1940-10-09 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 9, 1940.

Ray Milland, Patricia Morison and Akim Tamiroff are at the centre of the romantic whirlpool in Paramount's "Untam- ed" the Technicolour, production at the Queen's. Sinclair Lewis' "Mantrap" served as original for the screen story.

GOEBBELS WORKS OVERTIME BUT FEW BELIEVE

DOCTOR GOEBBELS is lying like the very devil. There is nothing new in that. He has been doing it for years and years. It is his particular part of the Nazi technique. All the same, it is in- teresting, and maybe significant, that just now he should be working overtime.

All across the world quite literally "from China to Peru" he is trying to spread the story that the war is finished; that Britain is down and out, ready for surrender; that Hitler has won.

Desperately, he wants to have that believed in Europe, in Asia, in Africa, in America. I don't think even Goebbels hopes to kid the Australians....

But he has hopes of all the rest. Anyway, he is trying hard.

Old Technique

.

Not so long ago his radio told the world (Europe and the Far East in particular) that the Lon- don correspondent of the "Chicago Daily News" had wired to his paper that Southampton is a wrecked and ruined port.

Now, in fact, what the "Daily News" correspondent had, cabled that day was a bit different. Ho had not mentioned Southampton by name at all.

He had just said that, by all the reliable evidence he could collect, the German bombars in all their raids had not even ser ously damaged one aerodrome or, port. or shipyard or munition work of any military importance. They had put just one factory out of operation for 24 hours. And

that is all.

That's the truth. But Brother Josef Goebbels badly wants to tell the world that Britain is down, out, terrified, starving and, on her beam ends, ****

different people. And it is so hard to remember them all.

HINT ON S'PORE FROM ROME

Japan is planning to at- tack Singapore if Britain obstructs Japan's policy in the Orient or if the Unit- ed States enters the war, said Premier Mussolini's newspaper, “Il Popolo d'Italia.”

The paper's commentator called- Singapore the "pivot of British positions in East Asia" and declar-- cd that "Japan is seeking a place for itself in the best possible post- t'on strategically against - Singa- pore, anticipating being forced by English hostility or interven-. tion of new. allles of England, to attack and overthrow the pillar of Singapore."

Il Duce's organ also published an implied Japanese threat again- st the Philippines, asserting that any United States aerial or naval action against Japan "would be equivalent to harakiri for the American (cet." It added "the United States has the disadvan- tnge of offering an immediate prey to an adversary-the Philip- pine Islands.”

Il Duce's other organ, "Il Popolo di Roma,” criticised the people of the United States as the most ignorant of the white race." - It hinted strongly that Italy and Germany were counting upon Spain to offset Anglo-Am lean influence in Latin Americ Just now Spain might play this part and the precise role she will have in the Rome-Berlin Axis were not made plain.

The newspaper attacked the United States. England and France as the great enemies of Spain and its history. Earlier in the day the official Italian news agency

Stefani sald Italians have "no reason to sup- pose that a spirit of aggression" exists in United States policy which would cause her to go to war.

Associated Press.

DECOUX GETS AN UMBRELLA

That elaborate business of the "documents" found in a train în THE CHINA BRANCH OF THE France was to convince the Soviet | INTERNATIONAL PEACE CAM- Government that Russia's real,PAIGN AND THE CHINESE FOREIGN RELA- implacable, enemy is Britain, that PEOPLES' Germany's victory is the first con- TIONS ASSOCIATION HAVE dition for Russia's security.

MAILED TO ADMIRAL JEAN Quite different is the story DECOUX, GOVERNOR GEN-

OF being ecdulously broadcast in ERAL

FRENCH INDO- the East-both near and far. CHINA, AN UMBRELLA WITH The Balkans are being told this WHICH TO PROTECT HIMSELF tale:-

FROM GATHERING CLOUDS.

Attached to the parcel post package containing the umbrella was this statement:

"Your danger is from Russia. You suspect Germany because she is the ally of Russia.

"You think that because Hitler' "Celebrating the appeasement has let Stalin take Karenia, policy pursued jointly by the and French Indo-China government Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania Bessarabia he and Stalin are and the Vichy government, under friends.

which Japan was granted use of "Not a bit. Between ourselves, | Indo-Chinese military and naval we are fooling these Bolsheviks. bases and air fields, Japanese air- Just as we fooled the British at craft Monday heavily bombed Munich.

Kunming, China, for the first time since the outbreak of the Sino- Japanese war.

"We are simply kidding them along.

"It is going," say Goebbels' whisperers, to take us a month or two to deal with Britain. After Britain-Russia.

"Commemorating the civilian casualties sustained as a result of the facilities, accorded our enemy by your good self, we have the "Don't think anything in those unique distinction to present to plains cant stop. our armoured you on this eventful occasion an divisions.

umbrella which we believe will be "You Balkan people, remember of immense service to you when we are the big noise. We've | threatening, clouds are gathering smashed France, we shall smash from all corners of the globe."--- Britain, then we shall smash Associated Press.

It is his old technique of a tempting to win campaigns by Russia. bluff and intimidation,

He is: trying to persuade the Americans that it is no good try ing to help these British.

..

"Don't you rely on. Stalin. and the Comintern, and the Soviets

and an that. We are going to deal Britain, and then we will help you with them next:

against the Soviet Union,..

"The anti-Comintern pact still holds good. 'Mein Kamp?' stili holds good.

"We are the great big masters of everybody, Better keep in with

He is trying to kid the Euro- pean neutrals that Germany has won the wart'already and that

116. they had better come to terms with "By the way, we would like her quickly.

some grain and some oll and some He is trying to kid the Japanese fats and a few other things. Bet- that if they want to back a winter give them while the going's ner they ought to bagle Hitler,

As to the Italians he doesn't good... worry. Mussoln has to do what Hitler tells hím, anyway,

W Kidding Stalin

"Don't think Stalin is going to save you after we've finished with the British.".

"You and we-once we get rld: of these damned British can smash Russia,. "We want the Ukraine and the Caucasus. You want Mongolia and Eastern Siberia. Yes?!

All very ingenious, all very clever. Just one thing wrong about it all. It all depends on convincing. everybody that Germany is going. very quickly and very thoroughly: to smash the British -Empire.c

And, somehow or other, every- body, from China to Peru, la be- ginning to think that this is rather.

To The Japanese It is interesting to watch this: To the Japanese, thus, Ananias-campaign of Goebbels

"Listen. Don't worry about our, Becauso ho often gives things agreements with Russia. They are nway without, meaning to not just tactics. Wo Nazis are really

#His troubla. is that he has to anti-Communists to the backbone, more than doubtful," that it máy keep saying different things to "Just help us in our war with be just the other way, round.