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WHILE the Nazi demonstration in Berlin on May Day bore witness to the efficacy of the arts of stage presentation of which Dr. Goebbels and his colleagues are masters; the enunciation of a national policy by Herr Hitler consisted mainly of vague aspirations, with little that could be called a concrete programme. The expected announcement of a scheme of labour conscription to be applied to all classes is or interest. It is, at any rate, a good deal preferable to military conscription, and if it can be so organized as not to be unduly wasteful of human material its value as personal and corporate discipline may be substantial. Apart from that, the references to the provision of employment through a programme of national works followed routine lines and can obviously mean much or nothing. As a whole the speech gave little evidence that the government is so far facing the immense economic difficulties that confront it.
