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Clearing the Air
THE outward signs of interna- yonni tension in the Far East have not perceptibly increased, the tension itself has been heightened by rumour and by propaganda, The warnings of danger, which it is Ute desire of prudent men to keep terms of restraint as long as possible, have therefore perforce become explicit,
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In Legislative Council yesterday afternoon, two such warnings go down in history as the most momentous and striking made in that august cham- ber for over twenty years. Between the magnificently outspoken phrases of His Excellency the Governor and the words of the General Omeer Commanding the British Troops in China, deflatie enough to quell once and for all the insidious rumours this Colony regarding the future now ending its first hundred years of existence, there is disclosed a consia- tent but increasing solemnity of utterance.
Behind the firm and deliberate speeches of the Governor and the G.O.C., there stands the approval of the entire pubile of Hongkong.
The Telegraph", and doubtless all its contemporaries-in-this Colony, has long desired some such clear-cut
ΣΓΟΥΣ oficiul pronouncement
the leaders of the Colony and, indeed, the suggestion that the fears of a great part of our citizens should be set to rest in such manner formed the basis of an Editorial in this newspaper only last month.
Rumour, insidious and alarming, has been 7lfe in this Colony, and its flames have been unchecked in the past from offleint quarters. It is note- worthy, in this respect, that these rumours regarding the future status of Hongkong have not emanated from newspapers, which, in fact, imposed upon themselves a voluntary censor- ship in the absence of omcial denial -denial which, we previously at- tempted to obtain.
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We join with our morning contem- porary in taking issue with both His Excellency the Governor and the
Ofcer Commanding General British Troops regarding their belief that the apprehension that has un- doubtedly existed in this Colony was fostered by those ill-disposed towards Great Britain.
The apprehensions were heightened by official reticence and by a whisper- Ing campaign in which even certain oficials may be suspected of having participated. Herein lies the answer to those few persons who would im- pose restrictions on the Press. The real danger from propaganda is not the printed word, which can be checked, but the whispered word which gains distortion as it spreads from mouth to mouth.
of
campaign Happily, the
of in- nuendoes regarding the future Hongkong has been set to rest by the vigorous statements issued in Legis- lative Council yesterday.
In congratulating Their Excel-
the feneles on
Arm stand they adopted, we would like to suggest that the public, through its Press, is entitled to equally emphaile but less tordy suppression of propaganda when it arises in future. Having in- formed us that the Colony will be defended to the end, we would like Government to quelch the other series of rumours that are floating around Hongkong regarding the prac
defence, with ticability of auch particular reference to food supplies. Much good has been done in dis pelling ignorance regarding the out come of possible air raids on the Colony, and the Government will provide a service to itself, and the publia if it would riów`give the Press Information on other access to matters that are the subject of dia- cussion in clubs and hotels.
HELP! HE'S FAINTED
(It was reported early this week that Herr Hiller has suffered two complete nervous breakdowns recently).
The might of Russia's resources
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AR is not won by soldiers and weapons only. Modern war needs vast Industrial resources, and the munition factories must be fed with mil- Hons of tons of steel and other materials. How does the Soviet Union stand from this point of view? How is the war economy of the Soviets likely to endure the strain of a great war?
It will be vary different from Tsarist days. Then Russian Indus- try was weak and backward. To- day the volume of industrial pro- duction of the Soviet Union is greater than that of any country -- except the U.S.A.
-In-Iron-and-aleci-production, basic factors in modern war, Gur- many has still a slight lead over the Soviet Union, But in agricul- ture, petrol, the production of arti- ficial rubber, and in some other industries, the Soviet Union wins.
WE can therefore say that, roughly, the in- dustries of the Soviet Union are on about the same levoł as those of Nazi Germany,
If this comparison is pressed farther (and war strengths can only be judged by such compari- tons) each of these two Powers
BY TOM WINTRINGHAM
who is widely experienced in modern warfare-he ted the International Brigade in Spain--and whosa military books have been highly praised and recommended for study by oficers.
shows advantages and disadvan- tages.
Germany's main advantage is that sho produces industrially twice as much per head of popula- tion as the Soviet Union.
SHE has other advan- ~~~~~tages: a web of railwaye
many no roads, a high general level of culture that has soaked into her people through generations and has not yet been destroyed by Fascism. The Ger- ated good good
mans are widely edu Hormony's
800-
"toolimen," thorough. Industrial resources are graphically more centralised, and rapidly available to
therefore more meet the changing needs of war.
But these advantages, are not unmixed. Industries tightly packed together, as in Silesia or the
be Rühr. can
interrupted by bombing. Russia's newest indus
GRIN AND BEAR IT
By Lichty
"Of course your husband deserves a ralso, but I'll have to consult my wife first!".
trial centres. in the Urats and Biberia, cannot be reached by bombers.
And the Soviets counterweight of advantages is heavy. In the first place Russia and Siberia provide almost all the raw material nieces- sary for war.
Oll, iron ore, manganese ore, --bauxite (for-aluminium), zinc, and many other materials are avaliable in quantities to large that they could not be CX- hausted even DAUS
in a long war. Germany, on the other hand, must rely on stocks, imports, or substi- tutes for a proportion of all these things.
Germany's splendid railway bye- tem hampered the development of road transport before Hitler caine to power. But in 1929, four years enriler, the Soviets began building hugo factories to produce lorries. They have therefore gained a start, equivalent to four years, over the Cermana in the 'motorisation
Germamy.
of their at
did not begin to bulld tanks until about 1935. Nor did the Soviet Union, on any largo scale. But the Germans had to start from scratch, while the Russians already possessed, and were work- ing. enormous plants devoted to making tractors for agriculture.
The same plants (and the same workmen) were easily diverted to making tanks when these were considered necessary.
tion to make rearmament effec- Livo: it has established 3 Ministry of Supply. But whether 1 wk in fact eliminate waste and muddio by this half-measure is not certain.)
In this matter of co-ordination of industry the Soviets also get a start of four or five years over th Nazis. They began with the FITO Year Plan: the Nazis could not be- Kin until 1033 to use their different methods to achieve similar ends,
In these waya Bovist rearma- ment got so far ahead of the Ger- man that although the totals er industrial production are roughly equal
the Boviet Union has an in- dustry better prepared for war.
It has one big advantage over all ather Powers that are trying 10 make their industries produce goods of the quality and durability needed in warfare.
In almost all manufacture of goods where the profit motive enters in (as it still does in Ger- many, though not to the same uncontrolled extent ns in some countries), there is a natural ten- dency to cheapening design and materials in such a way that tho product does not last under heavyY wear and strain.
IN many cases ordinary products are definitely
inade to wear out after
a certain time; that makes it possible for the manufacturer to sell replacements,
But the productive system of the Soviet Union works the other way. There is no desire for a replace- Clothes or cars ment market.
are made to last as long as they
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possibly can. They are therefore, without change in material or technique production, useful for the hard treatment of wartime.
The Soviet Union has one other great economic advantage. It has to-day plenty of food,
Like some others, I got my first real impression of the war strength of the Soviet Union not from see- ing
in Spain. but from its arms aceing the food it there.
One
sent
of the first foodships to reach Barcelona included a certain amount of tinned army rations. We found their big bully beet tins, marked as "one meal for four mon," would feed six or eight.
THE Sovint civilian air- craft factories were much better adapted for use for war purposes than the German. German civilian planes were made to tako passengers who desired comfort from one perfectly smooth aerodrome to
to another. Soviet planes were made to take- industrial experts or urgently re- quired tools and supplies to
lies to mining towns in Siberia or the wastes of the far North-oven to land at the North Pole. They needed Hitle alteration, therefore. The Co- ordination of Industry is neces- sary
for a
a large-scale programme An army that could give its pri- of armament manufacture, With- vates tinned chicken occasionally out there is wasto And seemed to me, and still seems, muddle, (The British Government pretty good. Not many things they has at last under great pressure can be short of, if they have got as admitted the need for co-ordina- far as that.
And there were other tins. These, by their markings, were niso ordin- ary mtions for the Red Army. But when we opened them, we found they were tinned chicken.,
With Fillis was Raymond Buddie,
Burned Boy Played aged 13, of Rowsell Street, Bow.
With Sodium
PLAYING with some sodium he had found, 15-year-old. Eddie Fillis, of Hedworth Street, Bow, was recently burned about the face and neck when the sodium lexploded.
BEGAN A MONTH AGO "We found the sodium under a railway arch, and after we had spat on it it turned a mauve colour and sparks came away. We then poured a lot of water from a milk boltlo on and there was a blinding flash like lightning," Eddle said.
"We ran away, but I went back to see what had happened, and red-hot pieces new into my face."
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