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Show Democracy versus Hitier by Mel vin Jones When Hitler talks about a world t.ieory, he means us! says Melvin Joiies, secretary general of Lions international in a pointed article : featured in the March issue of the uon magazine, just issued.. The Lions association Is conduct-Jig conduct-Jig a campaign to expose the aims of Ccmar.iunism, Naziism and Fac-cuin, Fac-cuin, and strengthen democratic conceptions in the United States and Canada. In the March issue of The Lion iiiragazine, Mr. Jones quotes a section sec-tion from Hitler's "Mein Kampf", in which the Geraian Fuehrer states his intentions regarding his 'world theory" for Naziism. "A world theory is intolerant and is not content moth being one party aajong a number of parties," writes Hitler in his book. Mr. Jones, in nis article, states that the whole tine of Hitler's chapter "on "World wieory and organization" proves that Hitler has ideas of spreading Naziism to all countries of the world. "The Nazils have embraced tne two major methods of spreading a doctrine," writes Mr. Jones. "They have backed the work of their paid agents with the threat contained in a vast military establishment. We have seen the combination work when Hitler's world theory marched into Austria, bludgeoned its way in Czechoslovakia, and split Spain." "From his writing," states Mr. Jones, "it appears that Hitler intends in-tends no quarter for ideas in conflict con-flict with his. He compels absolute unity behind his banner. He forces forc-es it by purges if necessary. No one is permitted to be out of step in Germany." Mr. Jones elaborates further on this question, and contends that Hitler is antagonistic to democracies democra-cies because his own theory of government gov-ernment cannot exist in fair competition com-petition with democratic- principles. Naziisran therefore, used; force and coercion to drive its own supporters into line, and misses no chance to contribute to the downfall of the democratic idea, which it considers dangerous to its own, existence. "On merit alone," writes Mr. Jones, "democracy will eventually win the support of all men. There iore the Nazi plan is to eliminate it. If democracy does not exist in t- e world, it cannot be a danger o Naziism." Contending that the loose structures struc-tures of democracies, which gives us all so much personal freedom, iorms an easy target for propaganda propa-ganda against democracy, Mr. Jones urges that Americans and Canadi-ai.s Canadi-ai.s place their patriotism above their politics and present to outsiders out-siders a unity of national purpose to resist the encroachments of "world tueorie" that are backed by .r.hchine guns and bombs. |