50 - BAINVILLE (Jacques). 2 autograph manuscripts signed with his initials.

BAINVILLE (Jacques). 2 autograph manuscripts signed with his initials. SHARP AND CRITICAL POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC ARTICLES ON NAZI GERMANY. — “IF ONLY IT WERE TRUE!”: “Nothing is more ridiculous, when viewed from a distance, than systematic opposition. That of the Nazis already goes beyond the absurd, beyond all bounds of its kind. They had already turned against Hindenburg, Schleicher, and Papen [President Paul von Hindenburg and Chancellors Kurt von Schleicher and Franz von Papen], the champions of the parliamentary system, the Weimar Constitution, freedom of the press, etc... They now maintain that the foreign policy of the government of generals and barons has been disastrous, that it has rekindled mistrust abroad and rebuilt—or come very close to rebuilding—a coalition against Germany. If only the Nazis were telling the truth! If only we could interpret the British Government’s statement to mean that England is issuing a stern “Stop right there!” to Prussian militarism... Are we to take the Hitlerites for pacifists simply because, out of hatred for Papen, they say that the barons have just humiliated the German people?... ” (probably 1932, 2½ pp., in-8). — “Revelation”: “So, with or without permission, Germany will arm itself. The Geneva Conference was confronted with this revelation. Since it was in session despite the establishment of the Hitler regime, it was inevitable that, in some way, Hitler would reveal himself to a committee that continued to deliberate much as the Congress of Vienna, after Bonaparte’s return from Elba, had carried on its work without taking him into account. Germany is in open defiance… Did anyone believe that... Hitler’s Germany, the Third Reich, would stop there?... ” (1933, 2 pp., in-8). ENCLOSED: a newspaper clipping containing the text of the article “Révélation” (L’Action française, May 13, 1933); an autograph letter signed by a journalist from L’Action française (1929).