Hitler's Table Talk

RECEPTION IN ITALY 393
of relief to think that, since the discretion of the press is guaranteed,
he can make sheep's eyes at a pretty woman without
worrying. That's why, in cities like Berlin and Vienna, it's
entirely the proper thing to give our passing guests some
liberty. We've everything to gain on the political level—not to
speak of the fact that it always brings in a little bundle of foreign
currency.
When I went to Rome, I received a most agreeable kind
of welcome. The Duce saw to it that I had all the necessary
time to look in peace at the works of art that interested
me. As a result of that visit, I took care that the Italian
political personages who came to see us should be subjected to
the minimum of obligations for reason of protocol. The result
was stupefying. One after another, the Italians accepted our
hospitality with enthusiasm. That's what gave me the idea of
proposing to Goring that he and I should grant each of them
perhaps an hour of our time, so as to enable them to justify their
trip to Germany. The great Berlin physicians were usually
sufficient to justify the rest of their time spent in Berlin!
180 4th April 1942, midday
Japanese political philosophy—-Jewish origin of religious
terrorism—Jewish influence in Britain—The élite of the
future—Rules for a good education—Cowardice of the
German Princes—The Red Flag of Canterbury—No
mercy on the feeble—Nature is better than pedantry—
All climates are alike to the Jews—I like hard, selfopinionated
men—Condemnation of the pessimists—Most
Germans are optimists.
The fact that the Japanese have retained their political
philosophy, which is one of the essential reasons for their
successes, is due to their having been saved in time from the
views of Christianity. Just as in Islam, there is no kind of
terrorism in the Japanese State religion, but, on the contrary,
a promise of happiness. This terrorism in religion is the product,
to put it briefly, of a Jewish dogma, which Christianity
has universalised and whose effect is to sow trouble and confusion
in men's minds. It's obvious that, in the realm of belief,