World comment on Mr. Churchill's recent broadcast follows very well defined lines, and it is clear that his very forthright expressions have aroused considerable interest in the enemy countries and also Japan. The German Press professes to find something approaching blasphemy in his description of this war as a struggle between good and evil, and as the German newspapers have indulged in quite a lot of blasphemy in recent years, doubtless they are authorities on the Subject, The "Nachtausgabe" editorially comments that "the sense of this Churchill speech consisted of threats against those not in England's camp.; insults for those who have not yet held sufficiently for England; empty "words and promises; a song of praise for the Bolsheviks, and the admission that it will be difficult to help the Soviet Union." The journal went on to say that it breathed a deep-rooted hatred of Germany, and was all in all a desperate British' ery for help, particularly to the United States of America.
That was obviously written for home consumption in Germany, and is a striking indication of the lengths to which the government-controlled German Press will go in the ite. German people to believe that all is well distortion of facts for the purpose of leading
truth of Mr. Churchill's statements, for the is not necessary to insist upon the utter
speech speaks for itself, and, while the German press may seek to twist facts and statements in order to serve the propaganda needs of the Nazis, it is a process which will deceive none except those unfortunate enough to be under Nazi domination, and denied free access to the ruth. In fact there was throughout the broadcast as the "Manila Tribune" says "a new note of confidence. His words are the evidence of the conviction that the power of those resisting aggression is growing and will continue to grow, and that beyond the darkness of the immediate future the day of deliverance is now clearly seen." From the point of view of the Allied cause the broadcast was an inspiration, and doubtless a cause of anxiety on the part of the enemy.
The Japanese Government has up to the time of writing made no comment and it is probable that it will refrain from doing underestimate the potentiality of a. po enemy, and it would be as well sections of Japan to realize that have never been called upon to fight first-class Power. It is to be sake of Japan that she will never to. It is known that Britain now is st than she was when she oni The limits of that strength have n reached, and, if the Japanese follow the mans in believing that the effete and degenerate, they ceive a similar rude awakening to E pesas the Germans have had.
The "Kokumin Shimbun"
OF while putting forward the by Japan to Thailand, London is avoid admitting that the"unrest in East is caused solely by British centrations in Singapore, Malaya and Nothing could possibly be further from truth. Unrest in the Far East has existed is the fault of Japan and Japan alone. also follows that, if the situation gets worse, writers always to bear in mind that there are limits to Japanese aggression the passing of which will inevitably invoke counter-action.
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