It will not be at all surprising if the message carried by Havas from Zurich purporting to report what occurred at Herr Hitler's conference with the Nazi District Leaders proves to be correct, for in some respects it would seem to be, from a German point of view, the logical development arising from recent frustrations. It is reported that the scheme is to launch an intensive propaganda campaign against Great Britain on a larger scale than ever before, and, in the near future, a great offensive of words, printed as well as oral, is to be concentrated upon the country which Herr Hitler once professed to admire and respect so much, even to love. The rejection of the spurious friendship which Der Fuehrer offered has aroused a fury greater than that of a woman scorned, and if much of an impression cannot be made upon Great Britain by the submarine, and the aeroplane, then it must be seen what words can do. Obviously such a campaign has no particular terrors for the British, who are confident of the justice of their cause and the iniquity of those German leaders who have rushed their country into another disastrous war. That, in all probability, is recognized by Herr Hitler, and the scheme may be adopted not so much to annoy Great Britain, as to stir up some sort of enthusiasm. in Germany for this war, which observers have claimed up to the present simply does not exist amongst the German people. In other words Herr Hitler has got his people into a catastrophic struggle, and every effort has now to be made to get them to like it. The old hymn of hate is to be revived, and sung with even greater vehemence, and the people, who were assured that they would never be involved in a war with the Allies, and that the conquest of Poland would see the cessation of hostilities, are to be whipped into a tempest of hate which might help them to bear the heavy burdens which Herr Hitler and his accomplices have fastened about their necks. It may prove rather more difficult than would appear on the surface. Germany has been brought to a realization that it is involved in a war which it was assured would never occur. Its leader's plans have misfired, and an attempt to stem the rising tide of discontent is to be made by stirring
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