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has renounced any thought of
seeking sea supremacy. “When we
talk about a new war fleet and
the recovery of our colonies,” he
says, “we are only talking ‘hot air’
without the slightest hope of
realization. We have a more con-
crete and continental program. It
consists of the acquisition of
lands vital to our people.”
France, in his words, is the
“deadly enemy” because she is
likely to prevent the German push
eastward. That is why the chan-
cellor is looking for every means
to lessen her power. That is why
he is making sure of England by
renouncing the fleet. That is also
why the Germans in the Southern
Tyrol have been left out of his
plans. He gets Italy with him for
that.
Jews of the Rhineland are fleeing
into France. A French Jew living
there was thrown into the Rhine,
but managed to swim ashore and
escape into France. Some of the
fugitive Jews leave home without
money or passports and make a
run for it over the bridge. The cus-
toms officials obligingly look the
other way. Others arrive more
leisurely in Rolls Royces carrying
boxes of expensive cigars, which
they open up for the customs of-
ficers as they pass through. Still
others come on foot, shabby, beard-
ed men, and poorly clad women in
black, carrying babies in their
arms.
Jobs for Hitlerites and purging
of the dole lists are the stated ob-
jectives.