I myself listen fairly regularly to the news bulletin in
German. I do not see how it could be improved. Those of us who heard the shrieks of Marshal Goering on Sunday night, who heard the steam-saw of " Sieg-Heil! " grating upon the wireless will understand how effective are the sedative tones of the announcer from London. That surely is the correct method of propaganda. The nerves of the German people are becoming frayed by hysterics. How effective for them must be the still small voice of reason. I was told by one of my more intelligent German friends that at first the con- trast between the dynamics of German broadcasts and the sedatives of our own persuasion caused a giggle among German listeners. When you are accustomed to swash- buckling, the civilian walk seems a gigolo slouch. Yet this was but a momentary impression. The Germans are becom- ing bored by their own hysteria ; the gentle voice from London is welcomed as a calmative. I cannot praise the B.B.C. too highly for their intelligence in thus modulating • these talks.
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