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Paying For War
During the past two years Ger- many has put so large a proportion of its national income into war pro- start duction that it was able to hostilities with the maximum of mechanised force. It appears that Germany has left little margin for increasing this production without depriving the nation of the bare necessities of life. The time has come when Britain, too, is swinging over from a high peace production to full war production, and it×TM inherent strength is now manifest- ing itself.
Britain has large capital resources and sound currency, and its external trade, unlike Germany's. will continue in all parts of the world. Britalu, like Germany, has to face costs of production which for most kinda of armaments are far greater than in the World War. Some of the modern types of air- plane cost ten times as much as was needed to produce a similar type in 1918. It takes twice as much to equip modern divisions of the army
to equip the less highly mechanised divisions in the laut war. For the colossal expenditure now required Briinin must be prepared to use its great resources till it, too, reaches a maximum of production. So far as factories and man-power are available, there is no estimable limit to the expenditures which Britain will incur,
This does not mean that Britain has A bottomless purse. The over- nation cannot devote an Increasing part of its energy and its money to war production without decreasing the proportion
That devoted to other purposea.
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more.
ls to say, the nation must pay for the war. It must sacrifico other Things to feed the war monster. Letizens must spend less on their day living in order that the machine Parliament and people recognised this.when Sir John
Simon, Chan- collor of the Exchequer, went to the House of Commons with taxa- tion demanda the liko of which had nover before been 407- templated.
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By accepting this sacrifice, the British agreed to reduce the bur den of debt on posterity, and in so doing to avoid the risk of present Inflation and mounting prices. It was a bold thing to do to put so heavy a burden on an already burdened people. But In modern warfare the sacrifico inust be universal. This fact as well as increased custa is sure to engender some support for peace-whenever n-sound and just peace can bo made.
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THE BORE
Hitler: "And I meant him to stay only a little while!"
Men Behind
the
OMINAL leader of the German Army in the West is the shyest of all the German generals→→→ WILHELM VON KEITEL, sub- ordinate only to Hitler, who has himself assumed supreme command.
Keltel's recent. career is more suggestive of a military cierk than a soldier or strategist.
He has worked in the German War Ministry for many years and Is now $7. During
ring the war of 1014- 18, he commanded an artillery.
a short time. but regiment for afterwards he was a staff officer.
He was given its supreme position following the army purge In February, 1938. Hitler then dis- missed every Reichswehr general who held ideas of his own. Kettel
·was not-among-them.-
REAL position of Com- mander-in-Chief is held by a Prussian officer WALTER VON BRAUCHTSCH,
have proved Recent ovants Brauchitsch to be one of the Reichswehr generals of the Luden- dorf type. He holds strong political
A
Siegfried Line
Pen pictures of Hitler's military leaders on the Western Front, now the main war theatre and lable any day to blaze up into violent activity BY
WILLI FRISCHAUER
views and is extremely nationalist, but not necessarily. a hundred per cont. Nazi, Like Ludendorff, he has achieved success in the East and turns now with increased ambitions to the West.
Brauchitsch Is naslated by the cant of all German least
Artillery General FRANZ HALDER, his deputy.
The official Nazi biography about Ifalder has nothing better to any of him than that ho expressed Reichswehr's respects lo the Ludendorff on his seventieth birth- day."
The others are the men who really conduct the war. One of
VON- them.
RUND- General STEDT, 13 03; and is Hitler's specialist for occupations.
As military commander of Bor-
CLIPPED WINGS
by John Heygate
F
OR the first few weeks the two young evacuees clung to their mother's skirts. The country was strange and cold to them.
They missed the life of the streets, and the life of the farm was a very poor sub- atitute.
Besides, there was no ice-cream
man!
They seriously thought of running away to London.
In the third week they showed a Uttle more interest. They still looked down on the plodding drudgeries of the farmer and wondered how he could possibly go on But they con- doing such dull tasks. descended to ask questions.
Ernie, the boy, the older, asked: "What d'you
call those. conically.
"Ducks," said the
"Why's one got colours on his back and the other's plain brown?" asked Ernie's alster, being shut up. Instantly by her brother who remembered having scen a "Why pair of them in a London park. don't they ny away, Mr. Farmer?" he asked Instead.
Because their wings is clipped," sald the farmer, and moved away, followed by the Wo children, low showing decided signs of Interest
Next day the children were up early, watching the farmer feed his two ducks.
"Don't they got tired of swimming round the same bit of water all day?" asked Ernie. It ain't a bit of water to them." replied the farmer, “And why - should they? One place is as, good','an". another.
lin he was for a short time military His activity dictator of Prussia. was then chiefly directed against Naals and Communists.
Since then he has made it up He marched into with Hitler. the Sudetenland at the head of the German troops last year, and led the advanced guard of the German
Poland. troops against
Ho ta bald-headed, thin-lipped, energetic, ruthless and harsh.
It is predicted that Generai- WALTER VON REICHENAU will lend the spearhead of the German attack in the West,
Reichenau is perhaps the only full-fledged Nazi among the Ger- man generals. An artillery officer and a sportsman, he was in com- mand of the Munich and Leipzig garrisons under Hitler.
Which was too when it's your home." much for Ersle and his sister, who retired, baffled.
But in the evening they were back in time for feeding. It was the girl's turn: What happens when their wings grow? Don't they fly away, Mr. Farmer?"
Maybe they do. But they don't go far. And they comes back."
"Why?"
The farmer looked at the two children. Ho scratched his head. "I dunno," he said, "But I reckon if you were to get your meals three
ree times
a day regular in the same placo-good sound country grub; none of your Ice-creams and stuff-I reckon you wouldn't fy for neither!"
The farmer was right.
There's no need to clip those children's wings any more. They'va already taken over the duck-feeding, and that farm to them la beginning to scom.as large a home. As the pond to the duckat
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would have been Kitler's choice as C-in-C. had not the army ex- pressed resentment at the posal- blity of a party man assuming command.
Another Germana general ex- pected to play a big part in the West is GUENTER VON KLUGE, communications expert of the Ger- man Reichswehr,
Wounded in the Battle of Verdun, he has a family tradition war against of experience in Franco. His father 'was Klock's chief assistant in the last war.
Guenter von Kluge has devoted. his life to the study of anti- French strategy. Hitler recognised his ambition, and allowed him to lead the German troops which -occupied the Rhineland. Now Kluge wants to march into Franco!
FOUR- other generals will be found on the Western Front. One is VON BOOK, formerly, attached to the German Crown Prince's staff. He was highly decorated, and was given important commands after the last was. He led the German troops into Austria in March, 1938.
VON ia Another
General
of BLASKOWITZ, "invader" Czecho-Slovakia. Blaskowitz, how- ever, is a devoted defendor of the Retchswehr traditions.
General- LIST commands the German troops along the Swiss frontier. He is a Bavarian and a Nazi, but his military record is in- significant. Five years ago nobody had ever heard of him, even in Germany. Now he is one of Hitler's favourites.
Finally wo come to GEORG VON KUECHLER, who is rather a mill- tary professor than a strategist. Ho is responsible for the training of the troops, and only Hitler's lack of generala loyal to his regime has in- duced him to give Kuechler a coni- mand.
He is 58, a man of little person- ality.
THE German air force in the West is led by the Flight-Gonorals LOEUR. KESSELBING and JESCHONECK. Lochr is an Austrian, one of the illegal Nazis who betrayed their
Hitler. country to
Kesselring is a Bavarian, and close personal friend of his chief, Goering.
Jeschaneek is only forty, and his chief qualification for the big job Is his ardent Nazi faith and his personal bravery as a flyer.
Soviet Open First Cocktail Hall
MOSCOW, Dec. 4. The Soviet authorities formally opened their firat so-called "cocktail bali" last night Thirty variaties were tasted by official guests in the State-operated bar in a street named after Maxim Gorki, The Soviet Press claims that the bar is decorated in the highest possible testo.
Soviet alcohol on general eate to the public is usually less than a year old. It is therefore upt to bo'shat tering, especially when mixed even In less than 30 Varieties.