1939-04-19 — Page 17

THE HONGKONG Telegraph, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1939.

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"MEIN KAMPF" IN THE LIGHT OF EVENTS

KAMP" is now at long

"M last made available to the B What the new

tish public in an authentic and un-

English translation. The

expuler En previous withholding Unabridged English

of such a translation has generally

been supposed to have been the velo Version Reveals of Herr Hitler himself.

If that was in fact the reason-and

it is impossible to imagine any other

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get that the most sacred of all rights! past six years as the real Kampt" shorn only of its unessentials. in. the world is man's right to the Actually, it was not so much an earth he wishes to cultivate for him- "abridgment"

as a paraphrase which self and that the hollest of all sacri- dealt with all the most offensive pas Aces is that of the blood poured out soges elther by omitting them alto for it. gether or by so watering them down in translation as to leave a compara- tively innocuous impression on the mind of the unsuspecting reader.

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Patriotism

WE MAKE no excuse for choosing

In

the eulogistic references Londen newspapers to the projected intention of the Malayan Government Lo contribute £ 1,000,000 to the

LAST WAR WELCOMED As a slogic example out of a thou- sand that could be cited, it may sumce- to Instance total exclusion of a pas-

250,000,000 GERMANS The order of magnitude of his ex- pans.onist ambitions may be men- sured by his estimate that, a century hence, there will be 250,000,000 Ger-

wha

be mans in Europe,

must not

but like coolies,"

have call soll they can

their

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"I think we'll do better on this cruise-It's the same one where

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sage which declared that the ultima- own. To ensure the provision of this "HELLO,

tum of the Vienna Government to space-presumably thrice the existing Serbin in July, 1014, was "in the eyes urea of Greater Germany-is the

nian foreign policy.

DEAR FRIENDS AND

of the great masses too moderate and business of a properly conducted Ger- LISTENERS." THIS IS.

certainly not excessive or

Ds brutal",

Imperial Government for Defence as patience of the long-suttering reader look un while.. England is also to

an opportunity to once more refer to the grossly unfair levy imposed upon this Colony for military con- tributions.

En pussani, we do not intend to join In the pacans of praise with which the Mulayan announcement į pages. has been greeted in London.

Zeesen Calling

-by

L. MARSLAND

GANDER

EAR friends and listeners over-

the declaration, attributed to the Fuchrer: "We wish to safeguard the eternal foundatioris ot sur existence, of our nationality, and the strength and virtues with which it Is endowed."

HOW NEWS IS COMPILED

tracts.

that "the War of 1814 was certainly In general terms the East is mark- not forced on the masses: it was even ed out as the direction of this colonis- desired by the whole people," and ing activity: "When we speak of new that "I am not ushamed to“ acknow territory in Europe to-day we must ledge to-day that I was carried away think of Russia and the border States by the enthusiasm at the moment and subject to her. Destiny itself seems that I sank down upon my knees and to wish to point out the way for us thanked Heaven out of the fulness of her Bohemia and Moravia, though my heart for the favour of having not mentioned in this connection in been permitted to live in such a time," "Mein Kampf," are clearly designated What is to be said of a so-called as the first fragmentary Instalment in "abridgment" which ignores so palp- the process of conquest there out- able a clue to the mind and teinper lined. of the author?

The role assigned to England (3 The full version now before us is that of friend and ally whose bene

Any Hongkong listener may hear printed pages. A great deal of it programme is to be assured by Ger- formidable tome of 500 closely, volent neutrality towards the Eastern

for himself the evidence of Germany's consists of tedious

iminense broadcasting effort. For and Indigestible non abstention from rivalry in the

example, at 10 pm, dally, half o verbosity which may well try the Colonial

dozen transmitters at Zeesen begin the destruction of

broadcasts to Southern and Eastern beyond endurance before he is half- France

removes the last possible

scus," says an effusively friend-

Astil

Australia and

New Zealand. way through with It. To make mat- source of challenge to the Germany voice through the loud-speaker. At midnight the same chorus is turn- icrs worse there

ure no page head- domination of the Continent.

There is hurdly need for it to add, ed on the Americes. Ings; the frequent italics which read- It rather looks us if the Anglo-in that faintly guttural English, What, then, is Germany telling the ly catch the eye in the original Ger- German Naval Treaty was an al-This is Germany calling."

world with such characteristic man are unaccountably omitted; and tempt to steer England into voluntary By night and day, with scarcely a thoroughness, and what is its effect. a ludicrously perfunctory Index is conformity with this neat Hitleris break throughout the 24 hours, the on the scattered audience? To find compressed into four and a half vision of the future Europe,

German short-wave station at Zcesen the answer to these questions I have As a commentary on Herr Ifitler's suld to have cost £1,000,000-s been listening regularly to the Zecten It may therefore be helpful for the propagandist exploitation of anti-pumping out programmes to the transmissions In English for some reader to know that the best "meat" Bolshevism it may be remarked that world, with announcements and news thac. We would prefer, rather, to draw is contained in chapters IV., V., VI. He roundly castigates his Imperial in English, Dutch,

Spanish,

The favourite method of the com- attention to the fact that, elther on and X, in the first part, and chapters predecessors for not huving adopted a nurse, and, of course,

Gennan. pilers of the Zecsen bulletins is to the per capita or percentage or XIII. to XV. in the second.

similar course before the war against The scale of its ceaseless activity is comb the newspapers of the world revenue basis, Malaya can well afford SCORN OF THE MASSES

Tsarist Russia. Tsarkem or Bolshevisa: matclied only by Daventry, the B.B.C. and to quote carefully selected ex- its

For instance, ono day quola- occasional sops of £1,000,000

makes no difference, except that in Empire station, with the difference tea In an introduction the translator the circumstances of to-day Bolshe- that the B.D.C. uses English. Ger- ions were read from an Arab news- when compared with Hongkong, suggests several answers to the ques- vism happens to provide a convenient man, Spanish, Portuguese, Arable, paper to the effect that the object of which has more than once been on why Herr fler does not revise prepagunda handle.

Italian and French.

the Palestine Conference in London referred to, not altogether apocry

"Mein Kampf." They are that "It The Versoilics Treaty, it can be To-day many countries speak to was to strengthen Britain's grip on an historical document which bears seen, was almost generosity itself by other nations through broadcasting the countries, for military purposes, in not therefore be revised without kampt" for those nations unfortunate languages-but Britain and Germany tends to show the world that she

article

went on, "In- she is the world,

being taken out of its "historical con- enough to find themselves within the have superior facilities and reach the master in the Orlent and plans to text" that, by Herr Hitler's own at-

a area scheduled as

audience. Daventry "German living widest

throw the apple of discord among the It is pertinent to recall, K A count,

"his acts and public state space." But when a fraction of what shortly have five high-power trans- representatives of the Arab States in contemporary did some time ago, that ments constitute a partial revision

on Germans it becomes what he calls on regular schedules and two In re from the Palestine issue, are to be revenue even in the South Tyrol and

the abandonment of the Germans in "sadist cruelty" and describable surve

raised in order to set off one party Alsace-Lorraine); oppression," such that "they should There is no more ironical com- against another." United Kingdom Was until the und that what he wrote before at- send up to heaven the glowing prayer: ment on the world to-day than the was true. colossal re-armament expenditure taining official responsiblity does not Almighty God, bless our arms when growing Babei on the short-wave

QUOTING FROM AMERICA commenced, substantially lower than implicate him as Chancellor of the the hour comes. Be Just, as Thou

band. It is true that broadcasts by

The report in a London newspaper in Hongkong. It is also pertinent Reich,

hast always been just. Judge now one country in the language of an- to point out that, as compared with

All this is absurd. Admittedly the if we deserve our freedom. Lord, other are not in themselves hostile that the Jews in Palestine threatened

an armed revolt if the conference- acts. Language is, after all, the only falled was mentioned one day. As a three bless our struggle." completed within the average of 17 per cent. of grass years of the Rule invasion, which revenue contributed by Hongkong might plausibly account for the

"MIGHT IS RIGHT"

path to understanding among men departure from this method, another Herr Hitler's

moral and nations. But it is also the path bulle flaming

bulletin contained for defence purposes, the contribution statement contained in it that France

Isolated some to misunderstanding, and in 1839 sentences to the effect that on the of Australia was until last year only is an implacable enemy who must justices of Versailles would

mut indignation over the alleged "in-.

motives and material need careful occasion of a religious festival at be more eight per cent. of Federal revenue.

be annihilated. But the book also

scrutiny.

unfortunate invalid Arab was hanged. CLUES TO IDENTITY whilst in Canada, South Africa and refers many times to the "feebleness eastly intelligible if his pages

He was condemned to death because not make it abundantly plain that, understanding of New Zealand the percentage was

of the masses. In his view, justice consists in the

Day after day on the bewildering an old rifle was found in his poss How, then, can it be supposed that ruthless exercise of the power of the short-wave band the listener finds an slon." even less,

the masses, being of "feeble under stronger, and that it only becomes English station talking German, a Reports from French newspapers standing." would be capable of dis injustice when this power is not be- German station talking English, an of Anarchist atrocilles in Catalonia We are somewhat envious of the criminating between the "historical ing exercised by Germany. In a

Italian station talking Arabic, or a have been freely quoted, and I have fact that the Malayan Government context" ut 13 years ago and the curiously revealing passage he re- Russian station talking French. As heard lengthy extracts read from hus an annual defence tax of only immediate aims of policy to-day? Is ma

marks;

a hair's breadth on the dini separates criticisms of B.B.C. news bulletins $2.49 per head of population, as not the retention of the passage "I shall never believe that France one transmitter from another, the published

bed in a London newspaper. about the annihilation of France a will of herself alter her intentions lask of identification becomes In- A recent Zeesen bulletin compered with the Hongkong per direct incitement to the masses to towards us, because, in the last finitely tantalising, calling for the with a report of a broadcast given by begon capita contribution of $0. It believe that this analhilation is an analysis, they are only the expression stoical patience of the angler. "the well-known American publisher. is interesting to realise that, in indispensable necessity of German of the French Instinct of self-pre- The short-wave Ilstener is quite re- Randolph Hearst." It was, said the the United Kingdom, defence costs existence?

phally, as one of the highest taxed the imprint of its own time" and can- the side of the fate held out in "Mein { Italy, for instance, uses 20 different Orient and the Arab, Stiles.

will

the

the proportion of defence expenditure and are to be taken as such" (tehe would. Infilet_on_others is infleted mitters in operation; Zeesen has six London, Various questions,... apart.

to general

the righest in the world.

boot

the

was

item is the

did

onc

hildren born because of poverty and merely in want one of Colonial plies the life of the stronger," inter- the short-wave transmissions from ter of many innocent inhabitants of | consequent. malnutrition, is amongevity, which in "Mein Kampf he hallonal solidarity is just

denounced, but which he has now

A dream. He decinres:-

the

servation. Were a Frenchman lleved to establish a recognisable con- announcer, a sharp attack on the per capita were only $32 in 1935-- What, again, becomes of the ur and were the greatness of France so lact to come across such a phrase Roosevelt administration; Mr. Hearst, Just 5% ilmes the per capita con-gument that, as Chancellor, Herr dear to me as that of Germany as "We are wishing you perfect re- it was said, took particular exceptior Hitler is not implicated by the pro actually is, in the final reckoning i ception," which stamps the pro to the statement that it was the duty tributions of this Colony, more than gramme of "Mein Kampf when we could not and would not act other-gramme as made in Germany, or to of the United States to defend de- two-thirds of whose population ekes see every single item of that pro-ise than

Chemenceau

hear that equally distinctive marks of mocracy and treaty loyally all over. out a miserable living on a pittance framme being fulfilled before aur Nature red in tooth and clow is a Identification, the voice of a typical the world. Mr. Hearst asked whe

eyes with the that barely keeps them alive; whose inacity? There is only one Fontary out the book. In

ther Mr. Roosevelt intended to con- most astonishing ner- constantly recurring theme through B.B.C. announcer. infant mortality rate, unreasonably

"the world of Germany was early in the field with vert Soviet Russia to Christianity or

where Item increased

which, as Chancellor, he has everlasting struggle,

foreign language broadcasts, begin- how he reconciled his humanitarian 10 onc In every three hitherto repudiated in act and not creature feeds on the other, and ning in 1934, and the B.B.C. followed arguments with the brutal oppression.

worthless pledges.

That where the death of the weaker im-sult only in January last year. When of 300,000,000 Indians and the slaugh-

an idle Zecaen were launched, it was stated that country. Similar sentiments,

In official German quarters that they continued the announcer, had been We do not feel disposed to join in taken up with vigour and menace. will one day be the scene of dread- origin throughout the world.

Nobody can doubt that this world were intended for people of German expressed by Senator Walsh and Cot.

Theodore Roosevelt.. London references the Is it not the inescapable conclusion ful struggles for existence on the part

to

that whatever in "Mein Kampf" re-

DENUNCIATION OF JEWS One need look no farther than the patriotism of the Malayan Govem- mains us yet unachieved is only of mankind. In the end the instinci

for More 'direct methods are used to inent when we remember that our walling a turn?

of self-preservation alone Will much-quoted "Mein Kampf"

matives. In that work Herr Hitler castigate the Jews and the Spanish enforced Vatriotism, which, in-

triumph. Before. Its consuming are

the attacks on the Jews. I Until last month there had been a this so-called humanitarianism, which makes plain his deep-rooted bellet "Reds," though lately there has been cidentally, passes unnoticed, has cost tendency to assume that Herr Hitler connoies only a mixture of faluous ledges the superiority of the Allied card a talk one morning on Spain

in propaganda, and freely acknow a lull us almost twenty per cent of our would stop at territorial expansion timidity and conceit, will melt away methods during the war. To-day, on devoted largely to an account of the total revenue for every year of the territory inhabited by the German Man has become great in perpetun to the Press of Use world by the gener

when he reached the limits of the like snow under the Morch sunshinë.

all printed programmes distributed ruthlessness of the Jewish" In- compared with the

Torquemada, who, .the That Illusion is now utterly Malayan average of just over ten per cxploded, but if the world was dy struggle. In perpetual peace lie wil German short-wave stations appears speaker sald, had caused the death

de- go, to destruction.

of thousands of Innocent Aryans. ceived it was not for want of warn-

BELIEF IN BRUTALITY We would rather recall that, hind necessity of bringing our territorial the character and role of National-duty of every German 0

Ing in "Mein Kampf."

masses are being compulsorily fed, Denunciation of the Jews for anti- For "the

As to Herr Hitler's conception of such the religion which it is the holy German "conspiracies" has occurred Hongkong enjoyed to substantial area into just proportion with the Socialism, it may suffice to quote the without question as his credo, and

accept frequently. measure of relief from the defence number of our population" is one following single passage:

Recently Zeesen had turned its burden as Singapore or, Indeed, any of the most persistently reiterated

Euch the innermost conviction of the verbal guns on to Washington, which The conviction of the right to founder of that religion himself, the announcer chose to describes, as of the British colonies, there would themes in the whole book, and is do- employ even the most brutal wea have been sumclent funds available every foreign polley." What he calls fanatical faith in the necesaky for u

or the centre of n-world-war adtation. scribed as the "supreme objective of

Too long have we Imagined pens is always nssociated with tried to deceive ourselves that it was "These attacks on the authoritarinn to assure a primary education for the Political Testament of the Ger- new and revolutionary transforma- ly. Can anyone doubt for a moment to counter-balance the Bolshevik de

never meant to be taken quite literal States," he continued, are intended every child born in this Colony, man nation" ends with the following ton of the world. A movement longer that the most brutal" wea- feat in Spain. The announcer then or to establish enough clinies to save exhortation:

which does not fight for such high pons will be unhesitatingly employ- went on to denounce Senator. Pitt- the lives of thousands of mothers and Never eninsider the Reich secure alms and ideals will never have ro-ed against whoever opposes that man's "absurd" assertions in his inford who have died on the altar unless, for centuries to come, it is in course to extreme means.

"now and revolutionary transformp- recent speech and supported lis u position to give every descendant of of poverty, disease and `malnutrition, our race a piece of ground und soll which the "feeble-minded" German belleves to be his mission?

Such is the mental pabulum on tion" which Here Hitler fanatically criticisms as: usual with quotations

PLEASE Turn To Pago 5,

century,

cent.