NAZI POPAGANDA

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21155, 3 July 1940, Page 8

NAZI POPAGANDA

EFFORT TO CONFUSE PEOPLE FALSE GERMAN BROADCASTS SOLEMN WARNING TO BRITAIN (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, July 1 It may have some significance in, connection with Hitler’s alleged intention of invading Britain that the Nazis have begun using against her the tactics that they successfully exploited against other countries which Germany has invaded—the tactics of trying to confuse the civilian population in preparation for military action. Last night a self-styled new British Broadcasting Company German shortwave station, operating from Germany, which at the end of last week excelled itself in a lurid picture of the German invasion of England—including more secret weapons personally invented by Hitler—issued a solemn warning to English men and women that in the event of the town in which they live being bombarded during the invasion their only hope of survival was to flee. “You and your wife and children must go anywhere out of danger,” it was stated. People were also warned to have ready cash about them. British Government’s Warning The British Government has urged upon the public for some tune the

necessity of precisely opposite behaviour. It has seen that they are well aware of the lessons learned in Belgium and France regarding the grave embarrassment of roads filled with refugees and the appalling result of attacks which, in order to increase confusion, German airmen are instructed to make on these unhappy people whom the Germaninspired radio has sought to drive from their homes. There is very little chance of such patent Nazi propaganda having the desired effect in Britain.