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THE preax "Special to the Telegraph
SINGAPORE:
Until and unless Singa- pore falls, there can be no realisation of the Japanese dream of Asiatic domina- tion. Britain's island for- tress, "crossroads of the work," thus stands to-day as a symbol of Nipponese frustration. Yot to take Singapore would be the hardest task so far faced by the children of the Rising Sun.
High Hurdle To Asiatic Aggression
By
MAJOR JAMES ROSS
In the "Christian Science Monitor'
Island:
By the time for the next move Japanese sea power would, it was hoped, control the South. China Sea and the Gulf of Siam. The existing garrison of
Commander-in- Chief
Charged with the duty of organising the defence of Singapore and all Brlilsh possessions in the Far East is Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke Popham.
who has declared his full- confidence in the forces and resources at his command.
Thinking elements in Japan know this, Reichs- fuehrer Hitler knows it. strikes inland; both meet at when veteran Japanese divi- Whether or not the hot a junction some 50 miles sions which could be spared heads of Japanese military east of Malacca, for the from China gathered at Hainan. and naval hierarchy appre-
final 120-mile run to Singa- ciate the fact remains to be pore. seen. Upon their decision-m Possible Bases affected as it must be by Two possible bases for a the Oriental value of "face" land expedition against the Singapore, threatened by more son of several thousand men, so rarely grasped by West British base suggest them immediate investment, could plus a mobile field force on the erners-may rest the dif-
selves Bangkok, capital of spare but a very small force for mainland of several divisions, ference to the United States Thailand, and Songkla. The mobile defence and delaying ac- with auxiliary weapons. The between war and peace. former of a sizeable port, tions in the Malay States. Too R. A. F. will operate from bases Should the Japanese High the latter a shallow har late then for British reinforce not only in Malaya but also Command fail to grasp it, bour. The mountains offer ment. Unfortunately for the from Burman and Indian bases Axis that bright bubble has entirely out of reach of Nip- national Japanese catas- shelter to any Japanese ad- burst. Even the small French ponese land or sea attack. trophe may well result,
vance along the eastern force in Indo-China has lately The land strength which
Even the limited naval shore, with but five tenuous received reinforcements to back Japan can spare from China experience of Japan in- passes; Mergui-Pach Puri, up the 5th Regiment, of the will probably consist of not dicates that a fortress can- starting in Burmese terri- Foreign Legion-up-to-date the much more than five divisions underts news which if strictly copyright not be taken by direct as- tory; Ponga-Chai-ya, Corah- major opponent of Thai offen (100,000 men) with auxiliary Calons Ordinance, 1936. Such sawsault from the sea, as hap- Ligor, Telibon-Ligor, and
is used by the longkong Telegraph" to
the provisions of the Telecommuni- beats the indication “UP” is received in Hongkong on the date of publication by
the United Press Associations, who repened during the Russo-Lungu-Songkla, the last
serve all rights and forbid republications,
arrangement.
VALUE OF SYRIA
SUCCESS
sive movement.
Singapore's Position
weapons. Japanese advance air bases must be situated in Thai- land, an ally, and also in Indo- The island of Singapore is 27 China;. for these latter Japan artist wholly or in part without previous Japanese War at Port four in Thai terrain. Each
Arthur. Blockade by sea trail over the hills is a miles long by 14 miles wide. may still have to fight a pre-
the southeastern liminary campaign. and investment by land are potential threat to the rail The city, on
Unopposed by an aggressive indicated. In contempla- way. More important, Bri- corner, is open to the Straits of tion of such joint action tish air power, based on Singapore, through which all defending force, Japan in 1904. THE signing and ratifying of Japan may make a grave Rangoon and Moulmein in deep-draft traffic must run be- with complete command of the a the north and Singapore in tween the South China Sea and sea, landed armies on the Liao-
the Indian Ocean.
tung Peninsula, invested Port the armistice in Syria between mistake, for there is
Arthur and at the same time by General Dentz's forces and the certain illusory parallel be- the south, dominates the
But to bombard the city hos-
movement fought Allied armies brings to a satis-tween investment of Singa- entire line of communica-
tile warships must come within offensive
successful battles factory end a campaign, neces- pore and the 1904-05 cam- tions within these respective range of the British modern several sary but distasteful. It has paign on the Liaotung radii of action. afforded the British no pleasure Peninsula. Unless analysed
Difficult Terrain
to take up arms against a for- carefully, this similarity mer ally, while the position of may lead to.erroneous con- General de Gaulle's men whoclusions. had to fight their own country- men can only be described as distressing. Happily the con- flict has been brief-34 days to bo precise though the very fact that General Dentz con-
destruction
In both cases the theatre of land action is a rather, narrow-peninsula-on-the-
tress.
of
Easier To Defend
long-range batteries of 16-inch against inept but stubborn Rus- and 18-inch guns on the island, sian armies outside the fortifica-
tions. covering all approach by water.
on
access to
No Finesse
In the final 350 miles of To reduce these batteries, heavy approach, where the penin- mobile artillery must be landed
on the mainland. The sole con- The operations began in May; sula widens in Malay States' nection of the island with this they were concluded in January territory to a 200-mile front, mainland is the lately completed of the next year after a most the mountains are split into Johore Causeway. which expensive series of frontal at three definite main north- passes the line of the Bangkok- tacks. Manoeuvre, in the ac
cepted strategical sense, was en- south ridges, with a number Singapore railway.
spurs running helter- The vital-dockyards of the tirely lacking in the Japanese effort. Military authorities to- sidered it incumbent upon him- tip of which rests a sup-skelter. In this area an at- great naval base lie on the day in close touch with Japanese self to offer the strongest resist-posedly impregnable for- tacking force would have north side of the island, where tactical and strategical practice
declare that There the resem- most trouble provided the also the air base is situated. As
the Japanese ance possible, naturally meant
The Malay defenders had mobile troops to be blown up,
last resort, were the causeway General Staff still lacks any a considerable loss of life and blance ends.
to property and peninsula, split lengthways to oppose it. Hence the singapore island would have to sense of military finesse. The hammer-blow frontal attack, re livelihood which modern war by a granite mountain Japanese chagrin upon the be over the narrow strait of fare carries in its wake, Even range, is crisscrossed later. landing in the Singapore Tebrau That is, the final stage gardless of terrain or loss, is the include a close range river- With such historical back- in this connection, however, ally by a number of water area of Australian troops, of any attack on Singapore must accepted doctrine.
Up to that time the Japanese crossing, an element missing ground, and, for the first time in there is room for congratula- ways. The interior of the
plan of leisurely infiltration into from the Japanese assaults on Nippon's history, against an tion inasmuch as that the Allied country is largely unex- French Indo-China, to be Port Arthur 36 years ago. opponent of superior military mentality to balance lack of troops made every effort to con-plored; a rank, equatorial followed by concentration at
numerical strength, Japan's fine attacks to essentially mili-jungle, in which military Bangkok, accompanied doubtless by providentially "coincident"
southern expansion stage is set. tary projects and objectives, manoeuvres would be re- screams from Thai minorities in Summing up, to take Singa In the wings stands the United and the historical sites
ofduced to a series of discon- the Malay States for freedom pore to-day Japan must carry on States. The propaganda or
from British oppression a joint naval and land opera- chestra is tuning up. Will the Syria remain comparatively unnected minor actions.
typical Axis procedure-seemed tion, which can be brought to curtain rise? If the show goeg touched.
The west shore of the well on the way to fruition. successful conclusion only after on will the last curtain ring The pattern was plain to be control of air and sea be ob down with it the last vestiges of
Defensive Strength
In the light of recent war peninsula is a morass of seen over since the first troop tained. The defenders will Japan's dream of Asiatic do developments it is rather more mangrove swamp. The east movement several months ago, mass a full war-strength garri- minance? difficult at the moment to apshore- where Japanese
praise the value of the Allied
movement would be is a success in Syria that it would
succession of sandy beaches, have been a month ago. Then, there existed, an
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Most of the Nazl-conquered peoples of Europe and many Asiatic races are represented In Singapore's Local Defence Corps (the Home Guard of the Straits Settlements), which forms a part of an alert and considerable fighting force. They serve alongside British residents of the port. Nationalities represented by the men in the picture above include Dutch, French, Czech and Chinese, besides Brillah.