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GETS WRONG IDEA

HITLER: PITTMAN BLOCKADED

Washington, To-day.

SENATOR KEY PITTMAN, chairman of the United States Senate foreign relations committee, sug- gested in a statement to the press here yesterday that the most effective way to stop Hitler's drive would be to continue the fight from the New World instead of defending England to the last ditch.

He added it was no secret that Britain was totally unprepared for defence and whatever help the United States could give could do no more than delay the result.

LONDON, TO-DAY. THE BRITISH BLOCKADE NOW EXTENDS TO FRANCE, OFFICIAL CIRCLES STATE, AND ALL SHIPS SAILING TO OR FROM FRANCE ARE LIABLE TO BE STOPPED AND

PROCEDURE OF CONTRABAND

FORCED TO UNDERGO THE USUAL

CONTROL.

French coast line down to the Spanish border, ships bound for Spain or For- tugal are also liable to interception pied France will have to

With the German occupation of the

and search. Ships bound for unoccu- pass the Gibraltar contraband control station.- Reuter.

ROME REPORT

Rome, To-day. It is officially stated that 28 were killed in an Allied air raid on Paler- mo on Sunday and 168 injured, Reuter.

BERLIN CLAIM

Berlin, To-day. A communique claims the torpedo- British steamer Saranac ing of the be

(12,000 tons) and other armed British merchantmen. Reuter.

"It is conclusively evident that affect the result of the war. Congress will not authorise interven-

His view that Britain is totally un- tion in the European war."

prepared for defence is wholly at Considerable surprise has been variance with th of the British Gov- aroused in Britain by Senator Pitt-ernment's naval, military and air ad- man's statement.

visers whose considered opinion that A London comment last night was there are good and reasonable hopes that there is complete disagreement of final victory was the basis of the Feared Own People with his view that Britain is totally | decision that the war would

unprepared for defence, as also with prosecuted unremittingly "if necessary New York, To-day. Commenting on the fact that

United for years, if necessary alone." his suggestion that what the the French nation was not told of

States is able to contribute cannot af- the armistice terms until Tuesday night,

fect the result.

the "New York Herald Tribune" says that the Bordeaux Government ap- parently feared its own people.

It surrendered the country without consulting them and kept the truth of the surrender from them until it was too late for any popular reactioned States to help Great Britain in the struggle. to upset the terms.-Reuter.

coming struggle which she is facing confidently.

Nation In Mourning

Bordeaux, To-day.

Although for the people of France the war is over, there are no signs

of joy or relief.

The nation is in mourning and peo- ple are praying for France in all the

churches. Reuter.

Poor Gesture

Coming Struggle

A Ministry of Information an- and daring that early estimates of the nouncement was made last night em-possibilities of reducing British re- phasing that the warmest apprecia- sistance by air attack have recently On the contrary, the warmest

aption is felt in Britain for the magni-undergone marked modification. preciation is shown here of the mag-ficent effort now being made in the nificent effort now being made in the factories and workshops of the United factories and workshops of the Unit-States to help the Allies in the coming

It is felt it would be a poor gesture of thanks to America, after the aid

Britain is facing it with confidence, determined to carry it through to a victorious end.

R.A.F. Initiative

The R.A.F. seized the initiative early in the war and have never ceased to exploit it as the almost daily and nightly bombing of key industry towns in north-west Germany and the Ruhr have shown.

Confidence in the strength of Bri-

defences that in Ger- tish

grows stronger here each day while it is believed the Nazi leaders' second thoughts upon an in- vasion of Britain are probably less sanguine than in the first flush of their successes in Belgium and France, though that does not mean an attempt will not be made.

This confidence is strengthened by given, if the British people, with their trustworthy information that has re- $5,000,000 population, were calmly to cently reached London lay down their arms without a fight many war weariness is already set- -in any case, Great Britain has not ting in and that the German people, the slightest intention of doing so and who have been living on short com- is determined to carry the struggle mons and suffering many privations, through to a victorious end.-Reuter. are very tired after the difficult win- Supplies In Large Quantity | ter.

London, To-day. Supplies of munitions from America now reaching Britain in large quantities and there is complete dis- agreement in authoritative quarters A strong magnetic storm yesterday here with the suggestion made in a interrupted radio communication be-statement to the press by U.S. Senator tween Europe and America and Asia. Key Pittman that what the -Havas.

States is able to contribute

MAGNETIC STORM

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London, To-day.

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REPUBLICAN

ELECTION PLANKS

Philadelphia, To-day.

United cannot

THE REPUBLICAN Party's election platform, as prepared by the resolutions committee of the National Con- vention, declares:

THE REPUBLICAN Party stands for Americanism, Pre-

paredness in peace,

NO FOREIGN war

AND AN ARMY and navy so strong that no unfriendly power can successfully attack America or its essential outposts.

The platform urged' there should be sion of unoffending countries and by no third term for any president.

It charged the New Deal Adminis- tration with having failed America and leaving the nation unprepared to resist foreign attack, and having at tempted to adjourn Congress "during the world's most tragic hour. so we might be egged into war by word. or deed" during the Congressmen's ab-

sence.

The Administration was specially charged with disclosing military de tails of United States equipment to foreign powers despite protests by the head of the United States arm- ed defence.

Profoundly Stirred

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the disaster to nations whose ideals very closely resemble our own.

"We favour the extension to all whose peoples fighting for liberty or

As liberty is threatened, of such aid shall not be a violation of internation- al law or inconsistent, with, the quirements of our own national fence."

re- de-

Nevertheless the platform declar- ed: "The zero hour la hore, America must prepare to defend our shores, our homes, our lives and our most cherished ideals."

The Republicans proposed to do this by building national defence to a point at which it will be able "not only to defend the United States, its posses- sions and essential outposts from for- Concerning the war abroad, the de- eign attack but also efficiently to up- claration said:. "Our sympathies have | hold in war the Monroe Doctrine.”— been profoundly stirred by the inva- Reuter.

There is also evidence that senior

Germany's successes on land have officers of the German forces have, as a result of the Flanders fighting, ac-

confronted her with grave economic may well compel quired a healthy respect for the Bri- difficulties which tish Army and that the R.A.F. has Hitler to seek a decision with the established such a reputation for dash least possible delay.-British Wireless.

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PROPAGANDA

It is almost a truism

the

to, say that able and much-needed facts and by this war is one in which propaganda | linking it up with the rest of the

form The broadcasts plays a more important part than it world. ever did in the past. In no other war | subjects for discussions and the topic have the Radio, Press and other means of conversation in the homes, the cafes In many small and at gatherings. provincial towns in Bohemia and Moravia, where listening-in is fraught with great danger because the Gestapo know every one in the town, an ar- rangement is often made for one per- ‹ son to listen-in and later to relate to the others what he has heard.

of influencing public opinion occupied so decisive a position as they now do.

Propaganda has become an actual weapon of warfare, not merely a com- mentary on, or interpretation of it. Instead of just reporting battles and campaigns of war, Propaganda appears to be fighting them. A propaganda Front has been created not less im- portant than any Front on land, sea or air. And on this Front victories and defeats are decided not by brilliancy of strategy or acts of valour, but by the manner in which they are pre- sented and "sold" to the world.

This business of "selling" the war is entirely a creation of the Nazis. Past masters of the art of propaganda, men who have won every one of their suc- cesses less by deeds than by bluff, stagecraft and showmanship, they have introduced the system and man- ner of the advertising agent into the war. From the very beginning they have set about to advertise their part in the war..

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The best proof of the effectiveness of these broadcasts in the Third Reich is the fact that the Nazi Government has taken the strictest measures suppress them. Savage sentences years of imprisonment are imposed on people caught listening-in, Entire communities of people suspected of being likely to listen-in, are forbidden the use of radios. Thus, in Germany now a Jew may not own a radio set.

·By- 'Neutral Observer'

In Great Britain war propaganda is Others

are limited to apparatuses rather more an adjunct to the fighting which transmit only Nazi broadcasts.

In short, British broadcasts to Ger- machine, not the machine itself. Deeds

An still come before words.

event many are not merely playing an im- like the Battle of the River Plate is as portant part as war propoganda, but yet more significant than the munncı they are undoubtedly also strengthen- the German in which it is presented. The Altmarking and consolidating affair still has a value of its own, Revolutionary movement and hasten- irrespective of the kind of publicity iting the day of the inevitable collapse received.

of the Nazi regime as a whole.

Nothing illustrates better the differ- ence in character and form of the two methods of propaganda used in this war than do the English and German Radio broadcasts.

British broadcasts to Germany start- the war. A ed some months before start was made with a straight-for- ward News Bulletin in German which was almost a verbal translation of the B.B.C. English news.. Later on Press reviews and speeches by prominent Statesmen were added and finally also direct talks to Germans in their lan- guage. In most of these the bare facts were stressed; colouring of news was, avoided; whatever there was of pro- paganda was introduced indirectly.

Now, here is where the curiosity comes in. Although the British broad- casts to Germany have remained sub- stantially the same in character since the outbreak of war, yet their success in Germany and on the Continent is unmistakable and undeniable. There is evidence in plenty that the British broadcasts are being listened to eagerly in Germany, Austria Czechoslavakia; and that, not only

people among

for political, religious or other reasons are opposed to the Nazi regime,

even

who

and informer

the rank but

among and file of the Nazis themselves who want to know how the war, is pro- ceeding.

Many humorous stories are reported from Germany about these broadcasts. For instance, it is known that in many middle-class households the maids are being given extra evenings off during the week, so that the family may re- main alone to listen-in. In some homes the children are also sent away, as they too cannot be trusted.

In Czechoslovakia and in Austria, where the opposition to the Nazi re- gime is stronger and has assumed the form of an organised movement, the broadcasts are of great service to the movement by supplying it with valu-

SHIP COLLISION ACTION

THE ADMIRALTY COURT CLAIM IN CONNECTION WITH THE COL- LISION BETWEEN S.S. FLINTSHIRE YARRI- AND THE OIL TANKER VILLE NEAR SHANGHAI ON JUNE 15, 1937, WAS CONTINUED BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR ATHOLL MACGREGOR, THIS MORNING.

Plaintiffs, represented by Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C., and Mr. H. C. Mac- namara, instructed by Johnson Stokes and Master are the Glen Line owners of the Flintshire, while defendants the Standard Oil Co. of New York, chaterers of the Yarriville.

Defendants are represented by the Hon. Mr. Leo d'Almada, Jr., instruct- ed by Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist.

Mr. d'Almada, for the defence, this morning contended that the Flintshire must accept her share of liability for the collision. It had been suggested that the two blasts of Yarriville mis- led the Flintshire but if so cannot be said to have contributed to the acci- dent.

Mr. d'Almada referred to the evid- ence already taken and said it showed that the Yarriville was going from three to four, knots at the time of the collision.

The nature of the damage was such as to show

there was insufficient speed to cause locking of the ships.

At 7.08 a.m. the Flintshire ascer- tained from the second whistle that the Yarriville was on her starboard her position. but failed to ascertain The duty of the Flintshire was to do

SO.

The case is proceeding.

BY GOLLY-ME EYES MUST BE SORE-

By George McManus

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