NAZI LIES

Evening Star, Issue 23373, 16 September 1939, Page 13

NAZI LIES

ABORTIVE HOPE OF LIGHTNING WAR BRITAIN READY FOR LONG STRUGGLE UNCONVINCING ATTEMPTS TO DISCREDIT HER ( LONDON", September 15. (Received September 16, at 1 p.ra.)’ A Ministry of Information communique, outlining the enormous tasks necessary to bring a modern army into being, states that the lie has already been given to the assiduous German stories that Britain intends to fight this war by the agency of her allies. Britain did not do so in 1914-18, and will not do so to-day. The organisation of the army in 1939 will mark another big advance, even on 1914-18. About five persons were required to keep ona soldier in the line in. 1918, and iprob* ably more will be necessary to-day. It must be remembered that the War Cabinet’s announcement that it is framing its plans on the assumption of a three years’ war reflects the truth that an army must not only be brought into being, but must be kept in being. That is the difference between the English and German preparations. The German preparations are again apparently based on the hope of a lightning war—Britain’s are not. COKTROL OF EMPLOYMENT BILL PASSES HOUSE OF COMMONS FURTHER PROOF OF UNITED COUNTRY (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 15. (Received September 16, at 11 a.m.)' The Control of Employment Bill, the whole object of which is to ensure full employment of labour, especially highly trained key men in the-engineering industry in places where they are needed, and to ensure that if a man is displaced he must be offered suitable alternative employment, passed the third reading without a division, being virtually unopposed. It is warmly approved by the Press* ‘ The Times ’ describes the Bill as a non-contentious measure by reason of the acceptance of stricter assurances to trade unions which,safeguard the rights of the individual workman and of organised labour. “ The result is, a further demonstration of the unity and resolve that animates the whole nation,” it states.The ‘ Daily Herald,’ referring to highly important amendments incorporated in the Bill by consent, as the result of which full consultation with organised labour and the approval of Parliament are necessary before any order can be made under the Bill, says; “ They show the success that can be achieved in the interests of the common people by a strong and vigilant trade union movement during exceptional conditions of wartime.” The ‘ Daily Telegraph ’ points out that the Bill is the “ most revolutionary measure ” yet passed without opposition. The newspaper advances this as fur- ) their proof of how strongly is the country united against Hitlerism. NO MILK SHORTAGE PUBLIC URGED ID INCREASE CONSUMPTION LONDON, September 15. (Received September 16, at 11 a!.m.) Germany, in a recent broadcast announcement, tried to delude the world into believing that London was without milk. The reply of the Milk Marketing Board is to be found in an advertisement in the columns of today’s newspapers which urged housewives to see that every member of their families has at least a. pint of milk each day. ” Adequate supplies are available and will be ” runs tha announcement, A pint per head daily is twice the quantity of milk hitherto consumed in Britain, even in peace time. AMERICAN LADY DOCTOR KILLED WHEN PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN NEW YORK, September 15, (Received September 16, at 1.30 p.m.y] Mr Henry Newson, a member of the faculty at St. Mary’s College, California, has received an official British' War Office despatch notifying him of- . the -death of his sister, Dr Florence Newson, a Red Cross volunteer, aboard a British aeroplane en route to Poland, which was shot down in Germany, All those aboard were killed, CHECK ON PROFITEERS FRENCH MEASURES PARIS, September 18. (Received September 16, at 1 p.m.) Government measures for checking profiteers provide that profits above tha maximum of firms engaged in national defence must go to the State. The maximum has so far not been announced. It will vary for different industries. A capital war tax is applied on a rising scale, reaching 100 per cent, above the fixed maximum.