PREPARING PEOPLE FOR BAD NEWS.
BUSINESS MEN DISCUSSING
PEACE.
QUEEN OF HOLLAND SUGGEST* ED AS NEGOTIATOR.
Received July 20, 7.30 p.m
AMSTERDAM. July 20
German authorities are seeKing to hide the truth of the Eng lish, French and Russian successes, an ingenious propaganda is in. full swing to gradually break the bad news to the people. One method is posting telegrams in shop windows announcing that Japan is supplying Russia with hundreds of guns and millions of shells.
While
Officers are also calling meetings of men explaining that Britain's appearance on the scene with armies of great size and amazing efficiency and bravery could never have been foreseen. It is pointed out that this adds fresh peril to the German armies and navy.
Many German officers are urging Dutch business men to initiate a movement wherein the Queen of Holland shall propose peace negotia-
tions
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Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXI, Issue 16690, 21 July 1916, Page 5
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PREPARING PEOPLE FOR BAD NEWS.
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXI, Issue 16690, 21 July 1916, Page 5