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AMPAIGNING conditions in the Middle East were described by authoritative quarters in London. It was pointed out that the policy of the British Comman- der-in-Chief in Egypt must be one of "active defence."
In Libya, the collapse of France has brought a great change in the situation, it was pointed out. The numerous Italian and well-equipped
armics there are no longer threatened on two fronts but can concentrate wholly on the Egyptian border.
The character of the coun try, the difficulty of communi- cation, and the lack of water prevent the concentration of great numbers on the from- tiers of Egypt, Consequently the policy of the British Com. mander-in-Chief
movements impossible. The dominating factor is the lack of water, and this accounts for the distribution of our troops.
At Sollum. on the frontier itself. the water supplies are insufficient for more than a very small garrison: Isolated wells can be held and the de- sert tracts can be patrolled, but the real military frontier is as far back from the politi cal frontier as Mersa Matrub. Similarly for the ItalianIA, Bardia is advanced headquar
in
its ters Egypt
and Tobruk, with one of must necessarily be
harbour, the natural supply active defence-active within base. Imits which the changed con- ditions impose upon it.
Character Of The Country
The character of a CAM- paign to be fought there is dictated by the character of the country Itself. It is a de- Aert largely formed by plateau, passable for me- chanised traffic, but over very large areas covered with drift- ing sand dunes which muke
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The frontier itself is de- Imited by a barbed-wire fence live feet high and 12 feet wide, put up by the Italians Home years ago, with forts at intervals behind it. On the Egyptian side there are no such forta. The Italian fixed posta are natural objects of atlack, and all land lighting so far has been conducted on the Italian side of the fron- tier. The barbed-wire fence
got in he is
Willkie because on our side
by C.V.R. Thompson
THE
HE keynote of America's that any conception in boy, no matter of what race, creed or ancestry, has a technical right to the umbi- tion that he will grow up to become President United States.
of the
Wendell Willkie had that ambi- tion when be was a boy, but six months ago neither he nor any of the whe new him thought that there was a chance in a million It could ever be realisedl.
To-day. Wendell Willkie is almost as near being the next President of the United States Delano Roosevelt,
As Franklin
About three months ago un “un- Important group of big business men got to talking among then- selves, and decided that Willkle. 76,000dol. n year president of the Commonwealth and Southern Utilities Empire, would make good Republican President.
It
laughable. Wulkic scerned had everything a candidate Roosevelt against reform-minded ahould not have. He. was in big business, with an office only halt block from Ghated Wall-street;
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he had voted for Roosevelt in 1932, and Americans do, not like turn- coats: he was unknown to the great mass of American voters; he had stood against Mid-Western Isolation demanding aid for the Allles.
Nu one with such disadvantages, stood a chance' against Roosevelt glamour. but Willkle's supporters
were undaunted.
In one month their efforts swung only three per cent. of Amerien's Republicans to the Wilikle borner." --
By last week Willkie, still with professional out.
political
a
munione si biterly opposed by crusadang Thotnas Dewey and sund Senator Robert Tatt. bad captures the umagmalion of the The rents Was mainly that Wendell Willloe gave. Ameri- vans the typend Anwriend steveNN story of a boy who deumed with incredible belief in hanself that he would grow up to be Presklent.
He was born in a small town, be married a girl from that small town, he made good in that sinall town as a fawyer He moved to the tag eity, and made good in the Thut big city as a business man.
l the kind of story America likes,
At the Republien Convention at Philadelphia, the Arst buflots went for Dewey and Taft. Delegates were afraid of Wilkie; although the Press of the nation-or that part of it that is not pro-Roosevelt --demanded Willkie as candidate, delegales were afraid they would Rot be repaid for their votes if Wilkie, a candidate without machine, were adopted.
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But popular opinion broke through their fear. Willkie climbed and climbed. Finally, towards one
the morning. Willkie nominated amid the greatest popu- far outery ståld Republicans can remember,
in
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And what is the international Willicio's nomination? effect of Well, it can be counted as o British
America's Victory in hustings.
The Republican party adopted n weak-kneed
peace platform. Dewey. was for minding America's own business. Taft woS I pure 'isolationist. Willkie was openly in favour of helping England win the war against Hitlerism. And Will- "kle won.
Great Britain can feel confident to-day that America · going to remain her active friends. One of two men will be in the White House for four years after this. One friend Wendell Willkle frland Roosevelt,
or
has been cut and various forta have been captured.
Fort Capuzzo, which has been reoccupied by the Italians since the British first cup- fured and diamantled it, in serving a most useful pur- pose; it compels the defending fore to send continual con- voys for its sustenance or re- lief, and there are necessarily vulnerable and continue to suffer losses at our hands.
In Kenya
The fighting in Kenya is in very different country, and yet the limitations of terrain produce not dissimilar effects. Roads are few, cross-country movement, especially in the rainy season, is difficult, and the lack of water makes im- possible a heavy concentration of troops. The frontier itself almost follows the contour of the Abyssinian plateau, which breaks down in cliffs to the Kenya plain.
Such fow British posts us there were on the Kenya fron- tier were lightly held, and could not be defended for any length of time against attack from the plateau above. More- over, conditions in Abyssinia had compelled the Italians to maintain there forces much larger than were required in Kenya. This enabled the Italians temporarily to occupy the north-eastern corner of Kenya--the Mandera triangle between Abyssinia and Italian Somaliland. There we had no troops at all, not even police. and by what they described as "the brilliant combined action
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of land and air forces" the Italiana, their movements made easier by the existence of a road just inside the fron- tler, were able to enter the country and occupy a number of water holes. The capture of these they announced as a military triumph.
To the west of thai triangle the frontler post of Moyale, defended by a single company of the King's African Rifles, for five days resisted superior forces supported by artil lery and aircraft with a total loss of only ten men
of
Farther to the west, north Lake Rudolf, British forces have taken the initiative, and native troops have raided for into the enemy country and done consider. ble damage to such military ob- Jectives un exist
ARE YOU SURE?
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1 What lown in southern Franer
the papat seat? Wat ence thi In the century?
14th,
2. Where are the Bad Lands and what people inhabit them?
3. If you were given a pyenile would you:-~~-
Plant it, cook it, kill it, or wear !!"
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(a) What tona his name?; (b) for what intention did he receive
£1,000?
3. During what campaign was a warzhip first sunk by submarie?
6. What famous British author wrote in 2600;~~
“I did send for a cup of ten, a China drink of which I had never drunk before."
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(a) Brocolli, (b) delfinium, (c) galardin, (d) penstemon, (e) ichzanthius, {f} nărelsuss,
8. How old was the youngest English Prime Minister when me took amos?
9. If you read that its rblef places are Keitum, Tinnum, Mor- Westerland, kum, Rantum "und could you name the island?.
10. What is tarpaulin?
11. Which signs of the Zodiac signifyi
(a) Ram, (b) Twins, (e) Goat. 12. What film star once, exp tained Sussex at cricket?
15. Which is the heavier:-- (a) Sack of wool or (b) chest of ten? Give the weight of each,
14. Wherefore let him that thinketh" he standeth take heed lest he fall"—is_from:-.
(a) Psalms, (b) Proverbs, (c) Corinthians, (d) St. Matthew.
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(a) Premier, (b) Foreign Minis- ter. Fel Defener Minister.
16. Which has been Briksh the longer-Malta or GibraltarTM
17. In what famous novel ap- pear Sir William Ashton as Lord Keener of Froiland, and Lucy, his
the bride? daughter
18. Hearing D "Ingatio" you would know it man asunn
Violin, drum, fute, planu, bus- zon, clarinet.
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adventurer.
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historie rivers.
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2. South Dakota,
Sloux Indians.
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topaz.
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4. (a) George Stephenson; (b)
calliery safety lamp.
D. American Civil War, in 1864, 9. Pepys.
7. Broccoli, delphinium, geillardia, pentslemon, schizanthus, nar- clustis.
8. Pitt,
0. Sylt.
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12.
twenty-four,
Canvas covered with tar. - Aries, Gemini, Capricornus: 12. Aubrey Smith,
13. Sack of wool, 364lbs; chest of
tea, 841be.
14. 1 Corinthians, x
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15. M. Pierlot, M. Spook, General
Denis,
10. Cibraltar became British In
1713 and Malta do 1814.
17. Scott's "Bride of Lammermoor:" 18. Вачкоол.
10. Character in Sheridan's The
School for Schndal."
20. Meuse, Marne, Aisuc..
In Kenya, as on the Libyan fron- tler, fighting is likely to be more to the nature of skirmishing and guerrilla warfare than of military undervres on a grand scale. The rainy season has begun, and mill- inry activities are likely hampered very considerably, but the guerrilla can still play his part, und the wor of attrition, which may well decide the issue in Abys- ainta, is not likely to be closed down by bad weather.
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Iceland likes its
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ARLY in the summer we
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quietly occupied Iceland. The feelanders were ns sur- prised as anyone: "Why pick on us?" they said. "There's nothing here but fish."
Most peuple here have forgotten about this occupation now, and ti may seem a remote topic; but Iceland may yet be of strategle importance, and Jur Army DI ocupalton is still there.
The troops have settled down cumfortably; the feelanders-most
of whom had never seen an armed soldier before-have taken to them well,
Some 30 Icelandic ships are con- stently bringing us fish, Scammen who have been to Hull & Grimsby can speak some English, nake friends with our troops; housewives in the suburbs of Reykjavik took hot
collee to them when they were living under canvas, realising that and it cold. they might find it
(In fact, Iceland is not a land of ice & snow; it has about the same as North Scot- mean temperature as land. Chief hardship, in winter, is the black-out; daylight lasts only 56 hours. Just now, with the midnight sun, there is no darkness at all.)
It
took our men only a fortnight to drink all Iceland's slocks of beer. This isn't as bad (or good) it sounds. Icelandic beer is 19 practically non-alcoholic.
GERMANS were beginning to take an interest in Iceland before the war.
Some of their scientists were sur- Yeylug it goologically, Other "scientists" -Nazi hacka — were congratulating Icelanders on being pure Aryans. Sounder scientists, from America, found that Ice landers closest relatives were the, Scots & Irish..
There are about 100 Germans in Reykjavik when war broke out seamen & shopkeepers mostly, as elsewhere well organised by the Nazlagan
* Dr. Gerlach, Germon consul, was a Nazi big-shot: few regretted hic departure (except: some children who had been invited by his 11- yeur-old daughter to her birthday morty that day). Only one English 'book was found in his big library: Douglas Reed's "Inanity Fair."
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