Germany Pleads Guilty

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 61, 14 March 1938, Page 8

Germany Pleads Guilty

STRONG AMERICAN PRESS COMMENT Received Sunday, 11.21 p.m. NEW YORK, March 12. The New York Herald-Tribune, in a leader with a headline, “Germany Pleads Guilty,” writes: “It is to the frightening days of August, 1914, when the Kaiser’s steel host first invaded Belgium that the memory reverts to-day. The military technique is altered, but the fundamentals are unchanged. “It is not overmuch to say that what Germany has just done to Austria will seem to the outward world a confession of guilt in 1914. In manner as in effect the parallels are appallingly complete, hence the sinking of heart which will overwhelm every friend of Germany in the present hour. It is true the entire people cannot be held responsible for deeds of their dictator, yet plainly enough Hitler has marched to his present triumph by and with the consent of the great mass of the German people. “The brutality of this latest gesture toward a peaceful nation is, but the inevitable sequel of a long cnain ol acquiescience in earlier savageries. ’ ’ The New York Times, in a leader, says: “The blunt fact of the matter is that after long years of concern in Italy about the potential menace of a German army at the Brenner Pass, a German army is at Brenner to-day. This is the enormous fact for all Europe.”