Hocking States Germany's Grievances, Outlined By Kaiser, Real---Fatherland in Fear of French

The recent action of the German government in its withdrawal from the Disarmament Conference at Geneva and from the League of Nations bears a striking connection with a statement by former Emperor Wilhelm which the CRIMSON published about a year ago. At that time the Hitler regime was merely in the offing, but it was rumored that former imperial momentum was backing the Brown Shirt leader. The action taken by Hitler Saturday points in the direction indicated by this statement of the former War Lord which is reprinted here:

"This League of Nations is in itself contradictory nonsense and is absolutely worthless! The so-called 'League of Nations' is in reality only a concern composed of those nations who rushed at Germany in criminal onslaught like a band of highway robbers at a traveller.

"They robbed Germany of all her colonies, of ships, money, arms, and prevented her re-arming by a treaty based upon lies; punished for a crime she never committed, and refused to return to her the private property of her subjects in their countries.

"The 'League of Nations' is based upon the monstrous lie of Germany's War-Guilt. This is now being unveiled as a lie. Consequently the Versailles Treaty must fall. Full restitution of the 14 Points must take place, according to these full restitutions to Germany; that is, full return of the spoils by the robbers to the despoiled country.

"This would cause the natural end of the totally unnatural, immoral, unjust 'League of Nations' which is rightly named by the world at large 'Personified Impotence."