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NATIONAL PLANS FOR DEFENCE

CO-ORDINATION OF THREE SERVICES VITAL NEED FOR SAFETY IN TIME OF WAR

Fifty-seven letters; written by the greatest of all gourmets, But Lat-Savaring between 1795 and 1818 failed to bring more than es at a recent London auction.

(By Major-General E. L. Spears) Some of these were waftten - ta English, and the quaint letter dated from Hartford in America, The Book of Commons peace time. In unhurried can

HE. last debate on armaments The plan works atmirably im

reveals the riskka

The farmer told about some had been primarily intended to sultation, undisturbed by any broods of wile, parker cocks. We give the House an opportunity of enemy and with nothing to dis sailed immediately, i fired, and pluzay discussing the co-ordination of the prove the wisdom of the views put went it down beautiful, fat, beaDefence Services

forward, the Chiefs of Staff agree.

and well-looking i suppose than be

Owing to Herr Hitler's speech upon compromise solutions. I ing properly stuffed with onions gar

mushrooms, and anchovies, it will of the day before, and the impor-fear however, that the system: prove a ver capital morsel (after tant statement made by the Gov-would break down in w ciner), and so it was and sorament on the expansion of the was indeed.":

made one brilliant contribution to polite Eving-the. turkey.

Chiefs In Conclave

Air Force that subject received The Salisbury Committee, upor Brillat-Savarin did not much!

whose recommendations the sub- like the United States of the earscant attention.

This is a matter which has long Committee was created, stated ly 19th century. He admitted. however, that America had pre-occupied Service members of that it would act as it were, as Parliament, and which many of us the Chief of a War Staff in cum- feel demands argent considera-mission,” a mystic and obscure" tion. It includes the allied ques-phrase that tempts the ordinary tion of the relationship of the Ser-man to think there was some lack vices to the Government"

of clarity in the minds of its authors. How can three" men, -each with his own responsi

THRICE WELCOME

Soldiers And Politicians

Of the 35-minute speech made recently by the Pope to 3,000 Eri-It is notorious that one of our set as one man? tish pilgrims, only three words great, weaknesses during the wax War, and of this I have unfor were in English They were the one from which the French suffer-tunately had experience, throws Srst three: Welcome! Welcome:fed as much as we did was the such terrible responsibilities on the Welcome!"

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fupon the Government the task of choosing between conflicting plans and suggestions put forward by the three Services

bare to choose between conflicting technical opinions.

The rest of the speech was overning the relations of soldiers acts as a dissolvent. In war the benemy will do the expected: made in Italian. This is the and politicians at that time.

The Government was and must situations of grear danger arise, Pope's normal practice on these remain the supreme authority and it would not be possible then occasions. A translation is the bat is of necessity composed of for the three Chiefs of Staff to The China Mail-tances from its source.

towns and villages at long dis-made by one of his English-speak amateurs in the great technical sink their identities. They would ing chaplains-usually Father problems of military science each think of the Service they O'Connar Sir Frank Smith does not for-

During the war an almost inces were primarily responsible for, Although the Pope reads and Sant struggle took place between and find themselves unable to as- Hong Kong, Wednesday, July 3, 1935 get the engineer, with his 'won-

ders in construction, or the writes English with ease. he finds soldiers and politicians. No one metallurgist, who has given us it very difficult to speak. He will ever know how much this lack me the crushing weight of set-

ting aside that responsibility, im. Scientific Marvels

steels that will machine glass speaks Buent French, however, of harmony, due to a fanity system, favour of a compromise and provide dies so hard that and as becomes a North Italian cast as in blood and treasure.

Personally, I am certain that Of The Reign wire and steel tubing can be and a mountaineer, perfect Ger- The problem to-day is more com very soon they would each put for

drawn from them endlessly. man..

plicated than it was during the

ward separate plans for the better: What is the most wonderful To-day a motor-car can be built It was in the latter language war, owing to the appearance of conduct of the war, and that once. technical achievement of the by eight persons in a week, that the conversation was carried the air arm. We must avoid at more the civilian Cabinet, as Il--

25 years? Sir Frank whereas 14 years ago 55 per-on when the King and Queen paid all costs should we again have to Smith, putting the question to sons would have been employed the visit to the Vatican in 1923 face the calamity of war, placing equipped as ever to do so, would himself at the Jubilee lumin making a car less, strong to which he referred it his cheon of the Society of Eri-and less efficient Among the speech. WICH

gineers, answered it by select various claimants to have ing the thermionic valve. which placed mankind most heavily in YOUR enabled millions of listeners the their debt the expert must be world over to hear the broad- left to decide. Every branch of WINTER

cast speeches of the King-science owes something to the Others would, no doubt, make jothers, and the value of the con-

Some people have thought that wittee, tenders advice to the Cabi CLOTHING another choice, according to tribution of each can be assess

the solution might be found in the set on defence matters

Civilian At The Head their bent of mind Sir Franked by no one scale of measure-

appointment of a Minister of De- Smith did not profess to cover ment In sum the achievement, The exarizers were checking up fence, who would control all theree

In war the Government would the whole field. He had nothing of a quarter of a century has the dents papers. to say of aeronautics.

"Can't let this youth pass," said Services, with an Under-Secretary then have one source of technical which been so great and so rapid that USE

have realised dreams that men men have not yet accommodate handing his colleague a paper in charge of each department advice on Service matters, and one,

can't spell properly."... have cherished almost since the ed themselves to the new con-

"What's be done wong asked for some time I was in favour of only, the chairman of the commit

this idea, but gave it up some years tem OUR

beginning of recorded time, and ditions Half the problems in the other. MOTH only incidentally did he speak economies that are troubling "He spells "proceed with only one ago, even before the French had Its also very desirable that me tried out the plan and abandoned committee should be assisted by a of the photographic miracles the nations are a direct result Where's he come from his col-it as unworkable.

staff drawn from all three Ser-- that have given the world both of the pace at which the scient-league asked.

vices, and trained to consider de PROOF tea and the illustrated ists have thrust their inven "Ceylon," came the reply.

fence problems as a whole. The been ruled

It cannot work for the following nucleus of such a staff already They may have tions on the world. An out- smiled the second ass newspaper.

out of discussion standing need is a new states accounts for the spelling. He comes over-riding reasons, to which exists in the officers who pass

from the land of the Cingalese. since their history during the manship that can utilise ali in-

others could be added if space al through the Imperial Defence King's reign is rather that of vention and "discovery. The

lowed:

College remarkable development than problem that the scientist bas of new discovery. The thermio-set. and has not solved is the nic valve was known before fitting of his marvels into what

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Ministers are not and cannot ever be in a position to take deci sions tipon such matters.

Superman At Work

There is only one way to solve the difficulty. A chairman, shonid be-appointed to the Committee of Chiefs of Staff, and it should be he who, in the name of the Com-

1-If one man could be found Az we have at present - no- The meanscinas himnasir of somet advertisements is indicated in the capable of discharging efficiently soldier. sailor or airman capable following selections:

the superhoman, task of directing of formulating the joint advice of Lost: A pound note by a working the destinies of all three Services, all three Services, the Chairman girl tied in a knot.

Wanted:

A capable housekeeper be wool, in case of war, com of the Committee most

Prime civilian able to milk cows, to keep house for pletely overshadow the

Minister, who would lose his essen How should he be chosen ? Lost: A fountain pen by a mantial authority.

Should he be a Minister, an out- half full of inke velk

or a Civil Ser 2-If the Prime Minister him-side appoin self took over the post he would vant? There is something to be. have no time for his other vitally and for any one of these, sola- important duties

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New Man on the Farm'

3 The idea at the back an a It can be argued that the post is let Ministry of Defence is that every too important to be

That broadcasting and other wonders made. possible by the thermionic valve have added enormously to the amenities of lite everybody will concede.

narrow escape from death. Whether its permanent value was witnessed yesterday after- A farmer sent his green, newly hir thing appertaining to defence upon the vagaries of lo mankind is as great as that noon when a 17-year-old caddie, ed man cut to plough, a large field should be under one control. But party system. The dange of other achievements is the yung Fu, was swept down the Two hours later the farmhand point on which issue will be nullah from Kennedy Road turned to the house completely ex- this solution would not insure that sheltered obscurity of the AD- end, for such matters viu- |pointment, becoming refuge for jained The discovery of me into the harbour.

How do you expect me to hold tions, food supplies, shipps

unsuccessful politicians should also thods of extracting nitrogen The man was rescued near that plough, he waited, with two

be guarded against.

not from the air in quantity has re the Boyal. Naval Dockyard, and big, horses trying to pull i zway from would still be outside its

post requiring Parliam

hausted.

moved any fear of famine cou-when admitted to the Govern me all the time sequent upon the exhaustion of metit Civil Hospital was suf other fertilisers. The work offering from slight abrasions,

the chemist in this field has add-which are not considered to be

ed value to the medical achieve of a serious nature ments which have increased the

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