Another Purge According to reports from Amsterdam and Copenhagen, Joseph Goebbels and Julius Streicher have faded from the picture of Germany's leaders. It Is alleged that Goebbels has tither been thrown out of office, or else killed, While Streicher is reported to have been arrest fed on the orders of Marshal Goering, and will be brought for trial before a special Party court: It should be emphasized that while these reports lack confirmation there is nothing in-her ently improbable in them. If they prove correct then a belated justice has been meted out to two men who more than others have Gone to much to stir up hatred in the world, and to present Germany in the most unfavourable Ught Both are anti-Semities, "though Streicher Is most noted for the fact that he was the founder o¢ "Der Stuermer" the virulently anti-Jewish weekly, Despite the fact that he is one of Herr Hitler's oldest and closest friends, Wappears that the fate of several others similarly privileged in the past is about to befall him-Goebbels the brilliant head of the German propaganda machine was a violent anti-Communist. He-has not been mentioned either by radio oF in the press since the war broke out, and at the very least seems to be under a cloud. His conduct of late has not been such as entirely fo commend itself to Der Puehrer, and the be-of that these two men are being offered up as fan oblation to Russia for entering into the nonaggression pact may not seem so far-fetched ald appear on the face of things, If Herr Hitler is really bent upon sacrificing some of his immediate supporters for the purpose of placating Soviet Russia, which they have been busy condemning for years past, it is possible that other prominent Nazis at the present time are feeling more than a little uncomfortable. It is always dangerous to be friends of some rulers, for as Shakespeare said There 18, betwixt that smile we would That sweet aspect of princes, and their" Tui More pangs and fears than wart or women have.
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