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· NAZI OUTLOOK

NOT INCOMPETENCE

The conversion of India to nation-

The true Nazi outlook is best ex- pounded by the German airman who hood ought not to be held up by in- described, in an article recently pub- competence. There is nothing pre- lished by every German newspaper, venting the swift attainment of Dom- an attack on the Danish ships Feddy infon status but disagreement between and Kondrup. "It is very difficult to Congress and the minorities and the hit such little ships with bombs," he Princes. The obvious thing to do is wrote. "But our leader hits the first ment is an art that must be learned to work for agreement. Self-govern-

right amidships; the boiler is ex- ̈ ̈ while there is cement to hold the fabric ploding. We embrace each other, together. "The Statesman," Calcutta, trembling with joy."

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There speaks the Nazi mind, the COMPULSORY SERVICE fine flower of Aryan culture. To this

The decision of the, Australian Gov- ernment to continue military training mentality the new German statements

on a basis of compulsion shows no are meaningless, as meaningless as to valid reason

why Labour should those who invented these lies that at- strongly oppose the introduction of tempt to justify what the world right- scription is entirely consistent with conscription. The method of con- ly regards as murder, whatever name the principles of democracy. It takes It may bear. Slowly the tide of in- the son of the rich man and of the dignation against German crimes at poor man and trains them together so that in the event of an invasion sea is growing, and it is becoming of their country they will be able to clear that statements such as those put up an efficient defence. For made from Berlin are, in reality, not many years Britain, from which our laws, institutions and traditions de- the foreshadowing, of a new policy rive, stood out against it, but the but a miserable attempt to meet the logic of facts proved that he coun- world's anger with some show of jus- try in need should insist on the citi~ zen's duty. The voluntary system is tification. Neutral reactions to

the full of inequity and inequality statements have, curiously enough, sacrifice. The experience of the last been more stern than to the horrors war is fresh in the memory of many which preceded them, and it is signi- of us. Those whose devotion to their ficant that Senator Key Pittman, country led them to enlist came back Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign to find slackers firmly entrenched in Relations Committee, has drawn the posts they had left."Sydney. clearly the contrast between German Sun" murder of neutrals and Allied con- traband measures, which can be no more than irksome. His speech is all the more important as coming from

The debate has shown plainly that the United States, for Germany has General Hertzog never was a neutral so far as possible, avoided any at at all, and that he has never consid- tacks on the shipping of more powered the interests of South Africa, erful neutrals, and has concentrated and that he has been led down a pro- her diabolical cruelty on Britain and Hitler cul-de-sac. Parliament for the smaller neutral Powers. This the honour interests of South Africa change of tone is a commentary on has emphatically rejected his leader- German insensitiveness to world ship.--"Cape Argue." opinion, as expressed in these clumsy Although General Hertzog was excuses, for until lately it had seem- much concerned with the injustice of ed as though neutral opinion had be- Versailles, he never made a move in come in some degree inured to the the past to return South-West Africa sinking of ships and the loss of life to Germany. On the contrary he de- "Sydney Morning Herald."

SHIFTING THE WAR

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SOUTH AFRICA

clared that the Union was determin- ed to hold on to South-West Africa and to defend her citizens there. "Die Suiderstem."

There can be little doubt that Gen- eral Hertzog's speech marks the be- When Germany opens the new ginning of the end. It will lose hims phase of the war with a shift to the the sympathy and support of a large north, making Scandinavia the tram- number of his fellow countrymen, for pling grounds, the pressure against not even loyalty to a respected lead- France is lessened and that against er can be stretched to the extent of Great Britain increased correspond- accepting his glorification of Hitler ingly. It moves from western front and Nazism."East London Dispatch.” land warfare to. Baltic naval and air. The numerical result of the debate was never in, doubt. The same can-

warfare.

NO COMPROMISE

Hertzog set the

course for a discus- sion which reflect- ed the arguments of the · common people in the street with remarkable accuracy,

and it

Developments are coming so fast not be said for the psychological and and of such magnitude that full emotional causes of it. General appraisal of the situation is impos- sible. It hardly is understandable that Germany should have taken the aggressive in Scan- dinavia to such an extent and thereby made outright and of open enemies. these countries. But it must- be remembered that the Hitler policy ever has been to. strike. with force and surprise. His parently is that physical

There can be no compromise with the Nazi regime of barbaric beastliness and vindictive vlo féilcë: Lat it be understood that. any merb shuffling of Nazi per- sonalities, as for example the substitution of Goering for Hitler,

·will make no difference. A Nazi In a Nazi, whether his name is Hitler or Goering. Naži rūle and Nazi blackmall_must_go.—Mr. Herbert Morrison.

is in terms "of the debate that the country is divided. It will divide the Union for half! century, and lend to the coming de- cadea something of the nature

theory ap- of an internal war. In such an at- possession mosphere it is useless to hope that

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