Screeching Newspaper
p. 31 · Read in the full issue
Finds Revolt
In The Solomons
J JNDER huge black headings (“Japs Arm Natives —Alarm Spreading in Solomons”) a Sydney newspaper on July 26 announced that Asian Communists are secretly arming cannibalistic savages in the Solomon Islands with modern rifles and automatic small-arms; that missionaries report the “Marching Rule” is spreading unrest among 70,000,000 islanders north of Aus tralia; that Naval Intelligence officers are “concerned”; that planters fear uprisings and violence; that “Marching Rule” continues to gain ground, with a threat of armed violence. And so forth.
There is not a word of truth in the absurd story; but it is typical of the rubbish with which Aus tralia’s more sensational newspapers seek to tickle the ears of their credulous readers.