DEGRADING NAZI PROPAGANDA

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 189, 7 May 1940, Page 8

DEGRADING NAZI PROPAGANDA

Radio Play Set In Crown Colony MAKING GERMANS HATE ENGLAND The following extracts from a Nazi broadcast transmitted in German over all German stations recently may give British readers a slight: idea ol the depths of degrading brutality to which Nazi propaganda has sunk in its campaign to make the German people hate England. The broadcast begun with the statement, “Aehtuug. aehlnng. Special announcement. England shoots natives who don’t want lo light Germany. "A report from Rome states that, three natives in a British Crown colony were condemned to death and executed because they refused to fight on the Western Front.” The announcer’s voice faded out. Suddenly there came a crack, crack of a whip with fearful yells of anguish, followed by roars of brutal laughter. "Me no want, to go to England, screamed a voice in a paroxysm of terror and pain. "You damned nigger, you are not going to England, you’re going to France. Take that, and that. Ha, ha, ha.” (More lashes.) Native: Me uo want fight. German. German good man. English soldier: What, you dare say that to one of the King’s soldiers! Take that, you black swine. Ha, ha. If the gentlemen in London only knew how eagerly His Majesty’s loyal subjects in Nigeria are volunteering for the. army. (Fade out.) The next characters introduced are Mr. Malcolm Macdonald, Secretary for the Colonies, and someone described as Lord Fisher. The following dialogue ensued: Lord Fisher: We are not getting enough native sol(li,ei-S. There are only 200.000 English soldiers iu France, and that is not enough. We want thousands and thousands from the colonies.

Macdonald : But we must leave some natives to produce our’ raw materials. Fisher: Ha. ha, raw materials is the right word. 1 come from Vickers, representing the shareholders. They want some native raw material in the form of soldiers to bear the weapons they make.

Macdonald: Very well, we understand each other. We are all in this, the rest of the Government, too. I shall see you get the natiyes. A voice supposed to be a 8.8. G. announcer is then heard announcing': “The chiefs of Wuhula and Kuala are supporting the .British war effort. Volunteers are pouring in.” The Next Scene. The next scene opens with the sound of whips, with a native screaming: “Me uo want go to war.” British soldier: Thought you’d escape, eh. Cut off your nice little black fingers, would you. Old England needs you at that damned German West Wall. Take that and that. In another scene a Mr. Curzon, described at Resident-Commissioner of a district in Nigeria, is visited by a Capt. Douglas who complains about the slowness of recruiting.

Mr. Curzon : I tell you I am doing my best. It is more difficult than in 1014 because the natives have been so exploited since then. Do you see that lanky nigger? He tried to get away. He is just about to be hanged. Capt. Douglas: It. is interesting to watch the effect on the eyes, don’t you think. See how they roll. The foam at the mouth is rather amusing, too. Now buck up. I am in a hurry. An awful choking scream shows that Captain Douglas’s impatience is not prolonged.

Douglas: Hello, they look threatening. Have you got tlie machine-guns ready? Good. Give them a dose. The rat-tat of machine-guns and screams of pain are heard. In the next scene Mr. Macdonald is heard talking with “Lord Fisher.” Fisher: We are very pleased with the way tilings are going. Vickers’ shares have gone up 20 per cent. Macdonald : Incidentally 20 per cent, of the niggers died on tlie way across. What a droll coincidence. The Nazi wireless announcer then stated: “You have seen the brutal bloody way tlie English draw dividends out of human lives by forcing black cannon fodder to serve the English plutocrats. England fights to the last Frenchman and the last nigger. Volunteers forward. The money-bags have need of you.” This bare resume of the Nazi broadcast cannot give more thau a slight idea of tlw revulsion and disgust which any' civilized person must have felt ou bearing it in full with all the tricks and effects of modern radio drama. It differs little from similar broadcasts by which the German public have gradually been coarsened and brutalized to a pitch at which presumably they can listen to such disgusting announcements without being shocked.