THE PRUSSIAN COMPLEX,

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 105, 6 May 1933, Page 13 (Supplement)

THE PRUSSIAN COMPLEX,

Then after reflecting itself in various phases of post-war German history, it produced Hitler and his Nazis. Selfabasement was beginning to pall. Perhaps it would have lasted longer if it had not been for the economic collapse; but the winter of 1929-30 brought despair, to which Hitler, with his Nietzschean philosophy and positive aims, animated the .reaction. The virile elements in the nation were impelled towards him. Tho writer In the Fortnightly Review cleverly observes that Hitler did not stop at creating the new cult of the Nazi superman: “The crucial point about Hitlerism is that its disciples not only believe in themselves, but believe in Germany.” And though the new spirit stalking through Germany is ugly and hostile, in a way it can be welcomed. It will perhaps one day be recognised as tho greatest service of Hitlerism that, in a way quite unprecedented in German politics, it cut across all social distinctions, embracing in its ranks working men, bourgeoisie, intelligentsia and aristocrats. “Germany, awake” became a living national faith. It is pleasant to be invited to think tha f terror holds as much hope as that. —The Press.