The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-02
Copyright, 1915 NEA Service.
Printed in u, S. A. }


day Hitler became the seventh
member of the German Workers
Party, for his sun to rise to its
zenith in front of Moscow. 1t has
taken only about four years for
that sun to set.
The day after he became chan
cellor Hitler dissolved the Reich
stag building burned. 1t is COM
monty believed that the fire was
set by the Nazis. But the arson
was blamed on Communists and
was used by Hitler as an excuse
to get from old man Hindenburg
a decree suspending all the basic
freedoms. Storm troopers arrest
ed political opponents. Hitler
swept the elections. On March %,
less than two months after he en-
tered the chancellery, rubber
stamp Reichstag made Hitler die
tator over Germany.
In June, 1884, he persuaded
Roehm to give the S. A. a months
furlough, after which he promised
to incorporate the S. A. into the
Reichswehr as soon as sick Pres
ident Hindenburg should die. Then
Hitler and Goebbels, with a picked
S. S. group killed Roehm and
most of his closest friends while
Goering, back in Berlin, purged
other enemies and settled few
personal grudges with the pistol
and the headsman's help.
BY 1895, Hitler felt strong enough
to violate the Locarno Pact by
marching into the demilitarized
Rhineland. Commanding officers
carried sealed orders which, if the
French had objected with show OF
force, would have directed the Ma
zis to march back home again. But
the French did nothing.
| Hitler and Mussolini created the
Rome Berlin axis on January Is,
1887.
Japan joined Germany and Italy
in the anti Comintern pact in Nov
| ember.
AUSTRIAN GRAB
Austrian Chancellor Kurt Won
Schuschnigg was summoned to
Berchtesgaden on February II, 1888
Hitler demanded more Nazi partl-
cipation in the Austrian govern
ment. The Austrian chancellor
agreed to accept five Nazis. Dis
orders instigated by the Nazls IN
creased, and one of the cabinet
members creed by Hitler on
Schuschnigg asked Hitler to pro-
tect the Austrian government. Ger
man troops marched into Austria
in March-and that nation was an
nexed to the Reich.
Neither France nor Englanc
liked the way Hitler was stepping
out. But he got Chamberlain anc
Daladier together with Mussolln
and himself at Munich, and OF
September 80 the Anglo French ne
gotiators signed a pact authorizing
Hitler to take the Sudetenland.
Deprived of all hope of supper
from her powerful sympathlzers
Czecho-Slovakia gave in and TIT
next day German troops crossed
the border.
In each of these steps by Whlcf
new territory was incorporated int
the Reich, Hitler doublecrossed tn
nation concerned, the Anglo
French allies and the world a
large. In each he used the FLU
Column technique, having agent
and sympathizers within victim
countries to prepare the way 10
his intended seizure.
Hitler had signed a 10-year non
aggression pact with Poland II
1884, and the sanctity and import
ance of this he had reatflrme'
publicly January 80, 1889. But wha
was a sacred treaty, when Hltle
craved more territory?
His entire rise had been financed
and made possible by those VINO
more than anything else, hate
Communism and all its works. Bu
for his "unalterable" intention t
exterminate Communism, Hitle
probably would still be copyln
scenic postcards for a hand-to
mouth living in Munich.
Nevertheless, on August %. 1888
he signed a non-aggression pac
with Stain. Two days later Polan
seeing the writing on the wall, con
Guided a defensive alliance wit
Great Britain. One week there
after, to the day, German plane
began bombing Polish cities an
German troops crossed the frontier
Everything went according t
plan. Russia stepped in the bac
door September II, Hitler and sta
lin divided Poland between ther
the next day, and by September 2
Poland as a nation no longer exist
ed
But Hitler had driven Englan
and France too far. They had de
clared war. Too weak really I
help Poland, they stalled along be
hind the Maginot Line while Hit
Ter digested Poland and prepare
for the next step in the gambl
from which he could no longe
withdraw
In April he took over Denmar
and Norway-again with Fifth Col
umn assistance. In May he invad
ed Belgium, Holland and LuXem
bourg without even the pretense @
reason except that they lay in nj
way. June IA Paris fell, June l
Petain asked for an armiStice fo
France, and June Is hostilitie
ceased. The British exacuate
their men fror Dunkirk and lei
their armament.
Mussolini, who came into tn
war just as France was ready
capitulate, polished off much
North, Africa for the Axis, bu