Loomis, Back From Munich, Charges England Is Miscalculating Germany

"Complete lack of enthusiasm among the common people in Germany" is the principal difference in the Reich today from the conditions of 25 years ago, Charles G. Loomis, instructor in German, who returned this week from Munich, declared yesterday.

Caught in Munich upon the outbreak of hostilities, Loomis found the only safe way out of the country was through Denmark. To get passage to America, Dr. Loomis had to join the crew of the Scantic liner "Mormacwren" and work his way over as a "general utility man."

Hitler Youth Busy

"Anyone over 25 years of age," the returning instructor explained, "has been kept so busy by Hitler's various youth organizations that he is sold on the Nazi system."

"Older people are freer in their criticism, but are careful to restrict their jibes to the privacy of the home. Members of the elder generation have been quietly edged out of the more desirable positions."

Loomis, who had not visited Germany since 1928, was particularly impressed by the tremendous building program, and the terrific boom in industrial life.

English Guessing Wrong

"In the present situation," he declared, "the English are making three bad guesses: first that we (America) will participate in the war; secondly, that Germany will soon have its hands full of internal trouble; and thirdly, that Germany's food supply will soon be exhausted.

"England's last two guesses are completely wrong. In the first place, this is a foreign, not a domestic quarrel for the German people, and they will rally together to prevent a second Versailles. And secondly, the nation has the same amount of food it always has had, but Nazi officials have been rationing it for years and storing it in large cold storage plants."

After talking with German people in all positions of life, Loomis firmly feels that the conflict will be won by the side whose morale can hold up longer under nightly blackouts, increased taxes, and the other impositions of a hard fought battle.