Hitler's Table Talk

254 SOME BRITISH POLITICIANS
It would be better to speak of Constantine the traitor and
Julian the Loyal than of Gonstantine the Great and Julian the
Apostate. What the Christians wrote against the Emperor
Julian is approximately of the same calibre as what the Jews
have written against us. The writings of the Emperor Julian, on
the other hand, are products of the highest wisdom. If humanity
took the trouble to study and understand history, the resulting
consequences would have incalculable implications. One day
ceremonies of thanksgiving will be sung to Fascism and National
Socialism for having preserved Europe from a repetition of the
triumph of the Underworld.
That's a danger that especially threatens England. The
Conservatives would face a terrible ordeal if the proletarian
masses were to seize power. If Chamberlain, on his return from
Munich, had based elections on the choice between war and
peace, he'd have obtained a crushing majority in favour of
peace. When I took possession of Memel, Chamberlain informed
me through a third party that he understood very well
that this step had to be taken, even although he could not
approve of it publicly. At this period Chamberlain was being
fiercely attacked by the Churchill clan. If he'd had the presence
of mind to organise an election, he'd have been saved. In
similar cases, I've always made arrangements for a plebiscite
to be held. It produces an excellent effect, both at home and
abroad.
It wasn't at this juncture that the Labour Party could return
into the lists. The Jews had set the cat among the pigeons. If
Samuel Hoare were to come to power to-day, as is desirable, all
he'd have to do would be to set free the Fascists. The English
have to settle certain social problems which are ripe to be
settled. At present these problems can still be solved from
above, in a reasonable manner. I tremble for them if they don't
do it now. For if it's left to the people to take the initiative, the
road is open to madness and destruction. Men like Mosley
would have had no difficulty in solving the problem, by finding
a compromise between Conservatism and Socialism, by opening
the road to the masses but without depriving the élite of their
rights.