With Naxi war correspondents. now being described in German news despatches asthe "propaganda company" very considerable caution needs to be exercised in accepting the stories they send out to the world concerning German stecesses. When Nast journalists are not "doing their stuff" the German high com= and fills in by wielding. an enthusiastic pen. Thus in the supplement for last week to the German high command bulletin the followin Bolshevism only German, Rumanian and Finnish While at the besinning of the war oxainst
{oops faced "the Soviet' forces, now the front inst "Dolsheviem has been strengthened by ian, Hungarian and Siovelian troops. a8. well by" volunteer corps from Scandinavia, Spain hot a German fight alone everyeday that the fahr
whole of Europe, The world already knows with what enthusiasm the Rumanians have entered this struggle—each regiment considerably stiffened with German troops with machine.guny who are stationed In the rear to make sure that the Rumanians advance—but the main fact 1s that those countries which the Nazis claim are Aghting the Soviet are under German occupation, and dare not call their souls their own, It ib extremely doubtful whether if they had {reedom of choice they would be active on the German side, As for the volunteer corps to which the supplement refers, they have no significance whatever. Britons and Irish fought with the republicans in Spain, but that did not mean that the countries whence they came Supported the same. political doctrines, The faifempt of the Nazis to give their invasion of Russia the complexion of a holy war waged the nations of Europe ayainst communism ridiculous in the extreme and throws. the dust in no one's eyes.
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