PROGNOSTICATIONS

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 68, 17 September 1930, Page 11

PROGNOSTICATIONS

BERLIN CORRESPONDENTS

SINISTER POSSIBILITIES

LONDON, 16th September. The "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Berlin says a sinister possibility 13 that Hitler may attempt another "March on Berlin," similar to those organised at Munich ift 1923. Such a step would almost certainly mean civil war, as even if the army joined the Fascists the Prussian Government would organise the State police in defence of the Republic, the police having all the armament of the soldiery except artillery. The general belief, however, is that while Hiudenburg is President the army will stand firm against the Fascists.

"The Times" says that the appeal by the National Socialists to German voters can no longer be dismissed as a mere predilection for rowdyism or the desire of a discontented minority for revolution. Like the Italian Fascists, Hitler's followers stand for some national ideal. Their ranks have been swelled by a substantial body of working-class voters. It would be foolish to disguise the undoubted anxiety in regard to the elections aroused in many European countries, especially in France. The fate of Parliamentary government lies largely in the Fascists' hands. The Berlin Stock Exchange is panicky, and some stocks have depreciated 20 points. The Australian Press Association correspondent at Geneva telegraphs that lobby talk at the League of Nations is excited as a result of the German elections, as it is felt that the new Beichstag Government is unlikely to be as ready as its predecessors to continue the conciliation policy originated by Dr. Stresemann.