"Sept. 1. on this day two years ied Poland and plunged Europe into the greatest war of is histo. Tt" was the day" for which he had bosn planning ever since his ncgession to power, ard, reereading the history of the period whith Dreceded it, fis clear that nothing. could Fave been done to avert the struggle, und that the efforts of thave European statesmen, Who Sought 40 prevent the conflagration were con demned to failure by the ruthless crocly of the man who had rebuilt tre German military machine, and was completely determined Use it to attain his ends, How Poland was overrun and her people mereitessly massacred {e'now old history, but the first fow days of the war showed the wortd with with rurality Hitter was going to th. tu' the. month Which were f0 follow, nation after nation Subdued either by fraud or force and by time the French had been forced to captivate, the fortunes of the democracies were at that very lowest ebb. great change has come over the situation
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