The Archive · 1939

The Retort Courteous

Sept. 13.

When a short while ago it was announced that the British Government contemplated the establishment of a Ministry of Information, to become effective in times of war, there wasa considerable storm of criticism. It was feared that the Ministry would either be modelled upon that of the German pro-baganda ministry, as evil an organization as ever the wit of mankind could possibly devise, or that' it would be something charac terized by a milk-and-watery inefficiency, "neither fish, flesh, nor fowl, nor good red herring" It'has not been in operation long, but if it continues its work along the lines of its latest riposte to Field Marshal Goering's uneasy speech to German workers there need be little fear for the future. That the German Jeader's speech Was uneasy, that it flected fear that'after all everything was not going so well as it was originally hoped is one of its most significant features, and the

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