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He's the Architect of all
our War plans
BY F. C. H. SALUSBURY
D
War Correspondent,
URING the present lull not to be confused with lullaby, as was done by the last Government and the Allied High Command. there is one military officer whose advice to the War Cabinet is of the utmost importance.
He la General Bir John Dill-bu years old, tallish, lean, moustached Ulsterman and ex-Infantry officer -Chief of the Imperial General Staff, and his functions are possibly the most mysterious to the civilian public of all these in the hierarchy
the Army.
of the
We remember him as the com- mander of the 1st Corps with the B.E.F. As a general with a great record in Palestine during the dim- cult years of 30 and 37 who has the profound respect of the fighting soldier. Now he has retreated be hind a screen.
SPINS A WEB
One thing can be said deßnitely of him in his present official position." He does not command troops in the Jousely accepted 'sense of the phrase; he is not a leader of armica
Rather does he sit in the background and spin a web of strategy.
Above all, he must be in thinker, a cunning thinker! and the lower the cunning-in this age of international gangsters--the better.
There has not been a Commander in-Chief of the British Army for a long
time. That function is exercised col· lectively by the War Cabinet, as in Olso the command of the Royal Navy and of the Royal Air Force.
The Fust Lord of the Admiralty, the Secretary of State for War, and the Secretary of State for Air are the ministers responsible for the eclency of their respective departments: and they, in turn, are advised by their Chiefs of Staff.
Now the O.LOS-the initials by which the array knows the holder of Bir John Dill's office-would not be in active command if the enemy invaded this country. That, presumably, is the job of Lt-General Sir Alan Brooke, who commands the Home Defences.
But the 0.108. has been very much in at the birth of the strategy which governs the fome Commander's dis positions
particular difficulties—at least for the duration.
On the other hand, he must not be too much of a soldier to be in- capable of recognising helpful Imagination in a civilian brain.
In making those remarks I am thinking in no way of Bir Jolin Dül, but of instances in our history wlien such difficulties and clashes bare oncurred. We have co time for hem now.
We have no time for the somno- lent smugness which characterised the Allied High Command during the Winter and Bpring
TOO MUCH
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CAN'T
Hitler had given us the perfect übject lesson in his strategy and tactics when he overran Poland,
The best method of meeting such an attack is with your own aircraft, nks and artillery. But we suffered from a general shortage of material.
The next best method is with a fort- Bed line. supported by quick-firing artil- lery, ochind which you can proceed to remedy your abortagea at express speed. The French had theit uncompleted Maginot Line: but the Allied strategias proceeded netther to rush through any serious extension of it nor whole heartedly to remedy our shortages of material
Was there a school of thought which advocated this kind of shield until wo were ready to nitack? There was 'It was discouraged.
You can't build a Maginot Line in Mlanders much" said They. But you can: there is a tried American method
which operates by freezing the mud.
- Anyhow," said They, you can't bulla one on flat ground," And, when a Bine was then suggested on higher round in the Vimy region, it was derided as involving the surrender of to much territory to the enemy-an objection which has a sardonic humour
in the light of events,
IMPERIAL PLANS
the 0.1.0.8, who has entered the coun- Bo we return to the present task of
the lessons learned from a record num ctl room armed against the future with
perpetrated by others. ber of political and military fatuities
for the war as it affects the army In He has to plan and advise not only Great Britain, but, imperially, for the Empire.
A scheme may arise anywhere-in the cabinet, in the Services, When it has been hammered out it has the authority of the War Cabinet, but it has been per- fected technically by the Chiefs of Staff Committee, consisting of the CLGS, and the Naval and Air Chiefs of Staff.
If it involves a Dominion--if it has
with the
Let me put it in the simplest, baldest originated in a Dominion-there will way. The War Cabinet has decided to have
been discussions defend us from invasión, It calls for expert advice, and the 0.1.0.8. speak. Dominion's stans, and agreement will ing for the Army, has provided the have been reached on a local com Secretary for War with a pinn.
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NO SMUGNESS
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mander and this forces available.
So we reach the stage when the plan
is put into operation, and the general
in command takes the responsibility for
its success on his shoulders.
This plan, however, has been in Thereafter the 'OLG.S.-unless the Auenced by two other members of the plan is revised-plays the part of an Army Council-the Adjutant-General investor who has Dnanced an enterprise,- who is responsible for finding the men and may be called on at any moment and the Quarterinaster-General who to find fresh funds. supplies their arms, food and equip We are now in a fighting, aggressive mood, all of us, no matter what our On the nice cohesion of these three role in the war. We are looking forward branches of the stall depends the suo to our invasion of Europe, and short of cess of a campaign, provided always that to expeditions, like Drake's, which that the strategy of the catopaign has will singe Hitler's moustache. been planned with cunning imagination, Last winter I reported from France Which brings us back to the 0.1GB the true story of a soldier--an old sweat- and his limitless responsibilities.
who overheard 'a general say, to'an
· He speaks for the Army, and he must officer in the front line, “ And then you De strong enough to speak his mind, to will advance according to plan." "shout if very loud and clear," if the Army's needs are being cheated by political parsimony or expediency.
"Ah," said the old sweat, so there is a ruddy plant)
That is where Bir John Dill comes in.
We have, however, sitiounted those and carries-02
LETTERS TO TEACHER
ANY teachers keep a Another and letter« ran: "Sir,
anne come the schule
for she's cut her häund on a bottle
my she's o
worded and painfully-written which I've poultised. Her Mother.” notes in their desks, sent by "Dear Sir," wrote another parents an "excuses" for their mother, "I canns send oor Jean to children's absence from school the schule as I'm sorry to Some of them are well worth
ta'en a dislike to ye preserving for the unwitting
lour they contain:
apit arr
THIS POEM STILL RINGS:
IT is ninety years since Wordsworth died. Famous as a nature-poet, he was no less a fervent patriot. Such strains as the following might have been composed yesterday.
We are left, or shall be left,
alonc:
The lost that dare to struggle
with the foe,
'Tis well from this day forward
we shall know
Thai in ourselves our safet
must be sought;
That by our own right handa it
must be wrought,
That we must stand unpropped,
or be laid tow
O Dastard, whom such foretasie
doth not cheer!
We shall exult, if they who rule
the land
Be men, who hold its many
blessings dear.
Wise upright, valiant; not a
servile band.
Who are to judge of danger
which they fear,
And honour which they do not
understand.
Who to the
murmurs of an
earthly string Of Britain's acts would sing. He with enraptured votes, will
tell
Of one whose spirit no reverse
could quell:
POP!
October 7 1940
By Walt Disney
BOY-OH-BOY AMI TIRED EWHAT, A DREAM!
PAGE |
FUNNY SIDE UP
16-DAY
BIKE RACE
WALT DISNEY,
By Abner Dean
"Happy birth-day to you-u-u-u, happy birth-day, to
you-o-u-u!"
Of one that mid the fatting Hilaire Belloc Believes
never fail'd.
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翩
•
There is a bondage torac, far
worse, to beat
Than his who breathes, by roof,
and floor, and wall,
⚫ Pent in. o Tyrant's
Thrail.
solitary
Tis his who walks about in the
open air.
Bouis.
One of a Nation who, hence-
forth, must wear. Their fetters in their
For toho could be, Who, even the best, in such
condition, free
From self-reproach,
that he must share With human nature?
be it ours
reproach
Never
To see the sun how brightly it
will shine,
And know that noble feelings,
manly power.
Instead of gathering strength,
muat droop and pine;
**
And earth with all her pleasant
fruits and flowers
Fade, and participate in man's
decline,
What if our numbers
could defu
barely
The arithmetic, of babes, imust
foreign hordes,
Slavce, vile as ever were be-
fooled by words, Striking through English breasts
the anarchy
Of Terror bear us to the ground,
backs
and tie
Our hands behind our with felon cords. Yields everything to discipline
of swords?
is man as good as man, none
low, none high?
Nor discipline nor valour can
withstand The shock,
nor" quell, the in- evitable rout, When in some great extremity
breaks out.
A people, on their own beloved
Land
Ruen, like one man, to combat
in the sight
Of a fust God for liberty and
right,
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GROWING SHORT
Recent weeks have been marked by a fairly rapid in crease in the intensity of enemy air work against Britain and corresponding in- tensity in our own defensive.
Pantoges
We should do well to examine the probable reasons for this new phase of intensity and its probable duration. Before considering these however, let us repeat the
the
entry
still his in examining possesses lest, reasons for haste, we should ex- favour the aggerate in our own conditions of the struggle during its present phase.
The one prime advantage which the enemy holds is that of num- ber. It is a point we have in- sisted upon over and over again, and there is the more necessity for such Insistence from the fact that, partly from lack of proportion, partly from the effect of pro- paganda, the full meaning of these numbers is not clearly present to the public.
The main fact underlying all the rest is the fact that the enemy, quite apart from his Mediterranean alliance, was originally much more than equal numerically to the French and English combined..
Since the French forces were eliminated, the enemy's recruiting feld that is the ultimate non- 'power on which he can draws much more than double our own.
The Mass Attack
But having said so much, and fully considering that handicap against us (a handicap which has adversely affected: neutral opinion often with disastrous, results-in of our chances), we may justly turn
to the other side of the question the hopa al jouking both teacher and parent. One of these classics - It is evident that the enemy is read: "Please excuse Tam for beaccelerating his pace. He is push ing absent yesterday. He had ang his preparatory attack hard. touch o scarlet fever." Needless It is much more than the "testing" to any, the touch" did not pre which he has claimed it to be. self vent the truant from enjoying him. It is rapidly becoming something with his own ploy like a mass attack, so far off the preliminary airwork is concerned, and is an acceleration in quality well as in quantity, for the enemy envisages a steadily increasing-at- tack upon our vital civilian centres, four urban population as well ne our air bases, ports, and munition factories
Another
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Yours.
and trained pilots. Every day we approach more nearly to parity; and that with the added advantage of, on the whole, better machines and certainly better trained pilots. We are still a long way off equality in numbers, but the ap- proach to it is ceaseless. Unices the energy has won his campaign in before numerical, superiority this vital arm passes to our side, he has lost the war.
Need For Speed
That is one reason for the re- vent accentuation of his pace in afr work. Another is the uncertain margin of good weather remain- ing to him. When the storms come, air work will be very differ- ent, and the difference will not be in his favour,
Now, not only must the enemy act quickly in the time at hir dis- obtain a com- posal but he must plete decision within that time.
This is a consideration that must have haunted the enemy General Staff ever since the attack on Poland was launched a year ago.
Increasing success, increasing occupation of territory, even the vastly increased numerical advan- tage obtained by the collapse of French resistance, are still con- ditioned, and
and conditioned, by the necessity for a rapid, victorious conclusion.
more
more
* Enemy's Advantages
To obtain such a decision his old, original: advantages are still with him: the remarkable excellence' of: his staff work, the unity of his in- ternal government, the perfection of his intelligence department.
This last advantage we should do well to bear in mind continually. When the enemy was tracking down the King of Norway last year they were informed of his every move, and he narrowly escaped with his life.
of our moves, far more than we have been informed of theirs, and most remarkable of all, mothing of great moment in their "plans has"over leaked oULK AROU
The new tanks which were the main element of victory last May
earlier did the
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