KEPT IN BLINKERS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 October 1939, Page 5

KEPT IN BLINKERS

THE PEOPLE OF RUSSIA

NO KNOWLEDGE OF NATURE OF STRUGGLE.

ONLY SELECTED DETAILS MADE PUBLIC.

NEW YORK, October 4

The Moscow correspondent of the “New York Times,” Mr Gedye, states' that extracts from Mr Chamberlain’s speech in the House of Commons, including his reference to the possibility of the Soviet trying to secure peace, were broadcast tonight. His statement that Britain would not consider peace until he had completed the task before her was quoted, but the listeners were not allowed to know that Mr Chamberlain characterised the task as the liberation of Europe from its continually recurring fear of German aggression.

The Russian people were not allowed to hear a single word of Mr Churchill’s speech.

What the “Pravda” and the “Izvestia” do not publish, or the Moscow wireless radio does not announce, remains a sealed book for the Soviet’s 160 millions. Consequently, the people are completely befogged as to the nature of the struggle. Nine-nine per cent are genuinely convinced that the British and French have not the least intention of seriously fighting. Discussing the situation with the average citizen is as useful as attempting to do so with a Martian. HITLER IN WARSAW GERMAN ANNOUNCEMENT. REICHSTAG TO MEET IN WARSAW. (Received This Day, 10.20 a.m.) BERLIN, October 5. A radio announcement states that Herr Hitler arrived in Warsaw and reviewed the troops.

The Reichstag will meet in Danzig.