THE WAR SPIRIT

Evening Star, Issue 21709, 2 May 1934, Page 9

THE WAR SPIRIT

DEMONSTRATIONS IN GERMANY MANKIND TO “TREMBLE AND SHIVER" f'rws Awociition—By Telegraph—Copyright, BERLIN, May 1, (Received May 2, at 10 a.m.) Thousands are inarching in a monster May Day procession singing special songs, one of which declares: “ One day mankind will tremble, and shiver when the Germans rise again to fight for freedom and justice.” Another concludes: “I shall die on foreign soil. Do not halt the horse. Push forward to the enemy’s land. Hurrah for victory!” GERMANY'S LOVE OF PEACE HERR HITLER’S MAY DAY SPEECH. BERLIN, May 1. (Received May 2, at 11.25 a.m.) “ No matter whether they love or hate us nobody can deny that we have awakened the German people and given them a new spirit and a new way of life,” said Herr Hitler, addressing 2,000,000 people gathered at the Tempelhofer air field, also broadcast throughout Germany, ou May Day, which is the anniversary of the introduction of the four-year plan. He added: “Wo can proudly say that the year has shown unparalleled development. After fifteen years of despair 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 Germans are content with the others’ vast territories. Germany does not want war, because she does not need it. Germans are capable of shaping their life tolerably without wars of robbery and tribute. We do not want revenge or conquest. We are willing to stretch out the conciliatory hand, but must have equality of right of self-defence.” Herr Hitler claimed that the Nazis’ fight against trade unions had saved the nation hundreds of millions of marks in strikes and lockouts, and had welded employers and workers into a true community. Herr Hitler’s speech was preceded by processions of all types of workers and employers marching to Tempelhofer 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 iron Hermann,” with which he was received. Tempelhofer was crowded by noon, after which the time until Herr Hitler’s speech in the afternoon was occupied by an aerial display.