Show Germany and the War The first reports of what Hitler said to Welles have filtered if you take them as a fixed declara tion of German they certainly do not seem to they seem to make war to the death According to the Fuehrer Insisted that German political domination of German-occupied Poland and Hungary be recognized that the Allies keep their hands off Scandinavia and the Balkans that Germany's pre-war bulk of which were cn iy be returned that Britain lead the way In disarmament by doing away with such fortifications as Gibraltar and that Britain's on the world economic structure be It is significant that Hitler said little about France it is an oft-repeated Nazi doctrine that Germany has no quarrel with that r. the two countries as now constituted can live forever in r and that John Bull is the It is naturally unthinkable that England would make these tremendous unless she were facing certain defeat at They are tantamount to destroy- the British Empire and leaving the Isles remote and f that does not mean that all hope for an early is For Hitler undoubtedly demanded a great deal more than he could expect to A good bargainer often asks the Impossible as a starting makes concessions from And certainly great pressure will be brought on as well as the to consider ending the Italy is extremely eager that hostilities stop her own neutrality grows more difficult to maintain The smaller especially Rumania and will do everything in their power to promote And it is felt that even Hitler's avowed will sing a similar Russia is in no position to fight a major and if matters go on as they are there is a strong possibility that the Allies will declare war against her in order to open a new and make fighting in the vulnerable Baltic It is significant that the German reception to Welles was cordial in the extreme honors were given him that are usually reserved for the heads of The German government is apparently desirous of improving German-American relations and it was intimated that Berlin would welcome an American |