HITLER ON COLONIES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22356, 29 February 1936, Page 13

HITLER ON COLONIES

INDIGNATION IN INDIA RELATIONS ENDANGERED CALCUTTA, Feb. 27 German business men throughout i India are alarmed at the reactions to ' Herr Hitler's allusions to India in his I speech at Munich on January 26 on | Germany's colonial demands. This | has aroused the bitter resentment of I press and public and led to a boycott | of German goods. Leading German firms in Bombay have sent a strong note to Berlin emphasising the danger to Indo-German trade relations. Herr Hitler created a surprise with a two-hour speech at a rally of Nazi university students in Munich on January 26, at which he arrived unannounced, and added his voice to those demanding colonies. "Germany is now so strong that she does not need the League's help, and does not even need treaties of alliance," said Herr Hitler. "Colonies are acquired by the right of might. Europe needs raw materials and colonies. The white race's heroic conception of life destines it to rule." The speech caused bitter resentment throughout India. It was fiercely condemned by spokesmen of the Nationalist press. Following an appeal by K. F. Nariman, Bombay Congress leader, for a boycott of German goods as a protest against the "insulting references to India by 'Bully No. 2' in European politics," the leader of the Punjab Socialist Party called upon his followers on February 14 to observe the following | Sunday as an "anti-Hitler day" and to I hold protest meetings and demonstrations. The German Consul at Bombay issued a statement to the effect that Herr Hitler's speech was not of a political but a historical nature, and did not refer to any actual racial or colonial problems.