THE NAZI WAY

New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 27, 29 December 1939, Page 3

THE NAZI WAY

What Hitler Said May 21, 1935: e German Government: will scrupulously respect every treaty voluntarily signed, even if concluded before its entry into power. It will, therefore, in particular respect and fulfil all obligations arising from the Locarno Pact. May 21, 1935: The German Government will unconditionally respect all other clauses of the Versailles Treaty, including the territorial clauses. January 30, 1934: The assertion that the Reich intends to overpower the Austrian State is absurd, and can by no means be proved or substantiated. Way 21, 1935: Germany neither intends nor wishes to interfere in the internal affairs of Austria, to annex Austria or to conclude an Anschluss. March 12, 1936: No people desires peace more than the German people. Germany only wishes to live and work in peace and quiet. March 7, 1936: We are ready to conclude a non-aggression pact with Czechoslovakia. March 7, 1936: We have no territorial claims to make in Europe. > September 26, 1938: This is the last territorial claim I have to make in Europe I have assured Mr. Chamberlain, and I emphasise it now, that when this problem is solved Germany has no more territorial problems in Europe. When the Czechs shall have come to an understanding with their other minorities I shall not be interested in the Czech State any more. From ‘" Mein Kampf,’ Hitler’s book: "When we speak‘ of new territory in Europe to-day we must principally think of Russia and the border states subject to her. . . To carry out this policy we need that force which the mortal enemy of our nation, France, now deprives us of. . . . No sacrifice should be considered too heavy, if the final outcome would be to overthrow™ our bitterest enemy." August 23, 1939: Germany demanded the surrender of Danzig and a plebicite on the Polish corridor question. October 6, 1939: I have no claims in Rumania, the Ukraine, the Urals, or Denmark.

What Hitler Did March 7, 1936: Germany unilaterally denounced the Locarne Treaty, which her Government had voluntarily accepted and which had not been infringed by any other signatory power. March 7, 1936: German troops re-occupied the demilitarised portion of the Rhineland, in violation of the Treaty of Versailles and the Treaty of Locarno. July 25, 1934: Nazi rising in Austria planned by Germany, Austrian Nazis mustered in German territory ready for invasion. Chancellor Dollfuss assassinated in Vienna. March, 1938: Austrian Chancellor Schuschnigg forced to resign by threat of German invasion. Germas troops invaded Austria. Austrian annexed. 1936-1939: German troops and aircraft sent to Spain to take part in the Civil War. German planes bomb Spanish towns, killing civilians. September, 1938: German ultimatum to Czechoslovakia to cede Sudeten areas or be invaded. October, 1938: } Sudeten areas of Czechoslovakia annexed after Munich. March, 1939: Slovakia encouraged to separate from Czechoslovakia. Bohemia and Moravia invaded by large German army. Czech government forced to capitulate under threat of bombardment of Prague. Prague occupied. Czech State annexed. Memel annexed after ultimatum to Lithuania. August 22, 1939: Germany signed her pact with Russia, to the consternation of European diplomatic circles, September 1, 1939: Without warning, the German army marched into Poland.