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MIRROR OF WORLD
OPINION
RECONSTRUCTION
The members of a Government im- mersed in the tasks of the war can- not themselves give much time to such questions as reconstruction. But they can delegate to responsible and public-spirited
men the task
of
watching the changing situation, pre- paring plans and creating a skeleton organization, so that the transition to peace, when it comes, may be intelli gently directed, and the unique op- |portunities of that critical moment
may be used to the utmost.
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Democracy, which is proving itself efficient in war, will again be trial when it has to reconstruct the peace. The Allies already have to -face the fact that success at home will be the condition of success in the international sphere-Christian Science Monitor.
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LABOUR AND
THE WAR
between Russia
and Germany is entirely another matter, and if Sir Stafford is seeking to justify the Soviet on the score of fear of Ger- many, that is entirely different. though even here It must be pointed out with all emphasis that at least on the face of things Germany and Russia are at present in the closest bonds of amity. The Soviet in their invasion of Finland embarked upon a pro- gramme of grab according to best Nazi models and there" pace Sir Stafford it has to be left.-North China Daily News.
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LOST POWER
TO IMPRESS
the
But while hysterics are rightly dis- trusted by the democratic countries, they swell the shricking notes of Hitler's bankrupt oratory. His harp- ing on the threadbare themes of "living space" and "encirclement" cannot hide the Inability of Germany A vigorous and effective Labour to see the war through to a success- party is essential to the strength and ful finish. The Fuehrer finds him- the health of the nation both during self to-day in the position of a man and after the war. The principles who has made rash promises which for which it stands are vital.
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Mr. he is unable to full His denuncia- Greenwood puts the case for those tion of Great Britain reminds one principles very well. He shows that forcibly of similar fulminations the determination to resist Hitler is against Soviet Russia. Meanwhile the an integral part of the faith and will cordial reception planned in Berlin that made the working classes struggle, for Mr. Sumner Welles seems to in- and struggle with great success, dicate anxiety to propitiate a power- against conditions that enslaved them ful neutral and clutch at any at home. He has a happy descrip- sibility of an escape from certain de- tion of the trawler crews that sweep feat. The war of words and the war up mines, showing that they do this of nerves have both lost their power not merely because they are bred to to impress.-Ceylon Observer. the sea and its delights and dangers but because they would sail the seven. geas seventy times rather than knuck- le down to a system that would make them galley-slaves. In urging the prosecution of the war the Labour party has against it the pacifist tradi-
Mr. Churchill introduced anim- tion that everybody respects as well portant aspect of Britain's war effort as the less respectable dislike of the when he declared in his speech hardships of war and the new Com- Manchester that "more than a million munist logic. On the other hand, the women must enter war industry." In dislike of injustice and oppression is an ensuing controversy some trade- deeper in the working classes than in unionists in Britain, notably the en- any other part of the community, and it is a great source of strength to the party-Manchester Guardian.
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· UNHAPPY INTERVIEW
Despite all the abhorrence
THE WOMEN'S ROLE
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gineers, have protested that the men now unemployed should be given work before the question of placing women in factories is raised. This may be true enough, but it is evident. that, at the present rate of industrial expansion, the residue of unemploy- ed male workers will soon be absorb- . which 'ed, and that women will need to the Left is supposed to have for the make good the labour shortages in application of force in. the settle-.the wartime economy. Under con-. ment of international disputes, Sir ⚫ditions of "total" warfare it is. ob- Stafford Cripps expresses every sym- vious that the women of Britain, re- pathy with the Russians in their de- presenting half of the nation's po- sire to establish new frontiers, al- pulation, cannot be left unmobilised. though he could not agree with the In the last war British women won stupid way in which they were at a new prestige and status for their tempting to make them.. The Soviet, sex by the splendid way in. he contenidad, was concerned with the possibility of Fin-. Land being used as a base for some other Power in the event of the Euro- pear war. taking a certain tullest turn, What
Obviously they dé- sire no extension of their fronts other than is forced upon.
ANTITHESIS OF NAZI GERMANY · ·
The British Empire is the vory anti-thesis of Nazi Germany In conception of life. The rule of all It stands for and in all its
the Gestapo and the rubber trùn- choon; "torture" and the lash will never hold away here.-Mr. An- thony Eden,
which they performed multifarious tasks in the national service, which for- merly had been regarded as exclu- sively within the masculine sphere.
In all manner o tions production to army transport, they proved: the possession of pre-
in
Allies
them, and to suggest that they viously un-suspected abilities. To- would willingly go to war with day their aid will be equally neces- Russia for the purpose of desary, Germany has lost no time feating Germany is to suggest that calling up women to serve in war- they would lightly increase the num- time establishments, and the ber of their enemies. It has to be cannot do less. In Australia, first remembered that there was no Allied the threat and then the outbreak of threat to Russia so long as it kept war brought enthusiastic offers of out of Finland, and that country did service from numerous women's or、 not appeal for active assistance, and ganisations, and to day women ot suggest that any other explanation working busily to provide necessities could meet the case. I to end the and comforts for the Red Soviet with a prescience event the fighting Services Cross and alla for new and more strenuous, efforts, Australian women, too will have opportunity to play an in- creasingly importa rola in its pro vent of hostilities “secution Sydney Morning Herald.
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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 20, 1940
Four Hour Bombing Raid On German Shore Bases R.A.F. REPRISAL FOR SCAPA FLOW
HITLER MAY TALK BRENNER TO REICHSTAG
Amsterdam, To-day. Hitler may summon the Relch- stag in the next few days to hear the result of the Bronner meet- ing, it is learned from a Berlin source.
The decision probably depends on the final message from Rome after Signor Mussolini's farewell talk with Mr. Sumner Welles.—-—--- Router.
AMAZING INCIDENT
IN HARBOUR
Án extraordinary ---- incident aboard the O.S.K. ship, Shirogani Maru, was officially revealed this morning.
A Chinese police constable, No. 41, attached to Yaumati police station, was arrested on board the ship by the Japanese in Hong Kong harbour and detained on board for 24 hours.
The vessel arrived from Canton it
4 p.m. on March 17.
not released
was
March 18,
The constable until 5 p.m. on
The man concerned had been
on
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LONDON, TO-DAY.
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE LAST NIGHT CARRIED
GAYDA
OUT DEADLY REPRISALS FOR THE RECENT ON PEACE
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AN
-GERMAN AIR ATTACK ON SCAPA FLOW.
UNREMITTING ATTACK ON THE ISLAND OF SYLT, DIRECTED AGÁINST HORNUM, THE GER- MAN SHORE AIR BASE, AND THE HINDEN- BURG DAM, COMMENCED AT EIGHT P.M. AND WAS STILL IN PROGRESS AT MIDNIGHT, Up to that time, observers on the Danish coast and on a nearby Danish island had counted more than 80-high explosive bomb blasts, explosions which were heard as far away as the middle of Jutland, indicating the great weight of the missiles. According to Danish reports, the raid, the biggest ever witnessed, in- volved the whole of the German coast- al area from the Danish border to the River Elbe.
The whole sky was lit up by the auccessive explosions of the British bombs, the flare of German search- lights and concentrated fire of Ger- man anti-aircraft batteries flashing In the sky.
According to an official Air Minis-
try communique, based upon a wire- less report from one of the raiders, Hornum was severely damaged.
Dive Bombing
Watchers on the Danish coast stated that the raid began with a dive bomb- ing attack by two British planes, which swooped right down on their objective and, dropped eight bombs which caused terrific explosions.
This attack caught the German de- fences napping, but as more planes leave to Canton to get married and came in relays, and the raid continu- was returning with mother.
his wife and
ed with increasing intensity, all the resources of German ground defences When the Shirogani Maru berthed, came into play, although, curiously he discovered that one of his suit-enough, there are no reports yet of any cases was missing, and while search- ing for it, was arrested, put into a cabin and locked in.
His mother reported to the police, the who sent a European officer to
Later, ship. Release was refused.
the Japanese Consul personally went to the ship and also failed to obtain the man's release.
At 11 p.m. the police sent a squad of men to the wharf to prevent the ship from leaving.
8 a.m. The ship due to leave at did not sail until 5 p.m. after the cap- tain had handed over the constable to the authorities.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr. T. H. King, stated that the matter had been reported to the Government and he did not desire to discuss the legal aspects of the Japanese action.
AWAITING DETAILED REPORT
The Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith, Colo- nial Secretary, told the "China Mail" that the Government were awaiting a detailed report on the incident from the police before deciding what tion, if any, was necessary.
combats in the air.
At about ten o'clock, the objective of the attack, according to watchers, was switched from Hornum to the Hindenburg Dam which connects the Island of Sylt to the mainland. Many heavy bombs were dropped, but nothing is likely to be known of the effects until dawn.-Havas.
Alr Ministry Statement
London, To-day.” The Air Ministry, announcing that Air Force had attacked and the severely damaged the German air base at Hornum on the island of Sylt-last night, added that this was one of the shore bases, from which enemy aircraft operate against the British naval forces and merchant shipping. This attack, the statement adds, fol- lowed the attack upon our own shore base in the Orkneys.
The attack was quickly announced, in the House of Commons, by the Air Minister, Sir Kingsley Wood, who said that the report was based upon a wire- ac-less message received from one of the
leading machines, that The Japanese Consul stated the constable was not detained by the captain of the ship, but by the They ac-. Japanese military guard. cused him of "rude behaviour.""
AUBREY HAMMOND PASSES AWAY
London, To-day The death has, occurred of Aubrey Hammond, the well-known artist and
the pioneer stage designer, and camouflage.
He stated that he understood that attack was still continuing,
the Reuter.
German Version
Berlin, To-day, The German High Command is do- ing its best to minimise the raid on Sylt. The official news agency says that one British bomber was brought down, and adds that a house was bet afire, otherwise there was no
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Signor Gayda - warns his readers against speculations on the decisions taken at the Brenner Pass talks.
In connection with peace, he says that no government has yet asked for. The the services of a peace-maker. talks had two well defined 'alms-
1. The construction of a more just Europe based on equality of right; and 2. The protection of Italian Inter- eats in the new Europe, alongside the
protection of German rights.-Router.
A convoy of 11 buses and 2 lorries arrived on Monday night with about 400 old men, war), a further 450,000 people are. women and children from the to leave their homes in the border border regions. They were regions.
The Finnish military authorities amazed at the bright lights have decided that for the time being in the capital.
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FRANCE KNOWS THIS IS REAL WARFARE
FOR HER
ARMIES
It has become the fashion to speak. of this works. In the last resort they must retire struggle as a "fuhhy war." Some people over and behind them, leaving the "fortress say that it has not yet started; some hazard troops" (to, take care of themselves as best the opinion that it may never start.`
they may. Others, like a distinguished French com mander in the field with whom I talked last week, will tell you bluntly, "We lost this war when Hitler gained his Polish living space. That is no reason why we should not plan and prepare to win the next."*
I should like to dispose of those first con, ceptions by giving some account of aspects of the war which I have seen with my own eyes; notably in the course of a visit which, thanks to the courtesy and comradeship of the French Government, brought a small party of Englishmen into personal contact with war's realities in France.
In that thought we may find, by implica- tion, an insight into the task allotted to the proud technicians who man this astonishing system of defences. They may nofther ad- vance nor retire., The battleships in which they live, and wait to perform the active functions of defence, are aground. Night and day for them 'are the same, for both are electrically illuminated. And when they move they do só by lift and by tram-up to 15 and more kilometres at a stretch-whist- ling along the well-lit tunnels at a speed that takes away the breath of the visitor.
This "funny war" has started; not only
NO BLACK-OUT. on the sea and in the air, but on the land,
These aro the defensive gunners of and one purpose here is to write about France. Efficient? They are French gun- France and dispel the illusion-if such efists ners.
their Just watch them at work in which the laconic communiques of the casemates and turrets. Healthy and cheer- French General Stoff may tend to create, ful? Meet them in their crowded canteen that the land armies, safe in the great line of an evening. Proud? They are the stand- of sunken concreted fortifications or coming defence of their country. They have fortable in the bistros and billets which, lie belilnd, are as yet making no contribution of nerve.or body to the trial of strength with the old enemy,
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PROWLING BY NIGHT "There were contacts between our patrols and those of the enemy. An attempted enemy raid on our lines was repulsed,"
Nothing very sensational in that, you may say. Perhaps not; but come with me to the battalion headquarters of the unit concerned somewhere on the wooded slopes of the Vosges.
been waiting in peace for the challenge of war. Yes, they certainly are proud; from colonel to tram driver, from battery com- mander to mess watter.
Motor back with me through the fast ris-
floods ing floods of a quick thaw;
that threaten to compel an enforced night on the
-By- VICTOR GORDON LENNOX
road-roads apparently trangely deserted, for France does not advertise that an army several millions strong is concentrated in these back areas.
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Snow lles deep on the ground and over all a strange, eerie allence prevails. We shall visit an outpost 175 yards from the frontier. To do so we must traverse several kiome tres of woodland trail. We shall be preced- ed and flanked by a strong patrol. We must take advantage of ground and cover, avoid bunching together and hold our tongues. It is necessary to take certain precautions, we are told by the battalion commander who accompanies us. German patrols may have slipped through unperceived. A younger officer confides that only yesterday, a short distance from. where we stand, the Germans had succeeded in capturing two members of a similar patrol. And this is one of the crack battalions of the French Army.
Watch the men advancing ahead and on elther hand. Swiftly, silently, watchfully; making good each yard as they go; pausing every 50 yards or so, dropping to the ground, each man to his allotted role so that every angle and avenue of approach is, covered by rifle or quick-firing weapon,
Look at the faces of these men and In a flash you will realise that this is no practice field -exercise. By night and by day they have been this way before and they have learned that behind each innocent-looking *- I am inclined to think that it is a combina- tree may lurk "the enemy" and in a trice they may be confronted with the issues of life or death.
You will be struck by the extent to which the French army still relies on the horse to carry up supplies to the forward positions. And if your eyes are bright you will be struck by the formidable assemblage of which to feed them. It may seem to you guns on every hand and of the shells with
headlights on the car within a few Idlo- strange that your chauffeur has blazing
metres of the frontler; you may recall your last trip down an English country lane. I
can offer no explanation, unless it be that the French are more thrifty of human life
or more courageous-than the British
tion of courage and common sense. You see, France is at war and "le black-out". makes for inefficiency. It means crashes on the roads and slows down production in the factories.
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air
I asked the managing director of a. great engineering firm which night and day is turning out tanks for the French Army what raids. His answer, in brief, was that the precautions were taken against night workpeople in the factories France in exactly the same way as the were serving soldiers at the front. If they, were killed in
'LINE NOT THEIR REFUGE 'These men are man-hunting. Week after week, night and day, working back and forth through no man's land or maintaining. contact, between the lightly dug-in outposts. And always in silence. For two weeks on end the young, second lieutenant whom, we find in charge of the outpost section, less than 200 yards from the toad that marks the frontier, will share with his men the strain of this 'strange hide-and-seck warfare.
"A quiet night" may suddenly be shatter-the. performance of their duty it would be ed by the arrival in and around his little regrettable. Mais, c'est la guerre. open earthwork of two score of hand gren- ades. Or he may hear in the darkness the stealthy movement of. German feet as an enemy patrol allps past 100 yards away, working to his rear.
The factory could not be fully blacked out and to stop work every time the sirens were sounded in the neighbouring city would be · to handicap production. The firm had its own lookout on the roof, and the lights were
put out only if he considered that the enemy
was approaching dangerously near.
On the banks of the Rhine there stands.
His is the responsibility to determine his right course of action. Next week he may. be heading a similar patrol slipping through another symbol of sacriace. In the streets the German advance posts. They go every of the proud and beautiful city of Stras- day. ("One must know what the enemy is up to, you see," explains the commanding they could carry with them, the 170,000 in- bourg. Six months ago, taking only what officer.) when this commanding officer, of great experience; tells me that in his view the strain of this shadow warfare is greater even than that of suffering the shelling ha- zards of the Western, Front in 1914-18, 1 believe him,
habitants put up the shutters and, under Government orders, moved away to distant parts of France. On guard at the Rhine bridgehead, now heavily fortified, is a de tachment under command of a reserve offi- Behind, these men ife the great fortifica silent, shuttered streets. Were he to open cer whose home. Les somewhere in thosê tions of the Maginot Line. Comforting thought, you may say. "Possibly; but re the front door with his latch-key he would member also that if they are driven back find the telephone still working, the electric to "the Maginot Line" they cannot take lights in order and water flowing when. he refuge in those great, confidence-inspiring
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