THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 19, 1938
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mentality of the populace; their outside the Reich, take them on one should set out by different roads to penetrative power was truly decisive. at a time. In practice, since he come to the same Holy City Most But though the receptive ability They opened the hearts of the came to power, Hitler's external pro- must fall by the wayside. He who of the masses limited and their un-people. And made them obey his paganda has been directed (1) arrives
the is the strongest and derstanding small, their power of will. Their very crudity, their against France (in Saar and Rhine- swiftest. Why regret it? So in forgotting" is great. Therefore simple form and language are proof|land); (2) against Austria; (3) politics many try and fail. That is all propaganda should be confined of the Welshman's towering politi-again Czechoslovakia; (4) against the law of progress. The best will
Russia. to very few points. These should cal ability."
get through on their own. Nothing be brought, out in the form of slo
With all and above all must come
really great has been achieved by coalition. gans until the very last man is able HRISTIANITY WAS FÁNATICAL
the idea of Force No mild expres-
Only the adamantine to comprehend what is meant. · In So Hitler brought back into the sions will ever succeed in "nation-will-power of a single movement is preaching a gospel to a nation you peace the weapon of war propaganda. alising the masses: strength, bru-fitted to so tremendous a task as do not need to worry lest you bore Ten years before, when he was tality, violence is what they appre
creating the Nazi Reich, a handful of super-educated asses selling his handpainted posteards in ciate. The enemy must be smashed The leader of the movement who think that nothing is important Vienna and arguing with Jewish never bargained with.
chosen. Its laws are made-the which is not "original,”
dealers, he had been bewildered, simply cannot understand hand- twenty-five unalterable command- ments of the Nazi programme. They In a great popular gathering the baffled, and furious by their trick of shaking between
may not conform exactly to present effective speaker is not the one who simply giving way when they were nominally opposed to one most resembles the cultured section outpointed and then coolly taking This instinct of the masses is cor- reality but in the inner sense they. of the audience but he who sways up the discussion with exactly the rect. The fate of a Movement de- represent truth. The party does the hearts of the majority.
same arguments the following day. pends on the fanaticism, even the in- not need to change its policy from The success of every advertise He now adapted the technique of re-tolerance, which it can generate. It day to day any more than the Roman Catholic Church alters its credo to must attack all other Movements. ment, whether in business or politi-petition, to his own business. cs, is due to the continuity and con--
"The greatness of Christianity lay square with every alleged scientific Not only repetition, but concen- sistency with which it
is driven tration.
not in any effort to reconcile itself discovery. If you attack five or ten
Thus armed, with a prophet- home. Throughout the entire war countries at the same time you miss with the philosophies of the ancients, the shrewd British stuck to this that concentration of all will-power which had some likeness with its Hitler; a faith-National-Socialism;
The impudence of their (and all physical-force) principle.
but in the unrelenting and and a Sword-the method of mass- assertions appeared lunatic at first, for the decisive blow. Thus, if you bigoted expounding and defending propaganda, the Nazi Party advan-
ced to the conquest of Germany. says Hitler, later on, unpleasant, have to take on the Jews, the Com-of its own doctrines.” and finally believed.
No doubt it is very sad that men
To-morrow, Hitler on "Women.” munists the Church, and also forces
At the end of four-and-a-half years' struggle revolution broke out in Germany. The battle cries of the revolutionaries were the catch- words with which British propa- ganda had drenched the world.
For Lloyd George Hitler conceived at unbounded admiration. In the trenches he read in a Nationalist the newspaper an attack against
British Minister of Munitions on the score that his utterances were inaccurate and commonplace. Hitler got hold of a little book of Lloyd George's speeches.
"I had to laugh out loud at the thought that a German' quill driver' failed to see the point of those psychological masterpieces in the way of influencing the public. The fellow judged the speeches solely by the impact they made on his blase intellect whereas the great British demagogue had been able to produce an effect on the whole of the British lower classes. Those speeches were most wonderful achievements; they showed astonishing insight into the
600,000 CHINESE TROOPS NOW IN KWANGTUNG
Macau, To-day.
It is reported here that the Chinese military authorities have now assembled over 600,000 crack troops on the different fronts in Kwangtung Province.
They are said to be counter- attacking with considerable suc- cess in the North River regions.
Large numbers are being des- patched to Pakhoi, where the Japanese are expected to attempt an invasion.”
· As I exclusively reported last Thursday, the Japanese will és tablish a regular steamship, ser- vice between Macau and Canton, to be inaugurated to-morrow. Our Own Correspondent.
FRENCH BUDGET
Paris, To-day. The French Chamber, continuing the efforts to speed, up the, Budget debate, will to-day discuss the for eign affairs Estimates:
The Estimates for the Ministries of Air, Marine and War were pass- ed on Saturday:-Reuter:
own,
mecessary
men who are another.
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