Evening star., 1940-08-20

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he would do so.
1--WE need armies. But we shall
not use them as in 1914. The place
of artillery will in the future be
taken by revolutionary propaganda
to break down the enemy psycho-
logically before the armies begin to
function at all. The enemy people
must be demoralized and ready to
capitulate before military action
can even be thought of
mental confusion, indecisiVeness'
panic, these are our weapons. The
history of revolutions is
always the same: The ruling classes
capitulate. Why? Defeatism: They
no longer have the will to conquer"
Utilizes Radio Traitors.
The propaganda machine for
creating and sustaining fifth COL
mn,"-again according to Hitlers
confessed theory-is of a double
nature. On one side it aims at
influencing the masses. For this
purpose Hitler in the present war
utilizes his radio traitors. Lord
Hawhaw for the English, Ferdonnet
for the French, and to some extent,
particularly in the last two years,
Communist agitators whom he
tricked or corrupted into serving
him. But for the classes he had
much more subtle bait. AS he him
self put it:
The results at which I aim are
only to be obtained by the systematic
corruption of the possessing and
governing classes. Business ad-
yantages, erotic satisfactions and
ambitions, are the three main stops
in our propaganda organ
Who did this work in the various
countries?
In the bloodless conquest of Aus
uia, fifth column Austrian leaders
like Seyss-Inquart, dupes like Guido
Schmidt, played decisive part.
while the discomfort Of the masses
was whipped up to enthusiasm in
favor of Nazi Germany. agents like
Franz Won Papen skillfully convinced
leading Austrians that only through
Hitler could their secret aspirations
be fulfilled.
The Slovaks, who had suffered
their bondage under Hungary. could
be duped. But Czechs and Poles
could not. Both peoples had lived
for too long cheek to joWl with Prus-
slams to have the slightest doubt as
to Hitler's real intentions. There
was no strong fifth column" among
the Czechs and Poles" few Czech
agrarians, the former Polish Foreign
Minister Josef Beck. The Czechs
we're finally conquered by French
betrayal and British selfishnesS. the
Poles by the armed might of
nation four times as strong.
Fifth Column in Full Swing.
To see the fifth column" in full
swing one had to wait for the attack
on Democratic countries.
In Norway there is little doubt
but that fifth column" activities
contributed to the success of the
sponsible for the quick collapse Of
all organized resistance. Maj. and
former National Defense Minister
Quisling had been. if not actually
in the pay of German Nazis, at
least in close contact with them for
years. His success in stabbing Nor
way in the back can be traced (a'
to the fear of Socialism carefully
fostered among leading Norwegians
by Nazi propaganda and (b) to the
fact that numerous appointments
to high army commands had been
made by Quisling's intimate friend.
There is some reason to believe that
the electrically controlled mines
guarding the inner harbor of Oslo
were put out of action by another
highly placed Norwegian traitor. In
view of the efficiency of relatively
weak coastal defenses, it is safe