IF HITLER DIES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 December 1942, Page 4

IF HITLER DIES

HISTORIES OF OTHER TYRANTS.

END WILL BE VIOLENT

If Hitler dies soon, as his astrologers have predicted, the Nazis are doomed, Rupert Hughes writes in “Esquire. He says that an analysis of the histories of other tyrants such as Herod. Peter the Great, and Charles 1., indicates that Hitler’s end will be violent. If his death comes before peace is made, the article declares, it is almost certain that his newly conquered empire will fall to pieces, because Hitler is not regarded as a monarch who can be succeeded by a general who can be replaced; he is regarded by the Nazis as a god, and his colleagues inspire none of the idolatry that is his. _ If he dies while Germany is still at war, according to Mr Hughes, his generals will fight eacli other, and in ihe ensuing anarchy revolt will sweep through the invaded nations. Long-sup-pressed Germans will speak and act, and exiles will come home. Roman commanders and emperors and leaders of other conquering peoples, have been assassinated when things went wrong. He says this may be Hitler's end. Also, the article states, Hitler may die in an aeroplane or automobile crash, he may be hit by a bomb ,or caught by a collapsing wall. Or he may die in some mysterious way, as Charles XII., of Sweden, did when he was an obstacle to peace in Europe. While visiting a fortress on an inspection tour, the Swedish King went along the trenches and peered over. His officers found him. lying across the parapet. his eye and skull pierced by a bullet from an unknown source.

The big question, Mr Hughes points out, is not how Hitler will die, but when. In the meantime, he says, it’s pleasant thinking.