BOLSHEVIK BOGEY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 42, 20 February 1943, Page 5

BOLSHEVIK BOGEY

GOEBBELS BROADCASTS NO MENTION OF BRITAIN AS ENEMY (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Recd. 6.45 p.m.) London, Feb. 18. “A Bolshevist wave threatens Europe. The danger is imminent. Thorough and speedy action is imperative, otherwise it will be too late,” declared Goebbels in a speech broadcast in English from Bremen. The speech amounted to an appeal to the United Nations to realise that Germany was their “only bulwark against Bolshevism.” Goebbels did not even hint his previous theme—that Britain was Germany’s Public Enemy No. 1. “If the Wehrmacht is unable to overcome the Eastern danger lo the Reich, then the whole of Europe will soon fall a victim to the Bolshevists. Bolshevism will not call a halt at the Channel. Jewish liquidation commandos are already marching behind the onrushing Soviet divisions,” said Goebbels. “It is no use denying the demands from the East front, or that the present onslaughts put all previous conceptions in the shade. This war of a mechanised robot against Germany, against Europe, has reached its culminating peak. After this war there will be neither victors nor vanouished, only the survivors and the destroyed. The belief in certain European States, especially Britain, that they were strong enough to combat the danger of Bolshevism is childish. If Germany, which is the world’s strongest military power, ys unable to stem the Bolshevists, then who in the world is capable of doing so?” Goebbels went on to say that Stalingrad was a symbol of heroic resistance against the revolt of the steppes. He paid a tribute to the loyal, reliable Italians and the brave Japanese nation which was dealing the AngloSaxons blow after blow. He asserted that the Germans were united and determined to follow the Fuhrer through thick and thin.

“The enemy in the coming spring will find that we are recharged with our old offensive strength. There is no doubt that victory will be ours.”