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The Fifth Column
They learned it in
Col. William J. Donovan and Edgar Mowrer
When all allowance has been made for Hitler's superior armies, his re- sourcefulness, his daring, and the vital assistance by Germans living within the victim countries, his suc- cess can only be explained by another factor. This is nothing less than the pre- sence among his enemies of what, since the Spanish Civil War, has been known as the "fifth column."
Since no country has ever been unanimous, "ffth column" has existed polen- islly in every land in every war. But the despotic ar totalitarian countries ruth- lesaly suppress it at home while exploiting it elsewhere.
It is in a democracy that the fifth column" can func- tion most freely and effective- ly. It remained for Adolf Hitler's genius to raise the creation, strengthening, or- ganisation and activity of the "fifth column" in the coun tries that opposed him to a decisive weapon.
"We need armies. But we shall not use them as in 1914. The place of artillery will in the future be taken by re- volutionary propaganda, break down the enemy paycho- logically before the armies begin to function at all.
to
The enemy people must be demoralised and ready to capitulate before military ac- tion can even be thought of
mental confusion, inde- cisiveness, panic, these ure our weapons. The history of revolutions. . . is always the The ruling classes capitulate. Why? Defcatism: They no longer have the will to conquer."
kame:
The propaganda machine for creating and sustaining a "fifth column."-again accord- ing Lo Hitler's confessed theory is of a double nature. No one side it aims at in- For fluencing the masses. this purpose litler in the present war utiliacs his radio traitors. Lord Haw Haw for the English, Ferdonnet for the French, and to some ex- tent, particularly in the last two years, communist agita- tors whom he tricked or cor- rupted into нerving him. But for the classes he had a much more subtle bait. As he him- self put it:
"The resulta at which I aim aro only to be obtained by the systematic corruption of the possessing and Koverning classen. -Business advantages, erotic satisfactions and am- bition, are the three main stopa in our propaganda or- gan."
How did this work in the various countries?
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In the bloodless conquest of Austria, "fifth column" Aus- trian leaders like Soуsk-In- quart,
liko dupes Schmidt, played a decisivo part.
This is the second of the sensational arti-
cles made public by U. S. A. ' s. Secretary Knox of the Navy De- partment at Washing- ton, as part of the na- tional defence pro- gramme.
enthusiasm in favour of Nazi Germany, agents like Franz von Papen skilfully convinced lending Austrians that only through Hitler could their secret aspirations be fulfilled.
The Slovaks, who had suf- fered their bondage under Hungary, could be duped. But Czecha and Poles could not. Both peoples had lived far too long cheek to jowl with Prussians to have the slightest doubt as to Hitler's real intentions.
There was no strong "fifth column' among the Czechs Czech and Poles; a few agrarians, the former Polish Foreign-Minister Josef Beck. The Czechs were finally con-
Spain
But the Dutch Government had little enough to conceal. The Dutch National Socialists did what they could do to welcome, assist and succour
the invading German para- chutists and air-borne infan-
somewhat try, and
half- heartedly took part in the the German attacks upon Dutch police and army. But of themselves they were re- latively ineffective.
In Belgium, without the shadow of a doubt, Flemings loyal to Hitler betrayed the main defences of the Albert Canal and opened not only their, country, but Holland as well, to German invasion.
An eyewitness, the wife of a patriotic Belgian customs the authority stationed on Dutch frontier nearby, re- ported how Flemish soldiers deliberately neglected to blow the bridges over the canal which had been constructed primarily as a barrier to in- vasion.
Others took to their heels at the sight of the first Ger- man. In all the towns, prò- German Flemings and Rexists of Degrelle spread stories of
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Váy valid Fillies Fradiasia,
"No, no, dear that thermomotor is just to test the tempera- ture of the WATER!"
the uselessness of the war, the strength of Germany and the futility of resistance.
Others threw the villages into panic, creating hordes of refugees whose presence on
the roads southward slowed and even prevented the ad- vance of the French and British Armies that were coming to Belgium's assist-
ance.
quered by French betrayal, HEROES OF "THE BUMPER TRIP”
the Poles the might of a nation three or four times as strong,
To see the "fifth column" in full swing one had to wait for the attack on democratic countries.
In Norway there is little doubt but that "fifth column" activities contributed to the success of the German blitz attack and were responsible for the quick collapse of all organised resistance;
Major and former National Defence Minister Quisling had been, if not actually in the pay of German Nazis, at least in close coninct with them for years.
Ilis success in stabbing Norway in the back can be traced (A) to the fear of Socialism carefully fostered among leading Norwegians by Nazi propaganda and (B) to the fact that numerous ap pointments to high army commands had been made by Quisling's Intimate friend.
There is some season to believe that the electrically controlled mines guarding the inner harbour of Oslo were put out of action by another highly placed Norwegian trai. tor.
In view of the efficiency of relatively weak coastal de- fences, it is safe to say that
without "fifth column" ac- tivity in Norway, the Norwe- gian resistance would have lasted several days and the invasion conceivably failed altogether.
In Holland the
"arth column" was more numerous than effective, This was doubt- less due to its opon character. The Ave odd per cent. of all Dutchman organised in Mus- sert's Dutch National Socialist Party for years provided the Nazia with military and ocono- mic information.
By A. J. McWhinnie THE convoy boys who run
Hitler's gauntlet in the Channel little more than a dozen milles from his long-
call guns
it "the
range bumper trip."
And when their ships are safely through the multiple perils of the narrow Straits of Dover, they say, "It's still the English Channel."
.I'd back the daring, the coolness, the courage of the any convoy boys against heroes in the world.
I've done "the bumper trip." I've seen our sailors-both R.N. and Merchant Navy- accepting 1,000 miles an hour shells from the shore bal- teries, bombing, Nazi mines, E-boats and U-boats as just part of the day's work, though they are on the most danger- ous run in the world.
But it needs more than dar ing to keep the waterways of the English Channel safely open, in spite of all Hitler's tricks.
The daring men must have. the latest weapons. And bo- hind it all must be careful planning.
All-Weapon Convoy
There was a special signi- ficance about that convoy which beat Germany's guns, bombers, mines, E-boats and U-boats the other day.
It was one of our "all- weapon convoys"-ready for anything.
And the whole world know now that our all-weapon con- voy get through;
Not a
word leaked out: about the nature of this con- I was pledged to secrecy with everybody else. I could not even telephone my nows editor and tell him that I was Balling on the bumper trip."
voy. Guido,
While the discontent of the masses was whipped up to
He only knew I was at sea. He didn't know I was in the shelled, and bombed
until my convoy story was coming through over the phone after we had reached port.
Before we sailed, the crews of the warships escorting the convoy
by their captains. were addressed
They were told that they were doing the bumper trip" under special circumstances and that they would be at "action stations" right through the run.
We know
our ships can gel through the Channel under cover of darkness. But that is not suf- fcicnt.
The convoys inust get through in broad daylight, under clear akles, facing every weapon of the enemy with an effective antidote. And that is just what they are doing. I them do it. I salled with
liem.
We expected those long-range guns on the French coast to roar Up on the their thells at bridge of an escort vessel they were taking bearings of the flashes which revealed the situation of the shore batteries...
Then our bombers went out to deal with that side.of the business, New Defences
Meanwhile, our warships were trying out a new sinoke screen de- velopment. We're well pleased its Brat with the result under baptism of fire.
the
We have the measure, now, of enemy's dive-bombing tactics, Only by dive-bombing can they be reasonably certain of scoring direct hite.
So our convoys are now pro- tected against dive-bombing at- tacks. Each convoy carries kites They are on the bumper trip. the barrage balloons of the sea.
Then there are the all-purpose guns of the slestroyers the big guns and there are the pom-poms, as well as the Lewis guns which ara also carried in every ship in tho convoy-from cargo liners down to little, grimy colliers.
The Spltores and the Hurricanes ora quick off the mork whenever the enemy gals after our convoy ships. They proved it when shell- Ing gave way to bombing on thin trip. And they are still proving it now,
1..
Those E-Boats
So much for the attack from the air.
You hear a lot about E-boats. The E. stands simply for enemy- We've got motor-torpedo boats. the measure, of those, too. Our destroyers and our own M.T.B.s have got their answer ready for signal. "Prepare, to repel enemy M.T.B. attack."
And more than once in the past few weeks they have given the answer..
It wouldn't sur- Then U-boats. prise the Royal Navy at all it there is a sudden wave of U-boats playing a part in Hitler's fight for supremacy in the Channel.
We have the secret Asdic up- paratus carried by the escorting warships.
And what the Asdic picks up in the way of U-boats our depth charges can blow to smithereens beneath the sea,
Every ship in convoy these days has been degoussed against mag- Contact and floating nelle minas. mines we deal with by rifle fire and bullets from our machine- guns. We dealt with six when I was on "the bumper trip."
other secret Then there are unswers to Germany's new wea- pons. In addition, there are secret weapons of our own.
And for whatever itler thinke up next our scientific and engineer- ing experts will have the job of finding on antidote.
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The Antidote
After the speed with which we able to smash his theory that his magnetic mines were in- vincible, there is not the slightest tho reason for swerving from essential fact of every war-that whatever now weapons emnergo there will always be an antidote,
The escort vessel from which I anw all the Channel battle is one of our crack warships. There are very few parts of the ship where there lan't something which is on the "hush-hush" list.
from the What a difference earlier stages of the war of sea. Then, as in other phases of the struggle against aggression, weren't ready.
Wo
But the scientists, the inventors, the engineers, the slipyard workers and the skilled craftsmen have been "going to It."
They are the unknown men be- 'hind "the bumper trip."
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