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Wednesday,

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August 27, 1941

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Most of Her 15,000,000 People Are Illiterate, But Country Produces Oil

Iran (Persia) is the fourth oil-producing Iran 'used pressure to secure fatter payments from the British. Later American eil interesta country in the world: 78,000,000 barrels a year. were given concessions. Most of Iran's 16,000, Anglo-Persian developed and exploited, the 000 people are Moslems of the Shi'a sect. The fields, with the British Government owning a ruler in Mirza Riza Pahlevi, proclaimed Shah in controlling interest in the company. In 1933 1926.

The Soviet Stands the Strain

By Vernon Bartlett

Somewhere across the plains of Eastern Europe two vast armies:are fighting out the big- gest battle of history. New

in tho com. names appear muniques. At one moment it sounds as though the German claim to have broken through is correct, and the next we hear of 27778-serious fighting scores of miles

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behind the now front line. Tho truth, of course, is that there war in is no front line in

discre- which there is such pancy between the mobility of infantrymen. If the Russians can continue the tactics they have learnt from the experience of the British and the French- that is to say, if they can keep their nerve while tanks break through and then can close the

I used by the Hongkong Telegraph to gap before: adequate reinforce- indicate nows which is strictly copyright under the provisions of the Telecommun-ments and supplies can follow, cations Ordinance, 1936. Buch news athoy can win the war, however

benes the Indication "UP" is received in

flongkong on the date of publication by much territory they lose in the the United Prem Aoelations, who 15" servo all rights and forbid repúblications, either wholly or in part without previous arrangement.

EVACUATION ISSUES DISILLUSIONED, disappointed and wrathful husbands are preparing themselves for a publie war of words on Thursday evening at the Perinsula Hotel; the subject is Evacuation; in the pillory will be firstly the Evacuation Representation Committee, secondly the Hongkong Government. The mere fact that the Government is likely to be supplant- ed as the Big Bad Woll is enlighten- ing; can mean that the polley of the representation committee has be- come even more nebulous than that of the Government regarding.cva- cuation? The case for and against will be instructive, even if resuits yielded therefrom are not especially

tangible.

process.

They were believed to have Que two great weaknesses. feared for their air force and for their communications. At least one of their fighter models has scored remarkable victories and, so far, their railways have stood the strain well. Nobody writing from a distance can confidently declare whether the German Luftwaffe is slowly gaining that preponderance which hitherto has decided every campaign in this war.

PARABIA

Persian caviar fishermen are seen above with a day's take from the Caspian Sea, where Iran borders southem Russia. Below is a view of the great central plateau of Iran, where nomads raise fine horses for themselves and weave fine rugs for the world markets.

TOTAL Propaganda

But while military verdicts are thus rash and unwise, there can be no doubt at all about the Soviet successes in political warfare. The areas which the Royal Air Force laya wasto night after night are those where you would rightly expect Hitler's campaign against the Soviet, Union to cause most resentment there was no area in Germany angrily Communistic more before the war than the Ruhr. Three weeks ago the Deutsch- broadcast B talk landsender attacking the "silly chattering of cowardly pessimists and grou- means scrs", which is surely significant in a country where there is no freedom of speech, let alone freedom of criticism, On no previous occasion have the com- muniques of the General Staff in Germany been so wide of the mark; they had hitherto differed from the communiques of the Luftwaffe in their regard for accuracy. The "destructive bat- the cast of Bialystok" had to ho announced two weeks in succes-

-It-is-passing-strange that this-the most violent local controversy in the History of the Colony-should have remained so aloof from the normal public forum-the newspapers. Cor- respondence there has been in abun dance, but the columns of the Colony's press, always open for this and other matters of public interest and welfare, have been severely boycotted by the representation com- mitten in affording the Colony know ledge of its decisions; two notable a questionnaire examples are (a)' was circularised a few months ago to members requesting views on the evacuation; several aspects of there was nothing secretive about it (or there shouldn't have been) but neither the questionnaire nor the result of the replies were given to the newspapers; (b) an appeal has on. Never before has the old been despatched to Lord Moyne, phrase, "according to plan" been Secretary of State for the Colonies used so frequently or with less requesting a review of the evacua ability to convince. Day after don policy; the public has been kept day the Germans are assured in ignorance of the contents.

that "the fighting power of the Soviets has been destroyed for very misleading: it cultivates sus ever", but the war in the East

This policy of secretiveness can be

Small wonder that the German commentators are reduced to

"selling the

TRUTH"

cases

bribing intelligent guidance, given in- CAN you imagine it? PROPA- whispering, arguing,

GANDA with the gloves off their way objectively to a given valuable aid in combating dis- and commonplace all- -PROPAGANDA that hits as end.

ments; the man who has helped Yes; in Germany it is total and influenced the choice of a hard as a panzer division--PRO- PAGANDA as a supreme war propaganda -50 per cent. of thousand modern household and

dangerous weapon they employ endorsed by common usage.. weapon which gives no. quarter their war effort and the most personal needs now universally

against us, to our enemies.

our

are professional PROPAGANDA which cap-

propagandists ready- tures every known weakness,

NOT until we give our

effort the strength made, properly equipped for a avery, slip of the tongue, every failure and failing of the enemy and imagination of the specialist total war of news, their brains and turns it to his disadvantage will we begin to combat his wiles familiar with all the means and in a crescendo of sound that and, wickedness; not until the subtleties of propaganda. These every human being of every experience and skill of the train- men should be enlisted against llcity force of the age, German to it will the full effect of our propaganda.. tongue in every part of the ed publicity mind is harnessed what to-day is the greatest pub- globe shall hear. picion and serves no useful purpose,

own propaganda be felt.

Total all-in propaganda such The European- press has, from the goes on,

-PROPAGANDA about

Propaganda is not merely the as only experts can wield is what start, maintained a highly sympathe the attitude towards the case of the

own and American production husbands. But if the husbands are honest, with themselves they will admit that up to the present they

efforts which will frighten the dissemination of news but the we must have: This must not Government officials whose have failed to aired on fundamental ungry attacks on the Russians lives out of those misguided employment of news objectively. be the distribution of news by a

salesman,

training for such work is prob-. issues. This should be one of the for having the impertinence to dupes who retain the slightest it is news in the hands of the carefully controlled number of first considerations at Thursday's defend themselves. "This is hope of an Axis dictated peace.

There are many who claim the lematic-but the carefully plan is to poast & 起 meeting, There must be a a majority agreement doing here," said

field of wartime en- functions, but fow indeed who a thousand original and lively on what the husbands really want at this moment; It may not be to easy Libau. "Their resistance is deavour, the propaganda effort can attain the brilliance and forma; hammer blows of propa to secure, but until this has been to absolutely senseless." And the has neither at home nor abroad high standard so necessary in ganda, in fact, in the hands of this great hour of trial: few who as many publicity men as we vestigated the men will continuedly Deutschlandsender, which has so

can give to the ordinary facts can muster.d that evangelical fire which Opportunities by the thou

sand, orthodox and unorthodox, Our Prime Minister, Mr Chur- exist to let our own people, our pelled to complain apologetically Is the father of rhetoric, but invari- of the British achievements in could that be claimed, where

however commonplace the de- facts upon which public opinion ably is intolerant of commonsense this unchivalrous method of propaganda has achieved great chill, invests his overy utterance, friends and our foes know the

er results than the prodigious talls, with that something which is formed. the evacuation issue

acon warfare." colia

for

use of men and materials. In inspires ordinary people, gives We must wait months, wo sre iderable amount of

af commonsense, if to be tackled fairly. Whether the Russians can problems

ms are While the moral asoects of the case.

it the

definite and tive, purpose. madness what the Reds are

one broad-

caster describing the battle for ... AS in many another knowledge to perform these ned, well-timed use of facts In

argue qt cross pur endeavour to often scoffed at Mr Churchill's reached as yet: 100 per cent. of

the disgruntled must

bear in mind all the factors, political promises of retaliation for the its possibilities.

and expedient as they costat at the bombing of London, is now com- Only in the German effort makes them significant.

present moment, and formulate thos decisions accordingly: emotionallsm

this is something which the most

morrow!

"To even more clear-cut and in hold the Germans, only the their Fifth Column work, which thom courage in adversity and told, before we are equipped for avour of the husbauds than they future will tell. But, quite first weakens the enemy, and carried them on to renowed total war with weapons, but wo were a year ago, the same cannot be apart from all the reports of where, in contrast to our own effort. Really great intuitive can have total propaganda to claimed for the practical issues, and unrest in the slave states since few hundred more or less skilted gifts like these are the marks vchenient husband must take into the eastern campaign began, civil servante, tons of thousands of the greatest leaders of men. man who has by publicity re consideration, and upon them, very there is ample evidence, from largely to base his judgment. That the German's own microphones, of trained and properly equin Duch gifts belong also to the In not the easy course to choose, but of a new uneasiness among the ped operators are profected into duced the cost and cut the toll community and country of living, given wartime feeding German people."

it in the right one at this particular

time:

every

Sidney

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