Aprit 29.
The promise to newspapermen given by Herr Otto Dietrich, head of the German Press Bureau, when preparing the way for Herr von Ribbentrop's speech endeavouring to fix the guilt for the extension of the war to Norway on the Allies, that they would "see one of the greatest sensations, a bombshell Of the greatest calibre," has not been ful-'Aled. Instead, in. an uninspired speech heralding the publication of a White Book alleged to prove the German case, Herr von Ribbentrop set off a very diminutive, and somewhat damp squib. The antics of the Nazi prevaricators are so stereotyped and so Jacking in imagination, that the "revelations" he made could almost be taken for granted. The perfectly marvellous habit the Allies have of leaving the most important and dangerous documents lying around for the Germans to pick up is being considerably overplayed by the Nazis. Admiralty plans are found on the dead bodies of British greater ridicule which' would be aroused were he to make any such foolish claim, The fact remains that there was no excuse whatever for attacking that country, and the Inability of the Reich to produce any. sort of justifation whatever clearly establishes the German guilt for extending the war to that country. It was necessary to invade Denmark to secure bases as close as possible to Norway. The whole thing fits together in manner which clearly proves that the. scheme was conceived as a whole, and no attempt at justification which fails to explain away the German inroads into Denmark can hope to be convincing with regard to the responsibility of the German action vis-a-vis, of Norway. There are no allegations that Denmark's neutrality was being threatened by the Allies. They are not made because it seems to have permeated the tortuous minds of the Nazi apologists that some types bf Iie can never hope to succeed, and restraint in regard to Denmark may be taken as the-real sign of the weakness of the German case. There cannot be the slightest doubt about it. This attempt to pin responsibility for the German invasion of Norway upon the Allies completely fails, for it can only convince those who want to believe such a fable to bolster up their own moral.
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