London, Oct. 18.
"Clumsy" is the description applied by informed circles here to the recent seres of statements broadcast by Benn as part of an attempt to nce Leutral opinion against the Contraband Control.
One day, these circles point ovt, Japan is said to have protested against the boarding of her merchant ships in her territorial waters, and the next day Chile is stated to have demanded an apology. These statements are said to have been repeated with variations.
Contradictions are asserted to have also occurred. In one breath the Germans are reported to have claimed that the British were short of food, and in the next that they were being fattened with the riches of war. A significant feature of German propaganda, observers here state, is that entire programmes are devoted daily to "denying and dis-toring English news, a clear proof that it has not been possible entirely to conceal the truth from the German people."—Reuter.
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