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IN THE
THE AIR
IN THE SECOND battle of Britain, now not many weeks ahead, air power is confidently expect-
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cent interview, Gen. George C. Marshall gave his opinion that Britain would win through. Simultan-
eously, However, War Department authorities volun FOR POOR
teered figures on British and German air power, cre- diting Germany with 36,000 'planes strength, which seemed flatly to contradict the chief of staff.
The explanation of this curious episode is very simple. Although accurate in themselves, the War Department's air power figures misrepresented the situation, largely by the omission of several
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At the monthly meet- ing of the Executive Com- mittee of the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, it was report- ed that $4,234 was collect- ed on the Flag Day or-
ganised by the Women's Auxiliary.
The question of the actual size pacemcubility factors Let the Gierman air loter 2. chaply (dously advantageous to Germany. News cases treated at the So- disputed between the Amer at I summer verfam of the es ciety's centres in January totalled and Bitesh authorities An Clunt pert actually held that this ad-225, involving 308 children, while Mashal Su Hugh Dowding, whoanlage alone WHIS sufficient to the cases under supervision total. is probably the most optimistic multiply German striking strength |jed 1672. of the high British ain officers, ¡by three.
A very successful party for poor maitams that Adolf Hitler flung While these experts now children was held in the Majest every usable plane against the thought to have gone too far, twoj Theatre on 25th, January, at which British last September. I Dowd-points n.ust be remembered if the over 800 were entertained and ing is even partly correct, the size fnur-to-one ratia is to be under-İgiven small gifts. The Society is H the German force has been stood. First. R applies only to most grateful to the management Hussly exaggerated
striking strength Britain's de. of the theatre and to the Fries- American authorities, however, | fensive strength n pursuit planes land Trading Co., The Wing On dispute Dowding's content on. It is
greater than her C, Ltd. and The On Lok Yuen
lar
Is positively known that Jour Istrength in bombers. while Ger- Co. The Society's Inspectors did months after the fall of Oslo the many has favoured bombers above, excellent work in assisting in the Germans had mangaed to complete pursuits. Germany may be able organisation,
0011
United States Take Gloomy Side
Possible Conclusions
eno nulis mihtary works in Nor. to hit Britam four times as hard The poignant case of a blind way On such a time schedule, fas Britain can hit Germany, but girl of 13 years of age, who had they hould have been ready in that by no means insures German been cruelly exploited as a street Frame by the date of the terri-sBeCess against the British defence. beggar for some months, was re- bile September attacks on London And second, last summer the ratio ported. The Commister dec ded Yet American experts believe that | of striking strength was even to place the child in the Italian they failed to prepare sufficient worse than it is now. A good many Convent where she will be cured as high as for and receive suitable instruc. air fields or bring up enough sup- authorities guessed it plies to perd the kind of
11:0 all-
10 one, Yet Britain got|tion. onslaught Dowding think, through September, battered but The cases of three boys, whose took place.
tall in the ring
fathers are dead, were also con- sidered. Their ages range from 11 to 13 years, and it was agreed Summing up the air situation that the matter he discussed with is difficult, since expert testi- the St. Louis Industrial School, mony conflicts at almost every lur entry, if possible, into that in- Because of the even greater un-
point. Yet it may be very stitution in order that the boys certainty of other kinds of com-
roughly summed up as follows: may be taught a trade. putat on, the American military
The British believe they are
Many children are maintained intelligence has preferred to base much stronger in relation to the by the Society at various homes its estimates of the German force Germans than they were when and institutions, and the need for on past German production per- they repelled the September at- wider public support in order formance and such current in-
tack. Most American experts ad- that the Society's work may be formation on production as can be
are mit they While the British stronger. scratched
at least somewhat extended is a very pressing one. up.
Thus they should logi- It was unanimously agreed that think that 2,500 planes a month cally be virtually certain to repel an invitation be sent to Dr. G. is the outside German output, the new attack this summer. They Graham Cumming to 3.500 planes monthly is the total
are not, however, The Germans, Executive Committee. accepted here. Using this total,
by building additional bases, have and frankly trying to err on the prepared to put more of their total side of gloom, our military in- strength in the air at once. They telligence has reached the cunclu-probably have improved weapons, sion that Germany now hus 1
such as the new pursuit ship men- fighting organisation of 18,000 tioned by the War Department. I 'planes, with an equivalent num-
Various signs, such as the huge ber in reserve. The figure of Axis purchases of mercury, essen- A MESSAGE IS TO BE SENT 36,000 was obtained by adding tial in making chlorine, suggest TO MR, CHURCHILL EXPRESS- the reserves to the first line 'planes, they are preparing to use gas. In ING THE ADMIRATION OF THE but reserves. broadly speaking, short, there are too many un-CHINESE PEOPLE FOR HIS are a sign of military health rather certainties about detail to permit LEADERSHIP AND VOICING than strength, The size of the certainty about the outcome.
HOPES OF FINAL VICTORY. fighting organisation is what On the other hand. although, SAYS THE "CHINESE-AMERI- counts in combat. In any case, the uncertainties sound cruelly CAN DAILY NEWS," CHINESE- in view of the consistent accuracy ominous as listed, there is no rea-LANGUAGE DAILY IN SHANG- of the military intelligence, its
son Lo despair. Probably the HAI. Ogures deserve general acceptance until proved wrong.
So much for the first false im- prossion. The second, and more
join the
FOR FINAL VICTORY
wisest approach is that of an ex- Hundreds of Chinese sympathi- tremely able afficer, who remarkedsers to the British cause are re- recently: "The betting's about sponding to the newspaper's ap- even on the fight that's coming, peal for signatures to the mes- serious, was created by the guess but because of past performance | sage, which states: "The Chinese that the German British strength I'd like to lay my money on the people, under the national leader- ratjo je four to one. In a ques- British."
ship of General Chiang Kai-shek, tion of relative strengths, it is
will not lay down arms until they necessary to decide first what
have beaten Japan to her knees." sort of strength is being discuss-
-Reuter. ed. And this, unfortunately, was not done.
VICHY
Advantages Of Germany CABINET
The layman might suppose. An official list of the re- Germany's striking strength is organised Vichy Govern- four times Britain's, that Britain ment was published yes-
when the War Department says
has an air force only a quarter the
Under Marshal Petain there are with the rank of five inembers
ITALY IMPERILS NAZI
CIGARETTE SUPPLIES
One result of Mussolini's great gamble in Greece is that the Ger- mans are likely to go without ci- garettes next year.
size of Germany's. Actually, how. terday. ever, numerical strength was not what the War Department authori. ties were talking about. They Ministor: achieved, their · strength ratio by estimating the numbers of British and German bombing 'planes and then correcting the straight statis-. tical evidence by allowing for such factors as distances from bases to targets and target dispersal, ́ ́~ ́~
The German bases along the Channel are near Britain's indus- trial centres, while German_centure. tres are far from British air flelds, General Bergeret is Secretary been re-grouped into 15 secre- Britain's industry is heavily con- for Air, acting under Admiral tarlats headed by secretaries serv- centrated and. Germany's widely | Darlan,
ing under one of the five above dispersed.
Router. Government departments have Ministers. --
A British traveller stated on his return to Athens from Salonika that German, agents in Salonika Admiral Darlan, Vice-President as well as Minister of Foreign are frantic with anxiety about the fate of five million pounds' worth Affairs, Interior and Marine.
General Huntziger, War Minis-of tobacco stocks which are ex- posed to the danger of Italian bombing or non-delivery to Ger- many
Thus the distance and
ter.
M. Joseph Barthelemy, Minister of Justice.........
M. Bouthiller, National Economy and Finance.
M, Caziot, Minister of Agricul-
Frenzied efforts to get some of the tobacco out by rail to Bulgaria. havo so far been unsuccessful.