HITLER'S HALLUCINATION

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LXIV, Issue 6581, 31 October 1939, Page 4

HITLER'S HALLUCINATION

Hitler must be either a human ostrich or a man with an inflated idea of his own importance, but there is no doubt that he is a triple-dyed liar. 11l his' speech at the Reichstag he painted his own portrait in pleasing colours—pleasing to himself. He had the audacity to tell his audience that he tried to spare the women and children of Warsaw. Everyone knows, and none better than Hitler himself, that ruthless bombing of towns and villagesoccupied by civilians and of no military importance, was ordered from the very beginning of hostilities, and i eventually, to subdue the Poles, the aid lof Russia had to be sought. But for that aid, we venture to say the Poles have the satisfaction: of knowing that they made the German Army pay heavily for fcheir adventure.

But the most important part of the speech was his so-called peace proposals. The following excerpt from the speech shows the peculiar mentality of Hitler. He said:—What are we fighting for? Surely it is not the restoration of Poland. Poland and Versailles will never rise again. Two of the greatest nations on earth guarantee this," and Hitler is ready to talk peace witht this reservation, but Hitler will get no peace. He had a bloodless victory in Austria and in the Munich agreement to which he attached his signature he professed that he would require no more territory. Then came Czecho-Slovakia, another bloodless victory. At last Mr Chamberlain realised that in Hitler he was dealing with an unblushing liar, and Britain and France called a halt. They guaranteed the integrity of Poland. It was not expected, not even by Poland that the Allies would send troops to Poland, but they made it quite clear that if Poland were attacked by Germany, they would declare war against the latter, and that they have done. The defeat of Germany is as certain as light follows day. The Germans are beaten on the sea and in the air, and they have lost the initiative on land. The Allies occupy German territory, and will occupy more before long The territory seized by the Allies from' Germany could be handed over to the Poles, which would be compensation for the loss of their own country.

The peace that the Allies would welcome was stated by Mr Chamberlain on October 4. He said then:— "They must not require us to condone an act of brigandage committed at the expense of Poland. On the contrary they must repair the damage already done. And they must give not only to us but to all Europe an adequate assurance that the peace concluded will be durable and not disturbed by the continued threats of Nazi aggression by which the whole Continent has ben assailed at almost regular intervals in recent years. And here it is unfortunately necessary to say that neither the word nor the bond of the present rulers of Germany constitutes any such assurance."

Those are plain words, and must be fully understood by Hitler, Goering and Ribbentrop. The peace when it comes will be dictated by the Allies, and not by Hitler. N.Z. Mercantile Gazette.