THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 29, 1940
"TIMES" CALL FOR GENERALISSIMO
CONCENTRATION OF POWER IN ONE COMMAND
London, To-day.
WHAT IS STILL LACKING and all important is that the combination of all elements for defence and offence must be effected,' writes "The Times," and no consideration of vested interests must be tolerated. There must be a concentration of single power in one command. As things are now, strictly military calculations predominate. There can be no clean-cut line between military and civil respon- sibility.
The "generalissimo” should have tage figures show that there is now a powers to match his responsibility, Hereal move on. must be able to demand the evacua- Also heartening is the news of the tion of exposed areas and make public part played by the factories in the services. comply with defence needs. Dominions and the United States. Can- He must correlate the activities
ada
and Australia, especially, are the three Services,
working under full pressure.-Reuter.
of
At present. no authority has these powers. In theory, they are vested in the Prime Minister, but no one would dream of the Prime Minister exercising such powers on his own account. The question rather is, upon whom should they devolve, un- der the general direction of the Prime Minister and his War Ca- binet?
Call For Action
Should they be given to someone like General Ironside or some Minis- ter of Home Defence with direct call on the Prime Minister? Whoever it is, says "The Times," the public call for action and would be willing to put up with abnormal restraints and wide powers beyond normal adminis- tration.
The Minister of Supply's account of his first few weeks of office is taken up by the "Daily Telegraph," which says that it is encouraging to learn that the output of certain guns has risen by 228 per cent and of some am- munition by 420 per cent.
Real Move On
Without knowledge of the real quan-
LATEST WAR OFFICE CASUALTY LIST
London, To-day.
A War Office casualty list contains 194 names, 23 of which are officers.
The list is made up of eight killed, eight died of wounds, 123 wounded, 28 missing, 11 died, 14 previously reported missing now reported prisoner of war, one previously reported miss- ing now reported not missing. ter.
Reu-
MESSENGER STRIKE
Shanghai, To-day. The local office of Reuter was with- The out messenger boys yesterday. messengers demanded an increase of salary. The matter was still unset- Our Own Córres- tled last night. pondent.
RICE LOOTING IN SHANGHAI
Shanghai, To-day,
Looting of rice-shops occurred in
tities, it would be unwise to exagger- the western part of Shanghai yester- ate the significance of these figures, day. Police dispersed the looters. but what matters is that the percen- l'Our Own Correspondent.
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