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so garrisoned by the British, it should be possible for American war planes of all kinds to fly to Britain and so save the shipping space. Further, it will now be easier to patrol the waters of the North Atlantle for tho next six months, and thus enable cur convoys to get across.
the
The position in Libya does not tional enemy. Japán Iras dona neutralise the brilliant campaign thus proving that her foreign policy recently completed by General is now directed from Berlin. Wavell, certainly not in a milit-
Germany's primary aim is to in ary sense, for there is a vast volve Japan in a clash with
United States and Britain, and this difference between the annihila- can only be done if Japan is free tion of the Italian army of a from fear of Russia, Russia encour million with the seizure of all its nges Japon to go south; to the same supplies, and a strategic retreat way, for a similar reason, she signed to a prepared base at Mersa the August pack last year to encour
ago Germany to go West. Matruli. In a psychological sense, however, there is a sense of defeat, but the matter must be considered from the point of view of the war as a whole and not as an isolated decisive ́en- gagement. It would be that if our troops were driven out of Alexandria.
'TELEGRAPH
SATURDAY
FEATURE
THE FRENCH EMPIRE
CO
Germany's greatest need to-day is war ships for the Battle of the Allantle, and in order to get them she is trying to secure the operation of Admiral Darlan, whose is role is to provoke Britain. That why the shore batteries were ordered to attack the British warships on March 30; that is why Admiral Dar- lun ordered some capital ships to proceed to French porta from Africa. Fortunately, Marshal Petain forbade There was similar feeling
Thus Russla purchases immunity this. For every concession the Ger- when the British withdrew in from immediate nilack and hopes that mans make they demond_something 1940 in face of superior forces, her erstwhile enemies will 50 substantial in exchange. They have weaken themselves In the struggle the advantage in bargaining power, Since then the Italians have been outside her borders that they will be seeing that they occupy a consider- eliminated from East Africa and in no position to damage Russia in able portion of France, and hold two routed in Cyrenaica and their the future.
million French prisoners fleet crippled at Mátapan.
It thus seems that Germany and On the other hand, the French Empire covers 7,500,000 After the rout of the Italians in Russia are making use of Japan solely Colonial Libya our troops had to be trans- for the purpose of advancing their square miles and has a population of ported to Greece, where the German own interests, and the strange thing 53 millions. At the beginning of last Embassy officials noted their arrival. Is that Japan apparently is willing to year, this empire was able to supply 3,600,000 tons of foodstuffs to France. These troops had to be escorted to fill the role assigned to her.
carrier planes.
We had not the necessary resources
to police libya and at the same time guird all the sea routes,
GREENLAND
nien
of
Athens by our fleet. It was, there-
The Free Frenchmen know that fore, easy for the Germans to trans-
Marshal Petain would never allow port material over the, narrow sen
The occupation of Greenland by this Empire to fall into the hands of between Sicily and Tripoll,' while, their troops were taken cross on the United States forces reminds us the Germans, but the Free French- of the German plan of 1020 to
suy that is not enough. They establish an air route, to America by demand that these resources should be used for the re-establishment of way of Iceland.
50 fnr of France. This project was based on infor- the honour mation supplied by a certain Bert 1,563,750 square miles of the French Empire, with a population of 6,250,- In the last war the full weight Hassal, who thought be would fly 000, have rallied to the Free French Illinois, to his Movement, but de Gaulle will not be of, the Allled effort was not experi- from Rockford, in enced until two or three years after home town in Sweden. He consulted satisfied Ull the whole empire is be- the war had started. It is the pen- Vilhantur Stefansson, the noted hind him. He realises that the hours aity the democracies must pay for Canadian Arctic explorer, who ad- in which France has kept close to their system which is an organisa- vised him to go to Greenland, the England have been the hours tion for peace and not for war, northern part of which is flat, hard her grandeur. The hours in which
and smooth as a billiard table."
she has drawn apart from us have It takes time for America and the British Empire to turn their plough-
The Lufthansa officials who heard been the hours of her eclipse. shares into swords, but as their in- of his invited Hassal to Berlin, dustrial resources are so vast their where they
entertained weapons of destruction will ultimate Germans then began to take a deep ly secure mastery. Germany has interest in Iceland, which was on the had seven years start; she has also direct route. Instructors went across been fighting in Inner lines on the to teach the Icelanders how to gilde, Interested in the following extract continent, over which transport of men and equipment is comparatively in their spare time they carefully from the Racing Calendar for 1761, surveyed the island and took to Newmarket July meeting, Tuesday Germany a detailed knowledze of 10th, given in the London "Times." possible flying babes.
Lord Egremont's Spitire by With Greenland under the con Eclipse 8st. beat Lord Clermont's trol of the United States and Iceland Pictator I st. 0.
casy.
GERMANY'S WAR
OVERSEA
In Libya she is oversca, with a base in Slelly. Some Free French- men think she is using Bizerta, which is only 70 miles away and is con- trolled by n pro-Italian governor. This is probably not true, but It is a fact that German transports have gone through French neutral waters. At Benghazi she is far from her base, and supplies can be interrupted by our bombers and submarines. The destruction of the Italian convoy of five transports and three destroyers, together with the naval support ren- dered to the garrison of Tobruk, proves that the control of the const is in the hands of the British.
communication for 300 miles over the
him. The
SPITFIRE BEATS DICTATOR
Racegoers and others, too will be
April 19, 1941.
Che SNAPSHOT GUILD
CHILDREN IN THE TUB
The bathtub is an excellent spot for delicato, high-key anapshots of chil dren--and these shots are casy with high speed film and photo bulbe
ONE
NB of the most popular spots in the house, for anapekots of small childron, is the bathtub. It's a natural location, not only because children are particularly appealing during the daily scrub, but also be cause the white walls and white tub lend a bright, high-key quality to the pictures.
The walle nod tub servo both as background and as a' «ories of ro Rectors, completely encircling the subject. Becausɑ of all these bright reflections, the shadows are very soft and clear-axactly the affect you want in a child pleture. This effect can be obtained 1 other shots if you use several reflectors of white cloth or cardboard, to dis tributo the lgbt-and it's a point well worth remembering. Atest in door onapshots could be improved 100 percent by the use of reflectors. When you take snapshots in tho bathroom, keep your photo lights fairly high, so that the light cau get down into the tub. If the bathroom is rather small, one light can often be placed in a coiling Axture, and the other used in a bridge lamp and
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BEHIND THE HEADLINES
By JOHN BLUNT
ig finding the
are enthusiastically helping to
On Sunday, April 6, I-Union of Oxford, given by a is a terrific task, but the British It is not reasonable to suppose that chanced-to-be-in-the-same young man of India. It was Government the Germans can maintain a line of garden where, it seems ages compelling in its sincerity, money, and the people at Home ago, I heard the news over masterly in eloquence, and the limit of their capacity, in the radio that England was brotherly in the universality spite of the fact that many of at war with Germany. The of the appeal. The talk was, them are seeing their worldly moment was sensational-as far as I remember, given possessions destroyed, Greater
"Working in the serles, momentarily stunning.
We were just a handful of Together." men and women, looking
desert in the heat of summer, which will be necessary for the supply of petrol and food, seeing that the R.A.F. will harass such a line with the help of the naval units. The prepared defences of Merse Matruh should also prove an insuperable ob
stacle when strengthened with the victorious troops from East Africa.
The North African campaign has
tish, who inventea it, also know how
antidote to it.
RUSSIA AND THE AXIS
are
moved about as required. For box. camera anapakota, on bigi apood film, uso two No. 2 Bood bulls, with ono in a colling fixture and the olbur in a bridge lamp 4 feat from the subject. Or, if you prefer to use two bridge lamps with reflec iore, you can keep them both foot from the subject and have a No. 1 bulb in the second lamp. I profer- the No. bulbs because they give twico no much light and last about three times as long.
In most bathtub snapshots, the tub should to just about as bright as the subjoet. If you nord it a bit darker (for example, when the young subject is having a straingooTM and you want the white lather to show) just bring your subject to the near edge of tho tub, and tilt the reluctore down a trife. This ebados the background Just enough -be careful not to darken, it too much.
Follow these suggestions next time you shoot some tub pictures of the "youngest member." You'll 'And they' help make those snap-
ahota even more attractivo.
Jolin van Guilder
TELEGRAPH
QUIZ
1
Does any ruler to-day claim descent from Solomon?
2
Rhodopo is (a) a South Ameri- can antelope (b) a mountain.
3
If you called a man or woman a "pachyderm," what would you mean?
than the mere burden of giving up material things, they experi- ence the horrors of seeing in- I suppose it is fairly clear nocent children shattered and proved that the tank in modern war- forward to the approaching to all of us that the people maimed. All the concomitant range (c) a medicine. fare is of overwhelming importance, sunset which gave promise of the British Isles ghastliness of war is at their but it is fair to assume that the Bri- of being a little more lurid working magnificently to-
doorsteps. They are undaunted. They need all the encourage- to use it and will be able to find an than usual. The sky was
gether. We know that they ment we can give them, and at becoming tinged with orange are facing death and des- the moment, that encouragement and red, as though portend-truction with a calm, almost can only take the form of giving ing the news we half expect super-human determination, freely of our means to the com- In order to be in a position to signed. There seemed to be which makes us proud that' a pact with Russia, it seems to be foreboding which we were.
It is a matter for the greatest necessary for the contracting patly to
first? But are the people of Hong- relief and thankfulness that but have gone through a process of vill-hoping was groundless. Acation of Russian Communism. Suddenly, the Royal Pro- kong working together whole few homes in the Colony have The Nazi party under Hitler came clamation came over the air, heartedly, almost frantically, as
bereavement. The into power by concentrating attack upon the Communists, who The National Anthem-and our kinsmen are at Home, in the scourge of war has not as yet set at a uniform time always? were perused of belat the cause of then the calmly pronounced terrible struggle which has been affected us, but that should be & reason for demonstrating forced upon us? suffering. Concentration camps, with instructions to the people of I won't even suggest the thanksgiving by loosening our all their horrors, were filled with the British Isles, at that answer. It is too obvious. purse-strings.
their
every from which Germany was
German Communists.
Goebbels achieved his greatest suc- cess by his denunciation of Com-
the scum of humanity, and that any
moment, plunged into war.
we are of their blood.
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suffered
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Hitler's Germany is called the Third Reich. What was tho
5
Where does the sun riso and
"Journoy's and in lover's meet-
ing" is quotation from Shake- spoare's" (a) Much Ado About
Vonico (c) Twelfth Night.
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Ald. Charles Key, M.P., the new London Regional Commis- sloner for Shelters, has found the woman he was looking for to fill the role of "Mother Lon- don,"
Sho is Mrs Creswick Atkinson, and she has already started work as technical adviser to the Ministry of Health on social welfare in large shelters.
Wide Experience
With a corps of voluntary workers she will look after the thousands of mothers and children who frequent these shelters and help them to solve their problems.
Mrs Atkinson was chosen out of more than 200 applicants, ono of whom wrote from the Hotel Europa, Lisbon. She was relented to do this new job by the Women's Voluntary Services, to which she had been technical adviser since 1938.
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The grim and terrible
Almost a year ago, the Bomber The Chinese community has -munisin, in which the vilest and most reality was perhaps best Fund was started. During the yet to demonstrate its friendship
abid phrases seemed to be in- adequate to express German detesta- recorded in the tear-laden first week a million dollars was for the country which has sion of the Russian system. Hitler eyes of a woman who, as raised. Almost a year ago--and brought prosperity and freedom said the Russian Communists were though apologising for al- the first week's offering to the to this to their email Colony. treaty signed with Stalin would prove lowing her feelings to get common cause has not even been Their leaders have attempted to Nothing (b) Tho Merchant of
foster some semblanco of en- doubled as yet. the death knell of Germany. Ex- hibitions
A raffic has just finished in thusiasm. They must do more. were held in Munich, the better of her, said, “And Nuremberg and Berlin at which the to think that at this moment Hongkong. The majority of the
It is for them to inculcate a sense ails of Communism were illustrated people are probably being donors of the prizes had already
of responsibility in the minds of and portrayed.
killed or terribly injured." given generously to the Fund, the thousands of their com Japan signed an. anti-Comintern pact with Germany when the flood Regaining her normal com- and some of them given again patriots a feeling of personal of anti-Russian oratory was at its posure, she continued and again. They doubtless hoped sponsibility in helping to win Cabinet?
the common struggle. 'that an attractive sprat would height because that was
the Well, we must do all we secure a very fat mackerel, but mood of Japan. She,
Every colour; every race and The directors of the Bank of fed of dangerous thought, as Com-can to help win the war. to their disappointment, the bait every creed outside of totali-England recently mat to elect the munism in Japan was called, and
merely produced a slightly larger tarianism is vitally concerned in Governor. * filed her prisons with those who ex-
Who now holds the| sprat. pressed their sympathy with Russion
the smashing of Hitler. What post? the Colony needs, apparently, · s
10 a really influential committee,
fluence there.
too,
also the
was terri-
views. In 1097 she went to war with All this passed across my China in order to destroy Russian in mind on a recent Sunday when the news was broad. In August 1938, Ribbentrop signed cast that Germany was at a pact with Russia, and stultifed the mam part of Japan's foreign policy war with Yugo-Slavia and
In the meantime, the British representative of every race in Which newspaper has recent- Government will receive only the Colony, whose one objectly been awarded the modal of just over £5,000 as a result of shall bo to ensure that Hongkong honour given each year to as well as her own. From that Greece. The news was fol- this Colunya Re shall give unstintingly in States by School of Journalism of the response of the residents of shall play its part up to the hilt newspaper outside the United moment Germany's chief task was to lowed by a talk by the Finding between ten and short, that we shall get right the University of Missouri. periuado Japan to follow her example
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