GERMANY: Annual Denial

On August 1, ninth anniversary of Germany’s entry into the World War, the Berlin press made its annual denial of the German Empire’s War guilt.

Der Tag, monarchist daily: “This War, which today enters into its tenth year, will not be ended until the truth about the responsibility for its outbreak is victorious.”

Lokal Anzeiger, moderate daily, advised national propaganda to convince Germans and foreign travelers of Germany’s innocence.

Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, Hugo Stinnes’ paper, said France’s motto is: ” Germany must be destroyed.” This paper accuses France of continuing the War “on her own hook,” having failed to secure the full fruits of victory in the Versailles Treaty.