WAR DEFINITE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19126, 22 September 1936, Page 8

WAR DEFINITE

POSITION ON CONTINENT "" " “HITLER WILL NOT HESITATE” tISE OF. BRITISH CORRIDOR If “The general opinion is _ that war in - Europe in definite, but Britain will not E‘‘Be, involved unless her own territory is menaced. The people of tlie Old Country do Hot want war, but they ..CJ-eaTifx;' tlml they must be armed .should the necessity of protecting some portion “of.tier Empire lie jeopardised.” . .. Snell was the statement of Dr. Stuart .irSeoular; of-Napier, who has just ret/uiru-ii.i-eaLfrbiiita'-tour of (treat Britain, Belgium " T ' 3ff(t"Cenuaity. “The people are advocating that Britain should not become en••'tangled in foreign turmoil, and the voice :T of the masses is that Communism should not be supported.”

Whatever anyone in New Zealand thought of Hitler, lie was the idol of Germany, Dr. Scoular continued. Nazi rings were flown everywhere and in every cafe and restaurant a photograph of JJ it lor could be found. There was a feeling in Germany that Britain was very friendly to her, and everyone was anxious to learn English, so much so that, a tourist was given very little opportunitv to learn the German language. SUBORDINATED TO STATE “There is no doubt that every thing in Germany is subordinated to the Slate. The motto is ‘Business must serve the nation,’ and so everything is controlled ; one could not kill a cow or a pig without obtaining permission. Not until recently could a German go to Austria without paying a sum equivalent to CSO in English money. The Germans themselves are not allowed to take more than 10 marks out of tho country. “Germany has set herself the task of building up physical fitness and everyone wonders where it will end. .Most people are inclined to the belief that war between Germany and Russia will eventu|ate, and that when the time is ripe.

Hiller will not hesitate to use the British Corridor, tic will notask permission hut will go through, the same as. lie did in the .Rhine. i RETURN OF COLONIES “There will he a clash between the I 1 rasiisl and Communist groups nt Europe, ' Germany has asked that her colonies he 1 returned and she has stated that if she does not get them hack she will take them hack.” Everyone in Britain was talking ot 1 war. lie said. Tho British .Medical As- ' socialiou at Oxford gave a demonstration on the effects of gas attacks on the civilian population. The Government ’ was organising a. huge scheme ot con- * trolled stations, throughout the country, where information concerning the methods to be adopted by the civilians k iii such an emergency could be obtained By tin- end of next year there would r he 25,000,000 gas masks ready for use by civilians in Britain. London, previc ously one of the safest cities of the world, ' was now the most vulnerable. Aeroj planes had brought her within hours of the Continent. • ” {

BRITAIN ARMING “As far as can be gathered, Britain is trying to catch up with other nations in the matter of armaments,” Dr. Scoular said. “In the past she did not spend much money, but now she has announced huge votes, for her defence. Germany is more armed now than in 1914 and more unified. A nation lik& that cannot be kept down. She wants her colonies back, and she intends to get them.” One of the greatest movements afoot in Britain at the present was the .youth movement. The. people felt that tho future depended on the youth of the nation, as it was stated that the present generation was suffering from Jack of leadership, as the best of the nation’s manhood was killed in the Great War. There was a very definite opinion, that the- soldiers won the war, and that the politicians lost it through the Treaty of V ersailles, ns it was not a fair policy and had caused the trouble, of the last 2D years.