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The China Mail Hong Kong. Thursday. Nov. 2, 1913, The British Empire And point is instanced by the report
The League.
HERE. THERE
and
EVERYWHERE
Plan To Merge Three Armies General Weygand, Chief of, the French General Staff, is in Prague.
He has gone there to discuss in- formally the subject of military collaboration between the French and Szecho-slovakia. General Staffs in emergencies.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1933.
BRITISH ARMY IS UNREADY
MECHANISATION NOT
MODERN ENOUGH
France will cultivate her friende of the Little Entente even more as- Biduously than hitherto if ans prac officers tical steps are taken to implement
The
DEFICIENCY IN TANKS
(By. Captain Liddell Hart.).
general verdict among pressed a similar view in equally terms. Unfortunately, who watched the
Army emphatic
gard for their own careers hinder them from stating the facts openly..
a proposal which the Entente Mini-exercises of 1933 seems to be that service tradition and a natural re eters discussed at Sinais,'
it was one of the dullest years since This project is the unification of the war. I do not entirely agreo.
three small
the armies of the Pawers-Jugo-slavia.
kia, and Rumania.
Czecho-slova-
Their Military Strength.
They seem also to fear the effect. The onlooker proverbially sees of the truth on the morale of the most of the game, and for those young soldiers, who would have to bear the brunt if war came. There' who came to find an answer to the is also an instinctive aversion from
The proposal was first made some question whether our Army is it disclosing the hollowness of the months ago.
The fact that it has for modern war, the results of their structure to the outside public. been raised afresh has caused
Thus they cling to the hope of
no
an unforseeable windfall from the surprise in Paris, since the Little observation were undoubtedly dis-
that might enable public purso, Entente States have already agreed appointing.
To anyone who paused to reflect them to modernise the Army's to co-ordinate their political and economic activities..
on the lessons of the last war, let equipment. There are many
Бед
from deter
A merger of their armies would
administrative fetters, to practically alter the balance of mili-jalone the portants of the future, the mental attachments, apart
It would atmosphere of the operations was them from making radical improve- tary power in Europe. give them an army even larger than often blatantly unreal. France's have conscription, and their trained
own.
All three nations
Iments on the present money at the
But for the participants, especi-expense of existing interests and
reserves are therefore limited only ally the regimental officers and unitsas would be inevitable.
by their man-power.
Their standing armies time are as follows:
Jugo-slavia 211,307:
men, this year brought a welcome' in peace development of interest. In busily
G
Mechanization Held Back
are
There are certainly some among carrying out their part they could our military chiefs who might have the resolution to make the neces- free And forget the bigger issues.
sary changes, if they had a Rumonia 240,501: Czecho-slovakia 141,696.
their part was busier than usual. hand. But they do not enjoy this. The
Internal difficulties The total is 693,234 men.
One should not forget that the and the
jsuch that one conservative soldier French "metropolitan" army-that vance that a favourable result is, troops stationed in France-con-large exercises which give practice can out-weigh the efforts of threa
strategie progressives. jcould not be reached, even if allsists of 340,637 men, and the total to the staff, and have
Colonial appeal to the onlooker, are apt to It is a commonplace among the other Powers were in accord. French Army, including This kind of difference in, view-forces, of 678,900 men.
be depressingly tedious to the rank soldiers that no great reform can be All three Little Entente Armies
carried through except by the poli- and and file. that the election of the High are well-equipped with tanks
tical chief-and then only at the artillery. In addition, Commissioner for South Africa modern
A Scope For Battle Craft rare intervals when a Cardwell or Haldane arises. To-day, after a in London (Mr. C, T, te Water) Jugoslavia has 568 airplanes, Rou-
The staff feel that they
long lapse, there is a Secretary of The opening session of the as President of the Assembly may mania 773 and Czecho-slovakia 546,
The French air manœuvring B body thousands state of high capacity in Lord Häll- fourteenth Assembly of the have considerable influence in a total of 1887.
The progressive element, process of envelopment and the which includes the bulk of the younger soldiers under 50, is wist- opposing headquarters' anxiety.
fully hoping that he will and time
are
League of Nations at Geneva was affecting Australia's candidature strength is 2,280 military machines.strong; the onlooker sees the whole sham.
*
menace
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•
Football With Tears
political While the eyes of the
surveys
an event whose importance mas for a seat on the Council in suc- casily be under-estimated Not-cession to the Irish Free State. ably the retiring president (M.This implies no affront to Aus Ludwig Mowinckel. Premier of tralia, since any opposition in' Norway), in his review of the not to that country as such, but world are fixed on Vienna, the Vien-But many of the men in the ranks among his many activities to give
for hours in boredoin and have then, Army. world outlook, expressed regret because it is a part of the Bri- nese themselves have been watching merely know that they have sat still his attention to the state of the Meantime the causes of depres- thet little progress had been tish Empire. From the outset a football match.
Sixty thousand of them asacm-marched weary miles in a sweating!
afon are accumulating, Most pro- made since the Great War to-lof the League's activities there
minent is the paucity of modera wards securing a better under- has been opposition to the ad-bled to see their countrymen defeat column with a "closeup" of Lae
the the Italians in the Bnal of
equipment. standing between nations. Yet mission of the dominions as set Mitropa Cup, a trophy which car-next man's neck for picture.
It was argued
The so-called "programme of to regard the proceedings of the arate members,
This year, however, especially for League as unprofitable is not that this was tantamount to giv-ries with it the club chumpionship
of Europe.
the Aldershot troops, there has mechanisation" has been practical- We only to adopt an attitude of ing Great Britain not one vote.)
The game was war with boots in- been a real infusion of individually at a stand-still for years. jundur pessimism, but also to as every other nation enjoys, but stead of rifles, Two Italians were interest. The guerilla exercises of have only enough artillery to pro- gave the junfor vide a thin barrage for one infan- deny the world's capacity to pro-several, represented by her own
those of the off the field for fouling. After the 1st Division gress. The fear of the possibi-together with
the scoring of the first Austrian leader and man a scope for battle-try battalion out of twelve in lity of war, also said M. dominions admitted as full mem- Mowinckel, which it had beenbers. Such an attitude, although goal the Italian goalkeeper fell on craft such as he has never enjoyed divisien, and, even so, the difficulty
on such a scale. The three week's of reconclling protracted
2nd methods with mobile operations is hoped the League would banish, understandable, overlooks three the ground and "wept bitterly."
When the cup was being present-leontinuous campaign of the One is that was ever hanging as a constant important factors.
ed he had not recovered from his Division of Salisbury Plain, in generally recognised. of the no other nation has been over the future
Machine-Guns And Tanks emotion. With a loud sob he buried wire-encircled camps liable to raids and nations. IL was natural. but greater apostle of peace
use of holly unfair, to blame the progress than Great Britain, and League, and it was the primary there is no reason to suppose that
tanks. Yet we have still only one ank battalion for each division. To duty of members of the League her policy will change, particu-|
make the deficiency worse, unlike to strengthen its credit in the tarly as all her interests favour
In the 3rd Division, the men of the chief armies abroad we have Stage jakes in Munich nowadays In other its continuance. The second is Jeyes of the world.
with politics. the 7th Infantry Brigade had all
gone back to our pre-war propor worde, another session has just that Great Britain has from the are heavily sauced
Lion anti-the fun that comes from being the
of Infantry surely a mont commenced of the one institu- first been the principal supporter These jokes have a
provided with fronical reflection on our ability to tion in existence with the neces of the League, and has been res-Austrian flavour, and are not very only brigade now
equipment. If the
learn from hard experience. sary machinery for establishing ponsible to a great extent for its subtle. Neither fact aurprises mat, modern
Moreover, all the medium tanks. The third factor is, as goodwill among peoples, and so survival
Typical of these jokes is a scene Division was more bare then the to take a long step in the direc-"The Daily Express" remarks, showing a schoolmaster teaching others of such up-to-date tools, it in our four battalions are of a ten- Five years ago, we tion of solving the problems that "the British Empire is lead-class. He asks his pupils: What at least had the compensation of year-old type. which Lo-day bewilder the world ing the world out of the depres- is the animal which is small, black, working in "Infantry country," hurried on the manufacture of a where the old-style fighting man much improved machine in order to Admittedly, the League has so ston. For no nation or group of and apita venom?
does not feel so helpless in face of get it out before the old machines far failed to achieve the results nations can show the same rate There le a moment's silence.
were worn out. Now it is being, Then the bright boy of the clase machine-weapons, confidently expected of it; never- of progress." and, in proof of
mooted that these Ave years older Needed Changes Delayed theless, it has been responsible this, figures are quoted to show raises his hand. "I know, teacher," for a great deal of useful work in that almost every part of the he says, "Dollfuss."--
It is only when one rises above tanks should be kept on for an-
other five years! And the batta many fields, the importance of Empire has increased its exports. The stolid
the dust of "dog-fights,” and lions are not even complate in which is in no way lessened by The British Empire, therefore, rocks with laughter.
visualises the possibility that our light tanks yet, the fact that it has not been provides an assurance upon loudly broadcasted. Moreover, which the League may build, and
to criticise the League for tail-fear that Britain will obtain, too
his face in his hands and run from day or night, brought an exhilarat- An alternative is the
the room.
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•
Humour In Bavaria
strong
Bavarian
audience
ing atmosphere of active service to men few of whom are old enough to remember the war.
4th
Facts You Did Not might have to take the fold It is the more ominous because na It is to-day, that one feels the even those who cling to the beller Know.
full force of the depression in the that guns will knock out fast-mor- atmosphere..
ing tanke have come to admit the
ure in great matters is a reflec- great a dominance would appear tlon rather on certain member to be based rather upon con- nations than on, the institution siderations, of self-interest than Venezuela has built a modern Not long ago an emirent com-difficulty of finding any other than, itself, since it reste on a princi- upon concern for the world in highway over the Andes mountains mander described our existing divi- the tank solution of knocking out. ple self-evident in the history of general, Especially, is this so if that rises to an altitude of 14,000 sions a no better than suicide the infantry-killing machine-guns,
(Continued on · Page 18,)' civilisation, namely, that much one remembers that decisions of feet to connect with a similar road clubs." Other generals have cx-1 more is to be gained by rational the League are not laws passed in Colombia.
co-operation than by costly and and enforceable by a sovereign
.:
anarchical competition. As The State, but merely resolutions A thermometer for stirring melt- Times remarks: "It is indeed arrived at after discussion being solder includes a pointer to show strange that, while every sort of tween both interested and dis the correct temperature at which International, Jamboree, whether interested parties so as to pro- the solder should be kept for most of scouts, athletes, or men of vide to bases for agreements be efficient work science, is habitually, hailed as an tween tree, and equal nations on ta
axcellent occasion for the im- matters in dispute between them. India is estimated to consume provement of International rela-As Mr. S. M. Bruce recently more than ave billion yards of cot- tions, doubt regularly is cast said, "the League has survived ton cloth annually, of which about upon the usefulness of the dis the perils that beset its In-one half is produced in milis in that cussions at Geneva. Yet the es fancy, and has gone a long way country.. sential usefulnes of the Lengue towards fulfilling the main pur
Assembly is to bring together pose its founders, set before it, A chemical test to indicate how the leaders of all nations, many namely, the promotion of inter-long fresh fals will remain in mar of whom have no other oppor national co-operation and the katable condition has been devised fuunity of meeting It, how achievement of international by the United States Bureau of erer, as M, Mowinckel said, refer, peace and security The press Fisheries.
ring to the World Economic Con-ing need of the moment in con-
ference and the Disarmament certed international action, And An electric lamp to be attache Conference, the great nations whether this is possible depends a patients lower jaw, Bas cama to such conferences with in my opinion, upon fuller ap vented to illuminate the inte views that were difficult to repreciation of what international his mouth wit concile, it might be stated in ad-
Hoparation egally means,
dan
EUROPEAN RIVIERA,