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"Flee -German Movement" in America Programme of Seveo Points for the Rebuilding of Germany & Europe Hopeful Plan Combines Papal Teaching With Principles of Atlantic Charter Strasser's Conception Meets Demand of Masses for Economic Security & Personal Liberty JT has been more and more evident that the men and slogans
A Seven -point Programme for the rebuilding of a free Germany is being advocated in America by the "Free -German Movement," founded and run by Dr. Otto Strasser. Otto Strasser is one of the most important and interesting German political exiles. A Catholic and member of the Nazi Party until 1930. he then openly broke with Hitler to found what was called the "Black Front." "The Catholic Herald" has invited Otto Strasser to write on his movement for the information of people in England, and in a first article he outlines the seven points of his movement. Without committing ourselves to every detail nor to the movement itself, we feel that these points give the outline of the soundest and most hopeful plan for the future of Germany, and that they even give pointers towards the reorganisation of Europe itself.
are certainly not sucon in a position to carry Hitcessfully the struggle with idea ler. Only a new and better is capable of producing and gathering the necessary strength, and only a challenge that points to the future is able to shake and to overthrow the system in power to -day. Too long the fight has been fought from pure resentment and from unfruitful feelings of hatred and negation. For obvious reasons it is to be expected that a great part of the German emigrants still possess this outlook, whereas the German opposition inside the Reich has long since gone beyond the old party slogans and party forms, presenting in the main a spiritual unity that lacks only the opportunity to manifest itself. It is better to become the expression of this opposition within Germany, even if this means abandoning those emigrants who are still preoccupied with parties and party lines in their reasoning. Again, some of the emigrants do not approve of the policy of rejecting all co-operation with the Communists, consciously and uncompromisingly. It was, and still is, one of the decisive weaknesses of the fight against the Hitlerite system that this fight was, and still is, frequently under open or disguised Communist leadership. Apart from the intellectual and moral uncleanness that is thus introduced into the struggle, all real effectiveness among the German people is lost, for they have no wish to change a dictatorship in brown for one in red. We must therefore reject all connections with any sort of Bolshevism, just as unconditionally as connections with Nazism. In both dictatorial of yesterday
By
OTTO STRASSER
systems we must see the same enemy of Germany, of Europe and of the world. The programme for the creation of a truly free Germany against Hitler contains seven points. WAR ON HITLERISM, 1. The first aim is "War on Hitlerism and the punishment of all those guilty of its horrors:' Just because I am convinced that the majority of the German people have had no share in these crimes, for just that reason I disavow all false national solidarity, and demand the restoration of the standards of justice, injured and wronged in Germany and beyond her borders, 2. WAR ON BOLSHEVISM, The second aim is "War on BolshevThere ism and every dictatorship." can be no compromise with Communism, just as there can be no joint action and no compromise with Fascism and Nazism.
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Yet we must insist on the same clear-
cut distinctions between Bolshevism and the Russian people, as do official Vatican declarations; this holds for the distinction between Nazism and the German people as well, Every nation has a right to life as well as to freedom from within and without. This principle prompts not only a natural feeling of sympathy but of extending aid to every such nation which must defend its rights against the unjust attacks of aggressors.
The right of national self-determination belongs to the Russians as much as it does to the Czechs, Poles-and obviously, to the German people also. And with this we definitely include the third point of the "Atlantic Declaration," which asserts the right of nations to determine for themselves that internal form of life and government which is best adapted to their nature.
The demands of political practice give support to such fundamental principles. Consequently, everything must be done to effect the greatest damage possible to Hitler's war machine, The immense damage sustained by this machine to date has already had serious repercussions on the morale of the German people, thus accelerating the downfall of Nazism in a twofold manner, To hasten this process is a demand which politics, based on realism, makes obvious And this can be accomplished through material aid to the Russian army as well as through more intense peace propaganda among the
German people themselves.
3. BOGNOMIC SECURITY. The third aim is "Economic democracy and social co-operation," The greatest catastrophes that have precipitated upon the world during the last three decades (of which war Bolshevism, Hitlerism and Fascism are only various manifestations and profiteers) have been caused primarily by the instability of the economic order. The natural striving of mankind for economic security, which is just as urgent and justified as its striving for political security has been more and more frustrated during the last decades. The world will not arrive at a real peace and order as long as this just demand for economic security of the great masses is not fulfilled! The dictatorships (Bolshevism, Nazism and Fascism) have to a certain extent acted in accordance with this desire-but at the expense of liberty. They have chosen the solution that is customary in prisons: where every inmate has bread and work. I see the necessary solution for the future in the union of economic security and per (Continued on Back Cover.)
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