The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-04
GERMANY WILL TRY IT AGAIN
 By Siqrd Schultz Gs:sSas I.t <: eS .'s:!. ..s:I

blackmail, and extortion7 They | needed expert legal advice.
 From Ludendorff Hitler had learned the necessity of striking | with 0 small, closely knit, well-disci- plined group. He learned that even small party, if blindly obedient to It's leader, can undermine bigger factions that lack unity and aggres. siveness. But how could he extend that obedience to Q whole, ,natiorl2 Rudolf Hess, the former officer and student who worked with Pros lessor Karl Haushofer at the Mu- nich University, had induced his teacher to go to Landsberg with him and meet Adolf Hitler. The profes" sor weS rather apprehensive and 50 were his hosts. But Hitler had lost some of his shyneSs. He started propounding his theory that "py compelling even the heSitatant to become accompllces in acts of Vio" lence, you automatically make them your slaves" Emil Maurice, then acting aS Hitler's secretary, later told of the incident.
 After Hitler had spoken, the pro- lessor got up and loked at him for Q moment" Maurice said: "then he smiled. We knew that from then on there was nothing the professor would not do for our Fuehrer."
 Developing this technique, Hit- Ter was to involve the entire German nation of 6S million people as his acc complices in crime. The NAzis never denied the existence of coficentras ton camps on their own soil: they made no secret of crimes committed In countries conquered by the Qers manS-in the name of the German people. A suhtler form of coercion can hardly be conceived, It brings with 1t 0 trrifying fear of retaliation which, in turn, acts as on incentive to fight.
 Since the NaslS would be content with nothing less than the world, geopolitics was Q vital subject in the curriculum at Landsberg. For hours on end, Professor Haushofer lectur- ed the students" He brought other professors to help formulate new plans for the conquest of the world In peace and in war. As Hitler's knowledge of geography enlarged, he would call for Germans or na. tionals from the different countries under study, to sound out local pos. abilities for his future expansion.
 Many of Hitler'S lieutenantS had been born abroad; others had useful family connections outside Ger. many. They pooled their news of developments. Rudolf Hess, born in Alexandria, had not reached Ger many until he was in his teens: the German Bait, Alfred Rosenberg, pointed to the riches of Russia, to the vast stretches of land that could be opened up to German exploita. ton; Ernst Hanfsaegel, the half. American, had studied ct Harvard.
 Hanfstaengel kept up c wide ac. quaintanceship in American diplos matic and artistic circles, while Ru- dolf Hess built up the whole organ. ization of Germans living abroad.
 Naturally, since the question of race ranked high in the NaN dogma, 1t also figured prominently in the Landsberg discussions. Those of Hitler's men who had been born or lived abroad could inform him on the friction which already existed between the different racial groups. They sat long hours evolving ways to increase the exploit this friction to their own ends.
 And questions of race or nation ality cannot be separated from the Jewish problem.
 (TO Be Contlnued)