THROUGH AUSTRALIAN GLASSES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 42, 12 November 1937, Page 4

THROUGH AUSTRALIAN GLASSES

' After sl'u5yTng Nazfsm In Germany for a year, Professor S. H. Roberts, professor of modern history at the University o£ Sydney, has written a book, "The House That Hitler Builfc." In it he writes: " If Hitler persists in the policies enunciated he plunges Europe into war. If he abandons them he oan no longer maintain his position within Germany. Logically, the success or failure of Hitlerism brings war in its train. War is inevitable unless Hitler modifies his teachings and methods or unless there is a peaceful transition to another regime. Hitler has worked Germsny up to such a state that the people are ready to accept war at any moment. That is what makes the German position so tragic. The nation has been duped, in the sense that it has been launched along a road that can lead only to disaster unless it learns the habife of politieal and economic collaboration in international matters. Professor Roberts adds that it is not too far-fetched to imagine a Germany in which the army would take over control and refcain Hitler as a willing figurehead. He thinks that Germany's colonial elaims have no economic basis; it is a matter of pride and prestige. The label of unworthiness, whether true or untrue, is a slur which will have to be removed. The nation will never subrnit to carry such a verdict. "Australia (he writes) probably does not feel suMciently strongly about New Guinea to fight for it, although it is always easy to raise an alarmist cry in Australia about the colony being a base for enemy aeroplanes."