New York, Sept. 13 The press here this "morning criticized in clear terms the tone used by Herr Hitler as well as the [contents of his speech at Nuremberg last night. The general opinion is that if Herr Hitler "did not declare war he did not declare peace."
All the papers stressed that, the threat contained in the Fuehrer's address is making things harder and harder for "harassed Europe."
The "New York' Times" considers that the address is a severe blow for the policy of appeasement being followed by the British Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain.
The "New York Herald Tribune believes that sooner or later, if the Reich is not compelled to retreat under pressure of force, Czechoslovakia will inevitably become Berlin's satellite. "If the Czech state is to be defended as a bulwark against a German march down the Danube, it must be defended now.
If that bulwark is important enough for France and Russia, they wil defend it, but after the "emotional exercise in Nuremberg, a successful defence would mean so severe diplomatic defeat for Herr Hitler as io be perhaps impossible without a "New York Times" first reproved the Fuehrer for using a "inadmissible" tone against the Czech President, Dr. Eduard Benes. "Neither Herr Hitler's words nor his tone will give much satisfaction to the "gentlemen in London whom he addressed," the paper added. The speech is a blow at the -foundations of Mr. Chamberlain's policy of appeasement,"
New York Mayor's Views "I was unfortunately right two y|years ago when I declared that the world should not be placed at the mercy of a fanatic in a brown shirt," Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York stated today, commenting on Herr Hitler's speech.
The Mayor added that owing to the international crisis, the United States should decide immediately whether they want war or peace.
"If a man becomes insane, we place him in an asylum," he continued. "It is not necessary to be a [specialist in European affairs to have forecast the danger of a government in irresponsible hands."—Havas Measupes have been drawn up by he Chinese National Government to encourage and induce overseas Chinese terest themselves i industrial investments in China. a report to the "Sin Wan Pao."
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