The entertainment quality of German broadcasts has been frequently remarked upon in the British Press, and judging from a sample reproduced locally it is no wonder that this should be so. The Chief Editor of the German broadcast from Berlin, is one Hans Fritsche, a most amusing fellow, who, with alleged sarcasm and merriment, seeks to tear to pieces statements made by British authorities. One such broadcast dealt with the British food situation, and in the course of his remarks the sprightly Hans had the following to say:—
The third item was the most tasty one and intended to make the months of the poor Germans water, but it was at the same time the most careless revelations of meat were stored in He assured the press that at present not less than 200,000 trios of meat were stored in England. Since this gentleman holds a high position in the British Governments food control system, he ought to know that 200000 tons of meat are exactly 48 Million English Ibs. that approximately 10 tons per head for Enzian. population of 48 million. or—taking as a ba: the amount of meat alloted to German worl men, this means a reserve of meat for exactly, and no more than two months. And this is the England that is attempting to starve German; It is possible now to see how the remarkable tales of casualties inflicted upon the British Navy come into being. It appears to be.something like this: someone reports that a British vessel has been sunk, this is heard ten times by someone or other, and it follows that of course ten British vessels have been destroyed. But for sheer arithemical ingenuity Hans takes the proverbial biscuit in the above. By species of highly-original calculation, which completely puts the despised Einstein in the shade, he turns 200,000 tons of meat into 48,- 000,000 1b which is, he reports, equivalent to 10 tons per head of Britain population of 48,- 000,000, It follows, therefore, that by his own method of computation Hans has transformed 200,000 tons of meat into 480,000,000 tons, showing the astonishing things which propaganda can do. Britons apparently consume no less than five tons of meat per mensem which obviously accounts for something or other,—or does it?
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