THE CHINA MAID, JULY 31, 1940
CHINA MAIL
WINDSOR HOUSE
INDO-CHINA TO-DAY
Vice-Admiral J. Decoux has assumed office as Gov- ernor-General of Indo- China and economic mat- ters affecting the future of that country are now receiving close attention. In the re-adjustment that must take place it is cer- tain that Japan will play| an important part. Japan is in a very favourable position to establish some- thing near approaching economic mastery of the country. It may be in- tended that this should last only until the end of the war, but experience] firing practice whilst at speed. (Air Mall). shows that once intimate economic relations be-l tween two countries have been established, it is fai from easy to return to an earlier state of affairs. Yet
Among Home Defence precautions are those being taken at a riverside works where "parashot" patrol has been organised by a firm and employees are doing duty in rotation. All men have been supplied with a uniform. Photo shows some of the motor boat parashooters at
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By "Civis"
Lion Has Wings
Hitler & History
Berlin
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Four years ago in discussing the problem of Nation-
al Socialism and Europe with à leading German historian the pre- sent writer was given this CX- planation: "You of the Western democracies will never understand ei her National Socialism or the German character unless you constantly remember that Ger- many is still seething with resent- ment that its own national de- velopment was frustrated af a time when Spain, Portugal, France und Bri.ain were establishing their oversças 'empires."
These words which are parti- cularly apposite during the pre- ent struggle for Western civilisa- tion were given a more direct Horm in Hitler's proclamation to This troops at the beginning of the German offensive against the Low Countries. The hour has come for, the decisive battle for the future of the German nation, For 300 years the rulers of England and France have made it their aim prevent any real consolidation of Europe and above all to keep Germany weak and helpless."
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Hitler, therefore, according his own proclamation, attempts to justify the present spread of death and destruction as an avenging of alleged wrongs of three cen-
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peals to their sense of shaine, to XVI and Napoleon, and that Ger- heir ill-treatment after the last man historians have admitted that war by the Treaty of Versailles, it was British policy which dcs- He rouses hate, he appeals to troyed such attempts.
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By R.A. Scott-James,
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to-day French Indo-China Bartimeus the well-known to join together in face of such it will emerge triumphant when turies ago. His interpretation of has little alternative. With writer on naval matters in des-great odds, and prove the absolute the greater struggle comes. the capitulation to Ger-ers through Dunkirk
ribing the evacuation from Flan-unity of purpose and determina- The great feat that was achiev_history during this period which
said that tion of the whole people.
ed epitomises the character of the from an Anglo-French conspiracy presents Germany suffering many and Italy of Petain's he was lef. with one very sure It is strange that it should re-jeffort that is being made in
conviction namely government and the in-ould not lose this war, not un-the greatest virtue of the race.man leader trains the nation
the to keep it weak and helpless re- the Britain quire war to bring to full bloom British Empire to-day. The Ger-quires no refutation. It need clusion therefore of ess the British Expeditionary This battle was the
to only be said that during these. prelude of fight. He uses every form of pre-years Britain was mainly engaged France within the area was obliterated, together with that fed, but no one who reads the re-tial spirit of the people. He ap-European hegemony under Louis Force that gallant army of 335,000 the greater battle yet to be decid-paration that will rouse his mar-in preventing French attempts at blockaded by the British air force that protected in the Navy, it is impossible for skies, and the navy of a thousand ships that shielded and ferried there to be any continua-hem across the straits back tion of the trade between The story when pieced togther the spirit of the nation, its cour-by his slogans. The country
England.
ports can fail to be assured that their greed. He enjoins loyalty In reality the Nazis, and with, French Indo-China and will be the finest chapter in Engage and its cheerful willingness to beflagged with that
is the many other Germans, are weird the mother country. Thisish history for never has it been co-operate and rush towards
and angered because the internal war- the mystical symbol the possible on any previous
Swastika, fare of the Thirty Years War pre- is a serious blow to the sion, for so many diverse elements est, gives the best guarantee that inany's great destiny. He has pro- occa-spot where the danger was great-and constant reminders of Ger- economy of French Indo-
duced a nation in arms, and their! China as may be seen from
profession is arms. It is all very! efficient and powerful while it a study of trade statistics.
advancing and its nature is such vented Germany from becoming a that it must In a recent year French
advance for it is "nation state" strong enough The Royal Air Force has proved remain airworthy.
geared to a spirit that cannot even participate in colonial expansion Indo-China's exports were
temporarily retreat.
at the start. Undoubtedly, that valued at 1,681.9 million the more numerous aircraft of the vice aircraft that has a compar
its superior quality in combat with Probably the only German ser-
It can brook no reverses.
in war might have ended 1634 Well Britain has
rather than fourteen years later francs of which more than enemy.
spent had not Cardinal Richelieu pro- able_range is the Dornier 18 Fly-nine-tenths of its revenue in half, worth 922.7 million shown by the casualty lists. H.A.F. non-stop.
The proof of this quality ising Boat which can fly 3,000 miles peace-lime for war purposes. She
longed it in order to further weak- But the top speed o:has never regarded fighting, as the it would appear that Hitler
en the House of Hapsburg. And francs, went to France pilots and crews have Jought this aircraft is only_181 m.p.h. normal occupation of a people. and goods valued at 102.6 fought before, but their casualties lington.
narder than airmen have ever against the 205 mph. of the Wel- She has pursued her daily task seeking vengeance for Imillion francs went to have been surprisingly light.
in business and in industry while seeing that when that catas- British Hampden and Whitley seeking social betterment, for she the Peace of Westphalia, a decisive trophic war 'did actually end in French colonies.
For every British aircraft lost bombers are also in a class That in aerial
believed in progress, and in by combat, four enemy themselves. Some months ago leaves less than 600 mil-planes have
a higher destiny for her own peo-man Empire, from which it never blow was struck at the Holy Ro- been shot down. Whitley bomber flew across the ple, for the Empire and for the lion francs worth of trade Enemy losses to the R.A.F. and North Sea almost in defiance
recovered. offworld. anti-aircraft fre in May alone the laws of aerodynamics. The with other countries and totalled 2,100 aircraft. The French aircraft was returning from a re-regarded the nation as decadent, step towards a
Because she did that Germany Yet it was as a very definite restoration that part of this is no longer gian gunners have
Air Force and the Dutch and Bel-connaissance flight over Germany.governed by plutocrats, pleasure-Herr Hitler invaded the Low
dorie practicable since it was work too.
good Heavy anti-aircraft fire had been toying and ripe for dismember-Countries and France.' His dream encountered, The port. wing had ment. Then this estimate had to of expansion was put into words trade with Denmark, the British Spitfires and Hurri-been stripped of fabric from the be revised when war was declar-at the Party Congress at Nurem-
canes have proved more than Netherlands, Belgium and match for Germany's best.
leading edge back to the aileron. ed since no nation, corrupted by berg in September, 1988, when he The The pilot said that the machine luxury would deliberately sacri- said "The Holy Roman Empire other European countries Deflant, the newest British fighter, was hard to handle, but he had fice its pleasures for years
is faster and more powerful still. not realised the
of begins to breathe again which are now occupied THE NEW DEFIANT FIGHTER damage until he had landed safely monger was added to the word for a long time. The
extent of the suffering, and so the word war-Germanic Reich has slumbered by the Germans.
This new aircraft is a 2-seater at his Statión.
plutocrat. It was wrongly as- people have now awakened fighter. The air-gunner sits be- DEFENCE IN FORMATION sumed that the nation was mat- Laken This is Japan's oppor-hind the pilot and controls a pow-
the thousand-year-old The heavy armour of British erialistic and too wedded to its crown to themselves.” tunity and none can deny er operated gun turret, mounting sombers has contributed greatly wealth to give up
four machine guns. thrat at the moment she is and Spitfires carry
Hurricanes to their superiority. R.A.F. bomb-slothful ways. their "100-er squadrons have also perfected: Now Germany finds that Brit- best suited, geographical-cond the pilot aims the air-whereby the fire of the aircraft money and all the comfort
rounds-a-second" guns in
the a technique of formation flying ain instead of being controlled by The annexations already made ly and in every other res-craft at the target.
and by the Nazis have certainly re- covers the blind spots of its neigh-luxury its possession implied con- covered a large part of the lost pect, to meet the future The one disadvantage about bours.
So long as the formation scrip.s this same wealth for the empire and all former propagan- these two fine types of fighting is held, the aircraft are almost in-sole purpose of proving to Ger-da attempts to justify their aggres- requirements of Indo-planes is that there is no protec-vulnerable to fighter attack. many that a 'rich nation China, at least until the ion, except by evading, from an
is not sions on the grounds of aid to ill- So excellent is the team work of necessarily the slave of its pos-treated German minorities have European war has ended.cking from the quarter. Dellants heavy the fire of their guns, that The idealism, which dominates against non-German peoples.
enemy closing in astern, or at- British bomber pilots, and so sessions.
been contradicted by their actions This prospect should give are well prepared for this. The enemy fighter pilots often refuse British life is never submerged in considerable satisfaction guns have an arc of fire which to join in combat. The statement mere physical well-being. It may former Germanic Reich based this makes such tactics highly danger-all our aircraft returned safely seek expression in the building up time upon German racial super- to the Japanese who,jous.
recurs in official reports of the of a commonwealth of free peo- while anxious to maintain
THE BOMBERS
R.A.F. Bomber Operations British bombers also have an remarkable frequency.
with ples under one flag and at other iority and the Gestapo would the political status quo in unequalled
times it may extend that princi- clearly not be the end. For to performance. The
TRAINING OF, CREWS. ple to a wider group under the acquisition of these East Asia, are even more Wellington, twin-engined succes-
sor to the Wellesley, which still. Yet though British aircraft are League of Nations but it is never lands would come the plea for eager to increase their holds the world's
individually better, It is in long-distance raining of the pilots and crews
the narrowly or selfishly national in Lebensraum for the added popula-
character.
tions and this would be the pro- sources of supply of essen-non-stop record for the flight from where Britain, supported whole- Ismailia to Darwin-has a range
The wider vision is the result paganda Justification for expan- tial raw materials. This at full bomb load of 3,200 me heartedly by the nations of the of political and personal freedom, sive aggression into whole
which develops a spirit of enter-colonial world. has been shown by their The construction of this bomber
is such that it can withstand very Scheme provides for the training|
The Empire Air Training prise and strengthens the desire attitude towards, the heavy anti-aircraft fire, and still of 20,000 pilots and 30,000 mem-
In fact, if the National Social- for unity.
ists can go back three centuries "Netherlands Indies. Japan]
Now if this aim is interfered to seek justification for their pre- bers of air crews a year. When with, then the energies of the sent actions against Western elvi- then, is in a position to duction industries up to working at peak efficiency, it will people are immediately focussed lisation why cannot, they justify buy almost anything the uttermost limit of the ing every good flying day. This same Instinct of pugnacity which Britain, and Franca having pre-. ¡
require 6,000 trainer aircraft fly-Jon removing the obstacle. The to themselves the argument that French Indo-China pro-country's requirements plan to provide men and machines is used for realising the political vented the Germans from parti- duces and in quantities and the people's capacity rapidly coming into full operation, original end-that is to war.
in vast and increasing numberu.'s purpose, is directed towards its cipation in earlier colonisation must now in all fairness return restricted only by the to buy. Japan thus has a If imitation is an indication of The value we attach ta
those colonies to the new Reich? country's capacity to pro-double bargain likely to excellence, the RAF Bring trainidonls-in-life-is-a-mensure of our Fantastic though this may seem duce. Similarly, she can promote rather than dis- has been copied by every major war. This was demonstrated to tic outlook, there are undoubted- ing is the finest in the world. It willingness to uphold them in to Anglo-Saxons with a pragma- sell to Indo-China the turb the future peace and air power. It aims to give the the full at Dunkirk. That is ly many Germans who could con- products of her mass-pro- stability of Eastern Asia. pilot the maximum understand why we have this assurance of vince themselves that it was ful-
"Ing and mastery of his aircraft. firial, victory.
ly justified.
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