WORK AS USUAL

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21197, 21 August 1940, Page 7

WORK AS USUAL

BRITISH MORALE UNBROKEN GERMAN LIES DISPROVED STATEMENTS BY NEWSPAPERS (Official Wireless) (Received Aug. 21, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, Aug. 20 Truth has already overtaken the absurd German falsehoods which gained temporary currency in certain neutral countries regarding the results of the recent mass German air attacks. The accuracy of the British official reports is now freely accepted. Mr H. R. Knickerbocker, writing in the Hearst newspapers, declares: “The fact is that the Royal Air Force .reports of Nazi and British losses are not only as accurate as man can make them but understate the advantage which the British are gaining over the Germans.” Mr Gault Mac-Gowan, in the New York Sun, says: “The British reputation for understatement should not be allowed to becloud our judgment. There is no fear or panic.” Mr James MacDonald, in the New York Times, says: “The British reports are about as correct as it is possible to make them.” The German propaganda, directed to proving to the world that the air blitzkrieg has broken the British morale has failed even more completely. Fairy Tales Recognised The London correspondent of the Swiss newspaper Basler Nachrichten saysflp‘As an eye-witness I confirm German attempts to undermine the morale and nerves of the British population are futile. Last week enabled a check to be made on the German broadcasts. The people easily recognise fairy tales. “Visiting the London suburbs and southern counties I saw with my own eyes that everything was normal and work was continuing as usual.”