Reich Press Asserts Jews ‘removed’ Hore-belisha to Avoid ‘limelight’

The German press charged today that Leslie Hore-Belisha was removed as British War Secretary because “world Jewry itself wished to remove its representative from the limelight, “according to a Berlin short-wave broadcast transcribed by Press Wireless for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Text of the broadcast follows:

“The German press today again discusses the reasons for the resignation of the British Secretary for War, Hore-Belisha, in a number of extensive articles.

“The newspapers express the opinion that the many reasons advanced by the British for Hore-Belisha’s resignation are nothing but attempts to camouflage and to gloss over the true state of affairs. The real reason is to be found, according to the German newspapers, in the fact the atmosphere in England in general and in the British army in particular was such that Hore-Belisha, the Jew, could no longer be maintained in such an exposed position.

“World Jewry itself wished to remove its representative from the limelight, because of the surprising development of the war. Had this war resulted in a rapid, easy victory for Great Britain, as the war-mongers had originally predicted, then Hore-Belisha would have been their man. Now, however, the responsibility for this war, the anxiety, the cares and the worries engendered by it weigh heavily on Britain. Hore-Belisha’s lack of success becomes daily more evident, in spite of his vociferous self-praise in well-organized publicity.

“The longer this war lasts the more does Jewry wish to cause the world to forget that it and nothing else was primarily to blame for its outbreak. The warmongers in Britain were therefore one with Jewry in their desire to have Hore-Belisha step into the background. The Jewish influence in England will remain unaffected, that is obvious. Jewry, however, prefers also in England to exert its influence behind the scenes, instead of giving anti-Semitic lessons to the British people so demonstratively.

“Several German papers also mention that according to Mr. Chamberlain’s letter there were no political differences between the Prime Minister and Hore-Belisha. These papers confirm this statement by the Prime Minister and enlarge upon it by pointing out that of course Mr. Hore-Belisha and Mr. Chamberlain have the same aim–the victory of the plutocratic idea. They strive for the annihilation of Germany and they do not want Jewish influence to remain so evident as it has been up to the present. Therefore Hore-Belisha had to go. He has not left for good he has only disappeared from the public eye.”