Herr Hitler's speech fell into two parts. The first part was the longer one and was devoted to the German Government's achievements at home showing the immense strides made in any to rebuild her economic The second with Germany's fu The Chancellor spoke before th 741 uniformed debi Reich-
5 ich met at in the Kroll ©; ad been elaborately decorated for the acci sion, with the German eagle and stika prominently displayed The announcement of Germany intention to recognize Manchoukuo did not come as a surprise, as it had been confidently predict Fears had previously been experi ed in many foreign quarters of s national announcements concerning Austria, but these proved unfounded.
Germany's adherence to her present alliance with Italy and Japan was put in the forefront of the international picture as unfolded by Herr Hitler. A less agreeable feature was his attack on the free press of de cratic countries and his contemptuous references to the League of N: ions.
On the whole. however, the speech was considered less prov e than had been expected, and it was believed in well-informed quarters in Berlin that the speech had been received generally with a sigh of relief.—Reuter.
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