German Weekly Review General Count Waldemar Stillfried, the militlary correspondent of the Transocean semi-oficial German news agency, gratifies. subscribers 10 that agency with a Weekly German Military Review, which Is also a considerable source. of pleasure to others. In his latest review, dated Berlin, September 2, General Stillfried says:
Attacks made by British airmen on distinctly non-military objectives, each have been gol on for several months; compelled Germa used "its strength. exchaively for tea the vow ahet any. bomb dropped on non:
nat important. military objectives. Germ:
Imiltary objectives Is wasted.
The general attempts to explain the alleged British attacks upon non-military objectives. by emphasizing British weakness inthe air, especially in long distance bombers. Whather the dockside populations of Hamburg, Bremen, Emden, and other ports would sce eye to eye with the generat "in this estimate may doubted: white it is almost beyond contradic~ tion that the inhabitants of Hamm, the Rube cities, Duisberg, and others too numerous. to mention, could make out a good case to prove that the general had been misinformed. Even Berlin itself might be able to correct him one or {wo points. And on behalf the general's own credit itis a thousand pities that Dr. Goebbois did not think up the bombing of a children's insane asylum until long after the Nazis had wrecked many working class homes. in London, and even dropped bombs in Trafalgar Square and Regent Street, where there are no military objectives. In his account of the Hatian campaign against Egypt, the general also nits himself considerable Uberty with the truth. He states that the British believed that the Hatians would attack with their right flank, but that Marshal Graziani took them complete:
by surprise by. attacking with his left flank and capturing Sollum and. Sidi Barrani, along the costal road, exposed to British naval fire. Itis to be feared that it was the Italiane who ised. Their losses are reported to have been extremely heavy. Sidi Barrani had Been mined before the Italian entry. and most of the Talians who were in the Blown up. This docs not look as if the British
"There were many signs of nervousness. a in this sector. lo says: disorganization on the British side. British {troops seem to have suffered from a shortage of water and motor fud." trasted the report "This should be con-
Cairo, which states: Britis cellent spirits, and are look combat." This inference that no fighting worthy of the name has yet taken place is In striking opposition to General Stillvied's account of the so-called Iatian victory. Nol review of Waldemar ed as perpetrated something which—very sorry can only be termed halt-baleed, They Also Serve has always been noire that the ut tide will siwaigs contre their attention on those who do dramatic deeds rather than thave who. do solid' wort of prolonged effort und determination, 'In the Sid. "dear-oreplory™ flags Tt used "to be the cavalry tht drow the while the Infantry did the Jobs 'But nowy men have spread belt Wings ind. eorfied fare into' the skies it iv the: Aghter pilots who catch the" Imagination while the. recon Tassanee, bombing, eroundestraing, and Army ce-operation units which, devastate the enemy are accorded more silent place: in the ford Acclaim: of pub tie favour. I hay always. been the past, aod i fy 40 again nove, 'The Might pliols cho have been inaction deserve the praise that "har been moled on to them: they"have fought and flown magnitcentiy, But what of the crews of the bombing plangs—the Blanes that have' been "moving about. in the German sky, day' and night, ever since the war broke" out?" 'Their task. has' been dien, dangerous, excruciatingly "wncomforiable and ven physically. painful. 1t'ie true they have for suffered. severe casualties: but they have fuflred in. almost every other. way "possible The news" of their work 'i somewhat scant, But thoy'go vonrng over Germany fe burin night, expecting attack" at end," sometimes by day an sometimes
plastered. by ant hostile planes eviods Ix about. the "enough, for the. strain. of watching. for
moat wear tthe and demands almost superhuman concentration. In bad weather, however, the Job becomes: a sort lenth-degree torture, Fox and cold add double edge to the ever present dangers and Jend further weight to the fax. on. human durance, The present war ix being fought the alr and these men are playing gallant, slightly less conspicuous, purl in it thin ate their more dishing. brethren, A Warning Recalled Germany sent to' Herr Millers men 1997 the chaplains of th
protesting against the a iMude adopted by. the Nazi Party towards religion. In this outspoken document, they strongly warned the Fuhrer that the campaign. being conducted against Christ nity would undermine the moral of the fighting forees in time of war, and urged him to chan his policy before it was too late, "The memo andum opened with: "Today the new breach described in some detail the struggle bette the party and the Church, stating that public acceptance of Christianity' way regarded. us. 0 tie that units a candidate for service to. the state or to the party. Tt went on to say that I was customary for villages to be divided into we camps, the one supporting the local Nuzi Jeader and' the other supporting the pastor. Fecounted sone of the blasphemies uttered by high Nazi officials, and some of the totally unfounded charges' which had been" brought against eminent Church dignitaries, and it warned Herr Hitler that the people no: longer boolieved that these things were bein done withe out his knowledge, and that the suppression in the press of news' of what was being done undermined public confidence. Being a body of chaplains with the services, the authors of the memorandum were in a position to describe the effect of the anti-Christian drive on the moral of their men. The memorandum said:
2 future war will find the German of the bitterness brought about by the conflet between Christianity.and'Natlon Sola. The effect of thie struggle ton moral preparedness Is evident." Protestant Christians, spite of all they. have experienced, wil do their duty in time of war. OF that there can be hho doubt. However, the full enthusiasms. that hiaa been natural to the Protestant German when, the fate of the Fatherland was at stale. Wil feel fellowship with those who have been sy: tematieally trained to speak of Christ asa swine a Jewish tramp and to aunt their power. 'The oficial war propaganda also wilt ster, cause a not unimportant section of the popilatlon {will betleve not a single: word "after what the have experienced' n'the church" struggle, This is a warning which any commander in the world might be expected to heed. But Hitler ignored it. There was no relaxation of his mea sures against the El here Were no cuts fon the blasphemy of his favoured followers: the Reich Ministry for Church Affairs continued, with only moderate success, to rule the Church by dictatorial methods. Bitterness was intensified. find moral deteriorated, How far this process his tone cannot, of course, be known, but that it hho gone. considerable distance is shown Ili loiter written since the outbreak of the war which said: "We (the clergy) have long foreseen the need of war in order {0 overthrow the forces which deny us spiritual liberty Like Father Like Son A. mooxataxen who was taken suddenly ill sent his small son to a street where several doctors lived bidding him tell a certain doctor come at once. A. different physician having arrived, the bookmaker asked his son "well, you see, dad," he said, "there a Tot of brass plates on the doors, a when T got to the house you told me, T saw "Consultations 11 {a 12." But the chap nest door was offering "consultations 10 tT" and 1 knew you'd like the chap that gave the best odds."
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