Hitler or God The announcement over the German radio tat De. Hans Frank has" been. "appointed Supreme head t the government of "he area or Polend which has been occupied by. Germ floes not forecast a happy future for that coun. tty, "Against. Dr. Frank, personaly, there's tie o be said, except that in his opinions and beliefs he: seems to suffer from an aggravated form of that mentality which is a feature all the Nazi leaders, 'Unless 'Dr. 'Prank takes Unto himself the privilege of changing his tind every' few months or a0, a8 some of his Perlors in the Nazi organization seem to do, his {dea of the responsibility which has. been "laid unpen him can be measured by a declaraon he made "at Frankfurt on 'Main at the end Qstober, 1035, when he was Minister of Justice. At that me' he stated:
Formerly, we wore. inthe habit of saying wrong sayin hie allude towards the Fuehrer os well 8 his own person, are the Categorical Inpera: tivefowhigh German fe Imust henceforw hi ity from. God. Therefore hho'is'a champion, sent bY God, for German right the world There should be no need to emphasize that this strange declaration was made by a Minister_of Justice. Tf it means anything at ali/"it means that the only justice to be admitted is the will of the Fuehrer. As this will Is so uncertain that itis not known from day to day, the quality of the justice administered ca bbe' guessed. Yet Dr. Franke has been appoint to rule over and restore to normal a large part of a col try which has been ravaged by troops and planes in heroic defence of its liberties, and Sadly needs a capable and sympathetic hand guide it from chaos to law and order. Dr. Frank there is only one Iaw—what the Fuehrer says, To him there is only one right German right. It may, therefore, be confident Jy predicated that his governorship of Germancecupled Poland will not be a sticeess War-time at the Zoo London's famous Zo0 Is suffering the Influence of war-time conditions. With alr raid precau: Hons, high cost of maintenance of the animals and other extraneous problems, including. the possible escape of the poisonous snakes in the event of bombing, the law of the Jungle has been intensified by the man-made laws of war necessities. One of the first steps taken by the Zoological Society authorities was to destroy the magnineent collection of poisonous snakes—4 step which, according to "Phe Times" which indulges in sentiment, declared resulted the fact that "the keepers, some of whom have spent 25 years with the reptiles, wore visibly affected." A "number of constrictor snakes er Feptiles, which may have caused {rouble in case an' attack on the Z00 sult in their escape, have also been the big pythons have been saved and now recline in strong. wooden boxes in the Emergency ling the Ash, many of which have been. released into the ponds and supply tanks. All the elephants, with the exception of a young African bull elephant two-thirds grown, have been removed to the reservation at Whipsnade and so have the giant pandas, It elreumstances warrant there will be a thinning out of the tions in order to reduce the enormous meat bill, and the sea-lions, pelicans and penguins, consumers of fish, may have to change their' diet and swallow' meat smeared with cod liver all in an effort to give ita fish taste, Otherwise, the Society regrets, something else will have td be done." Smaller Zoos throughout the country have already reduced the burden or threat to human life by destroying animals. All the wild animals at the Kursaat Zoo, Southend, have been destroy: and appropria where." IE is a pity for it takes time, money and long experience to create and maintain' such institutions, but the. great scerifice everybody must suffer. While hundreds of thousands of children having been evacuated from London to the safer vural areas the chimpanzees and their afternoon (ea parly—which have delighted thousands visiting Regent's Park, must be feeling lonely and tmappreelated, but when better times come gain they may feast to their heart's delight ate in the knowledge that they, too, did their bit'in the great national task.
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