Britain Unperturbed No one can fail to admire the calm and matier-of-fact' manner in which German air raids over Britain are being accepted by the Population. There appear in today's issue extracts from the letter of an Englishwoman to someone in Shanghai in which Impressions of the first sir raid in her part of the country are described, and it is judged that, while the novelty of the experience created a' great dear of interest, all arrangements for the safety of the people in the vicinity were carried out smoothly and efficiently, During the second rid the people were apparently quite un-Worried, and those who stayed up to witness the shooting down of several Nazi planes on the previous occasion, did not bother to keep awake, but made good use of their time by elting some much needed rest. News of this kind of thing must be a great disappointment to the Nazis, who have boasted of the demoralizing effects of their air attacks, doubt less Judging the British reaction by the reactions' of their own people after British raids. W fs probably true that the Nazi raids up to now have been only a foretaste of what they will do, or try to do, in the future. The public has been repeatedly" warned against over-con-Adence, and has been bluntly told what to expect when the Germans start their aerial Blitzkrieg. The public has accepted these warn-Ings at their face value, and carried on with Lis duties calmly and without panic. Britons can be trusted to continue in this manner no matter what Marshat Gocring's alr force has in store for them. Can the same thing be said for the German people? All news of the ter~ rifle damage which has been done by the British raids over Germany has had to be suppressed, as the Nazis fear the effect of the. hews on the moral of their cnstaved subjects Would be disastrous. The cities where there are military objectives which have been bombed fare "reporied to be cities of terror. Many, have Jeff them, when they not been allowed to tell s. The Gestapo has seen that, 'While Britain is calm and confident there is a growing hysteria in Germany' which becomes more and more serious as it Is ree pressed.
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