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Total Warfare
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Total Sacrifice
MERE WORDS FAIL to emphasise the gravity of the great fight against brutality and oppression, in which we are so seriously engaged. The hordes of Hitler are desperate in their fiendish desire to obliterate the British Empire, and all that it stands for. It is total warfare. Total in the sense that not only are our gallant sailors, soldiers and airmen in- volved, but civilians as well.
ALREADY THE TOLL of lives amongst the civilian population of the British Isles, is heavy. Already, innocent children are being maimed and blinded. The scene is poig- nantly grim. Our folk who are in the midst of the holocaust come up smiling after every onslaught- —even though they have tears in their eyes and anguish in their hearts. They are Undaunted! Unconquerable!
THEY ARE ENCOURAGED by the great help they are receiving from their kindred nations overseas. In common with the rest of the Empire, Hongkong Is helping. Nearly a year ago, the Bomber Fund was started, and thanks to the generosity and the sacrifice of many, over two million dollars have now been subscribed and placed at the disposal of the British Government for the purchase of bombers-so urgently needed to avenge the innocents who have fallen, and to smash the German war machine.
HONGKONG is doing well, but can do still better. There have been magnificent contributions to the Bomber Fund, and there has been great sacrifice on the part of some who have given again and again. Let it be remembered however, that the two million dollars would not have been recorded but for the humble gifts from those who could afford no more..
THIS COLONY enjoys the blessing of peace, but that blessing should serve to stimulate and quicken the desire to give to the greatest cause of all time. Our people at Home know what total warfare means. Let them know that the people of Hongkong understand what total giving means,
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AST May the Prime Minister appointed Professor F. A. Lindemann as one of his principal assistants. for statistical research work. But Professor Lindemann is something more than a statis- tical expert. He has been called
CHURCHILL'S
MYSTERY MAN
Character Sketch of Professor F. A.
"the experience of the Great War a.. contingent could kill 10,000 people, ........ wound. 30,000 and do. £50,000,000
worth of damage.
Like most other prophets he great- "ly:"over-estimated the capacity of a
single large contingent of raiders to. inflict human casualties; and, on the other hand, he was surprisingly optimistic about the possibilty of. finding means to defeat or prevent *'. bombing Invasions. "
· He often criticised the Air Minis- try for taking the line that such de- fence was out of the question-the bombers," Mr Baldwin gloomily pro- claimed, will always get through", -and that the only hope of safe- guarding London and
our other great centres of population lay in threatening potential enemies with
Churchill's mystery man. The LINDEMANN, statistical expert, plating
public knows very little about him.
Not many people know even that this distinguished physicist is Mr Churchill's chief personal consultant in all'scientific mat. ters relating to the war-parti- cularly, though by no means solely, in the field of aeronau- tica.
He is a born inventor; and he has been credited doubtless with the authorship of valuable de vices of war with which he may have had nothing or little to do,
scientist, inventor of hush-hush devices for the Royal Navy
the R. A. F.“
...
By A. J. CUMMINGS
+
and
"The suggestion that we have no real defence," he said, “is 'n counsel
of despair. It is a good bet that something can be found to defend our coast line by other means than mere. reprisals."
IT is a natural assumption that
Professor Lindemann has for many years been seeking a method to justify his belief and at his re- TE had fought the elec- searches have been intensified since
the present war began." the
Htion chiefly on
mentary candidate in an Oxford University by-election.
With the eager backing of his strength of his own specialised There have been many vague semi-omcial hints that substantial friend, Mr Churchill he stood as knowledge of the problems of progress is being made in the per- an Independent Conservative air defence, his purely political tecting of such defensive devices; against Sir E. Farquhar Buz- arguments being confined, if my but we have yet to see the practical zard, the official Conservative memory is not at fault, to a con- results on a scale large enough to candidate, and Sir Arthur Sal- temptuous dismissal of
nocturnal ralding the intimidate
enemy or seriously' to reduce his On
tions tent without any party label. the Popular Froment and to N the other hand, most ter, who stood as an Indepen- "emotional sentimentalities of strength in any night bombing.
the
regarded with official favour are In the result the split Conserva- mild preference for the preser- The probability is that Professor submitted to his judgment for tive vote let in Sir Arthur Sal vation of the social and econo- Lindemann and his fellow-workers THE recommendations of the an early or a final vetting. ter, now a junior Minister of the mic status quo under wise Con- were thinking originally in terms of Reconstituted War
Sometimes he passes them for Crown. Taxation
service, sometimes he adds his own. improvements, occasionally he rejects them altogether; and if he turns them down they are
Committee which seek to in- crease the Colony's monetary contributions towards local de-
servative direction.
the daylight invasions and under- estimated the power and precision of At all events, If Parliament the right attacks. *
lost a promising recruit, the na- ROFESSOR LINDE tion still had at its call the ser- Churchill arst made the acquaint- I have always understood that Mr am told, did
fence and the British war chest not likely to get much further. not accept the result with that order who had long ago proved he found that the latter's view as a
will cause both pleasure and dejection. An effort has been made to distribute more equally the burden, but once again it is
indifferent urbanity which is
his special worth in time of war, scientist about the air menace coin- Born at Sidmouth, Professor supposed quite mistakenly--to In the last world war he served cided with his own view as a politi- Lindemann is now in the late distinguish the academic profes- fifties. He is a bachelor and a sions from all others. He was later directed the R.A.F. physi- his Parliamentary interventions on cian. Lindemann helped him a good as an experimental pilot and deal in the preparation of some of vegetarian. But, though he ob: surprised and he was angry.
Not only had he received the While engaged in these re-
cal laboratory at Farnborough, this subject. jects to meat, there is nothing anaemic about this remarkable backing of nearly
Rather less comprehensible are the the lower salaried man who is
a hundred searches he discovered how air reports that Mr Churchill received 'personality.
Conservative members of Par pilots could get out of a spin- the vetting of his speeches as Chan- assistance from the same source in likely to be most affected,
In mind and body he is as liament, but he could not under- ning nose-dive at a time when a cellor of the Exchequer. Possibly The Committee, however, vigorous as that other notable stand how it might come about spin meant a certain crash. He Mr Churchill saw no good reason must be given credit for carry. despiser of fleshly foods, Mr that the University of Oxford had worked out his theory to the why a brilliant physicist should not
опе who had last algebraic symbol.
also be a sound economist. Possibly ing out a complex task with con- lawn tennis better than most brought it so much honour and
Bernard Shaw. He still plays would reject
Professor Lindemann is, in fact, a When the authorities revealed sound economist. siderable acumen. A new class men twenty years his junior. was admittedly primus inter- their scepticism about what I am sure of this, that he would of taxable income is to be tapped--He-is-a-tireless-worker and a Pares.
they called "these paper acro-not-long-be-at-a-loss-in-any-geld of man of the world. He loves with the introduction of the good companionship and lively true of the rejected suitor, it is well, I'll prove it myself in the own wide field he is equally at home So they say of him. If it is dynamics," he replied: "Very research in which he might be asked to give a considered opinion. In his Interest Tax; the Profits Tax talk. He himself is a brilliant nothing to his discredit but air" and promptly did so. when he is immersed in the pro- should yield something nearer conversationalist, with a sar merely goes to show the urgency In the post-war years he con- fundities of cosmic radiation, its original estimate in con- ledge-bang up to date of men
donic wit and a roving know of a political ambition.
tinued to apply his mind to pro- ing with the so-far-unethed: He certainly made a good re- blems of the air; and he never physical phenomenon known as sequence of the higher level and affairs that makes him a tort to Sir John Mariott, who concealed his belief that, air approaching the absolute zero, or in- supra-conductivity at temperatures minimum being cut from $100,- much-sought-after man at social wrote a somewhat patronising warfare would be a vital ele venting a burglar alarm by the 000 to $50,000; a much needed
letter to the "Times," express- ment in any new major conflict, adroit use of an invisible light roy ing the opinion that Professor Again and again he repeated concession is offered in the pro-press reported not long ago the more to national defence in his ger to this country lay in the An acquaintance of his in the Lindemann could contribute the warning that the chief dan
TN the present war he has done posed instalment system for pay following characteristic exam laboratory than in the House of fact that the nation as a whole the balloon barrage, he found the ment of the Salaries Tax; and ple of his academic wit.
As he Commons. if the revised personal and was watching the play in the
did not properly appreciate the answer to the magnetic mine, he has The professor replied with magnitude of the peril.
Invented a number of hush-hush da- family allowances appear to Sporting Club at Monte Carlo justice: If specialised know-
vices both for the Air Force and for "The aeroplane," he once said in the Navy. There are, indeed, few someone asked him, pointing to benefit one particular class of the roulette wheel: "Do you play ledge is to be banished from the the course of a lecture in London, scientific war problems in which his people, this is regrettable, but this game, sir?" "Young man," boycott to the scientist?
floor of the House, why limit the has created an entirely new situa- subtle, ingenious
tion. Our geographical
and position, has not been employed.
probing mind still not impossible of further was the tart reply, "I lecture on If scientists are to be confined come the worst. London is only 90 warm personal regard for this man, formerly the best in Europe, has be- Mr. Churchill is known to have à revision for the purpose of
the laws of probability."
to their laboratories, surely miles from France and 270 from as well as a profound respect for equity.
his quite exceptional abilities. The A single aeroplane (he went on enemy, I do not doubt, shares this to say) can carry four tons of respect and looks upón Professor bombs and an enemy might easily Lindemann as a major military ob send 250 machines. Judging by jective...
dinner tables:
At Oxford, where he func- lawyers should be confined to tions as Professor of Experi- the law courte, alicnists to the mental Philosophy, he is a res- mental wards and historians to pected and picturesque figure, their libraries." popular with young men, less popular among his senior col-t leagues, some of whom dislike him as much as others aro drawn to him.
!
Those who dislike him com- plain that, for a professor of philosophy, his political and social views are rigid and nar- row and that his temperament is too cocksure for academic pro- priety. That is one way of say
The decision of His Excellency the Governor and the Executive Council to request increases in the basic rates up to 7 and 14 por eent, respectively as com- pared with the Committee's recommended 6 and 12 per cent. appears to be largely influenced by the continual reiteration on the part of the public that the Colony's war effort still falls short of its potential. The public is asked to drink the medicino | ing that intellectual supremacy which it has prescribed for it in his own particular sphere of self. Nevertheless, His Excel- mental activity gives him an lency's assurance that revision arrogant belief in his own judg in the case of the Salaries Tax is ment and robs him of confidence. probable where and when it hits in the judgment of his equals. a man too hard is welcome, inas- much as there are, undoubted
It may be remembered that in October, 1939, he strayed tem- ly, hundreds of European tax-porarily from the path of scien payers to-day who are finding it tific endeavour into the realm of hard to make both ends meet politics by becoming & Parila owing to "family commitments
and the vastly increased cost of
living in Hongkong Further-munity; but the ends are more. Im- more the yield from the Salaries portant than the means and will be Tax to date has been wholly treated as such so long as the Govern
ment on its part, recognises that: t satisfactory, demonstrating a has vital obligations to those who are complete willingness on the part of paying out these include: adequate the individual to make his contribu-protection, should the time, ever comb tion cheerfullyó this, merits apprint, when the community; needs. Infar consideration when the, time" arises apportionment of taxation, redress DI fer applying beneficial concessions, axialing complaints, and mEKIRAQM Assuredly the new impositions will: Fomeial action to; ensure that evasion require further incrifices on the part of laxparing is reduced to its absolute
diz Considerable section of the.com- minimum.
Germany."
much to improve and develop
OPPOSITE NUMBERS
5 — INVASION CHIEFS
ENERAL WALTHER
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AM VON BRAUCHITSCH,. head invasion general in the German Army-ho is com~~ mander-in-chief with head- quarters In France-promised “ his troops not so long ago that' they would have their chance to "fight on British soil.".
But Brauchitsch, studi ́ous, ultra-cautious man, muf-
fed his chance last summer... He is a fervent believer: Ing perfect preparation before: starting an operation. For that reason he, advised, Hitler against the Austrian Ansch- luss and the march into Sude- tenland, Me
Brauchitsch, fifty-ninë', Prussian, a ladies man (rem rried three years ago to the
fudge) is po
Brooke to the lar
GENERAL SI ALAN ABROOKE, Commander-in- Chief of the British Home Forces, has.met-Brauchitsch's forces before-in Flanders. when he was Second:Corpa commander.
* Brooke spent several days.
on Dunkirk beach with his mén. He has studied modern German; "war" "methods, and⋅ when he took over Home Com- mand set out to improve on. them.
· Foremost - on land in de fence of Britain are guns, and Brooke is the greatest. artil- »lery expert in the world.
Brooke believes in mobile defences" to repel. Brauch- Itach's hordes, and daily files. from one end of the country. Bea that they are mobile. v. Hồ our children' Kaldest