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Although abridged editions of "Mein Kampf" have been pub-› lished in almost every language and every country in the world, the complete edition has never yet been published outside Ger- many. This is so because Hitler, who holds the copyright through his German publishers, rightly believes that certain passages would quickly disillusion any in- nocent foreigner who chanced to read them. Now, however, two separate publishing firms in the United States have simultaneous- ly announced their intention of bringing out complete editions. One firm, which previously pub- lished the American abridged edition, - apparently has already obtained or hopes to obtain per- mission from the German pub- lishers; the other firm just does not, care. This second firm has, however, prepared a fine collec- tion of legal weapons with which to resist the inevitable attack of the first. The German copyright, they say, is invalid in the United des- States because Hitler was cribed in the application form as a "stateless German" (who there- fore had no rights) and as

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THE NEXT WAR

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Right Kind of Intervention

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sant that it cannot properly be considered the same Government as that with which the United States signed the copyright Captain Liddell Hart, one of treaty in 1892. Finally, they the ablest and most articulate of urge that the publication of the our military critics, has for some complete edition is a public ser- years been the chief exponent of vice. On this point they can the view that in another Europ-hardly claim any advantage, since ean war Britain should not send the first firm, though paying large expeditionary force to fight more respect to the German on the Continent. It is some-copyright, is also acting for the thing of a surprise, therefore, to public good. Both, in fact, have read that at the National Educa promised that any profits will be tion Conference he expressed the used for the benefit of German view that we should now be ob refugees-a nice thought for liged to create and train a large Hitler, who has amassed a pri- force for this purpose. He reach-vate fortune from royalties. ed this conclusion by the following stages: before Munich and the Spanish war it seemed impossible that Germany could ever attain that three-to-one superiority in "power units" which would enable her to overcome the defensive strength of the Western Powers. Now, however, if Italy engaged France along her frontier and in the Mediterranean and if Spain were controlled by a Government hostile to Britain and France, Germany might attain such superiority. Therefore Britain must again be ready to send a large force (how large he did not say) to defend the frontiers of France (and possibly of Belgium and Holland), whose strength would thus be dissipated. This argument, even when stated so briefly, is both interesting and powerful, but it requires greater

Some questions may be asked elaboration. One woudd like to know, for instance, whether Capt by those who are interested pri- ain Liddell Hart envisages this marily in the victory of one side expeditionary force as purely de- in Spain as to the effect of this fensive.. Writing on the same food on the interminable and ap- subject in his book "Europe inparently futile fighting. But dis- tribution will be by the Society Arms," he said:

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The international non-partisan project for sending food to both sides in the Spanish civil war is possibly the brightest ray of humanitarianism in a year-end clouded with man's inhumanity to man. The plan is to collect $500,000 from individuals to send 600,000 barrels of flour to Spain to feed the needy wherever found. Help of the United States Gov- ernment has been accorded in or- ganising the work and the flour will be transported free by ships of the Federal Maritime Com- mission.

I cannot see an adequate pros- of Friends, and everyone knows pect, even when the present pro- that the Quakers do this kind of gramme is complete, of it( an ex-job with sole attention to reliev- peditionary force) possessing the ing distress. Moreover the pro- power of attack necessary to posal was made by Ernest Toller, wreat from an invader any German play-wright, and the ground he may

have gained be American committee is headed by fore it could arrive. And 1 George MacDonald, a papal mar- do not see that a larger force quis. It appears to be a genuine would have a better effect, nor ly non-partisan project. And in that subsequent reinforcement contrast to a farcical non-inter- might make a great difference. vention programme which has masked intervention to feed ware flames, this looks like the right kind of intervention feed the innocent victims. -

One would like to know whether anything has: since happened to change his opinion in this res- pect as well as in the other.

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