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WENN MAN
Behind Hate's Mists
It is pleasant to learn that re- latively few schools have drop- | ned the study of German. Unreasoned and wholesale con- demnation of all things "Ger- man" occurred in many parts of the world during the World War. After 1918 when travellers again began to visit Germany, they were surprised to find the Germans, as a whole, to be an enlightened, peace-loving, and lovable people.
The world should make posi- tive distinctions between the rich German contributions to the world's treasuries of music. painting, and poetry, of scholar- ship, natural sciences, and in- ventions, and the political devices of Hitlerism.
We
discover may easily whether our thought has been left sufficiently unguarded to be- come mesmerised by hateful concepts. A single illustration suffices.
Are we looking upon "Munich" 115 # symbol of betrayal or do we see. through the mist that has risen round this name since peace promises were made there?
If the latter, we continue to envisage one of the most beauti- ful and inspiring cities in the world. We continue to appre hend the ancient Bavarian capi tal, with its atmosphere of culture, friendliness, and endur- ing beauty, where Mozart first produced his "Don Giovann!" in the quaint little opera house of the Residenz, and where the Englischen Garten is à vast area WAA of loveliness.
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What's in a name? A great deal of evil at times may appear to be. But this aggressive sug-
B. B. C WAR "NEWS"
ULLUSTRATED
An American journalist says...
Too much fuss and
nonsense!
"H
ITLER'S war" has entered its second month. From the point of view of the United States it has been Hitler's war, not only because the American people belleve Hitler started it, but because from the point of view of the American Press Bitler has "stolen the front page."
He has done that partly be- cause the war the East has been the big news, in the first month, also because the United States correspondents and at the out- break London was full of them- have not been able to do what their colleagues in Germany have donc.
That is to say, while American correspondents have been in the front lines in Poland and watched the
themselves War
American correspondents in London have not been able to send eye-witness accounts of tho. British effort their own knowledge."
of
The Ministry of Information has two functions. The first is to sup- ply offelal news: the accond is to see that no information of ald to the enemy is spread.
As far as American correspon- dents are concerned, its work dur- ing the first month of the war in both these Gelds has been unsatis- factory. There are exceptions and notable ones and there are definite signs of improvement, but on the whole the United States Pross corps in London has had nothing but headaches from this huge organisation.
In the first field of action the
immediately Ministry
clamped down on the possibility of Ameri- can correspondents getting the news as they like to get it at first hand.
It has always been difficult for American newspapermen in Lon- don to go, as they are accustomed to go at home, straight to the source. The Ministry came along and passed a departmental order barring newspapermen from every Government building except its and barring conversation own, with every Government official ex- copte
ent under the Ministry's egls.
At beginning the Ministry took to passing out information It- self. Take the case of the British raid on the Kiel Canal. It was one of the best stories of the war. But it was put out nine daya late and then put out in the form of a
King's Christmas Day Message To Empire
London. THE KING will broadcast to his people on Christmas Day at the con- clusion of a round-the-Empire pro-
gestion is never defeated by permitting it to impinge upon our thinking. We may hold Atrong opinions on the political concepts suggested by Munich or by present expressions. of grammo. Hitlerism, without letting them apoll for us the beauty and good which, familiarity with things German may have provided.- Christian Science Monitor.
It is hoped that, despite the <ficulties of radio communication in will be possible to tako wartime, all the Domialon and colonial con- tribullons to the programme direct, without using recordings. :
The writer of this article is a leading member of the London staff of a famous
U.S. newspaper.
tinned interview, obtained by the Ministry, mimeographed and dis- tributed by the Ministry. Instead of acting as a channel between the Press and the proper Government Department—in this савс the RAF-the Ministry acted as an
instrumentality itself.
The story was ignored in New
Fork
True, there are signs that the Ministry is reversing this proce- dure.
It is becoming under Lord Macmillan more of a post office and less of a department in itself. But it will require long and careful work before the reform is fully complete.
wrote a careful story based on in- formation given him by R.A.F. officers during the tour.
Early in the morning the censor rang up to say that great chunks of It must come out. It was pointed out that all the information had been gathered under the Ministry's supervision, but the censor was adamant.
At six o'clock the following. afternoon the Chief Censor's office called up and said that they had reconsidered and the deleted para- graphs could now be sent. They were told somewhat heatedly that the correspondent in question was working for a daily, not a weekly paper.
This is typical of the manner in which the subordinate censors continually cut or delay stories to the despair of the correspondent. He takes the case to the top, to American and --English~corre--find, as he suspected,-that-he-was- spondents are still, after being right and the censor was wrong, told that their preparations were urgent. waiting to go to the front, walting to see the British effort in the war at Arst hand.
In many cases, of course, notably that of the Foreign Office, the Ministry has functioned splendidly. But it has done so only because the experienced Foreign Omee Press officers have moved there and they as they always did with the Work affection and
and confidence of most of the American Press,
On the consorship side, the pic- ture is even worse.
One day last week the Ministry, in pursuit of its new polley of trying to let correspondents see for themselves, took a group on a tour of an RAF, station.
Ono American correspondent
But it is usually too long and
All
the careful
praning so as not to give away secrets is useless, And there is no redress. The correspondent can- not see the censor face to face. He must remain a voice on the tele- phone.
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The American correspondents do not want to violate military rules or give away secrets. They want no lives on their consciences. Their plea is in reality simple Subject to averriding con- alderations of human safety, let them do the job for which they are hired and trained. Let them cover one of the greatest stories of modern times--Britain at war. They do not want to take sides. Britain is leaving her cause to the judgment of the world. But sho needlessly hindering the distribu- tion of the facts on which the world must base its judgment.
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By Lichty
THREE GERMANS
THE
THE three Germans I am thinking of all Bved in South America, but they were all true Germans. And I think that on a small scale they
represent the Germany of
to-day.
The first 1 met when I was taken serlously 1 in the interior of Brazil. The first house I reached was the home of the Simple German. Hans, ho was called, took me in and gave me the only decent bed in the log and mud cabin. He gave me some strong spirits to drink, and then set off, on foot, to get the doctor from the nearest village. The village was twenty miles distant.
When the doctor came and sug- gested that I might have to stay, in bed for some ume Hans showed
nothing but goodwill. He and his wife gave me every possible atten- tlon-and any attention at all was not so easy in that primitive home in the backwoods. When water wat required he had to curry it half a mile. He had to get his suppllès from the village twenty miles away, and usually there was no means of transport.But he supplied me with all reasonable needs, and soon I was enting Sauerkraut and drinking beer from an old-fashioned beer mug.
When I was better he refused all payment, and said he had done no- thing. Ho Wna a great big, red- faced, boisterously cheerful Simple German. And as good a man as any.
The Mystic:
The second was an artist. He had a sludio in Buenos Aires, and painted commercial posters for a living. But the pictures he painted in his spare tire were a bit incomprehensible to me. For he was the Mystic German. He painted gecat canvases of most. fantastic designs, The colours were beautiful, but usually I could make nothing of the pattern. I remember one however, which he called "Metro- polis," and I saw something in that. There was a suggestion of the noise and and bustle and ruthlessnĖS) wealth and poverty which somehow For other meant something to me. No doubt his other pictures, too, meant something.
But the Mystic German is hard to understand. He had a kind heart, and In his more human moments had a quaint sense of humour. He drew the first curicature of Hiller I ever A. saw and the main feature was whitewash brush. The Mystic Ger- man at that time did not approve of the Austrian "Dummkopf."
The Great German
many
I mot the third Germ times. He visited a house where 1 ulso culled often. He was the Great German, and was forever boasting of the German superiority I remember one day a number of us were having. lunch fogether, and some of the party were eating froga. I inquired; in all innocence, If frogs were eaten in Germany. To my amazement the Great German türned on me in a fury.
have you understand," he shouted, "that Germany is a great country, respected by aй. Of course wo eat froga!"
I did manage to say, that I hardly saw the connection between frog- cating and greatness, but the man's tremendous aggressiveness and his complete lack of humour, staggered mo.
I have another memory of the Great German. He owned a stop in Brazil, and his stockin' trade was firearms, Ho took a great pride in his beautiful array of rifles, revolvers, pistols, and whatnot. Then one day there was riot in the town, 'and tha mob Broke into his shop and took
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