" AFTER HITLER'S FALL "
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Prince zu Loewenstein is, I think, suffering under a delusion. I had no intention of casting doubts upon his integrity or on the excellence of his intentions. It was his political acumen which I questioned. Prince zu Loewenstein is now working in the Saar upon the formation of his German Legion. I have no doubt that he piously hopes to maintain it entirely free from French influence. I only fear that his hopes will prove illusory. Between the upper millstone of the Nazis and the nether millstone of the French the German Legion will be ground to powder unless Prince zu Loewenstein succumbs to the temptation of a compromise with the French. If one is vague and well-intentioned it is only too easy to believe that one can be at the same time in opposition to Hitler and independent of French support. It is, however,
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