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The Dutch East Indies
As yet the attention turned on the Netherlands East Indies, is purely
refectory of the new situation created in Europe by the invasion
of Holland. Nevertheless, the at- dent enthusiasm of interested third Powers such as Japart, the United States, Britain and France in pro- calming their willingness to respect the status quo of the Pacific vis-a-vis The Netherlands East Indies indicates very clearly that more than ordinary Importance, is placed by international
politicians to these strategic Islands. This vast collection of fertile Janis, lurge and small, totals in its lonel space
1!! arca considerably larger than Burma. It is. moreover, so disposed that it les across the shipping routes from Europe to the Far East and is of immense ald to the air routes to Australia and New
1914
1940
THE BEAST IN BELGIUM
(George Whitelaw, whose cartoons, appear exclusively in the "Telegraph" in Hongkong, re-draws a famous 1914-cartoon).
Can Invade
Hitler
Britain?
by Lt. Col. C. B. COSTIN-NIAN, M.C.
The
Noted Military Correspondent
London, May 1.
a
T is reported that volunteer corps of picked men is being formed in Germany. Their task is said to be sacrificial.
Fleet could rapidly replace its Irises. danger before 1014, When the Ger- If it is highly unlikely that a force mans had a forraldable navy. To-day could get to our shores, it is stil! it can be ruled out.
without devastating losses."
fore they land from the air: and it also assumes, that our troops leave them entirely free to concentrate and move where they will when they have landed.
These are pretty large assumptions --and in any case I do not believe that Germany has got, or ever' will have, anywhere near 5,000 planes of this size,
(ND again, there is the ques- ♫tion of supply. When you consider the huge quantities of
more improbable that li could fund Of course, if the Germans broke fuel, ammunition and food that a
and seized the modem army consumes, its supply .. ihrough Belgiura British troops could concentrate on Channel ports the position would be by the air becomes out of the ques- the threatened area, und Gallipoll rather different. Hence the necessity tlon.
sufficient force has shown the difficulties of landing of our maintaining troops under fre, But Germans in France to prevent this. landing on the east coast would also But even then invasion by encounter, as our men in 1915 did would be a very difficult operation. not, severe netion from the air.
A corps of two divisions consumes 1,000 gallons of petrol to move twenty-five miles. How are afr planes to carry supplies in such They are told that this special task will very likely be their
But if we need not He awake at quantities? Would they try to seizo
our petrol reserves? last. They are to be very fit,
night for fear of Invasion by sea.
Britain still has control of THE landing of a large force, what of the new danger of hivastors seus. So long as she retains this, sho daring, clever and enterprising.
therefore, may be regarded from the air?
isin no fear_of_invasion. The size of the corps is consider-
as impracticable.
How many men could come that” "Suicide squads," dropped by able.
parachute to sabotage our industry But even if we assume that the way?
there If
had 5,000 planes and spread panic are another matter. Germany What can the lask be? Visions of Germans have landed safely. freak invasions of all sorts of places still remains the problem of supply capable of carrying thirty men each. They might conceivably inflict much ourselves and to the flood the mind. Belind the Maginot? ing them with food and ammunition. with military equipment, that would damage to Even the Orkneys or Eire ?
This could only be done by set, in mean they could bring 130,000 men. Allled cause.
However grave the situation else- adequate quantities, if England were That sounds casy.
her Navy
But it all takes for granted, the where, we would never allow our- completely exhausted,
these Islands of driven off the sea, her Air Force fact that neither our fighter air-craft selves to strip
Invasion By sea front
nor our anti-aircraft batteries offer suffelent protection to give para- out of the air.
serious resistance to the enemy be- chutists a clear field. Germany was dismissed as a remote
Or-might they even be consider lug on invasion of Britain ?
Hitler has Invaded Norway, a coun- try separated from Germany by the
Zealand. From the northernmost
cnt of Sumatra to where Timor sca. Hitler ancered at islarida at the confronts Australia the length of the
beginning of this war. But can he Invade Britain, an island which has dain of islands is over 2,000 miles, been immune from Invasion for and north of le Dutch Barnes,
several hundred years? Celebes, and Dutch New Guinea. Were the Dutch East Indies in bands hostile 10 Brlinin
To land troops on our shores has been the fondest with of our enemies. But since 1000 we have always kept the Singapore them too busy on the Continent to have troops of energles to spare for Buch a task.
WE da, and Napoleon's attempt
tase, which stands on a promontory that thrusts into the midst of them, would have enemy ports at its door. The Netherlands Government, ur- gent to avoid any semblance of assembled both troops-and-the barges
departure from neutrality, has pro- claimed the ability of the Dutch East Indies to take care of themselves and will countenance no offers of protec- tion against any event. The validity claim will be much strengthened when the present plans mature.
that
WE destroyed Philip's Arma-
shared much the same fole. He
to carry them across from Boulogne.
But he needed to collect enough warships to protect the transports from the British Fleet. For this purpose he required France's Medl lerranean Fleet In the Channel.
Nelson's victory at Trafalgar pre- vented this. When Naploleon heard of it he broke camp and marched cast, into Germany.
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SWEDEN IS ANXIOUS
These Are Sweden's Chief Newspapers
NAME
-StockholmsTidningen
-Stockholms Dagbind Dagens Nyheter Svenska Dagbladet Aftonbladet
Nya Dagligt Allehanda. Svenska Morgonbladet. Social-Demokraten
CIRCULATION
POLITICS
150,800 (morning) Liberal. 136,000 (morning) Liberal.
86,400 (morning) Conservative. 62,500 (evening) Liberal. 61,700 (evening) Conservative. 40,000 (morning) Liberal. 87,300 (morning) Labour.
recently issued sharp warning to Stockholm.
The general feeling and sympathies: are being etcarly evinced in the local. Press in the form of small insertions and slogans emphasising the impera- tive necessity of watchfulness, pre-- paredness, the strengthening of de- fensive measures, reticence in. elilzens public conversations, and also in the wholesale daily Press ad- vertisments calling for the accordance of the fullest support for their gallant
herole little neighbours'
struggle. against barbarism and despotism.
the policy and done nothing to Kive WHILE fully realising
The greatest interest has been possible complications grounds for accusations. The pos-
sibility of being drawn compulsorily evinced and approbatlon expressed arising as a result of the adop Into unwanted participation, however, with all the news concerning Allied tion of such a policy, Sweden's is not overlooked, and everythinx assistance for Norway, ns-if is fully Is there any real cause for anxiety sympathies, like those of the possible is being done to ensure recognised that Scandinavia's future protection of Sweden's Integrity and may depend on the outcome of the after what is happening to Norway ? rest of the civilised world, are
security,
present struggle. It is not doubled A successful Invasion Involves wholeheartedly for Norway in In considering Swedish sympathy that the existing difficult situation: three operations: ------
the latter's life and death for the Norwegians it must be re- and the Westerners reaction towards 1. Carrying the invading force struggle.
membered that a considerable pro- the same may well mean the turning- portion of the Norwegians are point in European history and decido. -safely-across-the-ard
Sweden'a posillón particularly Swedish descendants and Finn" euf "whether future generations shall live 2. Landing It O} the hostile deserves the fullest sympathy the ture is built up on the Swedish in freedom or slavery. The whole of
disastrous curisequences to herself of
Scandinavia la now anxiously await- model. being completely surrounded by the
ing developments. 3. Supplying, tantaining and Nazis are fully realised, reinforcing it when it has been landed.
Now Hiller is said to have plans The Netherlands Government, in--for-an-east coast invasion or 102 a the two and a half centuries in which landing in Elre. the has ruled her Dutch Empire, hos nat neglected defence. The latest avaliable returns show that she keeps normally in East Indian waters, with Sourabaya as their base," two light | culcers,eight-destroyers, and--twelve- bmarines, besides some minelayers, minesweepers, and motor-torpedo. bents, and to this little navy is at- inched a force of 72 seaplanes as weil
| smaller aircraft. "Three' 27,000-
shore..
at:
are
The only forms of assistance Should the entire north become the present being asked for and sup- plied in Sweden aro medicamenta, lun battle-cruisers are now to be
Sweden acknowledged and admired: aim for a Nazi plot of egression the hospital personnel, clothes for re- added to it, and £6,000,000 spent on It is problematical. whether the Improving the bose at Saurabaya. German Navy could escort transports throughout civilisation for her histori. Northles cannot possibly be blamed fugees and ambulances for
across the North Sea. It is incon- eni penceful career, the soundness of for looking to the Western demo- all being liberally donated. The Regular Army, entirely Inde-
celvable that the Germans could her industry, the welfare of her cracies for asilatance, as the latter
The newspapers' recurring appear pendent of that at home; consists
leave harbour and cross the son workers, her financial stability and plus Amerka must now or never of some 32,000 Europeafis and natives without attracting attention, and the friendliness will all nations, is now support democracy against slavery. resulted in a spontaneous universal with prilllery of all calibres 'and 'a transports would find themselves in- faced with perhaps the most difficult. Sweden's model factories, rich ore response in all classes, with: Labour
It is fields and agricultural development predominating mull Air Force..
volved in a major naval engagement, problem in her entire history.
Sweden, and, it is hoped, other for, which they are not fitted. Kenerally accepted that Sweden is on must prove an enticing prize in the
of autocratic rulers whose countries, fully realise the danger to the Hat as victim, and as she does not, eyes Whatever the result of such an wish to offend the Allies, Sweden's disastrous policy has converted their the entire world's economic struc- action. It is certain that the German position may well be claimed as be- countries into armed, unstable, un ture, particularly in the timber and trade; which. losses would prevent the escorting of ing between the devil and the deep sound States, timber by-products any reinforceinents or suppiles" for sea,
The dimeukles facing the Swedea would result from the Nazis over were clearly shown when the German gaining footing here.. paper "Berliner Boerien Zeitung".
Thus it can be seen that the Netherlands East Indies are wall for ined against attack, and that by attempt against them by an unfriend- y Power would most assuredly meet with disaster.
the original force, assuming that they It is not questioned that Sweden could be safely landed." The British has so far fully observed noutral
H. B