INTERNATIONAL: Hitler Comes Home

"The Modern Caesar" was the title conferred on Adolf Hitler last week by the world press, which always ennobles with a cliche. This Caesar's chariot of triumph was his usual big black Mercedes-Benz, and as usual he rode beside his chauffeur, entering his native Austria amid a two-mile long procession of German Army & Storm Troops, with six tanks leading the way, and German bombers blacking out the sky.

Austrians screamed "We See Our Leader!'', "One Führer, One Reich!" Many went down on their knees as the Mercedes passed, and after it had gone...

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