Evening star., 1942-03-04
Dutch EnvoyLay Ills
OF Europe 10 Cancer
OF German Mi|itarism
We'll Finish the Job
This Time, Dr.. Loudon
Tells Washington Club

This time well finish the job, "
in the opinion of Netherlands Min
lister A. Loudon.
The victors of the first World War
failed to insure the peace because
they somehow overlooked the deep
rooted nature of Europe's cancer
German militarism-the envoy be-
Ieves.
DR.. Loudon told the Washington
Club yesterday that it is the German
people, as well as their leaders. who
must be whipped If the other people
OF the world are to retain their most
basic freedoms.
And this is essentially a peoples
war" more so than is generally
realized, DR.. Loudon said-a con-
flict which threatens the right Of
every individual to think, speak.
hear and see according to the die
tates of his own conscience.
These fundamental human rights
have been suppressed wherever the
Germans and Japs have struck, he
said. The speaker cited the plight
Of his own gallant people. the Dutch.
to urge a general awakening to the
common peril, not "too slowly or
too late"
German Way of Thinking.
In Holland, before the German
drive through the Lowlands. peace
full and prosperous people took for
granted" their many blessings.
Although the Dutch were reluc-
tant to relinquish their comfortable
way of life. they struck back at the
Germans, as they now are striking
at the JapS in the East Indies. in a
way which proved costly to the in
vaders, DR.. Loudon said The Dutch
in Europe. he said, are now planning
and working for the day when they
can rise with other enslaved PEG
Piles to throw the invaders from
their soil
Once the war is won. Dr. Loudon
warned. don't let us get sentimental
again about the beer drinking Ger
man and his coziness. Let us 60 to
the core of this German cancer.
I'VE must not blame such German
leaders as Frederick the Great, Bis
marck, Kaiser Wilhelm or Hitler,
but rather the German way of
thinking"
Contempt for Others Rights.
DR.. Loudon said the mental pro-
cesses which form the basis of Ger
man aggression can be traced back
to tribal times. The typical German,
he said, is a willing slave Of the
state. In addition he has no re-
spect, only contempt, for the rights
Of individuals not backed by force
THE German people" Dr. Loudon
declared, must be kicked into re-
specting the rights of human beings
and that can only be done by their
complete defeat"
This German state Of mind, with
its Prussian core, DR.. Loudon said,
first appeared centuries ago as .
cancerous red spot In Europe. a
malignant growth which now has
reached full development. ma
poleon'S knife" and the great World
War Of 1s14-1s only served to re-
tard, but not to destroy an evil now
sapping the life from Europe's en-
shaved millions, DR.. Loudon said.
The speaker pointed out that Ger
man propagandists have declared
that 99A per cent OF the German
people are behind Hitler and this
statement, for one, "can be accepted
as . fact" DR.. Loudon added that
"even refugees have known, Ger
mans stripped of everything, exiled
from their native land, have told
me: I'm the innermost corner of
my heart I still pray for the sue
cess of the German people!'"
AS to the eventual peace, DR..
Loudon closed with the words, Let
us pray that this time our sacri-
fees will not have been in vain!"