· ́ THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 26, 1940
MUTT AND JEFF ·
THERE! I FINISHED
THIS LETTER TO MY DEAR MOTHER! I GUESS SHE'LL BE
GLAD TO HEAR
FROM ME!
MUTT, ARE
CERTAINLY I'M YOU FEELING FEELING ALL
ALL RIGHT? RIGHT! WHY?
YOU DON'T LOOK
SO GOOD. STICK OUT
YOUR TONGUE!. { THERE!
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THANKS!
AIR CODE IN WAR YIELDS
TO MILITARY EXPEDIENCY
reluctance, whether the civilian is English, French, or German,
The Lid Is Off
So far as the other side is con- cerned it is easy enough to ap- preciate the satisfaction with
lin must pull their bomb releases when one realises that many of them have families in London and undoubtedly all of them have seen what German bombers have done in their Capital.
THIS AIR WAR IS rapidly shaking itself free which the English pilots over Ber- from the last clinging vestiges of peace-time res- traint as it enters the crucial period which will de- termine the future complexion of Europe, and per- haps western civilisation, reports an American cor-. respondent in Berlin.
Under the impact of bombs on London and Ber- Tin all the inhibitions which have until now kept it from reaching the full pre-war concept of what mo- dern aerial war would be like are rapidly dissolving. From now on military expediency will determine its character and scope.
The lid is off and from now on anything goes.
Left completely behind and for- gotten here is the new theory
about military objectives which
was evolved at the time the Ger-
man armies were approaching Brussels and Paris.
At that time it was argued that the old distinction between mili- tary and nonmilitary objectives had been superseded by the ques- tion whether a city was defended or undefended.
During the three weeks of Eng-have played right into the hands ish bombs over Berlin the local of our propaganda." He referred press here has developed a ra- to the fact that a small incendiary onalisation now complete so far bomb had gone through the glass is German public opinion in gen-roof of the Reichstag Building and eral is concerned. The English are another had made a four-inch hole How represented to the German in the roof of the Brandenburger i well as London is obviously de- public as "pirates," "lawbicakers,"
gate. destroyers of cultural ments.'
Every German air attack England is represented as "retali-was hit the same ition." Every English raid is re- presented as a deliberate attack bn civilians.
Campaign Of Justification
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It was stated that any defend- ed city was a military objective Berlin as in its entirely. Since
formula. of fended the German three months past would classify all of Berlin as a military objec- tive. However, the current prac- tice in the Berlin press is to make distinction here between dwelling house and a factory, even though the house may be in im- mediate proximity.
No appreciable traces of damage remain, and Buckingham Palace night, but the incident was sufficient for the ja campaign of justification which was expressed in the phrase, "an eyes for an eye and a tooth for a tooth," widely splashed over the front pages of the Berlin news- papers.
In other words, so far as this The feeling of freedom gained side of the fighting front is con- for the military authorities by cerned the alibis are all in order his press justification is indicated and no more thought need be by the satisfaction with which a given to the fact that civilian German official said to me after mentality anywhere accepts un- one night's air raid, "The English restricted military operations-with
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Meanwhile certain conclu. sions about the English bomb- ings of Berlin are possible after 13 raide. Although they į have been spectacular their significance is still to be mea.. sured rather in terms of prestige which they have won for the English war effort than in terms of actual physical damage done.
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The English bombers have pro- ven their technical ability to reach and bomb Berlin whenever. they have enough planes or the inclination to do it extensively.
But so far the raids have been conducted with very few planes-- probably not more than a dozen on most nights, and in the opin- ion of neutral observers not more than about 30 on even the heaviest nights,
This means that relatively, few bombs were dropped and small physical damage done from - ex- plosive bombs,
The English Incendiary bomb seems to be of minor effectiveness; I personally watched one burn it self out within 25 feet of my hotel window. Of probably a dozen dropped within the immediate vicinity of my hotel, only started a fire, and that was quick- ly extinguished. The others all Handed on open ground and burn- ed out harmlessly. The. expended casings of two I examined were marked 1938:
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On the other hand, the German anti-aircraft weapons have com- pletely disproved the pre-war idea that night air raids could be prevented. have watched search- lights groping, the skies during 13.German river every rald without ever locating a plane. Though the heavy anti- aircraft barrage filled the skies with a brilliant, Fourth of July fireworks display, there were no results.
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In other words, there literally is no real dèfence for a city against night raids. Berlin is pro- bably defended by a greater con- centration of anti-aircraft, gung than any other city in the world, but it only proves that the avia- tors were right before the war and the artillery experts wrong.
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