GERMAN DISTRESS

Southland Times, Issue 21716, 31 May 1932, Page 5

GERMAN DISTRESS

MILLIONS UNEMPLOYED GREAT INDUSTRIES PARALYSED A CROMWELL WANTED (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 7.15 p.in.) London, May 30. In an interview with Colonel Etherton Herr Hitler declared: “What Germany wants is a Cromwell.” He declared passionately: “Germany cannot pay reparations. Great industries are crippled, millions are destitute, and business activities are paralysed. There were 28,000 suicides in Germany in 1931 owing to poverty and distress. In parts of Thuringia and Saxony 85 per cent, of the people are unemployed.” Referring to the ex-Kaiser Herr Hitler said: “The Royal family no longer matters except that its rehabilitation is a moral question. The Nazis desire a real Anglo-German understanding.” He favoured Britain maintaining a strong Navy. Disarmament, he said, was impossible while violent contrasts between French and German armaments existed. A message from Berlin states that Dr. Bruening, at a banquet to the Foreign Press, appealed for world co-operation in the solution of the unemployment problem. He said Germany had 6,000,000 unemployed with an equal number of dependents, which meant that a fifth of her population was without proper means of support. The world could only free itself from the scourge by common action, which was only possible in an atmosphere of confidence which was not achievable while the reparations and disarmament questions were unsolved.