LAND PROBLEM.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 207, 2 September 1936, Page 7

LAND PROBLEM.

■ — BE TACKLED BY NAZIS. Veiled Threat Seen in New Move. DISPOSSESS JEWS? United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, September 1. "The Times" Berlin correspondent says a hint that the Nazi party is proposing to tackle the land problem is contained in an announcement that Herr Darre, Minister, of Agriculture, has requested the Reich Statistical Office to make a survey of the distribution of agricultural land throughout Germany.

In an accompanying memorandum he points out that many countries, including Spain and Russia, had cause to lament missed opportunities. Ownership of land had always been the starting point to seizures of political power and thus it is regarded as important to establish who really owns German soil.

The emphasis of the memorandum on political influence of landowning suggests that the Nazis would feel justified as a first step towards eliminating the Jew as a landed proprietor. Moreover, Nazis favour intensive settlement of peasant proprietors as helping to make Germany independent regarding foreign foodstuffs.

| GERMAN POLICY. ; | Swing Between Russia and S France. I i CAUSE OF REAKMING. I LONDON, September 1. , The Berlin .correspondent of "The Times" states that whereas a few days ago Germany was loudly blaming the "Bolshevik menace" as the sole reason for her own two years' military service decision, the blame now is being placed more on France's link with Russia. The "Bolshevik menace" does not seem to have been sufficiently convincing. There is a smell of war in the atmosphere, says the correspondent, and the suspicion is dawning in Germany .that her own policy is at lea'st blameable for it. Moreover, Herr Hitler apparently has been convinced that the .two years' military service decision and the subsequent increases in taxes are producing a mood more hostile to the Nazi regime than the German people hitherto have displayed. German thoughts, therefore, have been turned suddenly to the possibility of international discussions and a limitation of armaments, as apparently it is felt that success in that direction and a general relaxation of tension would help to restore the shattered confidence at home. It is asserted now that if France had not "fetched Soviet Russia into Europe" a limitation of armaments could have been obtained at a comparatively low level. As it' was, Germany was compelled to look to her own defence, and if she is ready now to talk limitation, it is probably because she fccl& that she has reached a reasonably satisfactory level. t