If the National Socialist movement shakes off all illusions and takes reason as its sole leader, the cata¬ strophe of 1918 may turn out to be an immense blessing for the future of our nation. We may end by gaining what England possesses, what even Russia possessed, and what France, time and again, used in making correct decisions for her own interests : a Political Tradition.
The results of an alliance with England and Italy would be directly opposite to those of one with Russia.
The most important one is the fact that a rapproche¬ ment with those two countries would not at all mean a risk of war. The only Power which might assume an attitude in opposition to such an alliance—France— would not be in a position to do so. The new AngloGerman-Italian Alliance would hold the reins, and France would cease to do so. Almost equally important would be the fact that the new Alliance would include States which possess technical qualities that mutually supplement each other.
There would, of course, be difficulties, as I said in the previous chapter, in bringing such an alliance about. But was the making of the Entente any less easy ? Where King Edward was successful against interests which were by nature mutually opposed, we shall and must succeed, if the knowledge of the neces¬ sity of some such development inspires us to concert our action with skill and ripe consideration.
We shall, of course, come up against the spiteful yappings of enemies of our race at home. We National Socialists must realize this if we proclaim what our inward conviction tells us is absolutely essential. We must harden ourselves to face public opinion, driven crazy by Jewish cunning in exploiting our German lack of thought. To-day we are but a rock in the river ; in a few years Fate may erect us as a dam against which the general stream will be broken, only to flow forward in the new bed.