15 APRIL 1938, Page 19

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—Mr. S. G. Godman

corrects Mr. Low's version of the German song to " Heute gehiirt uns Deutschland . . ." The official version, however, runs : " Denn heute hort uns Deutsch- land Und morgen die gauze Welt." Only by implication can this have the same meaning as Mr. Godman's version. Surely even the German Weltanschauung does not include the colonisation of the whole world—yet.—I am, Sir, &c.,

J. SWINFEN GREEN.