Show NEWS THIS WEEK a a by lemuel F parton EW YORK field marshal cwerner NEW werner von blomberg is germanys germanas Germ anys buried ace astute foreign observers find cumulative evidence of this in his tightening hold on the army and in the new goodwill good will facade which germany is trying to erect with his reassuring and now more frequently repeated speeches other nations should not take tak e it lightly that we stretch out our han hands ds in conciliation says the war min minister in an address quite P patently intended for foreign ears dispatches hint that before long der fuehrer will be transi transported arted to a mystic valli alla in a chariot of fire there to remain as a symbol while some less febrile catiz citizen en takes care of mundane aff affairs airs that will be the intellectual cultured but not general von blomberg Blom herg according to 0 o news from the watch towers over seas in the endlessly repeated story of the praetorian aftermath of war and revolution he and his allies have the army furthermore he is more capable of rationalizing germany and her needs in foreign relationships than the gilbert and sullivan goering the inept von or the intellectual hubberman rub berman rosenberg this writer has a friend a former american journalist once stationed at berlin and now engaged in commercial enterprise in europe who sees in the german junkers to which class general von blomberg belongs the only hope germany has for rehabilitation without war he does not wish his name used as he passes in and out of germany in a letter mailed at prague he writes in part hitler still has a tight hold on germany but the real power is easing over to the army and that means von blomberg strangely enough I 1 have found more brains and more realism among the bul let headed officers and imperialists of the world war days than among the nazi fanatics I 1 have talked to von blomberg several times and I 1 dont think he believes a word of this racial nonsense he is an educated man who knows that germany will have to make peace with the democratic democrat io powers to get what she needs he ha is a diligent and I 1 believe open minded student of history and I 1 know he reads books which an ordinary german citizen would have faveto to read secretly 1 I have an idea that if you read the papers closely you will see before long more and more stories about hillers Hit lers throat affliction and the necessity of his retiring to berchtesgaden for rest and meditation I 1 have no idea that he will be overthrown he will be merely enshrined while the old line industrialists tria lists and junkers pick up where they left os off and get germany back on the track it if they can the nazis have been highly useful in solidifying the country for their purposes at least but in my view the ultimate power rests where it always has rested in the army and the money bags germany is not ready tor for war her der ersatz campaign has been successful cess ful only to a very limited degree she cannot redress her trade balance because her productive energies go into armament she must either fight or bargain her way out I 1 have found the disinclination to war and the hope of new credit and trade concessions much stronger among the army groups and imperialists than I 1 have among the nazi politicians the former know more about the actualities of war than the latter and they have a clearer understanding of the imperative need for raw materials and credit von blomberg is going to do a lot of fronting for germany in the next year unless I 1 am greatly mistaken he will bear many olive branches I 1 do not consider him a liberal in our sense of the word but he has brains enough to see that france england and the united states have what he needs and must have and he is going after it As you know I 1 was caught in in germany when the world war started and I 1 have no love for the junkers but they have lucid moments and I 1 am inclined to think this is one of them of course germany will do a lot of growling and as she starts bargaining for loans and raw materials but that will be merely in the hope of scaring concessions out of the other side anyway and this is a strange choice to have to make Z am glad to see power slipping into the hands of the army leaders general von blomberg fifty eight years old tall ruddy and athletic has been in the army all his adult life in the world war he was a much decorated officer on the staff of the high command of the seventh army he is an eager devotee of music and the arts regarded as the most cultured of german army officers lie ile made many friends among american officers on his bis visit here in 0 O 0 consolidated new feature service |