[Genseary Resom.—By General Hermann Goering. Hiking, Mathews, and Marrot, London. 2/6.
General Goering is regarded as one of Herr Hitler's right-hand men, a position he has earned by achieve Fronts which date back to the earllest apology for the Catholic Church. It beginnings of the Nazi movement and wil appeal in diferent ways to Hiter's abortive busch in Munich in different people. The author's defini-1923, The general was amongst those tion of religion—'religion comprises wounded on that occasion and sulfer-Ga'with the others the punishment is divorced from the other religion for their attempt. It can therefore be understood that, when he writes about Nazi-ism, he knows what he is doing. And when he extols Herr Hitler in tones of hero-worship which are astonishing as coming from a. general favour of one who, was a plain corporal in the old German army, it nust be admitted that no better tri-ute to the Leader's personal magnet sin, his power of enslaving his al Towers' affections, could be conceived.
The book deals briefly with the history of events which led to. the elevation of Herr Hitler to the Chancellorship. Tt is Intended to explain to. the English-speaking ier the motives and necessities behind the New Germany. To say that it does would be an exaggeration. Too pal-ably is the book pure propaganda in Frany parts. Tt fs, of course, frankly acknowledged to be a bid to secure foreign understanding: but there 1s] Propaganda which convicts by. its Very restraint, and propaganda which only convicts' the propagator in the eyes of his readers. Only the obvious jleaenestness of this book saves it from the latter category.
General Goering makes out a very poor case against Democracy which, {in his eyes, is almost as great a sin: ner a8 the Jews in reducing Germany {0 the plight she was in. Democracy he Fegurds as un-German, forgetting that the Anglo-Saxon democracy probably owes more to the old tribal witanage mots than to republican Rome or Grecian experiments.
'Altogether the bock reads intoterantly, almost Itke the work' of a ati. This reviewer is by no means unsympathetic to the movement now joing such great things in Germany, find that is one reason. why he read this book "with disappointment—o.m.
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