Evening star., 1941-08-20
|Nazi Orders Clamp
Rigid Rules on
Dutch Newspapers
Ten Commandment
Of journalism Foster
Germanic IdeuIs
BY H. J. ]. SARGENT,

BY H. J. J. SARGENT.
American Newspspsr Alliance. '
LONDON, August 20.-Informa-
ton reaching me from reliable
| sources in Holland paints . dis
| tressing picture Of the state of
servitude to which the Dutch press
has been reduced by the German
authorities.
anew department of information
and art" has been set up In the
Netherlands by German Commissar
Seyss- -Inquart, which works In close
association with the press section
Of the German administration. This
department has been circulartzing
Dutch papers and periodicals, tell
ing them what they shall print and
what they shall not print. One Of
these circulars, dated May 23 and
marked very confidential" runs
as follows:
1. Nothing is to be published re-
garding the strikes In Belgium.
2. At least once q week, each paper
should refer to the "Winterhulp'
| (the German-sponsored winter aid
campaign which Is q dismal failure
In Holland. Pictures must be used
and will be supplied by the press
ONCE Of the "Winterhulp."
Churchill Caricatured.
8. No reference may be made TO
the report that tickets which won
. prize IN . "winterhulp" lottery
were marked.
4. The German Photographic
agency Stapn will supply the best
Winston Churchill cartoon avail
able. The press section and the
Propaganda Ministry would highly
appreciate conspicuous publication
Of this caricature.
5. Reports referring to the re-
striction Of railway trafiic must bs
referred to the press section.
8. Reference must be made to the
marches Of the Hitler Youth and
the Dutch Nazis, which will take
place on May 81 and June 1.
Speeches by Seyss-Inquart and other
Nazs must be fully reported.
z. There wilfbe press conference
at which the new rationing system
| Will DC QlScuSScQ.
Editor Arrested.
The editor Of the influential con-
servative paper Het Algemeen Han
delsblad, DR.. Won Balluseck, has been
arrested, while j. Vesters, editor Of
the Catholic daily paper, Volkskrant
Of Utrecht, has been forced to re-
sign. The Catholic dailies De Mas
bode and Residentiebode were sus-
pended some months ago.
Perhaps the most irritating action
by the Germans has been to ap-
point Max Blokzijl, formerly Berlin
correspondent Of Het Algemeen
Handelsblad and now Hollands
"Haw-Haw," who regularly broad
casts over the German-controlled
Hilversum radio, to be chief of the
press section Of the Department Of
Information and Art.
AL journalistic organizations have
been dissolved and journalists have
had to become members Of q newly
created Dutch Chamber of Journal
lists, which is controlled by q Dutch
NaI called Goedewaagen. 1t Is this
chamber which has issued a fantas-
tic set of rules for the guidance
Of Dutch newspapermen which it
calls "The Ten Commandments"
These are as follows:
1. The new European order shall
be a free cooperation of equal ma
tional communities under the su-
preme direction Of Adolf Hitler,
leader Of all Germanic people.
Must Support German Union.
2. Journalists shall aim at the
union Of all Germanic powers. The
Dutch press must steadily and
actively emphasize the cultural,
economic and military advantages
offered by a Germanic union.
8. Journalists will strive contin-
ally to strengthen the national life,
spiritually, morally and materially.
4. While constantly emphasizing
the idea Of national union,
journalists win take into account
the characteristics Of different parts
of the country and oppose narrow
class distinctions and any unneces-
| sary religious differences. They will
also oppose all attempts to keep in
existence different political parties.
S. Dutchmen will only be those Of
pure Dutch blood
6. The press will make efforts to
relieve material needs. 1t will en-
courage winter help and the work
OF land reclamation, with especial
reference to the reclamation Of
heath and neat d}sfrirfs
2. Journalists will promote q bet
ter understanding and knowledge Of
the land workers value, on whose
labor the nation depends.
8. Journalists will oppose strongly
any attempt to belittle the dignity
Of manual labor.
8. Journalists will do their utmost
to encourage feelings of discipline.
order and comradeship in the
nations youth by effective articles
and stories.
10. Journalists must win and keep
the respect of all Dutchmen.
Incidentally, any journalist writ
Ing In a spirit contrary to the
ten commandments" Is threatened
with two years imprisonment or q
flne OF 10000 guilders (about $4,000
The same penalty is threatened
against any one who instructs or
pays journalist to infringe the
commandments"
Finally, any one following the
profession of journalism without
being a member Of the Dutch
Chamber Of Journalists may be sent
to prison for six months.
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