WALL AGAINST REDS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 308, 27 November 1936, Page 7

WALL AGAINST REDS.

THE GERMAN VIEWPOINT. BERLIN, Nov. 25. Dr. Goebbels (Minister of Propaganda), broadcasting an explanation of the agreement, said that Germany had built, an unscalable wall against the Reds. Nazism, which had suffered 400 dead and many thousands of wounded at the hands of Bolshevists, knew Bolshevism, and hoped Bolshevism knew her. Events in Spain, which were a bloody example and terrible proof, showed how right Germany had been to keep this danger at a distance. Japan and Germany had now placed themselves on tho defensive against the devilish attempts of the Comintern to embroil the world.

One German commmi was: “Now we shall got some rice.” Herr von Ribbentrop signed the agreement and afterwards described it as an epoch-making event. “It is the turning point in the defensive strugglo of all nations loving order and civilisation against the forces of subversion. Japan will never permit the spread of Bolshevism in Eastern Asia, and Germany is the bulwark against this pest in the heart of Europe. Italy will hold high the anti-Bolshevist banner in the south.” '

Count Mushakoji, the Japanese Ambassador, who signed for Japan, said Germany and Japan felt themselves most strongly threatened by the Comintern’s subversive activities. “By this agreement the Japanese Empire and the new Germany have contributed their share to the pacification of the world.” .i