HITLER WANTS PEACE

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 185, 4 May 1936, Page 9

HITLER WANTS PEACE

Declaration in May Day Speech “NECESSARY TO PLANS” Berlin, May 1. “Peace abroad is necessary to our plans,” declared Herr Hitler in a speech in connection with May Day celebrations. This was greeted with wild cheering, fanfares of trumpets, and beating of drums. Herr Hitler made a triumphal procession to the Opera House at Charlottenburg, where ho was ecstatically welcomed by Dr. Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda, who declared: “You are the whole German people. You have given us internal peace, and now prepare for world peace.” Herr Hitler declared that formerly May Day was a source of strife and bloodshed, but the Nazis had changed this. It was now a day of national rejoicing in Germany, contrasting with the troubled celebrations in other countries. “Peace abroad is necessary to our plans,” he said. “Others conduct a campaign of lies, saying that Germany threatens Austria and Czechoslovakia, but they are a small band of International war profiteers.” ■‘Rejoice in life” was the slogan adopted for Germany’s celebration of May Day. Children began to assemble ns early as 4 a.m. to hear Herr Hitler’s and Dr. Goebbels’s speeches. Herr Hitler told them that Germany had no use for mothers’ darlings. “Child '•en,” he said, “must think only of the nation, which must live, united according to one will.” All Berlin was closed to traffic at 8 a.m., and all the main streets were lined with Storm Troopers. Every town and village was ablaze with decorations, brass bands paraded the streets. and orators held forth at almost every corner. TRUCULENT WARNING No Interference by Others in German Affairs London, May L The “Daily Telegraph’s” Berlin correspondent says that Herr Hitler’s reaffirmation of his desire for peace was accompanied by a somewhat truculent warning against interference In Germany’s internal affairs. “We wish to say to other nations," he said, “‘don't cross our path. We have overcome our internal problems without involving others in our difficulties. Be good enough to do the same and do not draw others into your quarrels.’ ”. The crowd’s enthusiasm reached fever heat when Herr Hitler declaring: “I would rather be tie smallest worm in Germany than a king elsewhere.” MAY DAY AT MOSCOW Great Military and Aerial Display Moscow, May 1. M. .Stalin and M, Molotov, standing outside Lenin's tomb, inspected a parade of tens of thousands of troops In the presence of over a million citi «ins, over whom hovered an air armada of 750 aeroplanes, Including 375 ultra-fast small fighters. The increasing mechanisation was the most notable feature of the military display. QUIET DAY IN FRANCE Paris, May 1. May Day passed quietly in France. Mass labour demonstrations which were held throughout' France were very orderly, as the Leftists are 'anxious not to prejudice the success of the second ballot in the elections. NEW YORK MASS MEETING (Received May 3. 6.30 y.m.) New York, May 1. Radical Labour celebrated May Day in traditional fashion with parades and a mass meeting. For the first time since the war the Radicals effected something of a “united front” with the left wing So clallsts and Communists and some American Federation of Labour units marching together. Right-wing Snela' ists, however, remained aloof