Brutal Use of Force in Palestine

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 88, 15 April 1939, Page 5

Brutal Use of Force in Palestine

NAZI THRUST AT BRITAIN Untied Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. BERLIN, April 13. An inspired statement issued to the foreign press says that in view of Britain’s brutal use of force in Palestine it is astounding that Mr. Chamberlain should dare to accuse others of using force where neither are human habitations being bombed nor men, women and children being killed as they are in Palestine, because they are fighting for liberty. Mr. Chamberlain rightly says, continues the statement, that confidence once shattered is not easily restored. In view of British methods for provoking a war atmosphere by unscrupulously creating a panic none can have confidence in the genuineness of tho British peace assurance.

It must undoubtedly be held that Mr. Chamberlain admitted tho British encirclement policy and confirmed anew that Britain would do her utmost to achieve this encirclement. British propaganda had created an intolerable condition, as Mr. Chamberlain had said, poisoning every phase of activity. Where the well-poisoners sit must be well known in Britain. There exists a common danger of being driven into fresh international murder by Britain’s policy and methods