ATTEMPT TO DISUNITE ALLIES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 1 February 1943, Page 5

ATTEMPT TO DISUNITE ALLIES

COMMENT ON SPEECH New York, Jan. 30. The Washington correspondent of the “New York Times” say that Hitler’s proclamation, which concentrated on Russia and apparently sought to discount Britain and America, is interpreted by Washington observers as an attempt to sell to the Western world the idea that Germany is the only barrier against Bolshevism. Hitler seems to believe that the stronger Russia grows the more this idea might appeal to Spain, Latin America and some Anglo-Ame-rican circles. Observers agree that the proclamation intentionally exaggerated German military setbacks, partly in order to impress the world of the danger of a Bolshevik victory and partly to magnify the dramatic effect of the heralded German coun-ter-offensive. Some quarters in Washington attribute Hitler’s absence from the celebration to fear of a Nazi audience in view of the flood of bad news. There are reports from reliable sources that Hitler has lately suffered a nervous breakdown and has taken to drink, though he has hitherto been a teetotaller. This does not mean that he is incapacitated or a drunkard, but shows that the strain is beginning to affect his condition. SANDS RUN FAST Commenting on the tenth anniversary of the rise to power of “the demoniacal demagogue Hitler, with the unleashing of the forces which are now drenching the world with blood,” the “New York Times” in an editorial says, “The 10 years of feverish history demonstrates that Hitlerism is a far greater menace than Hitler, and that the problems we are facing go deeper than the elimination of Hitler and his regiments. Hitlerism is primarily the heir of Prussian militarism, serving as the instrument of German industrialism.

“To-day Nazism stands at bay like a hunted criminal on whom the avengers are closing in on all sides. The 1000 years that Hitler promised for the Third Reich is running out fast.”