STUPID NONSENSE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 249, 18 September 1940, Page 6

STUPID NONSENSE.

PROPAGANDA FROM BERLIN. LIES ABOUT DOMINION. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Sept. 17. German broadcast announcers have made an attempt to improve on a recent report from Rome announcing a rebellion in Wellington. The Prime Minister (Rt. Hon. P. Fraser) has been advised by. the New Zealand High Commissioner in London (Mr W. J. Jordan) that the latest effort from Berlin takes this form: “News from Wellington reveals that an- alarming revolt has broken out in New 'Zealand and the Maoris have protested against military service on religious grounds on hearing that they would he sent overseas. News has just reached London from Wellington that an epidemic has broken out among the troops, which will in any event make it impossible for them to bo sent overseas.’’ In the' course of, his reply to Mr Jordan, the Prime Minister says: “The baseless and ridiculous report of a revolt among the Maoris of New Zealand will cause as much amusement as the earlier report from Romo that a rebellion had taken place in Wellington. It is well-known that a Maori unit is overseas and that Maori reinforcements are already formed in New Zealand and are eagerly awaiting the time when they will join their brothers. This should he sufficient refutation, if any were needed, to this Stupid nonsense. While it is true that a slight epidemic of measles broke out among the troops, the- situation was never serious and is now well in hand.”