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The wedding took place at, the Peak Church yesterday afternoon.Į of Miss Edith Lewis-Bailey and Mr. 3. T. Butlin, of Messrs. Linstead and Davis.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1932.
FIRST STEPS TO DISARMAMENT
WOULD THE SCRAPPING OF HEAVY GUNS AND TANKS CRIPPLE THE POWER OF THE AGGRESSOR ?
In this article Capt. Liddell Hart
discusses what he calls a simple
plan for land disarmament.
It la natural that, the political stored the balance in favour of the
The Rev. G. E. S. Upsdell per-situation apart, a cloud of doubt defence. The machine-gun helped formed the ceremony, and Mr. H. J. and distrust hangs over the Cou to bring the surging armies to Fountain was at the organ. The ference.
For mathematical argu- standstill, and as trenches grew the duties of best man were perfromed ments of armament formulae are machine-gun ensured that more by Mr. C. J. Waddell.
not morally improving, and frac | should grow and that armies
A reception was afterward held tions lead all too easily to friction. should stay in them, unable to break at 176, The Peak, where many No method of assessing armed force the deadlock. friends drank the toast to the happy in terms of figures is likely to couple. The honeymoon is being satisfy all parties. spent at Fanling.
FUNERAL.
The Late Mr. Archibald McCallum.
LARGE ATTENDANCE.
To take one of the chief Issues -practical agreement between France and Germany over land ar maments has as yet been brought unreconciled, and no closer,
Points of view remain zeem almost
Irreconcilable.
menace
"Tin-Openera,”
·
The offensive was Important, Field guns had little effect on an entrenched enemy. So heavy artil- lery was adopted to use in the field, and multiplied. For the rest of the war attacks were only made pos aible, and mediocrely successful, by the use of masses of heavy artillery, supplemented later by ↓ new Facing Real Issues.
weapon, the tank. Only by these But are we to admit that no solu- two medna could the defensive tion of the problem of land arma- obstacle formed by trenches and The funeral of Mr. Archibald menta is possible? Must armies re-machine-guns be overcome. McCallum, Permanent Way Inspec- mala a
to neighbouring tor of the Kowloon-Canton Rail-countries? AB preliminary to an This hard truth was perceived by way, whose death was reported in answer, let us face the real issues most practical soldiers during the yesterday's China Mail, took place which divide France and Germany war-those at least who actually at the Protestant Cemetery, Happy on the question of land disarma fought. Since the war it has been Valley, last evening, the Rev, N. V. ment.
to some extent obscured by the pro- Halward officlating.
France claims, and feels, that the fessional soldier's preoccupation There was a large gathering of present scale of her army is neces with technical details and by his mourners, among whom were close sary to assure her against a fresh Indomitable optimism. friends, officials and employees of invasion. Germany has à grow- the Railway, members of the ing sense of insecurity in face of The China Mail. arose at an inquest at Hammer-Police Force, and of the P.W.D. "unlimited" armies of her
amith when the coroner pointed from
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But armies to-day are actually less capable of taking the offensive successfully than in 1918, because the proportion of machine-guns and light automatic firearms has in- creased, while heavy artillery has been. reduced.
And tanks have not been added He believed that a motorlat was
In numbers sufficient to retrieve this non-aggressive, to render them in- lay odds that failure awaits any This problem is to make armies deficiency. I should be willing to required by law to stop if he ran
capable of taking the offensive and army. which takes the offensive over a dog but, was not obliged to do so if he ran down a cat.
of invading a neighbour's country against an opponent adequately The health bulletin of Eastern with any prospect of success. If
equipped with automatic firearms. According to the Art a motor-ports for the week ended March we can do this, armles become,
So long, however, as armies retain 1st must stop and report an acci- 12, issued by the Director of in fact 118 well AA in their "tin-openers," the possibility. dent if damage or injury is caus. Medical and Sanitary Services, name, means of defence-a of aggression remains, even though The first result of an improve-i
gives the following cases— truly defensive or "police" force, the prospect is diminished. Profen- ment in world trade, it is true, would ed to any person, vehicle or
Plague.
which cannot cause
alarm or dis- sional military advisers may still animal." The word "animal" is; Bassein: 1 case,, 1 death.
quiet abroad.
be found to hold out hopes of suc- defined as any "horse, cattle, ass,
Bombay: 1 case.
The solution is one that would cess to war-minded statesmen, mili- seem to meet, and to reconcile, the tarily ignorant. Only by making chief points in both the French and the impotence of the offensive ob- the German case, and those points vious beyond concealmont can we which alone ean command respect remove this potential encourage- in other countries. The solutionment.
be the reinstatement in service of merchant ships now laid up, and a demand for new tonnage would not mule, sheep, pig, goat or dog." be forthcoming immediately. But
Those who framed the Act either
since a great many of the laid-up forgot all about Felix or came to ships fall short of the modern stan- the conclusion that, having a ||dard of speed and economy in opera-
plurality of lives, the loss of an fodd one or two would make no
difference to him.
tion, shipowners would seize the first opportunity of replacing their obsolete tonnage, and it is here that the shipyards would benefit.
According to one authority, 15,000 British and foreign ships of 30,000,- 000 tons are approaching obso lescence, the majority of which must be replaced sooner or later. Among the first batch of orders which British builders hope to secure, high-class cargo steamera and motorships of speeds well above the present average are expected to predominate.
The benevolent people who sub- scribe so liberally to Homes for cats will no doubt take this mat- ter up with the proper authorities and insist on the members of the feline tribe. being granted their proper status.
News in Brief.
The Medical Officer of Health of small-pox reported in Kowloon informs us that there was one case)
and one case of cerebrospinal fever in Hong Kong during Thursday.
Rangoon: 2 cases, 1 death. Colombe: 1 case; 1 death. Pnom-Penh: 3 cases, 3 deaths.
Cholera.
Calcutta: 32 cases, 15 deaths. Canton: 1 case, 1 death.
-Small-Pox. Suez: 3 cases. Bagdad: 1 case, 1 death. Bombay: 8 cases, 4 deaths. Calcutta: 22 cases, 14 deaths. Cochin: 2 cases, 1 death. Karachi: 4 cases, 1 death. Madras: 15 cases, 6 deaths. Moulmein: 4 cases. Rangoon: 172 cases, 61 deaths. Tuticorin: 4 cases, 4 doaths. Pondicherry: 11 cases, 7 deaths. Singapore: 1 case, 2 deaths. Salgon: 64 cases, 48 deaths. Hong Kong: 12 cases, 7 deaths. Amoy: 15 cases, 1 death. Canton: 21 cases. Shanghai: 80. cases, 15 deaths.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever. Macao: 76 cases, 30 deaths.
is simple, writ deep in the experi But to do this, and to seal the lence and conditions of modern war-
supremacy of the defensive on land, fare, but to realise its significance the nations have only to agree on we must first understand the real two things to abolish the heavy lessons.
gun and, as a secondary step, the heavy tank.
Defence and Offence. After the triumph of the Gor-
For Germany auch agreement is man army in 1870 the elder. Moltke easy, as she has foregone and fore- planned afresh to take the offen- sworn these two weapons since the sive through Lorraine in the event Versailles Treaty was made. For of war. In 1879 he tore up this France it should be easy, because plan and decided to stay on the de- she would thus prove to the world fensive against France. Why? that her army is maintained purely Because this shrewd soldier realis- to safeguard her security. And if ed that the new, fortress harrler heavy guns and tanks are abolished, along the French frontier made an her new frontier defences will auto- offensive almost hopeless.
matically acquire an unsurpassable strength.
If the nations agree to limit all artillery to a 4in. calibre, fortifiea- tion can make frontiers almost cer- tainly impenetrable to invasion.
His successors came to the same conclusion. But in 1897 Schlieffen conceived the plan of avoiding the barrier by going round, it--through neutral Belgium. For there. the Mr. and Mrs. Ogden are staying fortißed defences were relatively For to us light artillery against per-
For the theft of a mat from a in Hong Kong for a few days be motor car, belonging to Mr. F. fore continuing their tour of the Franco-Belgian from
also along the manent fortifications, or even well- Anslow, Steward of the Government East Indies. The couple will
Franco-Belgian frontier beyond, prepared field entrenchments, is like Civil Hospital, a Chinese was at the board a Dollar liner at Manila and Belgians refused a free passage.
The year 1914 came. The throwing pebbles against a wall. Central Police Court this morning, continue their trip around the what was the key that opened the sentenced to six weeks' hard labour, world after a two-week's visit...
Luxury liners will be less in de mand, owing to the completion of so many ships of this type in recent years. Eventually, however, A trade recovery would inevitably stimulate passenger traffic and lead}
Struck from behind by a motor to the building of more big liners.
While there is no suggestion of a tramcar, on which he was having a
car, after having jumped 'from
shipbuilding boom, the best au free ride, a youth, Chan Chee- thorities do not hesitate to predict cheung, aged 18 years, was removed that many berths now vacant will to the Government Civil Hospital
yesterday for treatment, i | ba occupied by new keels before the
year is out.
Traffic Problems.
Mr. M. A. Xavier, manager of Lane, Crawford's garage, at 10
a
Ten Years Ago.
[From the China Mall" of
·March 19, 1922.1
To-day's dollar is worth 2/5 9/16.
The Glen Line motor ship rbought Cross Lane, has reported to the to the Colony on Saturday two Police the loss of four batteries and Dennis Patent Turbine Fire En
radiator heater, to the total value gines, each with a 60-feet extension
places ladder, purchased by the Govern
The Home authorities, whose of $216. Mr Xavier duty it is to interpret the Road auspicion on ex-employees. Traffic Act, are constantly finding themselves involved in delightful
tangles.
Personal Pars.
ment for the Brigade at a cost of approximately $2,500 sterling each. |Of. 60-65 h.p. each they are: fitted with tanks capable of containingTM 30
gallons of water with 120 feet of
are
When first: the Act became Mr. and Mrs. Prince are en 4 Inch hose, the nozzle of which operative, there was a grave and ping over in Hong Kong for a few flow when necessary.
Singapore and are stop has hand control to shut off the
protracted discussion on the ques days. He is the director of the also atted with centr tion of pillions and pillion riding, Barraffine Company of the United pampe, nat Fengi One les
States,
was even ra the ques
Size of Tanks. Supplementary to this restriction gate? The German heavy artillery. would be one on the size of tanks. The fortresses of Liege and Namur Here the question may be asked: had fallen in turn before ita blast. "Why not the abolition of tanks?" But there was another weapon, The answer lies in the practical still fow in numbers, that soon re- (Continued on: Page 8.)
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