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Hongkong is to have another Black-out exer- cise, commencing this evening. The Black-qut is becoming a subject of great controversy among the war experts. You know most of the arguments in its favour -so, here, one of ita most distinguished op- ponents presents the casc against it.
February 26, 1941.
Is the Black-Out
Any
Use?
By Captain Bernard Acworth,
D.S.O., R.N.
was given as an excuse for its continuance.
It is now being claimed, and with some justice, that the im- " penetrable gloom is forcing us
prevent "aimed bombing" ally, is handicapped through the all back to a quiet life at home, or in tubes and basements, and that, in this respect, good is bes COST, HIGH RESALE VALUE THERE is a tendency against military objectives transport slow-up.
such as railways.
Shopkeepers, and particularly ing extracted from evil. in most of us to ac-
the small ones, are hard-hit, and But our own bomber many have been ruined.
But here again the black-out is performing a servico-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!- nocent and necessary entertain- it was invented." accustomed.
The fact that the German reach blacked-out Berlin un- ment are in desperate straits. In earlier days, for ex- failingly and, by the light of In short, the black-out harms black-out is richer and deeper than our own is sometimes cited ample, a shocking infant their great parachute flares, and hinders every business.....
except looting. The smash-and- as an argument for its retention, mortality or the hanging of
bomb their military objec- grab man's smashing is now and its deepening, here. human beings for sheep tives unerringly.
done for him, so he need only BE NATURAL! - stealing was accepted with-
grab and disappear in the black- oul. out question until someone asked-Why?
a convincing demonstration.
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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. slaughter in peace time was
Hongkong Telegraph. though such wholesale Indeed, the reason recent
Wednesday, February 26, 1941,
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THREE SPEECHES
During the last few days there has been an overflow of words from Messrs Matsuoka, Mussolini and Hitler. What
they have said can do nothing
But why should Britain, copy -Hitler?
Partly because of this, Bureaucracy is now actually Would it not be a portent of threatening us with a curfew at victory, and a gesture of con- temptuous challenge, if, having sent the "non-belligerent" scc- o'clock. Before the arrival of the noisy tion of the populace into quiet bombers, silent rond 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 firing 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
And I do not mean lighting it thank Hitler.
But the black-out was not in- up, with a few anaemic street-
lights. vented to co-operate with Hitler in saving thousands of lives on I am talking about the heaven- the roads, and it would not be ward directed beams of our
day longer if this cities' natural brightness! tolerated for a
an 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 are crouching in an inky dark- In other words, the Black- ness that can almost be felt out officials, who do not in- and they are doing so clude Mr Churchill-who without a thought of ques- said he was ordering the re- PRIVATE LIFE OF tioning why Hitler's crae- lighting of the streets-are kers" must be endured in trying to shift the respon- Stygian gloom.
FOUR QUESTIONS
But if anyone will ask his
Own
sibility from their shoulders to those of the long-suffering public.
WE
But if the wit of man can
neighbour, "What is the use find no technical justifica-
A PRIVATE
MEET
THE
IRON DUKE
:
Be
of the black-out?" he will tion for this unnatural To-day's extract from the utes, I mean ten minutes. to shake the belief of Britons certainly get no satisfactory gloom, it takes little wit to diary of a journalist-turned- on time. In fact when I say detect technical reasons for soldier describes how he ten minutes, I mean. five min- ceases to be a recruit and abolishing it.
becomes a full-fledged sol- The Lad from the Elephant and -
in their chuse and in Churchill, their
leader,
but
Mr answer.
Does the black-out stop what they omitted to say con- bombers finding London or
the other big cities?-No.
firms studied observations of weakness and vacillation in the
enemy camp.
utes.
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We are there in three minutes.
Casile says: "Nobody could enll me a coward. But Sarri-Majors ruakes
"They're terrors," says Ginger.
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the
LIGHT v. DARK dier. The spirit of man shines]
have been tried in the Does it stop the bombs in the light and wilts in the W have passed out. We me blood run cold.""
found passable. Hitler said nothing to force falling, or exploding?-No. dark, as anyone can see who furnace, and
watches the unconcern, in- slick of hair, scoured of hand, another Japanese declaration of Does the gloom and still- deed the enthusiastic inter- tittivated like ballerinas, tricked At this point a dreadful silence policy against the democracies. ness accentuate the din of est, of the man-in-the-street up in our best battle-dress, we falls upon the face of the earth.
Against the black opening of Does he feel that he has pressed the guns, the crunch of the when bombers are overhead picked our dainty way over the office appears a grim figure, te 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
Company Sergeant-Major. too much already and that over-reflection in the sky, and
thus the nerve-racking ef- But, apart from this wide- and awaited the C.O.'s Inspec- man they call the Iron Duke, the zcal may cause her to withdraw
fects?-Yes.
ly recognised fact, powerful tion. from the collaboration which
artificial light, if cunningly We marched and Does the dismal darkness used, is a shield against left and right; sloped arms, glean like eyes: his eyes gleam like impede salvage and rescue bombs, or gunfire, rather trailed work, and the locating of than a snare. time-bombs?-Yes.
dozy onfs.
of us-and speaks.
"If you're in any kind of trouble," he anys, "come to me. We'll see what. we can do to help.
Rough weather and the attain of wheeled perpetual shouting have coloured his face cyclamen-red. Hi brasses both sides have verbally em
arms, secured
arms, brasses. braced? It would seem so, es-
piled arms, presented arms, He has the unmistakable air of the pecially since Germany still has
Sergeant-Major: the man who knows changed arms, and saluted.
exactly whai la what. not recognised Nanking, an act
On several occasions our
We untied knots in our He looks ut us as if he would eat which would cut her off from In view of these four own bomber-pilots have Free China but would give the simple and sensible ques- broadcast that German tongues and answered questions, us-l only he didn't dislike the look Japanese much more confidence tions, and their inevitable searchlights impeded their feeling that the end had come in their support of the Axis. answers as given, ought we operations more than the and we were damned forever as Russia too, escaped mention. Hitler not to ask ourselves, and barrage-and anyone who, and Stolin probably understand each the black-out champions in at sea, has been compelled other beller than any two statesmen Whitehall, what purpose to face a searchlight beam was sad. His voice was thought- real training. Right. Do your best. in power to-day despite the fact that this dangerous and depress- can readily believe that. two, acts alone count; words haveing 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 ance within his own orbit is shown attempt to represent the ones, recently emphasised to me hour. The clock went med.
that the powerful flares with by his admission of fanatleism, 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 arena are rendered more illu- Our chests swelled: we would and mistaken ennustusin. He bois designed, was abandoned. minating against the opaque have sighed if we had dared,
they have never met. Between those
been spilled too freely.
siriking devices to suppress realat-
that he has discarded and persecuted reasonable people because he was anation filled with homely love of a
Sir John Anderson, when
background of the black-out.
Furthermore, in this blackness] common object, the Fatherland. faced with questions in Par- human-beings can do nothing
It would seems that the false hopes liament, fell back on the init crouch and shrink. he imprinted on his countrymen-
The commanding oflicer's face "Now you're going to start some
That's all we ask. ful. His brow was dark. We
"Work hard and behave yourselves,. trembled. We avere without and nobody'll interfere with you.
Play up, and you'll get trod on.
like sheep here. Every man will read "Wobody's going to lead you about the Detail in the morning, and look after himself.
That was a terrible, timeless
Then: "I think they will do,"
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☆
"Every man will go about clenuly- and properly dressed. After duties, will you may go out. Every man keep within bounds and behave like 'n gentleman.
"I should be sorry to see any man 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 on old per- into camp. It is still a lousy son or a lady on to a bus.
that Britain would not fight, that the plea that the black-out would With light at our command day.
the Fuehrer is striving to
we could use it very effectively
"Remember, you're soldiers now war would be over in a year, lant
and are expected to behave as such. Britain would be occupied, that Ber-
A ginger sergeant, enormously Be courteous. Muck in and help one In would
lo meniul inbours in the castle of heras camouflage, and great open| be bombed-are never
to Germans and that overlonil. coining home
spaces, such as the London tall, is glowering at us from another. How, having committed them to the Mr Matsuoka it appears, has made)
"Now go and make yourselves at remember blunder. He made an approach parks, could be converted into under the peak of a soft cap, as struggle,
always-if which was withdrawn before it could traps for a large percentage of if we represent the sum total of home. And
all he has ever hated the sight there's anything you want advice his own Inspiration backed by be grasped. He made a suggestion London's bombs.
about, don't sit and mope, but come relteration that such a course is the
mediation without inspiration,
straight to me. only one left.
Justification or sincerity. With Bri- Mussolini did face the truth? Lintain angered at the crass boasts of Churchill be has promised his coun-
carry
on
them along with him blindly
1903
of.
WORK SLOWED
southward expansion at any trymen toil and sweat but unlike the Amerien plunged into defence British people, the Italians can see Tokyo's avowed Intention of up
by
So much for the technical case against the black-out..
Maker.
wina
What of its consequences on
our war effort?
At his order we alope arms. "Platoon, SHUN! Move to the He says three, words: "Tut, right in threes–Right TURNI tut, tut," and calls upon his Miss!"
☆ ☆ ☆
Dis-
We turn right. He names n
The Lad from the Elephant blinks Biblical character, and raises his twice and mutters: "Escuma to be
almost 'uman." eyes to heaven..
no reason for accepting this unpalat pariing Axis policies, Mr Matsuoka able diet. They can only see that ons lie to thew on the credit side
not retain their prkle and of his Independence of race it Germany
Only another political "crisis" can because already they have affert a substantial change in Japan's Its effect on transport and taken their place alongside the Im-direction and although Prince communications is known to all "Tho sergeant-mayor," ha The Kid from Widnes, sticking his pressed Czechs, Poles, Norwegians. Konoye may stay at the helm, more of us. Dutch and Danes in Nazi fac-
anya, "is going to have a word name plate on the drab wall over his by virtue of his silence then his tories, not in the sullen role of sentiments, it would appear that the sinves as yet, but as the humiliated next move in Tokyo is more likely factories, and in business ganer-ton minutes. When i say ten min-
Work in aircraft and other with you. Be outside the office in bed, says: "Somebody lend me it
CART"
We are at home again. and Impoverished cousin consigned to be internal than external,
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