“BATTLE OF LONDON.”

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 243, 11 September 1940, Page 7

“BATTLE OF LONDON.”

NAZI INTERPRETATION

(Rec. 9.10 a.m.) BERLIN, Sept. 10. The morning papers say the. London raids are justified by months of reckless and planless British bombing which killed 78 German children and wounded 51. ■ • , The Yoelkischer Beobachter says: “It is a mistake to call the present action the Battle of Britain. Tim Germans regard it modestly as the Battle of London from which will develop the Battle of Britain.” The German Press, threatening more intense bombing, declares that the fashionable West End of London maj be attacked if the British raids continue over Germany, states a London report. , ~ ~ The Hamburger Fremdenblatt says: “The greater part of the English capital, particularly the homes and amusement places of those circles from whom sprang those guilty for this war, has hitherto been intentionally spared. However, after the recent R.A.b. attacks on German civilians it is concluded that the lessons of the Luftwaffe have not been taken tc heart. tne British raids are described as another act of piracy, and a brutal act or terrorism against civilians. For some time the Italian people have been warned not to expect a short war, and this *heme is taken up by Signor Gayda, wilting ,m , e Giomalo d’ltalia. “The wnr will he long and difficult,” lie writes. England is rich', and well supplied. a lie can, therefore, still offer resistance. For this Signor Gayda blames the United States, which, according to him, wants to prolong the war.