If there were any doubts as to the outcome of the plebiscite which is to be held in Germany on' Sunday concerning the unification of the Presidency of the republic with the Chancellorship, the "last will and testament of the late President von Hindenburg should serve to set them at rest. The endorsement of Herr Hitler in the last paragraphs of the codicil added in May of this yes will prove @ strong weapon for the purpose of converting any who may have changed their minds since the last occasion the country was consulted to the necessity of supporting the Fuehrer in his" dual position. Certainly it will do more than the diatribes launched against the foreign Press by Dr. Goebbels in the im-Passioned speech which he mate in favour of Herr Hitler, though it is more than likely that they were uttered rather for home consumption than with any design to influence the course which the greater portion of the foreign press has taken. That a National-Socialist Germany Europe's best defence against the Communism which prevails on thi former's eastern border is un= answerable, Tt is a fact which has to be taken into consideration when comment {s/ made upon German political tendencies, but the fact Is that most of the criticism levelled inst it arises from different political conceptions prevailing in Other countries and the reluctance of democracies to recognize in dictatorship which to their minds represents a reversion to the old time tyrannies they have learned to fear and despise. However' that might be, the outcome of the plebiscite of Sunday next will be looked forward to with no little interest, The general result is inno" doubt whatever. Herr Hitler will be con firmed in his new position, and it is probably the best thing -ihat could happen. though there is always the chance that were he defeated at the polls, the strength he commands would still enable him to carry on power, at least for the time being. 'That also is to the good, for, if Ger= many were plunged into chaos the" present' "moment, conditions might arise which would have the {ure of the whole of Eucope. Bravest possible effect upon the fur
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