The description of the latest attempt by the German propagandists to refute the allegations contained in the British Blue Book on the origins of the present war, as a "belated attempt to evade responsibility for their crimes," is, view of all that has happened since the war commenced, more than usually apt. The attempt will not succeed, for whatever torrent of words Dr. Goebbels' Ministry may care to inflict upon a long suffering world, they can never be hoped to offset the resounding eloquence of facts. It is a fact, established with all the evidence in the world, that Herr Hitler had prepared for the war, and had his submarines out on war stations before he commenced his infamous onslaught on Poland, The sinking of the Athenia a few hours after war broke out is just such another piece of testimony, and not all the verbal contortions of the very adroit Dr. Goebbels will delude the world, and the future into believing that Herr Hitler was the innocent lamb set upon by the ferocious Allies. The lie that Britain actually worked to prevent a peaceful settlement between the Reich and Poland is not entirely new. It has been re-emphasized in this latest attempt at Nazi hand-washing, but those members are so, soiled with the innocent blood of suppressed peoples that their cleansing has become impossible for all time. The fact is that up to the last moment, even when German troops had already invaded Poland, strenuous efforts were made to bring about a peaceful settlement, but Herr Hitler had determined upon war, and war it had to be. Now it has to be continued until Hitlerism has been destroyed for the evil thing it is, and a peace established which will secure freedom for enslaved peoples, and permit them to develop themselves in accordance with their national geniuses.. That the struggle towards this ideal may be a desperate one is fully realized, but the awful fact is that the Allied aims cannot be achieved until such suffering has been inflicted upon Germans that they will be persuaded that Herr Hitler's tyranny is responsible for the present condition of the world and the disadvantages under which his own people are suffering.
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