"I then ordered the German army be made as strong as. possible. Now I can confess that we have carried out rearmament such as the world has never seen. I spent thousands of millions on rearmament Jduring the past five years.
"General Goering has carried out Jorders to create an air force which will protect Germany.' We have the [best air defence and the best tank defence in the world'
Continuing, Herr "Hitler claimed that he had carried on a practical peace policy, the most digteult problem of which was German-Polish relationship, It was true there was no democracy in Poland.
Democracies, he said, were full of peace phrases but were the most bloody war inciters."
The Fuehrer expressed the convic-lion that the German-Polish agree ment would provide lasting peace. Poland would always want access to the sea. The understanding reached chatter palace.
"offered England My Hana" offered England my hand," Herr Hitler proceeded. "I renounced building of more than a given number of ships in order to give England feeling of security and peace. "One thing is important. It will not do for tone nation to say, 'I shall build no more ships,' while another says, shall soon be making another war if it suits me' We hope that, among the English people, those who want [peace will gain the upper hand"
Referring to France, the Chancellor [declared "We are two great nations who both want to live and work, and both will do that best if they co-
Herr Hitler referred to the frlena-[ship Between Italy and Germany as a strong union of hearts. "He recalled that he had removed the Italo-German problem (it is presumed that he Teferred here to the Tyrol), and then said that Austria and Czechoslovakia Jwere the only two remaining prob-
He asserted that the 10,000,000 Germans outside the Reich frontiers Jequalled a quarter of the population jot France, "Last Territorial" Claim'
Turning to Czechoslovakia, he said:
is the last territorial claim 1 have make in Europe, but one which I shall not renounce, Czechoslovakia began with a lic when Central Europe was atomised after the War. Benes was the father of this lie when he said that at Ver-/sailles a Czechoslovak nation existed, Benes promised a Swiss cantonal system, and then a war of extermination began. Six hundred thousand Germans have had to quit Czechoslovakia to escape starvation. "Benes determined to exterminate the German element (prolonged shouts of shame'). Bolshevism used this state 8 her channel into Central Europe,"
Herr Hitler denounced Benes for foreing the non-Czech minorities in the army to fight against their own people, "Directly we occupied Austria," the Fuehrer proceeded, "I said that no [Czech shall serve in the German Jarmy. If the Reich imprisons a man [who agitates against his country from the pulpit, great excitement: prevails in Great Britain, but no notice is taken when hundreds of thousands of minorities are ruthlessly suppressed, During the May elections in JSudetenland, the Chancellor asserted, Dr. Benes occupied the territory with troops (shouts of "Bloody Dog").
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