ARMS DOMINANT

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19125, 21 September 1936, Page 5

ARMS DOMINANT

IN GERMANY’S AIMS HOMAGE TO HITLER, SYDNEY, Sept. 8. In a travel talk to members of the Enfield branch of the United Australia Party last night, Mr. D. R. Hall, who recently returned from a visit to Europe,, said that Germany was the disturbing factor in politics, and that, her interests —commercial, industrial, or social—were centred on preparations for war. In illustrating the insistence on universal homage to Ilerr Hitler, Mr. Hall said that in buying a stamp at the post office the customer had to address the clerk, saying, “Heil Hitler, give me n penny stamp, please." Regarding Germany’s intensive armament policy, Mr. Hall said that Germany’s import of mercury (a constituent of explosives) was in 1935 twice what it had been in 193 d, and in the first six months of 1936 was three times what it had been in 1935. Road-making operations seemed to be. primarily undertaken for strategic purposes. Even in sport the same aim was apparent. Every man up to the age of 45 years wasi compelled to indulge in “sport exercises.” One of the most popular of these was throwing the “keif” (a wedge-shaped object) from the horizontal, kneeling, and erect positions, the distance demanded from the horizontal position being 30 metres. It was not mere coincidence that the “kail” was exactly the length and weight of a German slickbomb, said Mr. Hall.

Mr. Ilall said it was fortunate that, witli all her preparations, Germany was substantially weaker to-day than she was in 1914.