Goebbels assured Il Duce that his historic life and work had aroused the deepest wonder of the German people.
In the course of his address, Herr Hitler said the deepest meaning of this demonstration "is a sincere desire to guarantee our countries that peace which is not the reward of cowardice but the result of securing, with a sense of responsibility, our racial, spiritual, physical and cultural substance and values.
Real Interest of Europe "We believe thereby that we shall also best serve interests which, reaching beyond our two peoples, should really be the interests of all Europe.
Describing the terrible trials through which Germany had passed before National Socialism restored to the German people "those general rights of mankind" which had been refused for one and a half decades, the Fuehrer declared that "that time was the mdst bitter of tests—I must state this before the German people and the entire world—but Italy did not.take part in those humiliations."
very attempt at separating such a community of peoples, by playing them one against another by causing suspicions or misconstrueing aims," the Fuehrer concluded, "will fail at the wish of those who form this demonstration of community as well as at the will of the two men who stand before you."
"We Desire Peace"
Signor Muskolini, speaking in German, said "nothing concocted here will drive the wedge still further into a Europe which is already split. We desire peace and will always be ready to work for peace. In aims as well as in outlook Germany and Ttaly have followed the same goal in the sphere of economic autocracy. Without economic independence, political independence is doubtful." with words," declared Il Duce, This is what we have done in Our two peoples, constituting Referring to the "criminal sanctions against Italy," in which Germany did not take part, Il Duce said that was the point at which, for the first time, the existence of necessary Ca-operation between Germany and Italy became clearly apparent.
There were, he asserted, no dictatorships in either Germany or Italy, but forces and organizations existed in those countries, which served the people. This community of ideas in Germany and Italy was found at present in the fights against Bolshevism.—Reuter.
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