GREAT CONFUSION

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20103, 24 November 1939, Page 2

GREAT CONFUSION

GERMAN PUBLIC OPINION NAZI UNCERTAINTY LONDON, Nov. 14. There is great confusion in the minds of the German leaders about the state of public opinion in Germany, according the “Germany Day by Day” column of the Daily Telegraph, because the system of informers and secret police prevails everywhere.

In many circles, particularly those concerned with big business, it is stated, the regime is the object of numerous criticisms which are being expressed.

The rank and file of the party reacts little to those general criticisms, and it appears as if the authorities are seeking to ascertain the country’s real opinion before reaching decisions on vital questions. Ridicluling Germany's mania for informers, the Paris newspaper, L'Ordre, publishes a cartoon showing two Gestapo (German secret police) leaders whispering: “Not so loud, I don’t trust the errand boy.” Feeding I*igs on Waste

According to the “Inside Information From Germany” column in The Times, all kitchen waste in Germany must be saved. It will be collected for fattening pigs. More than 2.000,000 tons of pork are stated to be produced in Germany from pigs fattened by this means. The official German newsagency has announced that ration cards for clothes will be introduced to-morrow. An expert declared that adequate stocks of textile materials had been accumulated so that, even if there should be extraordinary requirements scarcity is out of the question. The ration cards would not make it obligatory to purchase specified art? icles of wear, but would allow the consumer to choose the articles he or she wanted to buy.