Goering As Rebel Leader

Northern Advocate, 30 November 1939, Page 10

Goering As Rebel Leader

A divergence of German NationalSocialist policy is more likely than an internal collapse. Professor S. H. Roberts, Challis Professor of History at Sydney University, said this in a broadcast recently. A change in German policy might be far more welcome to the world than the collapse of Germany, he said. Professor Roberts named Marshal Goering as the Nazi leader most likely to effect a change of policy. “We are likely to regard Goering as a comic figure,” he said, “but he is regarded by the Germans —and rightly so—as creator of their great air force. “Practical Man.” “He is as popular in Germany as Goebbels is unpopular. “Goering is a most practical man. His views are far more moderate than those of the other German leaders, and he has none of their fanatical and visionary ideas.” Professor Roberts said that if Hitler swung farther to the Left, Goering’s position might be difficult. But if the Nazi policy veered to the Right, Goering would probably become more powerful. “If a regime based on the army arose, Goering might very well lead the new state,” said Professor Roberts.