The comment of the New York "Herald Tribune" on the German threat to Holland and Belgium is significant as representing an important section of public opinion in the United States. It says "The American people do not want to go to war, but if they see Holland and Belgium annihilated, they will realize what is not yet fully understood—that the world is facing the incarnation of ruthlessness and that American people cannot remain indifferent to the outcome of such a struggle." Herr Hitler has all along seemed unable to do anything but
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