A Birthday November 20, besides being St. Andrew's Day, observed by all Scots wherever they may be, also an anniversary of which Herr Hitler and his accomplices may care to take note but not celebrate, It is the sixty-fifth birthday of Mr. Winston 'Churchill, the man who, for some Feason or other, they so greatly hate, and hating fear, Long before the war started' Mr, Chur-chili was singled out by Herr Hitler as) one of the alleged warmongers whom he so. bitterly. attacked, It was when it was realized that Germany had made war inevitable that Mr, Churchill was offered the position of Rirst Lord of the Admiralty, a post in which he so dis-Linguished himself a quarter of a century ego, and in which he is likely to cover himself with further glory, Since the war broke out he has tween the object of considerable vilification on the part of German publicists and broadcasters, who have realized that by this-appointment the British Prime Minister made it quite clear to them that he meant business, and that the war was to be prosecuted with all that vigour of which Mr, Churchill Is the very personification, From murder on the high seas he has been accused of running the whole gamut of crime According to the Nazi view, That this worries Mr, Churchill not one whit may be taken for ranted, Tt may even be assumed that it is not without gratification that he notices these out breaks, for it is quite clear that the more Yehement the German commentators become the more certain {is it that Mr, Churchill, and those like him are getting under the Nazi'skin, for few bellow unless they are hurt, The First Lord has seen a very active life inthe service of his country. Of his personal gallantry the world has had ample proof, of his farsighted~ ness his prognostications of what Merr Hitler would most likely do, have amazed people by their accuracy, and of his energy the Admiralty has.already had experience, "His occupation his present post ix the best possible augury For the Allies' success In this present struggle, and the wish is expressed,—though quit bvlously not endorsed by the enemy,—that willie spared many years to secure victory and enjoy Its peace, 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, 1s 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) Mans had the following to say!
'The third tem Intended to make ins water, Dut dt Wan at the same' time. the caveluas revelations of meat were stored uaured the. prose that at. present Not less 120,000 thos" of meat were stored in an' in the British Goven system, Ihe ought to know that 200000 tons of meat are exactly. 40 Billion English Ths mrexinatly 10 tons por head for nsland's Tie amount of meat alloted to German. won ation of 48 niton. or==takiny as a bakin
inn, this means a reserve of rabat for exact 'I'm more tua two months. "And this Te the Enea' that is attempting to" siaree Germany' It is possible now to sce how the remarkable thios or casualties inflicted upon the British Navy come into being. It appears to be something. like this: someone reports that British osset haz been stink, this Is heard ten times course ten Brith vessels have been destroyed srsomeone or other, and it follows that of
But for sheer arithemieat ingenuity, Bane ake, the proverbial 8 specier of highly-original. ealeutation, Binpietely pute the" despised Hinstel Shade, he turns, 200,000. tons of meat do0;00 Ib which is, he. reports, equivalent TO tons per head of Britain population of 48. dnoo00, "i follows, therefore, that by his own method of computation Tans, has, transformed 20,000 tons of meat into 480,000,000 tons, show~ ing the astonishing things Which propaganda fan dor Britons apparently "constime no. less fan five tone of meat per_mensem which objus' accounte for something. of other—oF
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