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In this connection I may point out that our striving in one case, in that of France, almost succeeded
When the Saar Plebiscite took place and the Saar territory was returned to the Reich, I made up my mind, with difficulty, and declared on behalf of the German nation that I would waive any further revision in the West
The French accepted this as a matter of course, but I told the French Ambassador of the day: Look here, this is by no means a matter of course as you seem to imagine
What we are doing is making a sacrifice in the interest of peace
We make this sacrifice, but we, at least, want to have peace in exchange for it
But the ruthlessness of the capitalist plutocrats in these countries always broke through in a short time, fostered by emigrants who presented a picture of the German situation which was naturally quite mad, but was believed because it seemed agreeable and then, of course, it was propagated by Jewish hatred
This collection of capitalist interests on the one hand, Jewish instincts of hatred and the emigrants' lust for revenge, succeeded in increasingly beclouding the world, enveloping it in phrases, and in inciting it against the present German Reich, just as against the Reich which preceded us
At that time they opposed the Germany of the Kaiser, this time they opposed National Socialist Germany
In fact, they opposed any Germany which might be in existence
But my decision was firm: in no circumstances to abandon one's rights, for in doing so it would not be theories which were given up, but the lives of millions of the future
I do not sacrifice some point or other in a party program, for in such a case one sacrifices the future, a race, and nobody is entitled to do that unless he stands before the people and says: "I can no longer represent your interests; someone else must take over
" But we did not come to power having on our program: "We are ready to abandon the interests of the German nation
" I came with the oath: "I abandon no interests
" For, my country, it was not as if the abandoning of interests would bring quiet for all time
We saw that from the old German Reich, which began with abandoning the Western Provinces of the Reich, and went on and on, and every decade demanded further sacrifices, until finally Germany was broken in pieces-then the century-long powerlessness came over the people
As against that, I am determined not to give way one step
Therefore when I saw that the old warmongers of the Great War were resuming their criminal activities in England, when Messrs
Churchill, Eden, Duff Cooper and Hore-Belisha and so on, and Vansittart, our great old friend, and then Chamberlain and Halifax, when these old men again began their warmongering then it was clear to me that these people were not concerned with reaching a just understanding with Germany, but that they believed they could again break Germany down, cheaply, and the quicker the easier
You know what happened then, my countrymen
In those years, beginning in 1934, I armed
When in the Reichstag in September 1939, I outlined the extent of German armament, the rest of the world did not believe; for those who live by bluff think that others are only bluffing
But we have already experienced that internally
Here, too, my opponents never believed me
When it is said that the prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, I should like to extend it, and say that his prophecies are not esteemed
So it always was with me
And now it goes beyond our own country: we are having exactly the same experience as my National Socialist co-fighters had at home
Every one of our prophecies was laughed at, every statement was represented as ridiculous, every picture of the future described as a fantastic chimera
We were greeted only with mockery and laughter
Now I can only say to this world: "But I have armed and very much so
" The German people know it today
But it does not know nearly all
But it is not at all necessary that everything should be told
What is decisive is that everything has been done
We have demanded nothing from the others
When France entered this war, she had absolutely no reason
It was merely the desire to fight against Germany again
They said, "We want the Rhineland; naturally we now want to split up Germany; we want to tear away the Ostmark, we want to disintegrate Germany
" They actually wallowed in fantasies of the destruction of our Reich, which were completely unreal in the 20th Century, the century of the conception of nationality
It was simply childish
And England? I held out my hand, again and again
It was actually my program to reach an understanding with the English people
We had really no point of difference, absolutely none
There was a solitary point, the return of the German colonies, and on that I said, "We will negotiate that some time, I do not fix any time
" For England those colonies are useless
They cover 40,000,000 square meters
What do they do with them? Absolutely nothing
That is only the avarice of old usurers, who possess something and will not give it up; perverted beings who see their neighbor has nothing to eat, while they themselves cannot use what they possess
The mere thought of giving away something makes them ill
Moreover, I have demanded nothing which belonged to the English, I have demanded only what they robbed and stole in the years 1918 and 19l9
In fact, robbed and stole against the solemn assurance of the American President
We have not asked them for anything, not demanded anything, again and again I offered my hand for negotiations
Evermore clearly it became apparent that it is German unification itself, this very State, which they hate-irrespective of its aspect, no matter whether Imperial or National Socialist, whether Democratic or Authoritarian
Most of all they hate the social progress of the Reich, and here, clearly, external hatred has combined with the meanest internal egotism
For they say: "Never shall we be reconciled with this world-it is the world of awakening social conscience


(end of sentence drowned in applause)
As far as this goes, I can only tell the gentlemen on both shores of the Atlantic: "In the present war that side will achieve victory in the end where the social conscience


(several inaudible words)
They can wage wars for their capitalist interests, but in the end these wars will open the way for social risings within the nations; for in the long run it is impossible that hundreds of millions of human beings should be aligned according to the interests of a few individuals
In the long run the greater interest of mankind is bound to prevail over the interests of these little plutocratic profiteers
Proof that in other countries, too, a crisis is already beginning to develop in this sphere, is that English Labor Leaders now suddenly come out with new social conceptions, so worn out and antiquated that I can only say: "Put them back into the chest
We have already divested ourselves of this sort of material, it is out of date
If you want to know how these things are being done, then you must not take up programs which in our country would have been modern in the 80's or 90's
You must come to us and study here, then you will learn something, gentlemen
" But the mere fact that anything like that is suddenly put forward as an aim-for what then are these gentlemen actually waging war? First, they said it was to fight against National Socialism that the nations of the world had to be bled white, and now, suddenly they detect in their bottom drawers, points that were in the programs of our predecessors
Why all this? They could have had all this cheaper
But this fact furnishes proof that there, too, the nations are showing signs of action, or if for instance a storm breaks out in England, because somebody-a colonel or a general, I believe-declares that in the England of such an advanced social standard, they cannot use officers taken from the lower section of the population, but only officers from the upper classes-the others are unfit-then I can only say, do you get exasperated because he has said this? You should not get exasperated because this is not the case, but not for the reason that somebody has at long last expressed it
It is interesting that no one gets exasperated over the fact that the reality is like this, that is to say, that in point of fact only representatives of the upper classes can attain a position there
This is what should exasperate you, and not the fact that by mere chance someone was, while this war is on, unwise enough to make that statement
In our country if you are interested to hear it, this was remedied long ago
Only a short time ago you pointed out to us that our officers and generals were incapable, because they are all too young and infested with National Socialist ideas
Meanwhile developments have shown which side has the better generals
If the war continues this will prove a great misfortune for England, and you will have ample opportunity to gain further experience
The English will make up their minds to send a commission which is to take over our soldiers
It is this social Germany which is hated most by this clique, a conglomeration of Jews, their financiers and profiteers
Our foreign policy, our policy in the interior and our economic policy have been clearly defined
We have set ourselves only one aim: the people
All paths upon which we set our feet will lead to this purpose
Furthermore, we recognize that unless one wants to destroy everything, one must start and proceed on this path with many compromises and many leniencies
But the movement is not the temporary appearance of one man
Many years ago, in Mein Kampf I said that National Socialism will put its stamp on the next thousand years of Germany history
You cannot conceive it without National Socialism
It will only then disappear when its program has become a matter of course
But not before that time
But even in war, the possibility of an understanding still existed
At once, after the war with Poland, I held out my hand
I did not ask anything from either France or England
It was in vain
After the collapse in the west, I again held out my hand to England
I was received with derision
They practically spat at me
They were indignant
All right
Everything is in vain
The financial interests of this Democracy are victorious over the true National interests
Once more, the nations' blood must be at the service of the money of this small group of interested people
Thus the war started and thus it will go on

In this connection I may point out that our striving in one case, in that of France, almost succeeded

When the Saar Plebiscite took place and the Saar territory was returned to the Reich, I made up my mind, with difficulty, and declared on behalf of the German nation that I would waive any further revision in the West

The French accepted this as a matter of course, but I told the French Ambassador of the day: Look here, this is by no means a matter of course as you seem to imagine

What we are doing is making a sacrifice in the interest of peace

We make this sacrifice, but we, at least, want to have peace in exchange for it

But the ruthlessness of the capitalist plutocrats in these countries always broke through in a short time, fostered by emigrants who presented a picture of the German situation which was naturally quite mad, but was believed because it seemed agreeable and then, of course, it was propagated by Jewish hatred

This collection of capitalist interests on the one hand, Jewish instincts of hatred and the emigrants' lust for revenge, succeeded in increasingly beclouding the world, enveloping it in phrases, and in inciting it against the present German Reich, just as against the Reich which preceded us

At that time they opposed the Germany of the Kaiser, this time they opposed National Socialist Germany

In fact, they opposed any Germany which might be in existence

But my decision was firm: in no circumstances to abandon one's rights, for in doing so it would not be theories which were given up, but the lives of millions of the future

I do not sacrifice some point or other in a party program, for in such a case one sacrifices the future, a race, and nobody is entitled to do that unless he stands before the people and says: "I can no longer represent your interests; someone else must take over

" But we did not come to power having on our program: "We are ready to abandon the interests of the German nation

" I came with the oath: "I abandon no interests

" For, my country, it was not as if the abandoning of interests would bring quiet for all time

We saw that from the old German Reich, which began with abandoning the Western Provinces of the Reich, and went on and on, and every decade demanded further sacrifices, until finally Germany was broken in pieces-then the century-long powerlessness came over the people

As against that, I am determined not to give way one step

Therefore when I saw that the old warmongers of the Great War were resuming their criminal activities in England, when Messrs

Churchill, Eden, Duff Cooper and Hore-Belisha and so on, and Vansittart, our great old friend, and then Chamberlain and Halifax, when these old men again began their warmongering then it was clear to me that these people were not concerned with reaching a just understanding with Germany, but that they believed they could again break Germany down, cheaply, and the quicker the easier

You know what happened then, my countrymen

In those years, beginning in 1934, I armed

When in the Reichstag in September 1939, I outlined the extent of German armament, the rest of the world did not believe; for those who live by bluff think that others are only bluffing

But we have already experienced that internally

Here, too, my opponents never believed me

When it is said that the prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, I should like to extend it, and say that his prophecies are not esteemed

So it always was with me

And now it goes beyond our own country: we are having exactly the same experience as my National Socialist co-fighters had at home

Every one of our prophecies was laughed at, every statement was represented as ridiculous, every picture of the future described as a fantastic chimera

We were greeted only with mockery and laughter

Now I can only say to this world: "But I have armed and very much so

" The German people know it today

But it does not know nearly all

But it is not at all necessary that everything should be told

What is decisive is that everything has been done

We have demanded nothing from the others

When France entered this war, she had absolutely no reason

It was merely the desire to fight against Germany again

They said, "We want the Rhineland; naturally we now want to split up Germany; we want to tear away the Ostmark, we want to disintegrate Germany

" They actually wallowed in fantasies of the destruction of our Reich, which were completely unreal in the 20th Century, the century of the conception of nationality

It was simply childish

And England? I held out my hand, again and again

It was actually my program to reach an understanding with the English people

We had really no point of difference, absolutely none

There was a solitary point, the return of the German colonies, and on that I said, "We will negotiate that some time, I do not fix any time

" For England those colonies are useless

They cover 40,000,000 square meters

What do they do with them? Absolutely nothing

That is only the avarice of old usurers, who possess something and will not give it up; perverted beings who see their neighbor has nothing to eat, while they themselves cannot use what they possess

The mere thought of giving away something makes them ill

Moreover, I have demanded nothing which belonged to the English, I have demanded only what they robbed and stole in the years 1918 and 19l9

In fact, robbed and stole against the solemn assurance of the American President

We have not asked them for anything, not demanded anything, again and again I offered my hand for negotiations

Evermore clearly it became apparent that it is German unification itself, this very State, which they hate-irrespective of its aspect, no matter whether Imperial or National Socialist, whether Democratic or Authoritarian

Most of all they hate the social progress of the Reich, and here, clearly, external hatred has combined with the meanest internal egotism

For they say: "Never shall we be reconciled with this world-it is the world of awakening social conscience

(end of sentence drowned in applause)

As far as this goes, I can only tell the gentlemen on both shores of the Atlantic: "In the present war that side will achieve victory in the end where the social conscience

(several inaudible words)

They can wage wars for their capitalist interests, but in the end these wars will open the way for social risings within the nations; for in the long run it is impossible that hundreds of millions of human beings should be aligned according to the interests of a few individuals

In the long run the greater interest of mankind is bound to prevail over the interests of these little plutocratic profiteers

Proof that in other countries, too, a crisis is already beginning to develop in this sphere, is that English Labor Leaders now suddenly come out with new social conceptions, so worn out and antiquated that I can only say: "Put them back into the chest

We have already divested ourselves of this sort of material, it is out of date

If you want to know how these things are being done, then you must not take up programs which in our country would have been modern in the 80's or 90's

You must come to us and study here, then you will learn something, gentlemen

" But the mere fact that anything like that is suddenly put forward as an aim-for what then are these gentlemen actually waging war? First, they said it was to fight against National Socialism that the nations of the world had to be bled white, and now, suddenly they detect in their bottom drawers, points that were in the programs of our predecessors

Why all this? They could have had all this cheaper

But this fact furnishes proof that there, too, the nations are showing signs of action, or if for instance a storm breaks out in England, because somebody-a colonel or a general, I believe-declares that in the England of such an advanced social standard, they cannot use officers taken from the lower section of the population, but only officers from the upper classes-the others are unfit-then I can only say, do you get exasperated because he has said this? You should not get exasperated because this is not the case, but not for the reason that somebody has at long last expressed it

It is interesting that no one gets exasperated over the fact that the reality is like this, that is to say, that in point of fact only representatives of the upper classes can attain a position there

This is what should exasperate you, and not the fact that by mere chance someone was, while this war is on, unwise enough to make that statement

In our country if you are interested to hear it, this was remedied long ago

Only a short time ago you pointed out to us that our officers and generals were incapable, because they are all too young and infested with National Socialist ideas

Meanwhile developments have shown which side has the better generals

If the war continues this will prove a great misfortune for England, and you will have ample opportunity to gain further experience

The English will make up their minds to send a commission which is to take over our soldiers

It is this social Germany which is hated most by this clique, a conglomeration of Jews, their financiers and profiteers

Our foreign policy, our policy in the interior and our economic policy have been clearly defined

We have set ourselves only one aim: the people

All paths upon which we set our feet will lead to this purpose

Furthermore, we recognize that unless one wants to destroy everything, one must start and proceed on this path with many compromises and many leniencies

But the movement is not the temporary appearance of one man

Many years ago, in Mein Kampf I said that National Socialism will put its stamp on the next thousand years of Germany history

You cannot conceive it without National Socialism

It will only then disappear when its program has become a matter of course

But not before that time

But even in war, the possibility of an understanding still existed

At once, after the war with Poland, I held out my hand

I did not ask anything from either France or England

It was in vain

After the collapse in the west, I again held out my hand to England

I was received with derision

They practically spat at me

They were indignant

All right

Everything is in vain

The financial interests of this Democracy are victorious over the true National interests

Once more, the nations' blood must be at the service of the money of this small group of interested people

Thus the war started and thus it will go on