“THE SCOUNDREL FROM BERCHTESGADEN
United Press Association—By Electric Telfesra ph—Copyright LONDON, September 11. The “Daily Express” says that the Paris radio yesterday reported that neutral motorists returning from Germany via Aachen had seen pieces of paper pinned to trees bearing the words written in German: “Rather the Kaiser of God’s good grace than the scoundrel from Berchtesgaden.” It is reported from Copenhagen that conflict has broken out between the Nazi Naval Staff and the political leaders over the torpedoing of the Athenia. The German Foreign Office and other propaganda officials are alarmed at the world reaction. Admiral Raeder countered criticism by saying that the only hope of breaking the British blockade lay in unrestricted U-Boat warfare, and protested against the clumsy efforts of Dr. Goebbels to cast the blame elsewhere. He said that the U-Boat commanders’ worst fault, if any, was that they carried out too literally Herr Hitler’s order to sink without warning. Every other school has been turned into a hospital. Mondays and Fridays have been proclaimed meatless days, but the restrictions in Vienna are less severe owing to the greater discontent of the population.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVII, Issue 21449, 13 September 1939, Page 7
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