Germans, shouting "Hoch Hindenburg!" as der Feldmarschall's armies battled and blasted toward Paris, never dreamed that their beloved Hindenburg would be cheered in Paris by Frenchmen in 1932. Yet this astounding thing came to pass last week.
Paris had been extremely nervous lest Adolf Hitler win the German election and repudiate the Treaty of Versailles. Massed in the Place de l'Opera, a tense French throng awaited bulletins. Suddenly, when the flash came that Herr Hitler had definitely not been elected, a joyous French cheer went up "Vive...
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