ENGLISH PAPERS FOR GERMANY
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR]
SIR,—In the midst of the lamentations over Czecho-Slovakia it is worth pointing out that sending each day's newspaper to any person one knows in Germany is a more effective way of making known the English point of view than going about saying, "There is nothing I can do."
Germans with a knowledge of English are most anxious to read English newspapers, especially at times when Germany is the focus of world attention. At such times the supply of foreign newspapers is never sufficient for the demand, and readers of The Spectator could do much by sending on their copies to any Germans they know or have met. Most readers must have met someone of German nationality in the last year or two, perhaps at a University in England, at a business meeting, or while making a holiday on the Continent, to whom they could send on their ccpies. Moreover, intelligent Germans are much too interested to learn what the outside world is really thinking of Germany to take offence at being sent responsible journals containing opinions cr itical of Germany.
From personal experience I have found that The Spectator is keenly appreciated in Germany, and, as far as I know, papers sent through the post in the ordinary way are not subject to the newspaper confiscation orders issued from time 3 Nevern Road, S.W.s.
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