THE NAZI REGIME

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 138, 24 March 1939, Page 8

THE NAZI REGIME

GERMANS GROWING TIRED. OVERWHELMING DISCIPLINE. LONDON, March 9. The “Manchester Guardian,” which has never concealed its hostility to Nazf-ism, publishes a dispatch from its usually well-informed correspondent, Herr Voigt, who says there has been a perceptible deepening of public discontent in Germany during recent weeks. He believes that Germans arc weary, of the regime rather than incensed against it. Increasing numbers like at least their Sundays free from participating in parades and demonstrations and from- listening to wireless speeches. They feel that the discipline imposed on all recreation, especially on rowing, football and yachting, is becoming increasingly galling and destructive of all genuine recreation. Students prefer to study and want less military drill. The quality of German learning has perceptibly deteriorated, particularly in medicine, where incompetence, the result 1 of insufficient study, has become so common that there is widespread public mistrust of the profession. - There is no serious food shortage, but eggs and butter are difficult to buy. Long periods of regimentation of dairying and agriculture and the many restrictions on the sale of commodities, have? wearied worried housewives, while discontent rankles more because of the leading Nazis’ extravagance. The ayerage income .of the German people bas hut hot in proportion to the rise in . the cost of living and ever-increasing taxes. The absence of unemployment continues to favour the regime among industrialist workmen, but increased . hours .and speeding up are very unpopular, and have led to a severe; lack of ’skilled labour in all industries hot connected with rearmament. 1 ' "

One of the chief reasons for disrespect to the regime is the corruption pervading the party. Herr Voigt asserts that Jews have paid Nazi officials far in excels of 1,000,000,000 marks for all kinds of protection.