THE POLICY OF ATROCITY.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 April 1941, Page 4

THE POLICY OF ATROCITY.

IN the last war, allegations of a I rocil les eoiiimil led by German forces were in some instances elmlleiigwl ami al irihuled Io hostile propaganda. In Hie presenl war. the Nazi dicdalorship stands finally and conclusively convicted before Ihe world of Hie most abominable alroeities, Ind also, for Ihe lime beiim, unpunished. The lalcst example ol iniii'deroiis and s:i\age 1 erroiisiu indulged in by Ihe .\azis lor ils own sake is Hie air bombardment of ihe open and undelciided town ol Lelgiade, the capita) of Yugoslavia—a deed againsl which Ihe Yugoslav Government has issued an :i|»|»-‘ ii Io all civilised mil ion-: in Hie world, (railing their attention Io Hie horrible ami savaee aids committed |»\- the Herman Air Force.

So long as Hk 1 Nazi power stands unbroken, there is and will be neither reniedv nor relief for Hie v'ndims of afroeiHes like Hie air bombardmeii! ol llcleriule. Ihe deldieraleh initi dermis attack made upon iiuiocenl ami helpless people in Ihe Yugoslav (rapital is merely on a par willi olher Hems hi I Im long list of abom i iia! ions ol wli'ich Hiller :ind his gang hate iicen guilty since Hiey gained power. Tim moral issues al .slake in this war are nowhere- heller emphasised Ilian in Hie lael lh:H I lie Nazis <-xu!t opeid” in criim". which arc aiiliorrein In all decent men and women hi ever'.' civilised nalion. lai! ol ihis war being a eniifliei' of ideologies of eoiupeling forme, of order —is s<) much mooiisliiii". The n.-'l issue al sl.-ike is wln'llu r murder, rapine and terrorisin of every kind are or are mil i i slalk unchecked Hiroiigh the world. The mni'deroii.s dev.i:,lnHon of Belgrade is merely Ihe lafesl exemplilieal ion ol Ibis cardinal Iridh. If .is an ('.sempl'dicatioii entirely in keeping v. itli much besides wind has happened since the Imdness o! Nazism was let loose up cm Hie world.