SPIRIT OF EVIL
GERMAN PEOPLE
SOLIDLY BEHIND HITLER
(British Official Wireless.)
RUGBY, May 9
Striking passages are contained in the report of. the Committee on Church and Nation to be. presented to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which meets in Edinburgh towards the end of the month.
"We rejoice that up to now, in spite of every provocation, the British people have, on the whole, maintained acalm and admirable temper," it says. "There has been a remarkable absence of nationalistic bombast and of hard and bitter outlook on enemies.
"It'is becoming increasingly difficult to draw any real distinction between the rulers of Germany and the German people. While there are, without doubt, many in Germany who have no respect for the present regime, it is true to say that, as a whole, the people.seem solidly behind Herr. Hitler in.this war. At present the German people must be regarded as a people bemused, even possessed by the spirit of evil. Part of the task will be the encouragement of those liberal and Christian elements which still persist in Germany."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 111, 11 May 1940, Page 13
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