One must also presume that the President knows the peculiarities of the German "history and that he knows the influences the different churches have had on the well-being of the Germans and their nation. The Germans had a religious war lasting 30 years, which devastated Central Europe, and they have been kept separated from one another for centuries by the churches. That they are desirous to put a stop to this should be better understood.
For their own egoistical reasons, we see the Church and the Jews always and everywhere influencing the destiny of the Germans. Is this all unknown to the President?
I consider the Germans and Hitler as profoundly religious. Wherever the Germans go, they build their churches and their schools, as ¢an be seen by all in Shanghai by noting the local institutions of the Shanghai Germans which are a model to other communities.
Hitler and the Germans now want to put a stop to these political intrigues, and the churches will have to learn this.
The Jewish problem is not a religious one, it is economical and political The Germans do not want their destiny to be determined or strongly influenced by a foreign race. Nazis, in contrast to democracies, do not compromise on points recognized as vital; that is all that can possibly displease an Anglo-Saxon mind.
I believe that no good can come from further elucidation on this point in such an international community as Shanghai. The Jews have our sympathies, they have a right "to be" and it must be hoped that a place will be found for them where they can develop their own civilization and national life. A war will be no help to them.
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