Hitler on New Spirit

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 May 1934, Page 7

Hitler on New Spirit

. GERMANY CELEBRATES MAY DAY. PEACE AT HOME AND ABROAD BERLIN, May 1. "No matter whether they love or hate us, nobody can deny 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 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 7 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 others' vast territories. 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 not want revenge and conquest. We are willing to stretch out the conciliatory hand, but we must have equality of right of selfdefence." Herr Hitler claimed that the Nazis' light against trade unions had saved the nation' hundreds of millions of 1 marks in strikes and lock-outs and welded employers and workers into a trucj community. - I

Hitler's speech was preceded by processions of all types, workers and employers inarching to the Tcmplchof to the music of thousands of brass bands.

General Goering, in a Storm Troop er's uniform, marched at the head of one procession, 'beaming at the shouts of "Hail, Goering, our iron Hermann! " with which he was received.

The Templehof 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 'Van "One day mankind will tremble and shiver, when the Germans rise again and fight for freedom and. justice." Another concluded: "I ' die on foreign sou. Do not halt the I horses but push 'forward in the enemy's land. Hurrah for victory!" Augsburg Concert Hall Burned To Ground BOLSHEVIK INCENDIARIES DECLARED RESPONSIBLE. Received Wedneday, 7 p.m. MUNICH, May 2, The Augsburg Concert Hall, where the Hitler Youth Movement should have met to-day, was burnt to the ground after midnight. The Nazi leaders telegraphed to Herr Hitler, alleging that Bolshevik incendiaries were responsible, and offered £SOO for the discovery of the culprits. The Nazis have protectively arrested 73. Lack of Enthusiasm in Austria ITALIAN PARTY MOLESTED 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 Fascists travelling to Vienna to participate in the celebrations was stoned by Communists in Styria and replied with revolver shots, killing a mas. The Italians found the roads srewn with nails and there were scores of punctures. Many of the visitors.abandoned the journey.