NAZI CHARACTER

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 307, 25 September 1939, Page 10

NAZI CHARACTER

British Document’s Revelations INTEREST OF PUBLIC (British Official Wireless.) (Received September 24. 8.20 p.m.) RUGBY, September 23. The Government White Paper giving the record of the diplomatic exchanges between Britain and Germany preceding the war is proving a best seller, and copies were being bought yesterday at the rate of 1000 an hour. The demand continues to be heavy today. Though the documents, which are collected in a volume, are primarily for historians’ patient study, general public interest has been deeply stiired by the graphic presentation of the sequence of events in the tragic drama. The curious study in the character and tactics of the Nazi leaders which the documents reveal is another feature of the book upon which the newspapers comment. “The Times” says: “The virtues of the German people, as we have learnt to know them in the years when they were permitted'to be our friends and to respect them even when they were our stubborn foes, are pre-eminently those of solidity and sobriety. That they should come to be officially represented by this clique of febrile and hysterical rhetoricians is a bewildering paradox which, in less tragic times, would be a cause for mirth. But when Herr Hitler describes himself to Sir Nevile Henderson as by nature an artist and not a politician the laughter is damped by a reflection that the same boast was made by Nero.” The “Manchester Guardian” concentrates attention on the exchanges during the last few hours before the war. which, it says, reveal that there was scarcely any pretence that the German Government had ever meant to uegotiate. “The whole world knows Herr Hitler was determined to have a triumph or war. He wanted a gesture from Britain, but that gesture was a surrender of the Polish people at his will.” PETROL RATIONING Fewer Cars On English Highways The rationing of petrol began in England on Saturday, and the same day it was stated in a broadcast fromDaventry that already there were fewer cars on the roads and the ones that were in use were being driven more slowly. Some usually busy London streets looked like those of a country town.. Many motorists had filled their tanks in anticipation of the restriction, and when their supply was exhausted there would be even fewer cars in use. Many would be laid up for the winter at least when the current licences expired on September 30. Taxicabs had been limited to two gallons a day each, which drivers said was not enough to allow them to earn their livings. Their union was endeavouring to obtain for them a greater allowance. However, petrol rationing was bringing more freight and passengers io the railways, which already had been very busy.—By Radio. JAPANESE AMBASSADOR (Received September 24, 11 p.m.) NEW YORK, September 23. The Paris correspondent of the Associated Press of America states that the Government has agreed to appoint Mr. Renzo Sawada as Japanese Ambassador.