‘BUNCH OF GANGSTERS’

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 December 1938, Page 7

‘BUNCH OF GANGSTERS’

EX=KA!SER ON HITLER REGIME NATION OF HYSTERICS. LED BY LIARS AND FANATICS. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. NEW YORK, December 7. The ex-Kaiser breaks a long silence on Hitler in an interview with W. Burckhardt published in "Ken" magazine. Asked what he thought of the Fuehrer, the ex-Kaiser retorted explosively, “nicht,” meaning nothing. He added:

"There’s a man alone, without a family, without God. Why shouldn’t he be human? Without doubt he is sincere, but this very excessive sincerity keeps him partly out of touch with men and realities.

"A nation is created by families, religion and tradition. He builds legions, but he does not build a nation. "For a few months I was inclined to believe in National Socialism. I thought it a necessary fever and I was gratified to see associated with it for a time some of the wisest and most outstanding Germans, but, one by one, he has got rid of these men or even killed them.

“Von Papen, Schleicher, von Neurath, even von Blomberg, have gone. He has nothing left but a bunch of shirted gangsters.

“This man could bring home victory to our people each year without bringing them the glory of our Germany which was a nation of poets, musicians, artists and soldiers. He has made a nation of hysterics and hermits engulfed in a mob and led by a thousand liars and fanatics.”