NAZI LIES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 June 1941, Page 5

NAZI LIES

SOME RECENT STATEMENTS TO RUSSIA ASSURANCES BY HITLER & OTHERS. “VIOLENCE FOR EVER RULED OUT.” (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, June 22. Mr Churchill’s exposure in his broadcast of the Nazis’ duplicity in attacking Russia is amply illustrated by a study of Herr Hitler’s solemn assurances to Russia in the past. In a speech in the Reichstag on September 2, 1939, Hitler said, referring to the Nazi-Soviet pact: “We have resolved to conclude a pact which rules out for ever any use of violence between us. “At the same time,” Hitler continued, “I should like here to declare that this political decision means a tremendous departure for the future, and it is a final one. Russia and Germany fought one another in the World War. That shall and will not happen a second time.” Not quite so emphatic, but equally enthusiastic was Herr von Ribbentrop in August, 1939: “Germany and Russia always fared badly when they were enemies but well when they were friends. The non-aggressiori pact is a firm and unalterable basis on which the two States can build up close collaboration.”

Field Marshal Goering said on September 9, 1939: "We are two great peoples who want to be at peace with each other, who have now established peace and who will keep the peace.” Hitler was more explanatory in a later Reichstag speech, when he said, “These arrangements show in an authentic manner that all these assumptions of Germany’s aims in the direction of the Urals, the Ukraine, Rumania and so on are only an abortion of morbid imaginations,” and again later he claimed, “German-Rus-sian relations have been finally settled. Any hope that new German-Russian tension may intervene is infantile.” It is generally felt in London that the position in which Russia now finds herself is the most powerful example yet given of the idiocy of making any kind of pact with Nazi Germany and of hoping that it might have any enduring meaning. Pacts with the Nazis should merely be regarded as dope for intended victims. M. Molotov has rather pathetically announced his realisation of this by citing a long list of Germany’s previous dupes and victims in his mes-j sage to the Russian nation. The British Government has never been in doubt and fully understands, that no possibility exists of compromise with the Nazis. The only possible ending of the war is the elimination of Hitler and Hitlerism.

NOT A DOG’S CHANCE CONCEDED TO GERMANY. MR BERNARD SHAW’S VIEW. (By Telegraph-Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, June 22. “Either Hitler is a greater fool than I took him for, or he has gone completely mad,” said Mr George Bernard Shaw. “Why people seemed to think Hitler could beat Russia I cannot imagine. “The news is beyond anything we could hope for. Yesterday Britain and America faced the tremendous job of smashing Hitler with Russia looking on smiling. Today there is nothing to do but sit and smile while Stalin smashes Germany. “Now you will see what will happen. Germany has not a dog’s chance.”

CAUTION IN CANBERRA CHANGED WAR OUTLOOK. CANBERRA. June 23. Commonwealth official circles were startled by the swift march of war events yesterday. They attach much importance to the fact that Russia s entry into the war on the side of the democracies should immediately close the gap in the economic blockade. At the same time it is felt that Hitler may soon be in a position to help himself to the much-needed commodities and war materials in the Russian territories at which he is aiming. The official attitude in Canberra was summed up today as follows: "While Russia’s resistance may turn out to be unbelievably good news for the democracies, the Government prefers for the time being to view the prospects with extreme caution.”

OPINION IN CHINA / SYMPATHY WITH RUSSIA. ANTICIPATION OF JAPANESE ATTACK. CHUNGKING, June 23. The official Daily News says the Chinese are sympathetic to Russia and predicted eventual victory. However, they warned Moscow to prepare to meet Japanese attacks on the eastern front.