HITLER’S CLAIMS

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 184, 3 May 1934, Page 9

HITLER’S CLAIMS

New Spirit Awakened in German People MAY DAY SPEECH Country Neither Wants Nor Needs War VAST CROWD ADDRESSED By I'elegrapl).—Press Assn.—Copyright. Berlin, May 1. “No matter whether they love or hate us. nobody can deny we have awakened the German people aud given them a new spirit and a new way of life.” said Herr Hitler, addressing 2.000.000 people gathered on Templehof Field. The speech was also broadcast throughout Germany on May Day, which is the anniversary of the introduction of the Four-Year-Plan. Herr Hitler added: “We can proudly say that the year has shown unparalleled development. After 15 years’ despair the Germans now stand on firm ground. If the world denies our love of peace, we cannot reply better than by comparing the small territory with which the Germans are content with the vast territories of other countries. Germany does not want war, because it does not need it. Germans are capable of shaping their life tolerably without wars of robbery and tribute. We do uot want revenge and conquest. We are willing to stretch out the conciliatory hand, but we must have equality in the right of self-defence.”

Herr Hitler claimed that the Nazis’ fight against trades unions had saved the nation hundreds of millions of marks in strikes and lock-outs and welded employers and workers into a true community.

Hitler’s speech was preceded by processions of all types, workers and employers marching to Templehof Field to the music of thousands of brass bands.

General Goering, in a Storm Trooper’s uniform, marched at the head of one procession, beaming at the shouts of “Hail Goering, our. irou Hermann,” with which he was received. The ground was crowded by noon, after which the time until Hitler’s speech in the afternoon was occupied by an aerial display. Thousands marching in the monster May Day procession sang special songs, one of which ran “One day mankind will tremble and shiver, when the Germans rise again and fight for freedom and justice.” Another concluded: “I die on foreign soil. Do not halt the horses but push forward in the enemy’s land. Hurrah for victory I” MAY DAY IN AUSTRIA Lack of Enthusiasm Shown ' ITALIANS ATTACKED Vienna, May 1. The Government decreed May Day to be a national holiday to celebrate “The New Austria” created by the Constitution. Contrasted with former years when the Socialists held a festival, the celebrations generally passed quietly, although the Nazis at Graz, Salzburg, and Innsbruck exploded smoke bombs to mark their disapproval. The Viennese apparently boycotted, the celebrations. There was only a scanty gathering in the streets to watch the Dollfuss procession. There was a similar lack of enthusiasm throughout the country. A detachment of Italian motorcyclists and Fascisti travelling to Vienna to participate in the celebrations was stoned by Communists in Stvria and replied with revolver shots, killing a man. The Italians found the roads strewn with nails and there were scores of punctures. Many of the visitors abandoned the journey. IN EUROPE’S CAPITALS Orderly March in London PARIS POLICE ASSEMBLED London, .May 1. London’s May Day demonstration was oue of the most orderly for years. Labourites aud the Trades Union Congress did not participate in a procession organised by the Communists and Left-Wingers, who, marching by a roundabout route decreed by the police to Hyde Park, caused few traffic blocks.' The demonstrators included 21 Oxford undergraduates. The Communists’ appeal for a May Day strike was unavailing in the centre of Paris, but many factories in the suburbs closed. The strikers included taximen and employees of the Mint and Government match and tobacco factories. A communist meeting of 40,000 at Vincennes was largely a picnic affair. There were a few minor clashes, but the Communists were awed by strong forces of police and troops. While 40.000 troops filled the Red Square in Moscow, for the celebration of May Day, 552 aeroplanes, including 165 speedy bombers, manoeuvred overhead. Stalin took the salute from the lop of Lenin's tomb. Diniitroff was a guest of honour. Many banners were inscribed, “Down with Japanese Imperialism I” Tlie police in Madrid arrested a number of dangerous anarchists allegedly for attempting to organise demonstrations on May Day. The police charged crowds, and numerous casualties resulted. SHOTS IN HAVANA Many People Injured THE DAY IN AMERICA (Received May 2.'5.5 p.m.) New York, May 2. In practically all large cities Radical and Labour elements observed May Dav, but, with the exception of a gun battle in Havana, no serious disorders wore reported. In Xew York, Socialists and Communists held separate parades, the police keeping them apart. The Havana trouble start •! when a

sniper from the top of a building fired on a parade of 10,000 Communist workmen, some of whom returned the fire, whereupon troops dispersed the mob witli machine guns and gas bombs. No one is known to have been killed, but many were injured. QUIET DAY IN CANADA Vancouver, May 1Police restrictions and ,a ban on demonstrations resulted in a quiet May Dav throughout Canada* There were 5000 in an orderly Communist parade at Winnipeg. At Vancouver vandals during the night painted tlie Cenotaph with “Down with Fascism" slogans. The home in Toronto of a Ukrainian anti-Communist priest was bombed. No one was injured. ARRESTS MADE IN TOKIO Tokio, May 1 Mav Dav was quiet. Thousands of Labourites, separated into Right and Left wings, demonstrated in Toulo under strong police precautions. There were a few arrests.