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JAPANESE VIEW OF GERMANY
A Japanese traveller who returned to Tokio early in November after a asit to G m.any described his 1 -.pressions in the following w'.rds;— ‘ The German people I met were in no mood to fight. They were afraid that If war started, their country, then on the way to rehabilitation, might crumble again. What Hitler seemed to be guarding against most was trouble with the Nazi Party. Hitler’s critics said: ‘Hitler’s Germany’ is like a snmning top; once stopped it will fall.’ I realised the truth of this comment during my s ay in Germany.” The writer of the foregoing, says “The Times,” was Mr Massatsu Y: - ouka, president of Kinki r ’’ -ge. ye added that Germany’s much publicised rehabilitation was not complete, and that its hidden defects were serious. I e found that Great Britain desired pe .ee, but thought that the desire was duo to “age and repletion.” He added, however, “E..gland, too, has young red-blooded leaders.” (
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21556, 19 January 1940, Page 4
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167like a spinning top Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21556, 19 January 1940, Page 4
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