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France has
biggest light
cruiser force
by
LIEUT.-COMMANDER
KENNETH EDWARDS, R. N.
PEOPLE are talking about the naval power of the rival nations in the Mediter- ranean; but in all this discussion little has been said of the French Navy.
The general attitude in Britain-even among usually well-informed people has been to evade the issue with an insular shrug of the shoulders.
It is perfectly truc that for generations the French Navy was starved for the benefit of the French Army- France has been
for
HITLER turns the war scare pre-eminently a
on and off like a tup.
military Power.
Worue, to Bri- fish eyes, the French Navy did not measure up to British
At his command, the propa- gandist war drums beat and the rumours of impending disaster multiply, spreading fear among the peoples of the world. Then, standards dur-
the ing
spit-. dark clouds that scem so and polish era
on a nod from the Fuehrer, the
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und the skies breathe freely again.
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our Royal Navy, When the French sailors washed their clothes they were hung up to dry in the commonsense
way and without
The chart on the right shows the comparative strengths of the navies of the four great Europ- can Powers in ships whose con- struction *A completed by February this car. Notc France's preponderance of light cruisers and Italy's submarine strength.
AND BELOW IS-
A modern Presch cruler of the Suf- fren class, with eight Bin. gs. Derricks on either side of ship are for lifting crud- ser's two scaplanes
aboard.
Let us keep firmly fixed in our minds the conviction that the German Leader does not mean to nght. It is his plan, pursued consistently up to this moment, to win victories for his nation by political and diplomatic means.
We quite recognise that; in his threats to foreign countries, he may become so deeply in- volved one day that he is plunged into battle. But that is not his intention. If he gets there it
French realism among the off- The addition of these two will be an accident.
We should therefore see to it cers and men of the British French ships to the resources of the European democracies is that we are not disturbed in
Now the French Navy has at therefore exceedingly important. mind by this man and his last become a force to be reckon- France also has five old battle- devices. So long as our Governed with and one which is bound ships. ment stands up to Hitler he will to play a very important part, stay in his mountain retreat at particularly in the Mediterran-
he can. Berchtesgaden, to where retired on Saturday,
Hitler's bluff has been called, and Britain should now turn her attention to the bluff of these other pseudo-Hitlers in the Far East.
waiting to "follow the move-could both overtake and destroy ments of the flagship." Thus the German "pocket battleships" the French ships earned among or the German battle-cruisera British-sailors the rather con- Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
These were the three British temptuous nickname of "laundry
battle-cruisers Hood, Renown, ships."
The pressure of modern con- and Repulse, and the Renown, ditions and development has, is undergoing reconstruction and however, led to far greater ap-will not be ready for sen for
of the essential several months: preciation
Navy,
Exceptionally Fast FRANCE has no aircraft
While other maritime Powers
carriers of modern de- have been pursuing disarma-
type are projected. ment, the realism of France has sign, although two ships of this resulted in the building-up of a
The French cruiser forces, very strong Flect.
First, the personnel of the however, are very powerful and French Navy has been improved composed of types peculiarly ranean. France has seven mo- So far, they have had things out of all knowledge, and has stable for war in the Mediter- way. been given a greater faith in it-dern cruisers of the heavy type their own pretty well
mounting 8in. guns-Italy also The fact that they have chosen self and its Service.
Recent experience of the men has seven of this type of ship. a time when Britain's attention
coming under training at the has had to be divided has given Ecole Navale at Brest shows has 11 modern ships opposed to In Gin. gun cruisers France them a superiority complex they that they are of the very best the 12 of similar class possessed do not deserve.
type.
by Italy. On the other hand, The material strength of the France has 32 ships of approxi- French Navy has become of the mately 2,500-tons displacement greatest. importance during re- and armed with five 5.6-in. guns cent years. This is due in part in addition to an extensive anti- to the completion of the new aircraft and torpedo armament. These ships are all exception- French battle-cruisers Dunker- que and Etrasbourg, ships of ally fast. 26,500 tons, mounting eight-
In their glee at the fact that they have twisted the lion's tail so often they have come to be lieve that the lion is genuinely scared; that all they have to do is to keep on twisting until they get their demands.
They are classed by France as They forget that Great Britain in war is, with all due 13in. guns, and which, on trials, contre-torpilleurs, but by the de- respect to the fighting qualities, have reached a speed of 31% finitions of warship categorics of our friendly neighbourn, a knots.
vastly different proposition to Until these two French ships China. British armaments to were completed there were in the day are the most powerful in the world only three ships which world, and the fighting qualities
which have been accepted by. most of the maritime Powers they are light cruisers.
Certainly they are far more powerful than any destroyers at the disposal of the Italian Navy. of the British Tommy have been tested by sword and fire with with China, a country whose Their exceptional speed and power might well make them a much more satisfying results arms, compared with western decisive factor in a Mediterran- than have those of the Japanese standards, are dreadfully in-.
ferior. She should also remom- soldier.
Japan should ponder on the fact that the longest and most disastrous war in her history is
Italy is certainly superior to ber how a previous war with France in the number of tics- China ended, and not forget that troyers at her disposal, but a the West le quite capable again smaller proportion of the French
PLEASE Turn To Page 5. of intervening.
CAPITAL SHIPS
GT. BRITAIN FRANCE GERMANT
15
HEAVY CRUISERS
GT. BRITAIN
15
FRANCK
ITALY.
GERMANY ITALY
LIGHT CRUISERS
GT. BRITAIN
24
FRANCY
43
GERMANY
ITALY 12
DESTROYERS=
Gi Betray
07
FRANCE
JB
GERMANY
78
ITALY 81.
SUBMARINESIA
Gr. BRITAIN
FRANCE
10
GERMANY ITALY
43
07
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People who leave
the brake off
CRIME may be defined as
an act where the indivi- dual's desire for personal gain is greater than his respect for the Inws of society.
by ANTHONY WEYMOUTH
Now, where this distinction is re-own age who are much better blessed And what cognised by the criminal himself, he with this world's goods? may be said to be comisant of his proportion of these slip into a life acts, and to have chosen the first of of crime?
these alternatives.
Ita
At the other extreme comes the
The temptation to spend money
man who is insane and who is totally freely many encourage extravagance, constituted Individual. unconscious of the criminal act ond but it does not lead to crime in a
consequences. Let us suppose normally that such a one suffers from delusions. There must be a force which urges He hears a voles which tells him that an individual to crime by lowering the world would be a better place if the Inhibitions which every normal person possesses-and this force is a certain person died.
Being Insane, he is unable to dis-generated In his unconscious mind.
In other words, he is conscious of tinguish between what is moral and what is not. His motive (as he sees fta results but not of its origin. And it) is good-although the great ma- this blinds him to the real conse jority of his fellows see it as bad. The quences. verdict of society is that he is "in- capable of pleading."
I used to explore his unconscious mind In between these two extremes and bring to his conscious mind the comes a class of offender whose mo-origins of his acts.
Psycho-therapeutic
treatment 16
tives for crime seem, to the ordinary Perhaps on example will make thie man, to be inadequate. He is, judged clearer. A man I once knew feit by ordinary standards, sone. He is faint every time he arrived at a cer examined by medical experts as intain station. He couldn't account for the case of the ex-Sandhurst cadet this queer feeling. He searched his convicted this week of two charges memory to find an explanation, but of false pretences-who report that with no muccess. So he consulted a they can and no signs of insanity. psychologist and was analysed.
In this instance the accused had all His past history was discussed in to gain and nothing to lose by keep-detail, and after several hours of pa- ing the right side of the law. The tient investigation it was discovered reason given by the medical officer at that during the Great War he had Brixton Prison for his behaviour was been blown up, and the last thing he that, while at Sandhurst, the accused experienced before losing conscious had acquired "social hablis above his mess was the smell of far. And the normal standards."
་
Money Temptation
|particular railway station where he [always felt faint smelt strongly of tar. It is interesting to record that once- the burled memory had been restored BUT this is an inadequate rea-and the smell-stimulus brought into
son to account fully for re- the conscious mind the patient was - peated crimes. Are there not hund-able to use this station with impunity! This will give some indication of reds of boys and young men who, by reason of scholarships, find them-the manner in which psycho-thera-
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