GRIM YET GAY

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21220, 17 September 1940, Page 5

GRIM YET GAY

TEMPER OF LONDONERS MORE GERMAN UNTRUTHS TALES OF DESTRUCTION (United Press Asn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 17, 11 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 16 An instructive commentary on the air fighting of the week-end is found in the German press and the wireless reports, which, as the Daily Telegraph says, have burst into frantic tales of destruction in London and the panic of Londoners. “It is clear,” adds the Daily Telegraph, ‘‘that desperate efforts in propaganda are necessary to keep up the spirit of the German people. This, as usual, has thrown all restraint to the winds and the old familiar and completely unfounded tales of the flight of the Court and the Government and the collapse of civilian morale are given currency. “One of these reports says the roads out of London are blocked with panic-stricken refugees. There is no particle of truth in this report. London life goes on and the difficulties caused by the bombings are being surmounted with surprisingly little apparent interference. Even while the air raid warnings are in force there is little noticeable diminution in the rush of London street traffic.” The Daily Telegraph adds:— “Facts, not lies, will decide the Avar, and we have the right to be proud of the success of London's defence and the grim and gay temper of her people.”