Labour Broadcast to the German People There are some who
hold the view that since we have protested against the German and Italian use of wireless for stirring up trouble in Palestine and elsewhere we should not ourselves broadcast propaganda in Germany. But what we have complained of is not the use of wireless in foreign languages, but its abuse in disseminating gross falsehoods. Moreover any propaganda that Germany likes to send over the air to us in Britain we are willing enough to receive for what it is worth. In the war of words that is now going on we are prepared to submit to the blast and stand by the argument, but Germany must expect to have the reply. The message broadcast by the National Council of Labour on Saturday night was well conceived. It was an appeal from ordinary British people to ordinary German people, declaring the peacefulness of our aims, asking them not to believe that we are arming for any other purpose but to prevent war, and inviting their co-operation against violence. The German case can be heard here. The British case is not easily heard in Germany. It would be a grave omission to neglect any means in our power for getting the truth past the barriers of Nazi censorship.
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