WARFARE BY LIES [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—May
I express entire agreement with your article " War- fare by Lies," which was badly wanted? England has nothing to fear from exposing the Nazi lies for what they arc, nor from expressing its view of Nazidom as freely as that degraded faith spreads its lies abroad.
Many letters in the newspapers are apologetic in tone as though very anxious lest we should attribute to the Nazis lower motives and more degraded methods than they really use.
There is no fear of that, and no fear of exaggerating their evil ways.
Nor can I see that we need to be so cautious in trying to spare the feelings of the German people generally ; they have shown plainly that they do not want war, but they are pleased and eager to show their acceptance of the fruits of the mendacity, perfidy and treachery of the Hitler-Goebbels- Goering trio, and always acclaim the cleverness of their succes- sive coups however shady.
As to the social side of Nazidom, it stinks in the nostrils of the whole world outside Germany, and of many inside.
Force and fraud are Germany's two props, and we shall gain nothing by trying to extenuate its methods and apologis- ing for our dislike of them.—Your obedient servant,
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