Even in these days of broadcasting, belligerents know so little
of events in each other's countries that I write very diffi- dently about the state of mind in Germany. Reports from many sources agree, however, about the astonishing lack of enthusiasm and confidence displayed when Hitler's military victories are announced. There were successful campaigns in the Balkans and even in Asia in the last war, but they did not bring victory. It is perhaps significant that the Churches, Catholic and Protestant, are fuller than they have been for years, and that the sale of Bibles increased from 83o,000 in 1930 to 1,225,000 in 1939 and to 1,525,000 in 1940. It would seem that the Nazi paganism with which Rosenberg and others hoped to replace the Christian outlook on life does not pro- vide adequate consolation in times of worry and war. * * * *
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