BITTER CHARGES

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20107, 29 November 1939, Page 7

BITTER CHARGES

“CHAMBERLAIN LIES” BOOKLETS FOR FRANCE

BOAST BY GERMANS

ULTIMATE TRIUMPH (Elec. Tni. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Nov. 28, 2.30 p.m.) LONDON. Nov. 27. Reports from Paris state that tho French press warmly approves of tho broadcast speech given on Sunday by tile Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain.

Messages from Berlin say that the German newspapers attack the broadcast furiously. The Angriff lists whai it terms the “Chamberlain seven lies, one of which was that he tried to prevent war. The latest German pamphlets disseminated by air over France consist of red booklets containing optimistic and frequently faked photographs, cartoons and diagrams and garbled quotations from French and British sources. Detonator In Box A packet of about 5000 booklets are packed in a cardboard box fitted with a detonator which explodes when the box leaves the aeroplane, thus ensuring a wide dispersion of the booklets. Berlin messages state that the Nazi Minister of Propaganda, Dr. Goebbels, addressing the annual session of the “culture” chamber declared: “We are a people now. We want to be a world people. Soldiers, workers and artists meet’here in common faith in our great national future. “Artists must cheer up the public, because no war can be won without optimism. Germany stands equipped for the mental fight with the height of technical perfection.” The leader of the Nazi labour front, Dr Ley, said that Germany would win the war because the Fuehrer was stronger and greater than any leader in history.