October 6th 1939

October 6th Friday

The much vaunted peace offer has been made in company with the usual lies and distortions to those unanimous parrots of the Reichstag. This is what we have been waiting for - for this weird mixture of fright and buffoonery, hypocrisy, and bluff.

He even had the effrontery, after all that has happened, to ask for the return of the German Colonies, and he assures the world he has no more territorial claims!