“WILL NOT CARRY OLIVE BRANCH”

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21190, 10 November 1938, Page 7

“WILL NOT CARRY OLIVE BRANCH”

HERR HITLER’S UGLY TEMPER Reply to Critics of Dictators Mr Churchill Attacked Precautions for Safety of Fuhrer United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright MUNICH, November 8. Speaking to the old fighters, assembled in the massive cellar where the 1923 putsch was planned, Herr Hitler justified Germany’s armed strength and said: “Endeavours are being made again to lead us into the traps, but I remain cool in face of the Sirens’ Songs. It would be lovely if the world could change its course and take up new attitudes towards us, but I see only a world re-arming and Germany in a re-arming world will not wander about carrying an olive branch. We shall enforce our peace. I have no intention of changing foreign constitutions. Let them keep to their democracies and we shall keep to our Nation Socialism. “Nevertheless,” he said, “I will not allow the British Parliament to dictate to me, saying that it will not destroy the German people, but only their dictatorship. That could have been said in 1918, but not since then. I warn Germany that I see a war campaign being started against i-.er. I have often said that we do not want anything from them except the return of those colonies which were wrenched from us under false pretences. There will be no war about that. We want nothing apart from that except to trade with them. “There are in England and France,” Herr Hitler continued to say, “men at the helm who ■ desire peace, but there are others outside the Government who want war. The Opposition of to-day may be the Government of to-morrow, and if Mr Churchill says: ‘I do not hate the Germans. They are only a danger to us,’ I reply: ‘That is the same here.’ “If one of the Opposition leaders says he wishes only to destroy the regime and not the people, I reply: ‘You will have to destroy the whole German people before succeeding in moving this regime.’ ” Then Herr Hitler continued: “If Mr Eden says he wants to liberate the German people, I say: ‘You are not authorised to speak for Germany.’ ” Reply to Criticism Referring to Mr Arthur Greenwood’s statement that he had destroyed t‘.vo democracies, Herr Hitler said: “I say it is a lie. I have mt destroyed two democracies. I destroyed two dictatorships, those of Dr. Schusehnigg and Dr. Benes. I tried to remove them by invoking the rights of self-determina-tion. I am afraid I failed in this.” Herr Hitler taunted British Parliamentarians for not knowing much about Central Europe and confessed that the Germans did not know much about Palestine, but why did not the British employ their wisdom, intelligence and insight there? “It seems to m",” he said, “that happenings in Palestine smell much of violence and little of democracy.” Herr Hitler’s Arrogance In conclusion, Herr Hitler said: “If Mr Churchill says how strange that a sovereign from a European country should cross swords with an English Parliamentarian I reply ‘I feel yourself honoured, Mr Churchill, that I do not cross swords with you.’ I am no sovereign in the usual sense of the word. I am only the leader of the German people. I could have assumed quite different titles, but renounced that privilege. I have chosen to remain what I have always been, and in that sense Mi- Churchill is an English deputy, and I am a deputy of Germany, with the only difference that Mr Churchill commands a small fraction of the British vote, whereas I command all the votes in Germany.” Attacks Resented A London message reports that the Liberal Leader (Sir Archibald Sinclair) in the House of Commons before Herr Hitler’s speech, said he hoped that the Prime Minister would early repudiate the interference in domestic politics by the head cf a foreign State. British men and women of ali parties resented Herr Hitler’s attacks on Mr Churchill and MT Greenwood. FEARS OF ATTACKS ON FUHRER EXTRAORDINARY PRECAUTIONS IN MUNICH United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Gopvrtght (Received November 9, 11.50 p.m.) MUNICH, November 9. Exceptional precautions were taken to safeguard Herr Hitler, to and from the Beer Cellar, says the Munich correspondent of “The Daily Telegraph”. “AU neighbouring streets were cut off by cordons of protective guards and armed police. Nobody was allowed in the neighbourhood without a special pass. All nearby houses were searched.