27 OCTOBER 1939, Page 6

The universal plaint—this time from Johannesburg. " We would like

more news and less propaganda from England, as we trust our rulers in the main and the population in the mass, and believe in their strength sufficiently to bear to hear bad news if necessary. German propaganda is so wide- spread in this country, and their wireless is heard by so many backveldters that lies gain ground just by being repeated so often. There are signs that opinion in the country is hardening in favour of Smuts, but he should have much more support and be given more ammunition in the form of news." * * * *