TALK BY GOEBBELS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 January 1940, Page 8

TALK BY GOEBBELS

DENUNCIATION OF BRITISH PEOPLE “THEY ARE FEROCIOUS WOLVES” DROPPING OF PAMPHLETS RIDICULED. FAITH TN THE FUEHRER. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received This Day, 11.20 a.m.) BERLIN. January 19. The Minister of Propaganda (Dr Goebbels), in a speech, said Britain had made war because Germany was no longer purely a nation of poets and thinkers. Britain, with a smaller population, knew she could do nothing against Germany once Germany learnt to organise and build up an army. “The plutocracies in London and Paris will find out soon enough wha* the Fuehrer’s plans are,’’ he continued. “It has been said that there is no enthusiasm for war among the Germans, but there is no need of such noisy enthusiasm. The English should realise that we have a firm determination. There is opinion and our people may split on this or that question, but regarding the English there is only one opinion—destroy them. Every other nation could attempt to win the German people for their ally, but not so the English. They are ferocious wolves, wearing lamb skins, trying to placate us with pious phrases about humanity and civilisation. PEOPLE CONQUERED.

“If we sink a few of their fishing trawlers,’’ said Dr Goebbels, “they lament about our inhuman methods. Simultaneously, they would only be too glad to starve millions of our women, children and babies if they could. It was, possible to separate the Imperial German Government from the people, but things have changed. We have conquered our people in a bitter twelve years’ struggle and made their cause our own and vice versa. If the English consider it necessary to relieve our paper shortage by dropping heaps of silly pamphlets, that is their business, but they are mistaken in thinking that the pamphlets will produce any impression upon Germans. It seems that the English are gradually getting afraid. One would have expected that their much-vaunted bombers would have appeared over Berlin and also that they would have attempted to help their Polish allies in a break through on the Siegfried Line, in order to force us to divert some armies westward, but nothing of the kind happened. They ask, after five months, why Hitler does not attack. We declared from the very beginning that we do not want to start an attack because we do not vzant this war. The British want to carve up Germany. They have already lined up the emperors and kings whom they want to restore. Half of Prussia is to go back to Poland. They do not want to accomplish this by war, but by blockade, because they say that is more humane. “A DECISIVE YEAR.” “The British are so proficient in the art of lying," Dr Goebbels declared, "that one is tempted to envy them for it. If I were asked what M Daladier thinks, then I should answer: ‘He does not think anything. He is unable to think at all. He's nuts.’

“We are fully aware that we are facing a gigantic and immense conflict, in which our very existence is at stake. Such a conflict demands many sacrifices. It is not pleasant to sit in a cold room or to be in the front lines and have to think that business at home is deteriorating. We all know of difficulties. Yet they are being shouldered by the whole nation. There never was a time when Germany had such splendid prospects of achieving a dominating position. I warn you that we have entered on a decisive year,” Dr Goebbels continued. “The Fuehrer usually comes into the open with his plans. The whole German people are waiting with faithful patience for the decisive hour and know well that this hour will strike.”