Foreign News: Mehrer's Progress

Last week Adolf Hitler was given by his press the title Mehrer des Deutschen Reichs (Aggrandizer of the German Empire)—a designation bestowed on medieval

German emperors who enlarged the realm. What he has said and what he has done to earn that title make interesting comparative reading:

"After the solution of this question" he said on the Saar issue in the Reichstag on Jan. 30, 1934, "The German Government is willing and determined to accept in its innermost soul as well as external formulation the Pact of Locarno."

The Locarno Pact, which he held in such high respect, stipulated that Germany would arbitrate or...

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