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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY: 27, 1941.
U.S. EXPERTS ANSWER WAR DEFEATISTS
Four retired Admirals headed a list of seventeen
authorities on naval, military and aviation opera- REFUSED
tions and on world politics, who joined in a con-
tradiction of the Lindbergh thesis that Britain has TO OPEN
already lost the war beyond recovery through any aid the United States might give.
and
"We believe such assertions unwarranted by the available evidence," they declared in a joint statement. Admitting that the British outlook is "grave," they marshalled nine reasons for their “joint
considered opinion that there is no warrant for presupposing a German victory.”
They said that British sea only beginning to be felt in the Hence German's In- power, particularly in combina struggle. Lots with United States
advantage seaitai
- namely, power. could
of aircraft delly Germany numerical superiority access to essential resources of and certain other instruments of
in
PARCEL
CHEONG SIH CHING. AS- SISTANT COMPRADORE, CHANG NEI - CHEN, TALLY- MAN, AND WOO PING-LIANG. WATCHMAN. ON BOARD A SHIP IN HARBOUR, APPEAR- ED BEFORE COMMANDER J. JOLLY AT THE MARINE COURT THIS MORNING CHARGED WITH A BREACH OF THE ANTI SABOTAGE REGULATIONS.
Mr. E. Cox-Walker, preventive officer of Messrs. Jardine Mathe- son Ltd., stated that defendants
the non-European work; And war - is temporary and fleeting.efused to open a parcel brought
Hurther, that the combined indus-11 the war berromes one of attri- exhaustion the Axis and tion att Trial production of Br arm the United States eventually powers will be at a
serious dis-s would gear up to passing Ger-Edvantags as compared with the Sabotage law.
the British Empire and the which started with advantage of being already in States. high.
my.
United
un board when asked to do so. required under the anti-
Defendants pleaded not guilty. Sergeant Stewart asked for an adjournment of 24 hours to en- 4. The decisive area of the war | #ble the master
to appear and "Germany must Wan before is the island of Britain and its
testify. said | surrounding seas. If American American aid is effective."
The adjournment was granted. the seventeen experts
"The tanks, aircraft, munitions, ships, Cheuk Shun-heung and Li Yia. essential element of British sur- food and supplies can reach Bei-bout Tokis, were aned $15, or 15 vival and ultimate victory, there-tain without substantial interrup-
days for anchoring junks in the Fore is the maintenance of a tion and in ever-increasing quan- Tathong Channel Minefield. sufficient flow of shipping across tities, Britain can more effectively. the Atlantic Amerwan naval resist attack and can ultimately
po spss the take the offensive
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and an trees necessary
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which we war.
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potential. Hud defeatists been in
of
war
command of British forces in the subsequently
South Atlantic, nicely balancing 1917. to equalise and perhaps other weapons as well.
weight of armour and metal, the to our definite adkantage other hand, if Germany can ser-
Graf Spee would not now be a The struggle now waging along fously reduce or altogether stop scuttled wreek in Montevideo har- the convoy routes."
the flow of American supplies to
bour. Had a commercial balance The experts conclude that, Beitain, Hitler will have won the sheet of population, trained troops, "even if it is true
instruments ships and The decisive period is from been struck in 1776, there the present moment until thewould have been no Declaration rising curve of American pro.
of Independence and no indepen- America. duction passes that of Germany.dent United States of Germany must win before Am-
Bismarck always warned against effective. erican aid is
the This overlooking what he called Germany can do only by a suc. Imponderables a warning which
Britain we should take to heart.
that Britain is destined to lose the war, it is imperative that Hitlers victory be as long delayed and as costly as possi- ble."
Text Of Statement
Their statement follows
of
cessful Invasion (which seems to present almost insuperable difficultica) or by cutting Britain's life-line of overseas supplies.
The essential element of British survival
ultimate victory,
and
as she
In the belief that it will be of value to the American public, the undersigned students of military
world affairs and
politics offer the following statement of funda- mental facts which are pertinent) to the formulation of American therefore, is the maintenance of policy in the existing situation. a sufficient flow of shipping across Sweeping assertions are being the Atlantic. Germany's hope is made that the British Empire al- to render American aid ineffective ready has lost the war and that by attacking the ships which carry nothing which the United States that aid. If Germany has mis-
material inffu- | judged can do will have
her ability to win this ence upon the ultimate result. We Battle of the Atlantic belleve such assertions unwar-misjudged it in 1917 she cannot ranted by the available evidence. win the war. We are aware that there are 5. American naval and air forces grave threats to British security now possess the necessary strik- in the Atlantic, in the Mediter- ranean, and in the Far East, But it is our joint und considered opinion that factors of funda- mental importance still operate In favour of Britain and her allies and that there is no warrant for presupposing a German victory. We respectfully call attention to the following facts:
1. By reason of British sea power Germany is denied access to the essential resources of the non-European world, both in in- dustrial production and in raw materials. On the other hand, Britain still enjoys such access particularly to the vital supplies produced within the empire und the United States.
arm,
9. Even if it were true -- which we deny that Britain is destined to lose the war, It is imperative as long that Hitler's victory be delayed and as costly as possible.
The conditions must be creat ed which will enable Churchill to fulfill the pledge which he made to the United States last September that the British fleet in the event that it could not continue operatione in its own waters would resume fight from empire bases,
the This
is clearly in the interest of the not United States, whether or We intervene in the war.
The signers of the statement are:-
Admiral William V. Pratt, retired. formerly Chief of Naval Opera- We tions,
ing force, as in 1917, to equalise and perhaps turn to our definite advantage the struggle now wag- ing along the convoy routes. do not underestimate the difficul- ties and realise that, in the event of American intervention for this purpose, a major effort would be required. We believe that our position in the Pacific should be maintained and by appropriate defensive measures in that aren, and that Japan could be held in check should she decide to enter the war.
Admiral William H. Standley, re- tired, formerly Chief of Naval Operations.
Vice Admiral William L. Rodgers, retired, formerly president of the Naval War College. Rear Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, retired, formerly Commander in Chief, Asiatic Fleet. Dr. James P. Baxter 3d, president, Williams College; lecturer at the United States
Naval Wac
6. There is no doubt that Bri- tain is suffering cruel punishment College. from the air and that German Cy Caldwell, editor, Aero Digest. bombardments on the present Clurence D. Chamberlin, aviator; scale might seriously impair the president. Chamberlin Aircraft Wore American sea power,
British ability and will to fight Schools. with its supporting air
Adequate American produc- Colonel on. made available to Britain the tion of aircraft, (particularly of resulting Anglo-American pre long-range bombers)
and their ponderance on the sea would be
safe delivery to Britain would even more effective, No power alter this situation in at least two in control of the seas has ever
fundamental respects: It would been defeated in a prolonged war, and no power without such make possible effective British control has ever won a struggle counter-measures, and it would
raise British morale (while ad of world-wide proportions.
2. The industrial plants of Ger-versely affecting German morale) reprisals against by large-scale many are within reach of the
German Industrial centres in- Royal Air Force, whereas Britain
cluding Berlin. (quite aside from her own còn- siderable production, however 7. If there is any people in the subject to interruption) can draw world who can and ought to sur upon the enormous industrial-pass all others in the science of plants of the United States and Mechanised warfare it is the peo- the Dominions, which are safe ple of the United States. We are a nation on wheels, a from air attack. The total indus literally trial capacity, thus available to people who live with and Britain far surpasses that avail- by Thachintos; If We 90 able to Germany and her vassal will,
dan: produce for and. States. In
in. which Britain.
ourselves for machines play so great a part, this motorised and armoured equip is a fundamental advantage which ment which will be superior to time will still further accentuate any thus far utilised in the war in Britain's favour.
We could begin with aircraft, the possibilities of which are as yet U.S. Power Growing only partially realised, and pro- 3. Whereas Germany's indus-ceed with other weapons. trial plant is now geared to-max- 8. It is imperative that we take Imum production, the military account of moral factors-as-being by potential of the United States is en inherent part of the military
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William J. Donovan, World War commander of the 165th United States Infantry. Dr. Edward Mend Earle, pro- fessor, School of Economics and Politics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N. J. George Fielding Eliot, military and naval correspondent. The New York. Herald Tribune and Columbia Broadcasting System. Livingston Hartley, author Our
Maginot Line." Waiter Millis, author and Journ-
alist: Nathaniel Peffer, Associate Pro- fessor of International Rela- tions, Columbia-University, New. York,.
Fletcher Pratt, military and naval correspondent, The New York Post and Tine, Inc. Lindsay Rogers. Burgess Professor of public Law, Columbia Uni- versity, New York. Raymond Gram Swing, author and commentator on foreign: affairs, Mutual Broadcasting System. Theodore P. Wright, Office of Production Management; Yor- merly vice president and direc- tor: of engineering, Curtiss- Wright Corporation.