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THE NECESSARY POWER TO REALIZE THESE WAR AIMS. THEY HAVE FORGOT-
 
TEN THAT THERE IS A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 1914-18 AND
 
TODAY. IN THE LAST WAR GERMANY HAD TO FIGHT ALONE AGAINST THE
 
WHOLE WORLD. AT THAT TIME JAPAN RUSSIA AND ITALY WERE ON THE
 
OTHER SIDE WHILE TODAY THEY ARE SYMPATHETIC WITH GERMANY. AS
 
FAR AS MANPOWER IS CONCERNED GERMANY IS TODAY AS STRONG AS
ENGLAND 
 
AND FRANCE TOGETHER. FROM A MILITARY POINT OF VIEW GERMANY HAS
 
WAR ON ONLY ONE FRONT WHILE HER REAR IS SECURE AND FREE. GERMANY
 
IS WELL PREPARED FOR THE FIGHT AND IS FULLY DETERMINED NOT TO
 
REST UNTIL HER SECURITY IS FULLY SAFEGUARDED, NOT ONLY FOR THE
 
PRESENT BUT ALSO FOR THE FUTURE. GERMANY DOES NOT WANT TO HAVE TO
 
TAKE UP ARMS EVERY TWENTY YEARS. THE CHANCELLOR SAID THAT THE
 
WHOLE GERMAN PEOPLE IS INSPIRED BY THE SAME DETERMINATION. IT IS
 
FUTILE FOR HER ENEMIES TO HOPE FOR DISSENSION FROM WITHIN THE
 
GERMAN NATION. THE GERMAN REICH OF TODAY HAS ITS ROOTS DEEP IN
 
THE NATIONAL STRUCTURE, WHEREAS THE GERMAN MONARCHY IN THE LAST 
 
WAR HAD NO SUCH ROOTS IN THE MASSES OF THE PEOPLE. IN SPITE OF