The Washington times., 1938-06-18

~ of the German spy revelations now blowing open
in this country, we're chiefly impressed with the cruel
c, clownshness of the Naz high command.
CTUeG The Nazi masterminds aren't content to
1To,rno turn the civilized worlds collective stomach
with their prosecutions of the Jews. They
must needs irrate directly and arouse our suspicious
against perfectly good German-American citizens, by
turning loose gang of clumsy spies in this country.
These people chase all round Robin Hoods barn to
get information which they could have for the asking
and in some cases few cents dimes-read the
ridiculous details in the columns They get caught
at it. being dumb we'll clumsy in contrast to the
Japanese; and what the German government gains oV
all this escapes us.
For the spies information: For nothing or few cents
thev can get detailed road railroad and air MAPS show
ing locations of all highways, air routes beacons
o, landing fields, important dams, reser-
PTICeLeSS voirs and bridges For very modest
1f~-.nt;o,, charges, considering the excellence OF
" ~ the product, they get from the
United States Coast and Geodec Survey at Washing
ton maps of United States harbors and coasts showing
soundings channels, lighthouses, etc. etc. in detail
On visiting days. the spies visit and inspect any OF
our fighting Ships AS for arpane secrets, the Ger
mans have only to get in touch with their Dutch friends
airlines, which constantly buying American planes
Well, it's nothing new this dunderheadedness Of Ger
man leaders in matters pertaining to The two most
famous spies in the World War Edith Cavell Brit
ish nurse caught with the goods
EUICH CUOeIG' by the Germans, and Mata Harl,
M~4~ uu~; German spy caught equally red
handed by the French. The Ger
shot Cavell and the Allied propaganda built this
up into martyr The French shot Hari, and the
Germans couldn't build her up into martyr because
she was cabaret dancer Had the Germans been smart
they would have stuck Cavell in jail for year, then
traded her for Hari assuming they wanted Hari back
Which brings another sardonic aspect of present
day warfare; namely, the
"HUMANE BOMBING"
in which Prime Minister Chamberlain the
House of Commons the British Royal Air Force engages
India's northwest frontier.
~ >, Chamberlain says the India bomb
Ho'S"' " ings Of rebelous natives are humane
HunOcrisu because the natives have caves to run
to. The japanese and Spanish bomb
ings of civilians something else again.
The French were the pioneers in humane bombing,
during their war with Add Ell Krms Riffs. The Riffs
food supplies consisted mainly of CATTLE which the Riffs
necessarily kept in herds near oases the North African
deserts The French devised the scheme very humaney
bombing the cattle from arpanes thus destroying the
Riffs food and eventually forcing the Riffs to surrender
OF all the hypocrisy we've unveiled in the last few
years, this talk of humane bombing against inhumane
bombing is about the Why not drop th "o"~isy,
at least? (We'u have plenty of other kinds ieft)
bombing plane is designed for dropping bombs 1t is
nexact weapon its pilot cannot pick the precise spot
he will hit He has to bomb given the ground.
If defenseess civilians happen to be in that and get
killed, that is their hard luck
War being what it is the question of the humaneness
or nhuneness of their deaths is beside the point Bomb
ing planes aren't built to be either humane inhumane
They are built to fight war, which is itself inhumane
and can't be made otherwise.
(From News)