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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER. 18, 1939.
IX men are, now the supreme rulers of Germany. Hitler has placed absolute power in their hands. They are described as a " twilight administration " linking together the civil, military and economic authorities.
This "Ministerial Council for the defence of the Reich" can pass laws and issue decrees without the consent of Hitler, the Cubinct, or the Reichstag,
For the very first time Hitler has abandoned his position as Germany's sole Dictator. A new six-in-one Dictator has sprung up by his side, and he has appointed it.
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But Hitler is in no danger of being superseded. They are all men he can rely on.
Here they are. These are their tasks.
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#HAIRMAN of the new council
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is FIELD-MARSHAL GOER- ING, Prime Minister of Prus- Bin, chlef of Germany's economic Four-Year Plan. and favourite subject of the world's caricaturists,
His post an chairman, as the man whose power is equalled only by that of Hitler, shows that he has at Inst won the race for the position of Nazi Number Two.
He had three strong compell- tors in the race-Goebbels, Rib- bentrop and Secret Police-chief Himmler. He has outclassed them all. Algnificantly, not one of them is on this new Council,
Goering's appointment is not really a surprise. For many years now he has been economie dictator of Germany and economics will play the main part in Germany's war plans.
Hob is the most important and the most difficult in Germany. Many will say it is impossible.
Ever since the Nazis became - important force in Germany.
Gocring has been very close to Hitler
He is popular, the butt of many good-humoured jokes. Yet for all his " human" aspects-liis childish love of uniforms, his vast appetite. his delight in hunting and shont- Ing he is as rathless and cruet as the Arctic wind.
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UDOLPH HESS. Deputy- Fuehrer of Germany, second- in-comman
the of
new counell, must be looked upon as Hitler's personal delegate.
to be a
Through Hess, Hitler will, in fael. have a voice in all the Coun- ell dues. Hess will be the link be tween the War administration and the Nazi Party machine. Everyone knows Hess hundred per cent. Party man. He never wears any other uniform but the brown shirt of Storm Troopers or the black cont of the 8.5., Hitler's black guar
guards. It looks
Herr Himmler, now as
ats if leader of the secret police and the 8.8., and therefore the man charged with policing the Home Front, will have to take all his ordera from Hess,
Rudolph Hess went to prison with Hitler after the famous Munich beer-house putsch.
In prison, Hitler dictated "Meln Kampf" to him. He knows the text so well that he is said to be more faithful to it than: Hitler himself.
"Personally,"he is mild-mannered. Politically, he is extremely radical. He speaks little. nets quickly and after Hitler himself, lves the most frugal life of all the Nazi lenders.
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O administrative body in Ger- many would be complete with- out DR. WILHELM FRICK, German Minister of the Interior,
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Dr. Lammorg
Herr Hess
Dr. Frick
Gen, Kallel
Dr. Funk Marshal Goering
MEN IN CHARGE
OF GERMANY
and now third man on the defence council.
Frick is Hiller's legal expert, the man who frames decrees-he will have plenty of opportunity now-- and the man who has helped Hæler to juggle with the German Consti tution.
Once he was a petty official In the Munich police headquarters, But he used his position to help the rising Nazi Party, which was always at loggerheads with the police.
He has severe features and they are typical of his whole character --harsh, rough, informal.
His brain is not original. Be seldom has bright ideas. But un- questionably he is the Nazis' most competent administrator,
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THAT part on the Council is going to be played by GENERAL WILHELM-
KEITEL?
This question is puzzling those who have watched the growing importance of Keitel's immediate subordinate-Geniern! Walter von Brauchitsch, supreme commander of the ariny.
The answer is that, while Brau- chitsch commands the armles la the field, Keltel will do a wider Job.
THE SWISS DON'T MISS
PARIS.
Here are two stories about Swit- erland and Germany.
1. Guards out the Swiss-German border are not friendly. One morn-
By Willi Frischauer
He will be War Minister and will co-ordinate all three armed forces
by land, sea and air.
Far-reaching international war strategy will be in his hands.
He is n professional soldier, not a Nazi. Early in his career he was given staff posts and he has a great reputation as an organizer. Like most Oerman generals, his is a colourless personality.
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ALTER FUNK, Minister of Economies and President the Rekhsbank, is obviously going to be important on the new cotinell
des-
Germany entered wor perately
po. In the Reichs- bank's vaults there are only six millions of gold compared with 600
PUZZLE
Cryptogram
This might, easily be called a "kem" of a cryptogram. Al least, there's a hint for you to go by:
OYSTER STY UVY TYRKEU ZA SB SCBZTDSE FZBGHU- HZB THUVHB UVY ZJRUYTR HB IVHFV UVYJ STY AZXBG.
A Rebus
The letters below, in their
Ing the Swiss-found “In the road a present form represent a 7-letter- "present from the Germans"-a ple word. The line below gives a ef affal marked “with our compli ments."
Next morning the Germans found
la their real a great pile of bulter. A note sul: "Each side gives what It can spare."
2. Before the war Switzerland teled in vain to buy fighter planes from Britain, France and Haly, and at last tried Germany.
"Certafly," sald the Germans. "we'll give you forty Messerschmitts -but we don't want money for them.**
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millions which is in the Bank of England.
Even the present food-rationing will not be enough to keep Ger many's economy sound.
Funk will have to think of every possible device for economising,
Germany's for increasing sources. He is said to have a close knowledge of the distribution of private property in Germany.
He is leading advocate of the pulley of making a rald on private property to pay Germany's war bill.
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IXTH and last man on the Council is HERR DOKTOR 'LAMMERS, chief of the Reich Chancellery
ik und
Cabinet Minister,
He is a typical German Civil
CORNER
servant, the ideal private secre- tary, scrupulously obedient 10 whomever he is told to serve. His Job on the Council will really be that of secretary.
He is very, faithful to Hitler. Ever since the Nazis came to power, he has had the task of securing the loyalty of all oMetals and Civil ser- vants to the regime.
That will still be his job in war- time. He will harness the banuro- cratic machine to Germany's supreme Council of War,
WEEK-END
SECTION
BRIDGE NOTES
Look with grave cuspleton upon o Declarer who, apparently out of the kindness of his heart, makes you a present of an unexpected trick. He) | ilke the Greeks of oki, has probably some deep-laid scheine for your ultimate undoing,
In the following example buth aldes were vulnerable, but otherwise nelther had scored anything below the line, South dealt these hands:
AL. 8,7,9,2
VAK, 10,
OA. Q.1
◊ 10, 4, 1
J. 1,2
A
Note
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9,4,3,2
3.1.7,4
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3, 7, 5, 5, 4
8. 4, 10, 5, 4, 2 V4.4.3.7
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Routh
N.11. Z
West Narsh
24
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N..
N. D.
20 N.,
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Deuble, and all pais,
N..
The bidding is open to but "the play's the thing.” the King of Clubs, developed thus:-
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criticism, West tod the hand
and
Karth EAL
South
South could see that the trumps would clear in one round, and it seemed to him that he should try to make a Heart trick somehow. West was marked with the three Aces, the King of Hearts, and probably the Queen of Diamonds, but he might not have the 10 of Hearts,
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↑ K.4.9
South (in the Duplicate match in which the hand came up) won the trick with the Ace and lost the Anesse of the 10 of Diamonds to the Queen with East. A Spade was re- turned and, on South running it to. the Queen, he lost the trick to West's King Result: One Down.
South should have realised that West's opening lead must be the "lop of nothing," and possibly a short ɛult, Such n lend should mean that West has probably a better sult with a tenace in it from which he does not choose to lead Spades, even Diamonds heated by the Queen., The solution, therefore, will have to be a "squeeze."
South should therefore take the Club in his own hand and finesse tho 10 of Diamonds, which, as we see, loses to the Queen. On the obvious return of a Spade, South wins with the Ace and then runs off the Dia- monds, at the same time unblocking the Clubs.
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East
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AND Adolf Hitler himself? He remains in the buckground. When war broke out he enrcled out his threat, dreaded and Bercely opposed by the my lenders, to take personal command of the Ger- man Aghting forces as the Supreme War Lord. You remember Kaiser?
A specially-made railway has been built. From this moving point of command be directs the war.
But his "Big Six" reign and watch In Berlin, controlling every detail of Germany's wartime life.
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jench 30 feet wide, how many lots tarpaper covered huts into a modern
40 feet wide would it make?
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At the stage. South ean, from West's play, almost certainly put the King of Spades with him, and can also count his hand as having consisted of 5 Spades, 4 Hearts, 2 Diamonds, and 2 Clubs.
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On the lead of the last Diamond,
Here was the present from South West is "squeezed." The position is
to West, by the discard by South of this "a loser of o laser,“ and now West is trapped. If he leads a Club, South con discard another Diamond from North and trump in his own hend, thus losing only one Diamond trick. If he leads a Diamond, whether the Ace or a small one, South must make one Diamond and his two trumps, only losing one Diamond trick. Thus South made his doubled con- tract, game, and rubber!
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Quite apart from all this, here is a hand from a duplicate match which
may be of interest:
♥ J, 10, 7, 5
W
F
思
♡ A.9,4,2
If West discards the King of Spades,
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aviation city. With plans abandoned The score was game-all, and South South will make one Spade and 10 transter the training school to was playing a contract of "Six No-three Hearts; if he relinquishes a Denver, congress appropriated more Trumps," and when West opened with small Heart, South makes four Heart than $5,000,000 to rebuild the nr the 7 or Clubs this is what South | Tricks. In any case South makes his
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ACROSTICS
DOUBLE ACROSTIC.
Expectation.
or duration."
1. Suggestive name of warder Will here be quite in. order.
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Letter Juggling
Two different 6-letter words
3.
So the Swiss pald on delivery-ta may be formed from the 6 lettera Swiss cheese.
given below. Use all 6 letters
Soon after war began the Swiss in each word: wanted more fighters. Britain, France and Italy again could not oblige. Germany again could.
"Yes." said the Germans, "we slutt send you forly more Messerschmitts, But this time we must get our cheeses
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How Many Lots?
If a given piece of ground can
in advance and you may have to wait be divided into 60 building lots, some time for the planes,"
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its
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Would stip to battle in a jiffy. Fairy-tale serving-maid you'll
Elless
Turns out to be a real princess. A Jewess who becane à Queen In Buda-Pest her name is scen. Censore a letter might suppress But they'd not call it this, I guess.
DOUBLE ACROSTIC
If you want to gel even with all
your relations,
Give 'em gingerbread freely, despite
objurgations.
Sprite on ice you sce (And that is what's in me).
2. This valuable beast must be
Pained with internal molady.
3. Critical revision, next,
Should authenticate, the texi. Ansicers Appear On Page 3.
WELLS ON "New World"
AMSTERDAM.
H. G. WELLS, surveying Eu- rope's war, declared he saw "an outcome less hopeful than in 1914" with America perhaps the likeliest originator of an im- proved world.
"For me it is not merely winning the war, only whether the world will know bolter times after it is ended.** the English historian Auku In an Interview.
Speaking at random of various features of the International situation he an: "I know my people and if they say they are ready to fight three years, then they are ready."
Russia's biggest problem is in the Far East and it will not "effectively mix into European affairs."
"A neutral Italy will be less wel- come In the present situation than us an antagonist. Italy Is a closed door for un al present. I am ask- ing myself whether this con
last, considering Brenner Pass and the problems of the Mediterranean."
The war now, is not a "new war" but a continuation of the confict of 1914 and its unsolved problems.
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