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iberUin presumably is working people of any country eventu-rernment under which they live.stupendous task confronting the nazi regime. At the same time he emphasized that so long as Germany had no colonies she must and cvould continue her course in a world tiade struggle, adding that ‘no capitalist weapons'’ could deter Germany from its path.Expects Long Peace”.Charting the course of nazidom for 1939 in a two hour and 17-minute speech before the reichstag last night, the chancellor declared his own belief in a “long peace ’.He set increasing world trade, to include Latin American countries. as a pressing need to bolster German economy while the campaign for colonies is carried on. and advised the United States not to interfere.Devoting much of the address starting his seventh year in power to the economic need for Germany's 80.000,000 people, the chancellor hinted that the colonial issue would be handled by negotiation.“Germany has no territorial demands against England and France apart from that for the return of our colonies,” he said.While the solution of this question would contribute greatly to the pacification of the world, it is in no sense a problem which could cause a war.”He Criticizes Ickes.He did not mention the Italian agitation for colonial concessions from France. But he insisted that Italian-German friendship “can only serve the cause of peace if it is quite clearly understood that a war of rival ideologies waged against the Italy of today will, once it is launched, and regardless of its motives, call Germany to the side of her friend.”Hitler blamed Jews, bolshevists, and unfriendly political and financial interests in other countries, including the United States, for war propaganda. He criticized among others. Secretary Ickes of the United States.He pledged Germany to pursue with increasing energy a place in world trade to meet the “uttermost need a nation can meet, namely, the need for its daily bread.’’Emphasizing that business relations with South and Central America “concern nobody but them and ourselves” he charged that relations w'ith the United States are “suffering from a campaign of defamation” by unfriend- i ly interests on the “pretense that Germany threatens American independence and freedom.”Point* to “Jew Problem”.“We all believe, however,” the chancellor added, “that this does not reflect the will of the millions of American citizens who, despite all that is said to the contrary by ' a gigantic Jewish - capitalistic 1 propaganda through the press, the radio and the films, cannot fail to realize that there is not one word of truth in all these assertions.” The Jewish question. Hitler continued, should be solved and “the sooner the better,” for Europe “cannot settle down until the Jewish question is cleared up.”Should “international Jewish fin-anciers,” he prophesied, “succeed I in plunging the nations once more i into a world war, then the result will not be the bolshevization of the earth, and thus the victory of Jewry, but the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe.” * Notable to those who saw stronger hopes for peace fin the chancellor's words was that the only direct advancedwere for colonies, which Hitter said were taken after the war despite the promises of President Wilson upon which Germany sued for peace.‘The German people,” he declared, “has exactly the same right as my other people to ttiare In theopening up and development of the world ”U. S. SEES INCREASE IN NAZI COMPETITIONWASHINGTON, Jan. 31.— Increased German competition with the United States for South American trade is expected by federal officials to result from Adolf Hitler's reichstag speech.Commercial experts disputed Hitler's contention that nazi trade relations with Latin-American nation were no concern of the United States. They pointed out that Germany’s trade is on a barter and artificial currency basis, and declared this in general has the effect of diminishing the total of international trade.They contended also that Germany's foreign trade, being controlled by the nazi government, was a means of exerting political influence and therefore could not help but be of concern to the United States in this hemisphere.Strained Relations to Continue.State department officials made no public comment on Hitler's address, which contained more references to the United States than he had made in previous speeches.The belief was widespread in diplomatic and other official circles, however, that relations between Germany and the United States might continue to be strained for some time. There is at present no prospect that the German and American ambassadors, now at home will be permitted to return soon to their posts.Although Hitler said “Germany wishes to live in peace and on friendly terms with all countries, including America,” students of international affairs noted these four references which he made directly or indirectly to the United States: Reference Listed.1. That the present relations between the two nations suffered from a campaign of defamation conducted in this country “to serve obvious political and financial interests.”2. That “in certain democracies it is apparently one of the special prerogatives of political democrat- ! ic life to cultivate an artificial hatred of the so-called totalitarian states.”3. That Germany's economic relations with Latin-America are her own business and not that of the United States.4. That certain persons like Secretary of Interior Ickes are “apostles of war.”In regard to Hitler’s discussion of relations in Europe, divergent opinions were expressed by Washington officials.Support for Duce Seen.Chairman Pittman (D.-Nev.) of the senate foreign relations committee commented there would be no fear of any immediate war in Europe if Hitler’s future actions “are as tolerant as his reichstag speech.”Senator King (D.-Utah), on the other hand, called the address an indication that Hitler and Mussolini “have conspired to reorganize the map of Europe.”Official quarters viewed Hitler’s demand for colonies and his pledge of armed support to Italy * as a possible “curtain raiser” for i a new putsch against Great Britain and France this spring.Officials predicted Hitler’s next move will be to throw the full weight of the formidable German war machine behind Premier Mussolini in a demand on France for Tunis, Corsica and French Somaliland, coupled with a simultaneous ultimatum for return of the African colonies Germany lost in the World war.Rebel Victory la Kay.This next crisis in European affairs is expected by Washington to develop on the heels of an insurant victory in the Spanish civil w, now apparently in its finalIn Hitler's pledge of armed support of Italy observers saw a sequal to rimilar action taken by Premier Mussolini last September when the fate of Europe was in the balance over Germany's demand for the
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