LISTENINGS
Perpetrated and illustrated by
KEN
ALEXANDER
The Road To Ruin?
that he thought Hitler had more brains than to commit military suicide by attacking the Soviet. Mr. Shaw can: say more with his tongue in his cheek than any serious jester born, BERNARD SHAW says
At the time of writing there is no certainty that Shaw is sure, but there are signs that the Russians have tied a knot in Satan’s tail. Let’s hope that Shaw, although "left," is right. In warfare the beginning is often the end turned back-to-front. Merely to hold @ dictator is halfway to beating him. A clinch cramps his style. He needs space to wield the black-jack of treachery and the half-brick of terrorism. i Democracies can afford to win wars slowly. But a dictator who doesn’t win quickly loses slowly. Hitler’s smash-and-grab has neither smashed nor grabbed. He will have to settle down to serious fighting. Before it is over he will have bitten his nails down to the elbows, Anthony Eden has told the world that any peace move will leave Britain unmoved. The only recognisable move will be a move off the earth of the whole Nazi pig-pen: Adolf, the day is coming. Something you called "der tag." Shortly the world will go slumming, With a shovel, a broom and a bag. | You and your rubbish are " for it," Slowly the dustman is coming, Your new order smells-we abhor itShortly the world will go slumming. Pack up your togs in asbestos, There’s only one place for such smell, Sent by the devil to test us! Scram! They are waiting in hell! Time is ticking Adolf off. He has even disgraced himself by telling his dupes part of the truth about Russia, When a
Nazi tells part of the truth it means that the whole truth is so bumpy that it needs shock-absorbers. It is a dictator’s way of admitting that he has bitten off more than he can comfortably eschew. Adolf, the damned, has also seen fit to praise the stubborn valour of the Russians. With dictators this is practically a grunt of anguish. If George Bernard Shaw were to send Hitler one of his famous postcards it would probably read "Fools Russian where angels fear to tread."
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZLIST19410718.2.37
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 108, 18 July 1941, Page 15
Word count
Tapeke kupu
376LISTENINGS New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 108, 18 July 1941, Page 15
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Material in this publication is protected by copyright.
Are Media Limited has granted permission to the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa to develop and maintain this content online. You can search, browse, print and download for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Are Media Limited for any other use.
Copyright in the work University Entrance by Janet Frame (credited as J.F., 22 March 1946, page 18), is owned by the Janet Frame Literary Trust. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this article and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the New Zealand Listener. You can search, browse, and print this article for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from the Janet Frame Literary Trust for any other use.
Copyright in the Denis Glover serial Hot Water Sailor published in 1959 is owned by Pia Glover. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this serial and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the Listener. You can search, browse, and print this serial for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Pia Glover for any other use.
Log in