
The Free Germans" will understand
their unfortunate fellow Germans, and,
except for a little cleaning-up Of the
early feuds of Strasser g. Co. against
Goering & Co. and Goebbels 81 Co..
and the like, and an appropriation Of
Protestant Prussia by a swarm Of care
fully selected Catholic peasants, nothing
will occur to arouse that deep resent
ment for defeat that, we are assured, is
one of the noblest of German character
istics.
But it may be that it is not the At
lantic powers who will get first to Ber-
lin, and it may be that peoples who have
learned at first hand what the German
considers suitable treatment for an in
vaded people will anticipate them.
Strasser's propaganda is incessant. He
writes articles in our advanced journals
upon the decay of morale in Germany
and the necessity of Otto Strasser. This
copy Of 'L'Aigle Prussien Sur L'Alle-
magne" before me is addressed to one
of them and it is autographed with a
flourish, Homage de Otto Strasser." ]"
Manifestly he must have supporters in
high places, or he would be disarmed
and put into concentration camp
forthwith.
No comment from me is necessary.
Merely I call attention to the fact that
this is going on while we are in alliance
with Russia, and that Russia is behaving
with the utmost punctilo toward U.s.
(Copyrieht. 1912. by H. G. Wells. Translation
Rights Reserved)