INTERFERENCE IN OWN AFFAIRS NOT TO BE TOLERATED

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 31 January 1939, Page 5

INTERFERENCE IN OWN AFFAIRS NOT TO BE TOLERATED

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright* (Received 31st January, 9 a.m.) LONDON, 30th January. Herr Hitler, in his speech re-opening the Greater German Reichstag in the Kroli Opera House, began in a very low voice recalling that I 3,000,000 Nazi voters, men and women, supported him six years ago. The remaining 20,000,000, scattered among fifteen parties, made common cause with the Jews. The entire western civilisation would have been precipitated in an unimaginable crisis had the Reich sunk into Bolshevist chaos. The salvation of Europe at one end began with Signor Mussolini, and the Nazis pushed forward at the other end. “Now we witness in another land the same drama of the courageous overthrow of the Jewish international attempt to annihilate European culture. To-day I can speak to the first Greater German Reichstag.”

Herr Hitler, referring to President Wilson’s 14 points, accused the allies of adopting principles wherever exploitable. “Thus Germany is refused a return of her colonies under the pretext that it is impossible, and that the allies will never hand the inhabitants to Germany against their will. No one in 1918 troubled himself about this.” Herr Hitler proceeded to describe his struggle for the right of self-determin-ation, resulting in the unification of Ostmark with the Reich. He added: NO ONE THREATENED “Our confidence in the new German Army’s speed and efficiency to strike . was not disappointed but even excelled. It is a gross distortion of facts if the j rest of the world draws the conclusion from these events that Germany has threatened other nations through blackmail. We have not threatened anyone. We only defended ourselves against the ! attempt of a third party to interfere. I * need not say we will not tolerate in i

the future any attempt by Western Powers to interfere in affairs concerning us solely for the purpose of preventing reasonable solutions. MUNICH AGREEMENT I Referring to the Munich Agreement, he alluded to “the initiative of our i friend Signor Mussolini and the readii ness of Mr Chamberlain, and M. , Daladier, which also rrus!: be highly I esteemed.” A “DIVINE MISSION” j Herr Hitler referred to his unification j of Germany as a “’divine mission,” and complained that while primitive negro tribes were being protected under the name of self-determination and decent culture, German people had been deprived of the rights of man which, in 1918, were formally promised them. “There are certain world savers and governesses who behave as though the world was waiting only the rescue of the German people from their present plight. Speeches in newspapers abroad predict our death from financial trouble and from the strain of the credit crisis. Others predict a crisis in production and consumption. These things only prove the sincere desire of the democratic nations to smash Nazi Germany. It is true we are engaged in | a tremendous struggle. With our i whole strength we shall win. Indeed, ; we have won already. (Cheers). Our economic troubles are due to overpopulation. We have been exploited and plundered for 15 y< ars. yet without aid from colonies and help from abroad we have saved ourselves. Which of these western European governesses could have achieved that? Wc do not desire to export our system. It is our patent. We certainly have no intention of attacking anyone or imposing our regime on China, South America, Holland, or Australia, but that’s what 1 western nations predict. Perhaps they j think we will next occupy the moon.” “THEFT OF COLONIES” j In a later passage Herr Hitler claimed Germany had the same right as any other nation to open up the resources of the world, and declared that the theft of the colonies was morally unjust and politically madness. “Either the world’s riches must be distributed according to power and violence or by justice. Then peace will prevail, but it is madness to imagine that a few nations can occupy permanently all the resources of the world. Such theories may satisfy capitalist democracies, but not us. It was folly to imagine that Italy and Germany could be excluded from the wealth of the world, and it was stupid to pretend that Germany could not manage colonies.” He described the argument that colonies would be advantageous to Germany strategically as hypocritical. Germany did not want colonies in order to raise armies in them. She did not need colonies for strategic purposes.

No nation could continue to exist without bases for food supply and raw materials. "We want colonies for economic relief. If others complain that our economic methods damage them they must blame themselves for forcing us to adopt such methods. Denial of colonies forces us to seek national self-sufficiency, and as far as that cannot be realised to stimulate our exports, we must export goods for food or die. But the German people will live. We can promise a desperate struggle if faced with countermeasures.” LONDON, 30th January. The Fuhrer announced his determination to reorganise the Reichsbank as a German institution, and increase military efficiency. NO MEDDLING IN GERMAN AFFAIRS "Do not forget that it seems the privilege of democracy to nurse hatred of totalitarian states. We will not permit British and American critics to meddle in our affairs. We shall remain a sovereign state guaranteed by our arms and friends. Germany nurses no hatred of England or America, and wants to live in peace with them, but they are continually incited by Jewish warmongers. There are people responsible for tthe previous war again trying to provoke war. If we defend ourselves against these apostles of war— Mr Churchill, Mr Duff-Cooper and others —we are accused of attacking them. If international financial Jewry starts another war it will not end in the destruction of Germany but the annihilation of the Jewish race throughout Europe. GERMANY WILL AID ITALY “If Italy is involved in war it Is absolutely certain Germany will be on her side. Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany will secure European civilisation. Germany has no territorial claims against England or France except colonial claims. Only warmongers think there will be war. I j think there will a long period of peace. We are helping Nationalist Spain to avert the possibility of a Bolshevist Spain.” “Nazi Germany knows what her fate would be if the international powers succeeded 'n defeating Italy, but Italy and Germany are strong enough to secure peace or resist any coalition. “We are determined to defend our common interests together. The same considerations explain our attitude toward Japan. Her defeat would only bring further attack against Italy and Germany. “The Colonies question alone would not justify war. England and France in the autumn showed that France in the Autumn showed that they placed peace above the maintenance of unjust conditions.” Hitler sat down at 9.23 o’clock.