Evening star., 1942-01-13
By HENRY ]. TAYLOR.

Fresh from Berlin, warn you
against the stories of revolt in Ger
many that are flooding American
newspapers. Incredible as it seems
to editors and readers alike, this Is
not bad news for Hitler.
The truth is that whatever trouble
there is in Germany, Hitler wants
multiplied by 10 for the eyes and
ears of the American people. Those
are his orders to GoebbelS, and
Goebbels is getting results. it's vital
to the German army. absolutely es-
eential for German victory.
Here is the reason. Consider this
news" in our papers from the Ger
man viewpoint. which we seldom do.
Remember bad stories about Ger
many, revolt, sabotage, unrest, are
read only by Hitlers enemies,
America and England. They are
not published in Germany. Not one
word. They do not reach the Ger
man people themselves. They do
not hurt Hitler's own war effort or
embarrass his position at home In
the slightest. They just don't exist
there.
The thing they do is undermine
Germany's enemies, who are abroad.
Nothing is more important to Hitler
than that. It's absolutely funda-
mental in all NaZi technique.
Censors o. X. Trouble" Stories.
Nazi cenSors would pass any story
! would write about trouble among
the German people. uprisings in the
occupied countries, unrest, sabotage.
Why did DR.. Sallet, graduate OF an
American university. chief of Won
Ribbentrop's press office, give me
lecture on the trouble they were
having with their own people? Why
did Otto Dietrich. Goebbels news
chief. sing songs of unrest and dis
senslon in my ear?
III tell you why. They have dedi-
Gated themselves to making us think
they will fall apart, lull our public
mind into dreaminess, slow up our
sacrifices and our realization of the
gigantic problem we face in licking
them by practically shouting that we
don't have to lick them at all. until
1t is too late. Just give us time, they
fairly shout. and we will knock our
selves out, saving you the trouble
meanwhile.
What they are saying is forget you
have no bridge-head on the conti-
nent. forget we will make you fight
in three oceans, for we are going to
cause you trouble in South Amer
icas Southern Atlantic. too; forget
the blood and sweat and tears. don't
bother about us. Whatever licking |
Russia doesn't give us. you can be
sure we will give ourselves, the Ger
mans are preaching. We will punch
senSeless, crumble to the |
canvas and you can do the count
ing, they say, so get a good rest in
the gymnasium, and please don't
worry.
Sky Is Limit, Now.
Until American newsmen living
In Germany were confined and 81
fenced on December II, German dis
patches had to be modest in this
diabolic plan of claiming weaknesses
at home. No matter what conti-
mental datelines were used to imply
q leak. such as Budapest, Stockholm
and often Bern, American newsmen
on the ground in Germany would
have denied it if the stories got too
tall. Their papers at home would
have asked them How Gomez" and
when they told the quieter truth
from Germany the Nazis naturally
could not have refused to let it go
out. But now the sky is the limit.
The Nazis can say anything they
want to about how bad things are in
Germany and nobody can check up
on them.
We had big dose of this over the
week end, including the clever
dramatics of awakening foreign
correspondents in the middle of the
night" to inform them of the rumors
of unrest and then of the foreign
Office denials.'
The Nazls didn't wake up any
American correspondents. They are
locked up in the Bavarian Alps If
they had, they would have turned
over and gone back to sleep. DR..
Sallet, Dietrich. Goebbels and Hit
Ter. himself, knew this incident hit
the front pages in America and hour
after the papers were on the street.
1t is wired back to them via Buenos
Aires.
1Released by N. A. N. A.