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TO-MORROW ALHAMBRA
At The
AM quite pleased, from the point of view of general policy, that events are bringing Russia and 'together. In time a combination of Britain, Russia and France may be able to dominate Near Eastern policy....
"The strength of Germany'a position is her power to frighten or overawe, her neighbours in Europe, however well-disposed they may be."
THOSE comments on the situn-
tion are by the Foreign Secretary himself, in confiden- tial official minutes..
But not, let-us-add quickly for fear of Official Secrets Acts, in minutes written by Lord Halifax.
In minutes written just over thirty years ago by Sir Edward Grey, and quoted in an old file of the "Telegraph."
There is a certain grim closeness in the comparison.
Then, as now, England and France were linked in # close entente: France and Russia were alles. England and Russia, not without much difficulty and mutual suspicion, were drawing together.
And then, as now, the operativo- factor was a common dread of the domination of Europe by a central "axis" headed by a restless and ambitious Germany.
The "axis" those days was not called "axis." It was called the Triple Entente. The now "axis" has also become an alliance;
The old one united Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. When matters came to the test of war. Italy deserted her axis-allics.
now.
Thirty years ago the Triple En- tento ran right down the centre of Europe, na the axis-group does Then it was Germany, Aus- tria-Hungary, Italy. To-day it fa Germany (including Austria), Hun- gary and Italy.
But it is worth while remember: ing that geographically the axis of to-day la even after the wipe of Czecho-Slovakia -- stil! decidedly smaller than the Triple Entente arca of thirty years ago.
Alsace-Lorraine, a third of Po- land, large portions of. Rumania and Yugo-Slavia, were all then Internal parla of Germany and Austria-Hungary. They were lost to the Central Powers as the result of an incident that occurred in a little town in Servin called Sorajevo, exactly a quarter-of-a-century ago this week, The only axis-territory of to-day outside tho Trinle Entente of then is Albania.
Of course, Spain is and possible ally of the axis in event of trouble. On the other hand, Tur- key, Bulgaria, and Rumanin nit seemed potential partners of the Triple Entente then.
..
potential
On balanco, the geographical, economie, military and naval. strength of the Triple Entente was, by comparison with the Triple Alliance, considerably greater than that of the axis today.
KEEP
OVER
ON THE SUNNY SIDE
The Soviets
Fighting Forces
N
BY
Le Grand
Forces Panda!
ARTHUR GREENWOOD, M.P.
FO really effective system of collective security against further aggres- sion by the Fascist and Nazi States can be organised without the participation of the U.S.S.R.
Her immense resources in raw materials and men, her huge area, her rapidly developing in- dustry, and her powerful mül-
tary forces give the Soviet Union a vital place in “ persuading" the aggressors against further adventures.
This is recognised by the aggres-
This article is made up of extracts from a pamphlet of the same name, written bü Mr. Greenwood and pub- lished at a penny by the Anglo-Russian Parliamentary Committee, 0, Buckingham Street, London, W.C.2.
286 per cent.... In 1938 there had been a further progress, gross out- put having been 36.4 per cent. in excess of that in 1937.
During 1933-1937 our aviation industry increased five and a half
-for-countries as the following ex---times-and-in 1938 the output had
tract from a report of the Berlin correspondent of the Observer " Indicatos:
Nazi Germany is watching with almost unbearable impatience tho efforts of the British Government to arrange some kind of military agreement with Soviet Russia.
"Reports from London that the
British Government is proposing to Bovlet Russid the conclusion of an Anglo-Russian Air Pact are received here with the usual fury and Indignation.
Threat of war on two fronts is the nightmare of all German mill- tury strategists." ("* Observer," April 16, 1930.)
VOROSHILOV, People's Commissar for Defence. In his speech at the Communist Party Conference in
March, 1939, gave a brief descrip- tion of recent changes in the Red Army, and said;-
Lime
"Taking the Soviet Army at the of the Seventeenth Party Congress (1934) as 100, by 1039, it appears as 203, ie., there has boon a numerical increase by 103 per cent, or the army as a whole has somewhat more than doubled."
Turning to the question of fre power of the rifle corps, Voroshilov declared:
Ono volley fired by all the artillery of rifle corps of France (three divisions strong) is equal to 6,373 klg.: of
rido corps of Ger- many, of similar composition, 6,078 klg. One volley fired by the artil Tery of Red Army rine corps le equal to 7,138 klg.”
Talking of the air-force Voro- shilov sald:-
can report that not infre. quently one can now find in our military airdromes not caly pur- sult planes but also bombere with A speed far in excess of 500 km. an hour, and a celling exceeding 14,000 to 15,000 metres." ·
Voroshflov stressed
fact that
all sections of the Soviet Army .. receive not only a thorough mili. tary training, but 011 equally thorough political and cultural education.
M. M. KAGANOVICH, People's Commissar for the Aviation Industry, speaking at the same conference, stressed the great increase in the output of all branches of the defence Industries,
"During the Second Five-Year Plan, Le.. 1933-1937, the output of theso Industries had thereaued by
been 40 per cent. in excess of that In 1937.... The cost of production had been decreased by 0.3 per cent."
The recent battle at Lake Hassan," said M. Stern, Army Com-. missar in the Far Eastern Army, "has illustrated that the mili tary technique and equipment of the Soviet Army-aviation, tank, artillery,
Infantry, engineering, lines of communication, etc. are not only strong in quantity, but are of excellent
quality, worthy of its splendid fighters."
Here
Here are some opinions of for- ign experts:-
Captain Mnydeo. former Japanese Military Attaché in Moscow, declared In December, 1934, in an interview: "The mechanisation of the Russian Army amazes all the military at- tachés who attend the parades. Their achievements in aviation are especially remarkable."
HERR HITLER, in the course of an interview with Lord Londonderry Gurselves and Germany," by Lord Londonderry), February 4, 1036, averred;
"(1) In Russia one has to deal with a nation of 180,000,000.
"(2). Russia is territorially im- mune from attack.
(3) Rusala can never be over- como by blockade
(4) Its industries aro safo from aerial attack, as the most im- portant industrial centresaro from 4,000 to 6,000 kilometres from the frontiera.
This is not all. tlaued:-
Hitler con-
"In 1932 came the Second Five- Year Plan, which is now in full awing. Russia has a solid trade,
Tanks
the strongest army, the strongest air force in the world. These are facts which cannot be ignored."
Colonel Martel (a member of the British Military Mission), who at tended the Soviet Army man- œuvres at Kiev in 1030, declared:-
"The Tact that only very few tanks were compelled to fall out on account of mechanical defects, and that there were no air accidents and no forced landings, inspires us with respect for your tanks and acroplanes." (" Pravda,” September f4, 1030.)
MAJOR LOTHAR SCHUTTEL Inlils" Luftkrieg bedroht Europa!" (Air War Threatens Europe), published in" Berlin in the spring of 1938, wriles:-
than any other country to base her #Russia is indeed better situated
defence on the aeroplane.
"Apart from Leningrad, Kiev, and Odessa, there are no Russian towns of any alze in the west with- in reach of hostile aeroplanes."
He tremendously impressed with the Russian aeroplane in- dustry. He writes (p. 146):
"One must expect that if the curve of increasing production in the Soviet industry for military aeroplanes continuca steadily the output figure will rise in 1940 to about
perhaps even เปิ 15,000, aeroplanes."
12,000
'Nauticus," an annual issued by the German Admiralty, comments as follows on the Soviet Navy: "It
is necessary to o recognise the incon- testable fact that the USSR, pos- scases the w
most powerful sub- marine fcet in the world."
writing in the
"Herr Lehm (the German
"Deutsche
organ for Armed Forces and Defence Polley), February 10, 1930. gave the table below of the armed forces of various countries.
These figures, which do not Include Germany, are only ap- proximate.
world,
TO-DAY the Russian Army
numerically tho strongest in the The USSR. air force is the most powerful in the world. Its navy is formidable. Its man- power is tremendous,
It offers to yoke this great power to the cause of peace through a system of collective security,
-HERR LEHMANN'S TABLE-
Poland Russia France Britain Italy UBA. Japan 7,000 30,000 10,000 10,000 14,000 25,000 0,000 4,300 23.000 10,500 4,200 9,000 10,000 2,000
Machine-guna
Light Heavy
Artillery
Light Hanvy
1,350
11.000
2,000
1.000
1,000 3,300
GOO
430
· 1,000
1.300
1,000
000
000
192
6,000
700
to
4,500
600 1,100.
400
270
10,000
ARKIES
reussla
(In thousands)
France Britain
Folandi 1,600
1,000 700 11,000 5.100
AEROPLANES Russia France Dritain
$20.3 2,000
Ftaly 0.8.A.
Japına
4,000 3.700
2,700
Poland Penco
302 strength War Atrength 1,600 ·
0,000 5,900 8,000
"Italy UBA, Japan
400 - 364 ...328 2,000 2,000 1.800
PARIS.
IF you visit Paris on Home
leave you'll notice a 'dif- ference in the way the French receive you. However pleasant they may have been to you in the past they will be much more so this time.
In Paris, in the French seaside resorts and in the smallest villages you will find yourself treated with greater consideration, greater respect. It is because they are to delighted about conscription in England.
At the Paris cinenia I went to last night, when they put on a news recl of the Sandhurst cadets swinging along, there was a tremendous out- burst of cheering. British milltary parades did not get these cheersTMin pre-conscription days.
Never has the English Influence in Paris been stronger. Even the world-famous Grand Guignol Thea- tre, home of horror plays, "is now be- ing run by an Englishwoman. She is beautiful, blonde-haired Migs Evo Berison, a Londoner. After a suc- cessful stage. career in Paris Miss Berkson noticed that the Grand Guignol was up for sale.
She has taken it over on a lenso, renewable in 1850, and already the plays there are of a much higher standard. The titles indicate that they are as thrilling as ever.
The biggest hit of all the Mont- martre cabaret turns this season is not a bevy of scantily clad dancing “ girls, not a strip-tease act, but a good old-fashioned English Punch and Judy show. It is in the new pro- gramme just put on at the Bal Tabarin, The, laugh that goes up when Punch Hammers. Judy is the loudest of the night.
English Films, Too
LL the now night clubs spring- Aing up around the Champs- Elysees and the Rue Pigalle ore be- Ing given English names, and Eng- list money flows Into the pockets of the Paris night club kings faster that
ever
this season.
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A great number of English fuma are now on show in Paris. This la surprising vlew of the fact that French films are now among the finest in the world Out of 20 cine- mas. along the Champs-Elysees I counted the other day 18 that are showing English Alins.
They are all fins in which the characters speak to each other in English, with French sub-Utles. That doem't zeem to worry. the French cinemagoer.
One of the comparatively low French flims-on in Paris just now has the appropriate title of "Entente" Cordiale." "In It Gaby Morlay-plays Queen Victorin and Victor. Francen Is King. Edword, VII. Its history is often nt faulj, but the name is ough to ensure that any elnetna that puts it en in Paris is packed every. night.
Along the boulevards now you seç big posters outside some of the shops saying: "Absolutely no goods import-- ed from Germany or Italy on sale. here," In the Boulevard St. Ger- main they havo even put up one of these signs ontside ስ bookshop.
The "Axis barcott" goes farther than this... Al one of the leading Parks bars near, the Opera they have sold for years the black beer from Munich and the equally famous light beer from
This Czecho-Slovakia. PLEASE Turn To Pogo 5.