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Hongkong is to have another Black-out exer- cisc, commencing this evening. The Black-out.. is becoming a subject of great controversy among the war experts. You know most of the arguments in its favour -so, here, one of its most distinguished op- ponents presents the case against it.
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February 26, 1941.-
Is the
Any
By
Black-Out
Use?
Captain Bernard Acworth,
D.S.O., R.N.
was given as an 'excuse for its continuance.
It is now being claimed, and with some juslice, that the im- penetrable gloom is forcing us
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the small ones, are hard-hit, and
But here again' the black-out But our own bomber
many have been ruined.
is performing a service-if it is cept without question
Thousands who depend for a service which has nothing to any environment, good pilots, over an even blacker or bad, to which we are Germany-if anything can their livelihood on providing in- do with the purposes for which
be blacker than Britain! novent and necessary entertain: it was invented. accustomed.
reach blacked-out Berlin un- ment are in desperate straits. In earlier days, for ex- failingly and, by the light of ample, a shocking infant their great parachute flares, mortality or the hanging of
bomb their military objec- human beings for sheep tives unerringly. stealing was accepted with- out question until someone asked-Why?
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THE brenx "Special to the Telegraph" inaleate news which it strictly copyright
is used by the "ilangkong Telegraph" to
under the provisions of the Telecommun)- cations Ordinance, 1916. Auch news an bears the Indication "UP" is received in Hangkung on the date of publication by the United Press Associations, who' re-
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EXPLODED!
Sir John Anderson's sole In a period of four years justification for the black before the war 21 road out, planned and organised casualty list of 25,000 dead by the Civil Service before and 700,000 maimed was ac- the war, has thus been ex- cepted with resignation, as ploded by war experience.
Indeed, the reason recent slaughter in peace time was
inevitable adjunct of ly given for continuing, and modern transport.
deepening, this monstrous gloom was that "the people" So to-day, when we are would not tolerate the re- told that we are all "in the lighting of our cities. firing line," millions crouching in an inky dark-
an
are
The fact that the German In short, the black-out harms black-out is richer and deeper than our own is sometimen cited and hinders every business..... except looting. The smash-and- as an argument for its retention, grab man's smashing is now and its deepening, here. done for him, so he need only BE NATURAL!
grab and disappear in the black- out.
But why should Britain copy Hitler?
because Partly
of this, Bureaucracy i's now actually Would it not be a portent of threatening us with a curfew at victory, and a gesture of con- 9 o'clock.
temptuous challenge, if, having sent the "non-belligerent" SCC- Before the arrival of the noisy tion of the populace into quiet bombers, silent road casualties and safety in the country, the due to the black-out were soar- rest of us who claim to be "in ing. These, it is true, have the fring line" showed our dis- decreased since the Luftwaffe dain for Goering's Luftwaffe by cleared the streets, and for this lighting up at least London? life-saving activity we have to
thank Hitler.
And I do not mean lighting it
But the black-out was not in- up, with a few anucmic street-
lights. vented to co-operate with Hitler in saving thousands of lives on I am talking about the heaven- the rouds, and it would not be ward directed beams of tolerated for a day longer if this cities' natural brightness!
In other words, the Black- ness that can almost be felt out officials, who do not in- either weights and forbid republications and they are doing so clude Mr Churchill whof
without a thought of ques- said he was ordering the re- PRIVATE LIFE OF A tioning why Hitler's crac- lighting of the streets-are kens" must be endured in trying to shift the respon- Stygian gloom.
THREE SPEECHES
During the last few days there has been an overflow of words from Messrs Matsuoka, Mussolini and Hitler. they have said can do nothing
FOUR QUESTIONS
sibility from their own shoulders to those of the long-suffering public.
But if the wit of man canj But if anyone will ask his What
neighbour, "What is the use find no technical justifica- of the black-out?" he will tion for this unnatural
to shake the belief of Britons certainly get no satisfactory gloom, it takes little wit to
in their cause and in Mr Churchill. their leader, but what they omitted to say con- firms studied observations of weakness and vacillation in the
enemy camp.
answer.
Does the black-out stop bombers finding London or the other big cities?--No.
detect technical reasons for abolishing it.
"
LIGHT v. DARK
The spirit of man shines
WE MEET
PRIVATE ®
THE
IRON DUKE
our
To-day's extract from the utes, I mean ten minutes. Be diary of a journalist-turned- on time, In fact when I say. soldier describes how he ten minutes, I mean five min- ceases to be a recruit and becomes a full-fledged sol- dier.
We have been tried in the
Slick of hair, scoured of hand,
utes..
We are there, in three minutes. The Lad from the Elephant and Castle says: "Nobody could call me a coward. But Sarnt-Majors rankes ne blood run cold.”
"They're terrors," says Ginger.
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Does it stop the bombs in the light and wilts in the W have passed out. Hitler said nothing to force falling, or exploding?-No. dark, as anyone can see who furnace, and found passable.
watches the unconcern, in- another Japanese declaration of Does the gloom and still- deed the enthusiastic inter-tittivated like ballerinas, tricked At this point adrendful silence policy against the democracies.ness-accentuate-the-din-of-st, of the-man-in-the-street up in our best-battle-dress, wo falls upon the face of the earth. Against the tinck opening of the Does he feel that he has pressed the guns, the crunch of the when bombers are overhead picked our dainty way over the once appears a grim agure, the sight that fervent and worried nation bombs, the flashes and fire in day-light.
damp grass to the grey square, of which strikes us dumb. It is the man they call the Iron Duke, the too much already and that over-reflection in the sky, and
But, apart from this wide-and awaited the C.O.'s Inspec- Company Sergeant-Major.
Rough weather and the strain of zeal may cause her to withdraw thus the nerve-racking of-
fects?-Yes.
ly recognised fact, powerful tion. artificial light, if cunningly We marched and wheeled perpetual shouting have coloured his Ince cyclamen-red. His brasser Does the dismal darkness used, is a shield against left and right; sloped arms, gleam like eyes: his eyes gleam like
arms, secured arms, brassés. impede salvage and rescue bombs, or gunfire, rather trailed
piled arms. presenteil urms, work, and the locating of than a snare.
changed arms, and saluted. time-bombs?—Yes.
We untied knots in our
from the collaboration which both sides have verbally em- braced? It would seem so, es- pecially since Germany still has nol recognised Nanking, an act
which would cut her off from
Free China but would give the Japanese much more confidence
in their support of the Axis.
Russia too, escaped mention. Hitler and Stalin probably understand each other better than any two statesmen in power to-day despite the fact that they have never met. Between those
dozy oafa.
He has the unmistakable air of the Sergeant-Major: the man who knows exactly what is what.
ite looks at us as if he would cut
if only he didn't dislike the look
and speaks.
"If you're in any kind of trouble," he says, "cone to me. We'll see what we can do to help.
On several occasions oun In view of these four own bomber-pilots have] simple and sensible ques- broadcast that German tongues and answered questions, us tions, and their inevitable searchlights impeded their feeling that the end had come of answers as given, ought we operations more than the and we were damned forever as not to ask ourselves, and barrage-and anyone who, The commanding officer's face the black-out champions in at sea, has been compelled Whitehall, what purpose to face a searchlight beam was sad. His voice was thought- rem trating. Right. Do your best. this dangerous and depress- can readily believe that.
trembled. We were without and nobody'll interfere with you. ing black-out serves?
A high Air officer, with years hope. Last winter, when the air experience of flying over lighted Hitler's confidence in his terror attack was in suspense, the cities, as well as blacked-out unce within his own orbit is shown attempt to represent the ones, recently emphasised to me hour. The clock went mad.
that the powerful flares with
Then: "I think they will do," by his admission of fanaticism, which black-out as a safety mea- which our own pilots, like the the Oxford Dictionary defines as a sure for the civil population, Germans, illuminate their target said the C.O. state of being filled with excessive for which it was originally areas are rendered more illu-
two, acts alone count; words have been spilled too freely,
striking devices to suppress ruslat-
ful. His brow was dark. We
That was a terrible, timeless
·
Our chests swelled: we would
and mistaken enthusiasm. le boats designed, was abandoned. minating against the opaque have sighed if we had dared.
that he has discarded and persecuted
a nation filled with homely love of a
background of the black-out. reasonable people because he wants Sir John Anderson, when
Furthermore, in this blackness common object, the Fatherland. faced with questions in Par- human-beings can do nothing'
It would seem that the false hopes liament, fell back on the but crouch and shrink.
he imprinted on his countrymen- that Britain would not fight,
that
the plea that the black-out would
war would be over in a year, that.
inspiration,
WORK SLOWED
✰
"Now you're going to start some
That's all we ask.
"Work hard and behave yourselves,
Play up, and you'll get trod on.
ke sheep here. Every man will read "Nobody's going to lead you about the Detail in the morning, and look ufter himsel
"Every man will go about cleanly, and property dressed. After duties,. man will you may go out. Every keep within bounds and behave like a gentlemati.
"I should be sorry to see any inan. ✩
in my Company who didn't give his seat in a bus to a lady or an old. And now we have marched person, or who didn't help an old per- into camp. It is still a lousy sen or a lady on to a bus.
Remember, you're soldiers now and are expected to behave as such. A ginger sergeant, enormously Be courteous. Muck in and help one. tall, is glowering at us from another, under the peak of a soft cap, as
"Now go and make yourselves at if we represent the sum total of home, And remember nlways-il all he has ever hated the sight there's anything you want advice about, don't sit and mope, but come straight to me.
of..
With light at our command dny. we could use it very effectively Britain would be occupied, that Ber Jin would never be bombed-are to mental labours in the castle of her as camouflage, and great open the London coming home to Germans and that overlord. now, having committed them to the Mr Matsuoka & appears, has made spaces, such as struggle, the Fuehrer is striving to a blunder. He made an approach Parks, could be converted into which was withdrawn before I could traps for a large percentage of carry them along with blin blindly on his own inspiration backed by be grasped. He made a suggestion London's bombs.
without of mediation reiteration that such a course is the unly
With Bri-| Hlification or sincerity. Jeft. one Mussolini did face the truth. Lite tain angered at the crans boasts of at any cost, Churchill he has promised his coun-
southward expanalon trymen toil and sweat but unlike the America plunged into defence by British people, the Italians con dee Tokyo's avowed intention of sup- no reason for accepting this unpalat-purling Axis polleles, Mr Matsuoka hans little to show on the credit side. able diet. They can only see that they will not retain their pride and of his short term.
Only another political "crisia" can Independence of race it Germany wins because utrendy they have affect a substantial change in Japan's Its effect on transport and and although Prince communications is known to all taken their place alongside the im- direction pressed Czechs, Foles, Norwegians, Kenoye may stay at the heim, more of us.. Dutch and Danes in Nazi fac by virtue of his silence than his Lories, not in the sullen role of sentiments, it would appear that the
So much for the technical case against the black-out.
What of its consequences on our war effort?
At his order we slope arms.
"Platoon, SHUNI Move to the He says three words: "Tut, right in threes-Right TURN! Dis- tut, tut," and calls upon his MISS!" Maker.
We turn right. He names n The Lad from the Elephant blinks. Biblical character, and raises his twice and nutters: "E seems to be
almost 'uman.". eyes to heaven.
"The
The Kid from Widnes, sticking his sergeant-mayor," ho says, "is going to have a word nume-plate on the drab wall over his
bed, anys: "Somebody, lend me Work in aircraft and other with you. Be outside the office in
tag?" slaves as yet, but as the humiliated next move in Tokyo is more likely factories, and in business gener- ten minutes. When I say ten min- We are at home again. and impoverished, cousin consigned to be Internal than external.