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Prelude in C. Sharp (Rachmaninoff). Arthur Rubinstein.preparing against the possibility of immediate invasion by Nazi Toscanini and N.B.C. Orchestra. Germany.
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An invasion of Holland, whose
Every possible atrain must be put upon the German war machine, for if it collapses the war will be over.
It is the duty of the Ministry to help the military forces in putting that strain on Germany, while propaganda plays its part in wenkening internal support for Hitler.
Economic warfare is the opposite of Hitler's dream of a lightning war of conquest. It in slow to get going, it tak s a long time to make its effect, but in the long run it is Irresistible.
To-day we are in a position to wage economic warfare, Hitler is not. We have amplo means of defence against such warfare, Hitler has few. And if it is to be a long war, we have the moral stamina to see it through,
Consider the condition of Germany at the outbreak of war. For six and a half years Hitler the has forced sacrifices on German people in order to make Germany self-sufficient, but Ger- many is still a very long way from being self-sufficient.
First, there is food. Broadly speaking, Germany is self- suficient to the extent of about 80 per cent. in food supply.
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And even The Russian economy has. in peace time Germany has been carefully built up so as to Finally, we must consider the found difficulty in fulfilling ex- make Russia independent of Germany, in fact, is on a low position of Russia. If we port orders. War is bound to foreign supplies, and the stage S. MOUTRIE & CO., LTD.frontier, all the preparations level of subsistence now and
assume that the Nazi-Soviet shut off many industries from has now been reached where pro- duction is only being used for for an attack appear to be in there is not much of a margin
contains provisions for export business. for further restriction. Hitler pact train, although even yet, of
Then there is the problem of export in order to pay for must maintain his food supply Russian supplies in time of war, course, the threat may not be and even improve it, for soldiers then the question arises what transport. The Baltic may be necessary raw materials and. can Russin supply and through free, but Russian ports are such things as factory machin- what channels can she supply it, frozen for the greater part of ery which she cannot yet make-
An article in the "Economist" the year. Moreover, Leningrad herself. neutrality cannot be called in
After food there is the, ques-
Food production has im- question-in-one-particular and tion-of raw materials vital for goes into the question thorough- is a long way from the big indus- whose desire for peace has been Germany's war industries. Hore ly and points out that the com-trial areas--of-Moscow--and proved, but the standard of made manifest again and again, Germany's position is very much mercial assistance Russia can Magnitogorsk, and Russian rail- living is still low, and there is give Germany "can easily be ways and roads are not good. no surplus to send to Germany, would be a crime against inter-
The most direct rail routes all except perhaps wheat which There are seven groups of exaggerated."" national law and against the
raw materials absolutely neces Leaving on one side the poli- run through Poland, and even if Germany' does not need. conscience of the world. sary for carrying on a war. They tical difficulties (that Russin Poland were conquered, Russia's Only in a few things could
But Nazi Germany has com-are coal, iron ore, metals other might be unwilling to help Ger-
German timber and perhaps a little oll- mitted too many crimes already than iron, rubber, timber, textile many to dominate Europe), it backwardness in transport re- Russia help-manganese, cotton
fibres, and oil. In only two of must be remembered that unless mains as an obstacle. to trouble about adding another these-coal and timber-is Ger- Russia provides credit, which rolling stock is of a different and much organisation would be needed before they became avall- to the list.
many self-sufficient. For the is unlikely, Germany would have gauge and therefore useless.
Finally, one must consider able for Germany. Holland threatens no one. rest she is partly and in some to pay for any Russian supplies, She will be invaded, if invaded of these cases entirely dependent or provide goods in exchange; what Russia can supply, presum- on foreign supplies, some of them that, in fact, Russia would be ing that Stalin is not going to she is, simply because it seems over-geas. If we can cut off no more use in this respect than dislocate the Russian economy expedient to Hitler to overrun these supplies-or part of them any neutral country to which to help Hitler. another small nation for his war-Germany will be crippled,
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The threat against Holland Some of Germany's supply comes because Herr Hitler con-channels are in our hands. If ceives that the Dutch coast, we declare a blockade of Ger- many, we can close the English like Denmark, might be use-Channel and make communica ful to him as a jumping-off tion with Germany by way of Sea exceedingly ground for air raids on Britain. the
He will not get his air bases difficult. With the Italian Flect neutral, the Mediterranean would easily. Holland will fight if in- be in the hands of the British vaded, and call to her aid the and French Navies, and as a forces of Nature by flooding her further check on Germany, the Dardanelles are dominated by land against the invader.
Turkey, an ally.
Nor, if invasion were success- ful, would it affect the ultimate
There would remain to Ger- the land routes," and many problematically, the Baltic. balance of the war. Britain is Along the land routes Germany prepared to meet the weapon of can get wheat and oil-ample air attack as she has been wheat but insufficient oil-if sho prepared from the day war can pay for them or supply goods in exohanga. If not, Germany started.
It would but steel the resolu-has to commandeor them, and tion of the British and French that means carrying the war into Hungary, Rumania, Yugo- people to fight until Hitlerism Slavia, Greece. It might be in finally defeated.
bloodless war, but' all these And to the rest of the world countries, if under the heel of n brutal attack upon yet an-Germany, would lose their rights other small and peaceable na- as neutrals.
tion would provide-it it ware The samo applies to Sweden, needed the final evidence that who can supply Germany from there can bo neither peace nor across the Baltic with the iron the civilised co-operation of na-ore which is indispensable to her.
Last year, in peace time, she im tions in Europe so long as Nazl ported 22 million tons of Swedish ism exists.
iron ore. Warlimo needs would
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It is crystal clear from all this. that Germany's outside supplies are in a perilous position. It is
By Lichty for us to make them even more
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perilous, through economic war- fare. It is also clear that. economic warfare is far wider in its scope than military warfare, and in the long run of equal im- portance.
Mr. Ronald Cross, the Ministar of Economic Warfare in the War Government, is F merchant banker who became a Conserva- tive M.P. in 1981 and has work- ed his way up to the position of Parliamentary Secretary of the Board of Trade.
His work at the Board of Trado will be useful to him in this important new post. But it does not seem advisable that the final responsibility of such vitally important work should. fall on a man who has never be-- fore held Cabinet rank.
The general direction of the war is in the hands of tho War Cabinet. This matter of economic warfare ng well as our lown economic defence and tho co-ordination of that defence with that of our Allles is n supremely important part of the atruggle. This field and the work of all executivo depart ments concerned with it should: be made the special responsibility, of one of the War Cabinet Ministers.
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