It is 9 strange mentality which objects to Britons in Great Britain learning of the fantastic claims which the German propaganda machine is continually emitting, and the questions asked the subject in the House of Commons, indicate that the men who put them fail to understand that if any form of suppression similar to that Jemployed in Germany were used in Britain the effects would be disastrous. The policy of the Ministry of Information of not preventing the publicity given to German official communiques the only correct one. In the first case every Briton knows fully their authorship, and remembers that Hamburg after all is the father of "humbug." To suppress German communiies in a country where the people are per-titted to listen to enemy broadeasts—again a thing which is severely. punished in Germany, would be the height of absurdity, It has been shown that the freedom in this matter which the Briton enjoys is not only not [productive of harm, but actually conducive of ood. The telegram which starts off with "A German om cial communique states," ete, is dirianly -read with the knowledge that it is probably a pack of lies, as witness the various samples which have been exposed from time 10 lime in these columns. That has to be the preliminary assumption. It is adopted not By intelligent British readers but by neutrals Well, for they are impressed on the one hand by the countless tumpers of German untruth which have been exposed So often that it be: these raids by armoured vehicles may made it dimeutt for the Allies to consolidate their defence positions north of the. Bresle River, and it is considered probable in well informed circles that the principle Allied defence line in this sector has been constructed south of this river, These defence lines have been adapted to meet the dangers of swift at: tacks by armoured vehicles, They would seem to consist of an echelonned series of "strong points" over a depth of about twenty miles, If this is the case, there will be no manned lines of trenches linking the strong points, and each will be a self-contained unit whose' task is 10 break up the enemy's advance and inlet as much damage as possible, Armoured vehicles can filter through such lines of defence, but they cannot be supported and. by themselves gan make no permanent gains, Behind. the wong points" there is probably a solid wal of artillery "and infantry, well entrenched, against which troops which might manage 10 get through would have to hurl themselves. On these units, also, depends the counter-attack, should such be necessary.
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