THE "CRIMES" OF BRITAIN
There are signs of a vigorous Nazi attempt to draw the attention of Germans and of neutral countries to *he possibilities of the Rome-Berlin axis, about which little has been said lately, says "The Times."- There has been likewise a special effort to enlist the sympathy of Spain and South America through propaganda by special news items and talks. These have tried to discredit the United States by pointing out supposed contradiction in President Roosevelt's neutrality policy. The attempt to bring the axis , back into prominence was made the occasion for a virulent broadcast to Italy in Italian, containing a talk about "British humanity." The record of alleged British crimes included the familiar lie about supplies of poison gas to Poland; a statement that the Royal Oak fired on German sailors when they scuttled their ships in Scapa Flow at the end of the" Great War;' ah allegatidn that Britain was preparing to starve the Vatican during the Abyssinian crisis, and that 26,800 women and,^ children were once murdered near Cape Town.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 135, 5 December 1939, Page 16
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THE "CRIMES" OF BRITAIN
Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 135, 5 December 1939, Page 16
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