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The majority, however, is, as I judge, entirely
committed to the philosophy of complete German 
unity in every direction and of war as soon as 
that unity is attained, war primarily against 
France.
 
 
The next day my son and I drove by
way of Wittenberg, Leipzig and Nuremberg to
Constance, and on Sunday and Monday returned
through Stuttgart, Erfurt, Bitterfield and Leip
zig to Berlin. We observed things as closely 
as we could, and had conversations at several 
points. In almost every city or town there was 
marching, either of Hitler Jugend or of SS and 
SA men in uniform. In Bayreuth, marching and 
singing kept me awake nearly all the night.
 
 
A year ago I had driven over a part
of this area, and most of the smokestacks showed
that nothing was being done. This time almost 
every smokestack showed great activity, especially
in Bitterfeld, Nuremberg, Stuttgart and Erfurt.
These are not the great industrial centers, but
from everything I could learn there is great
preparation for war. Just what they manufacture 
in these districts I cannot say, but the activity 
seemed as great as it was in Chicago in 1928/29. 
We have learned from Consular reports that in 
some places they are making poison gas and explo-
sives in great quantities. The Consul in Dresden 
reported Novevember 1st 1,000 airplanes in that 
district.
 
 
The following conversation at Hechingen
on Sunday, October 28, illustrates what the pub
lic thinks is going on. We had luncheon at a 
hotel there, and on the wall next to my table 
was a poster which I asked the hotel-keeper to 
give me a copy of. You will see from this map
just what lies behind the intensive military
 
 
preparation