-33- Spain, largely created by Germany herself, might well overnight reasult in embroiling the whole of Europe, and German policy could be either tremendously furthered or disasterously damaged. Indeed, it has just been confidentially learned that Hitler already feels remorse - more on tactical than moral grounds - at having succumbed to the blandishments of Ciano who persuaded him to join Italy in recognizing Franco. Second, Germany's progress depends largely on whether or not she is able to maintain at least neutral relations with England. Third, the economic and financial situation in Germany is a potential danger to the pursuit of her foreign policy depending on whether or not external political progress can be made to such a rapid extent that the intricate economic problems now facing Germany will thereby be largely solved as a natural sequence. In this respect, the constant pressing of foreign poicy may at least be understood. Fourth, there is always the possibility of a dictatorship getting out of hand in that the necessarily rapid developments on which it thrives internally cannot always be absorbed fast enough externally. In a dictatorahip with as broad a foreign policy as Germany's this ia particularly true. However, one may understand Germany's power and prestige pace better if it is realized that time plays an important role in her rearmament; most of Germany's so-called adver- |