THE CHINA MÁIL, DECEMBER 18, 1939
"HITLER
SPEAKS❞
The Most Remarkable Story Of The German Fuehrer
That Has Ever Been Written
"WHEN I WAGE WAR,
FORSTER"
slow death in, barbed-wire entangle- ments and the agonised death of a gassed man or one poisoned by bac- teria.
will
"In the future whole nations stand against each other, not mere- ly hostile armies. We shall under- mine the physical health of our ene- mies as
we shall break down their moral resistance. I can well imagine that there is a future for bacterial
DR. RAUSCHNING was one of Hitler's chief leaders warfare. We have not quite perfect-
ed it yet, but experiments are being made. I hear they are very promis-
for several years but split from him when he rea- lized that Hitler was a power for evil and noting "But the use of this weapon is
limited. Its significance lies in wear-
Our real wars will, in fact, all be
for good. He wrote the most famous exposure of Nazism-ing down the enemy before the war. "Germany's Revolution of Destruction." For dar-fought before military operations be- ing to publish that book he was deprived of his Danzig citizenship and all his property there confiscated.
gin, I can quite imagine that we
might control Britain in this way.
Or America."
"You said that we should poison the enemy with bacteria even before the war starts. How can that be
It was he who first (in that book) told that Hitler done in peace time?" Forster asked.
would make a German-Soviet alliance.
across
I guarantee that." In this chapter of "Hitler will not return.
Hitler gazed fixedly
from Speaks" and in others to the little glass verandah of his moun- follow, Dr. Rauschning's con-tain eyrie to the precipitous wall diate. versations with Hitler
opposite. are
"We shall regain the superiority of
quoted. These conversations free operations." took place in the years 1932- 34, immediately before and for two years after the Nazi regime seized power.
"Is it true, Herr Hitler, that Ger- many has prepared secret inventions which will break down every resis- tance, inventions against which even the French Maginot Line will be de-
WHAT HITLER LOOKS LIKE
Hitlor la not physically attrac tive, Every one knows that to- day. His look is staring or dead, and lacks the brilliance and sparkle of genuine animation.
The timbre of his harsh, un- common voice is repellent to the North German. The tone is full, but forced, as though his nose were blocked. This volce, gut- bo- tural, and threatening, has come familiar to the whole world. It embodies the torment of these years.
I have noticed that Hitler made the strongest Impression on such people as were either highly suggestible or somewhat effeminate or accustomed by their education and Social background to formalism and hero-worship.
Hitler's physical appearance certainly does not heighten the Impression made by his person- ality.
A receding forehead, with the tank hair falling over it; a short, unimposing stature, with limba somehow III-fitting and awkward; an expressionless mouth beneath the little brush of a moustache- such are the traits of the outer
man.
His only charm lies perhaps in his hands, which are strik- ingly well-shaped and expressive.
"Through agents, harmless com- mercial travellers. That is the surest method-at the moment the only ef- fective one." Hitler replied.
"The results would not be imme- It would take several weeks, if not longer, for an epidemic to ap- pear. Perhaps we shall introduce bacteria at the height of the war, at the moment when the powers of re- sistance of the enemy are beginning
enemies to fail."
superior armament of our Our conversation then dealt with that had brought about the unhappy war. "It iş some details of a future gas and bac- conclusion of the last terial war. We sat in the rather nar-not arms that decide, but the men
the silence by saying that it was the
The writer usually jotted fenceless?"
The Danzig Gauleiter (district row verandah of Wachenfeld House behind them-always, "Hitler rebuk- them down under the immed-leader) Albert Forster indicated by in the Obersalzberg. Hitler's magni- | ed him.
iate influence of what he had a sign to me that he had
heard. Much is practically Hitler into his favourite subject.
verbatim.
I: ON WAR WITHOUT MERCY
"All armies have secret inventions. I am sceptical as to their value, "Hit- ler returned.
We spoke of the result of the war, and the tragical turn of all German victories.
his now led ficent Alsatian sheepdog lay at
"But surely new inventions feet. It was a magical August morn- and superior weapons do decide the fate of nations and social classes? Is ing.
not that what you meant, my Fuehrer, when you said the next war would be quite different from the last one?" "No, strategy does not change, at inven- least not through technical tions. That is quite wrong." Hitler's manner became lively.
"But the penetrative power of our new S-munitions. Isn't it true that electrical warfare yields entirely new possibilities of attack?" Forster per sisted. "And the new poison gases and bacterial warfare? Will bacteria
the be used as a weapon in
next
war?"
"A nation denied its rights may use any weapon, even bacterial warfare." "I have no scru- from the last world Hitler's voice rose.
"The next war will be quite dif-
ferent
war.
mass
+
Infantry attacks and ples, and I will use whatever weapon formations
ob-I require.
are
solete. Interlocked frontal struggles "The new poison gases are horrible. lasting for years on petrified fronts But there is no difference between a
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"We shall not capitulate-no, never," Hitler exclaimed. "We may be destroyed, but if we are, we shall in drag a world with us a world flames."
A young leader of the S.A. broke
"Has anything changed since the
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