GERMANY’S AIMS

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 55, 29 November 1937, Page 11

GERMANY’S AIMS

Political And Economic Independence

SPEECH BY GOERING Demand For Colonies And Share In World Trade Bv Telcgrapb.—Press. Assn.—Copyright. (Received November 28, 7.5 p.m.) Hamburg, November 27. General Goering, in a speech, said: "We shall not cease to demand the colonies back. M e shall succeed, not through the goodwill of others, but through our own strength.” After emphasising the growth of Germany’s armed forces, lie said. "Germany can no longer be ignored. No nation in the world can now afford to treat Germany’s interests with less attention than its own.” He added that other nations realised the value of Germany’s friendship. “The steel axis binding us with Rome and Tokio is a better guarantee of world peace than the League chatterboxes which meet at Geneva.” General Goering declared that the Four-Year Plan was intended to make Germany independent in every direction. "Foreigners hope to bring us economically to our knees,” he said. “But they will not succeed. We seek not only political and military independence, but also economic independence. We do not desire to isolate ourselves economically, but foreign nations are compelling us to do so by withholding from us the world’s products.” Elaborating tho text of Germany’s desire to share in world commerce and regain her colonies, General Goering said she did not intend to isolate herself. On the contrary, the creation of a greater Hamburg proved the importance of these aims and indicated that she intended to join the world in peaceful competition.