Berlin, July 16. [O. is the Aggressor?" is the title of a critical article appearing in the Foreign Ministry's semi-official magazine, "Berlin-Rome-Tokyo," and accusing Britain of desiring war. Virulently the anonymous author says, "Britain is preparing for a war against the Reich while she tries to appear to be on the defensive.
She would thus like to save the British Empire, which is now threatened with disintegration. The doctrine of the conservative Imperialists demands war, although the British people neither want nor wish for it, especially in the case of Danzig."
German political quarters today were roused to angry comments, supported by the Reich's press, as a new batch: of British "propaganda letters" was reported to have arrived by post in Germany. These letters, the political quarters disclosed, were signed "King-Hall," and alleged to have sought to influence the German people against their leaders.
The latest consignment of these letters numbered 50,000 and devoted great prominence to Getailed reports on British armed might.
The "Deutscher Dienst," semiofficial journal, analyses the contents of these "propaganda" messages and replies to the author with violent criticism. When the first of the King-Hall letters was received in the Reich, it points out, the Propaganda Minister, Dr, Joseph Goebbels, puBlicly castigated them and his address was reprinted in British newspapers.
Dr. Goebbels speech created the effect of a bombshell in Britain, it reported at the time but today the "Deutscher Dienst" claims that the Propaganda Ministers speech was not given sufficient prominence in the British press, Other German newspapers label the "mysterious" King-Hall as an "agitator,"
He is in fact Commander Stephen King-Hall, who at one time served on the China Station and retired from the Royal Navy in 1929 to become editor of a weekly "News-Letter" which now has a circulation of more than 60,000, mainly among Britons.
In his news letter, he comments clearly on chief international events and tries impartially to inform his readers of their true significance, He frequently makes trips to the Continent to obtain information personally, Commander King-Hall was born in 1893, the eldest son of Admiral Sir George King-Hall. He received his education at Lausanne, Osborne and Dartmouth and served throughout the Great War. He later served on the Admiralty staff and on the China Station, the Atlantic and Mediterrancan Fleets and the Admiralty Naval Staff.
He has written a number of books on naval life and several works of fiction, many under the pen-name of "Etienne." Among his better known works are "Western Civilization and the Far East," and "The China of
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