Hitler in the Field
President Hindenburg, standing for re-election, is to be opposed by the redoubtable Herr Hitler himself, provided there turns out to be no flaw about his German citizenship, as well as by Col. Dllsthrberg, a leading figure in the Stahlhelm, for the Nationalists, and a Communist candidate. That makes it unlikely that the election will be decided on the first ballot, and if the Nationalists consented to support Herr Hitler in the second round the resultmight be very close. Even as things are the Hitlerite candidature is to be taken seriously in view of the success the party has obtained in various State elections since its Reichstag triumph of 1980., But there is some reason to think Hitlerism may have passed its zenith, and the silent voter should bulk large enough to make the soldier-statesman who has done so; much for Germany safe. The short session of the Reich-! stag which opened on Tuesday has once more put the Government in peril, but once more disaster has been' averted by the inch which in such cases is about as good' as a mile. If President Hindenburg gets safe home in March the next visible crisis will come with the Prussian elections of April. * * * *
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