1939-11-20 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 20, 1939.

PETROL-

COSTS

DOWN

VAUXHALL engines get 20%

inore power out of every drop

of petrol used. That is why recent R.A.C, official trials over 1000 miles of public ronds, produced these extraordinary results:

25 h.p. 14 h.p.

22.48 m p..

30.31 m.p.g.

12 h.p.

35 m.p.g.

10 h.p....

VAUXHALL

SEE & TRY THE 10 & 12 H.P.

43.4 m.p.g.

Compare these figures with those obtainable on cars of similar power. And then compare general per- formance. We will provide an ade- quate trial run 011 any available Vauxhall model and prove its patrol economy.

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The Right Rev. Geoffrey Francis Fisher, D.D. sometime headmaster of Repton, and until recently Bishop of Chester, was enthroned on No- Photo vember 3 at St. Paul's Cathedral, as Lord Bishop of London. shows the Bishop in procession when leaving the Cathedral to re-enter the main door during the ceremony. (Copyright. By Air Mall),

WHERE WILL HITLER DELIVER HIS BLOW

IN THE WEST?

and

NAZIS PLAY THE SAME

OLD TUNE

(Continued from Page 10) An invasion of Luxembourg

London, Yesterday. of Belgium through the Ardennes

There appears to have was expected by the French in 1914, and it was to be met by an outflank been no cessation in the cir- ing French counter-offensive; for it culation by Nazi propagan- was erroneously believed that the dists of the fabricated Germans did not possess sufficient numbers to carry out the wider en- charge against Britain of veloping movement which von having supplied the poison gas which is alleged to have been used against German soldiers in Poland.

Schlieffen had planned. It was not

known that troops had been found for the purpose by bringing reserve divisions to the condition of first line troops. The French counter-plan failed, therefore.

To-day the question is whether Germany has sufficient numbers of troops fit to place in the first line to cover the front of the Great Sweep of 1914. Even if she has not, can one reject the possibility of a Ger-

repeat. the man attempt to

1914 manoeuvre in some modified form in order to turn the line of the Belgian Meuse defences?

Although a complete refutation of what Mr. Chamberlain has described as "an impudent and transparent falsehood" has been given in official British statements, reports from vari- ous parts of the world show that Nazi agencies are still assiduously distributing leaflets which repeat this lie.

The calculation must be done in accordance with Hitler's theory. of propaganda-that if a lie is repeated sufficiently often and with sufficient assurance it will not be overtaken by a denial, however strong.

Ger- Whatever may be true of many itself, that is certainly a mis- calculation so far as neutral opinion is concerned.

STRINGENT CONTROL

The stringency of the control of arms exports by Britain has long been well-known, and the statement that Board of Trade receipts showed that no.poison gas had been sent to Poland has therefore made a pro- found impression.

A SWEEP INTO BELGIUM There are reasons, I think, why the Germans might again try to effect an enveloping movement which would bring them on to the left bank of

heart the Meuse and into the

of Belgium, even though they have not sufficient numbers to advance through the Ardennes as well. It may be remembered that in 1914 they pro- tected the inner flank of their sweep from counter-attack by an advance of armies all along the line from Metz to Liege. To-day they have the Siegfried Line, more or less high- ly developed, from Basle to Aix-la-

A statement was issued on Octo- Chapelle, and that would form a pivot ber 23 by a Swiss professor, whose of manoeuvre. From the Moselle to original diagnosis of the condition of Aix it is covered by difficult coun-

German soldiers started the story try which would protect it from of gas supplied by Britain. immediate attack by the Allied ar- The professor emphasised that he mies. It could therefore be lightly had "found no evidence indicating held and troops saved there could in what circumstances poisoning had be used to strengthen the offensive occurred."-British Wireless. power of the extreme right.

Ger-

If the Belgian defences were in

TO DISPERSE THE ALLIES the same condition as in 1914 the

An invasion of Holland designed to line of the Meuse might again be expose the northern frontier of Bel-

of crossed at Liege and north it.gium cannot be ruled out. It would, But the Belgian fortifications on the of course, still leave a long distance Meuse have been greatly strengthen-to be traversed before the French ed and the Belgian army is in an frontier was reached, but the advanced stage of mobilisation be-mans would probably count on large hind them.

portions of the Allied armies being Holland has taken precautions but drawn north to Belgium's assistance. not to the same degree as Belgium, They might be met there under con- and a crossing of the Meuse below ditions of manoeuvre instead of be- the Dutch-Belgian frontier-which hind strongly-fortifled lines. would. turn the Belgian defence- A subsidiary offensive through must be looked on as a feasible Switzerland; or the threat of one, operation.

might possibly be developed simul-

reduce Ger-taneously in order to We know that in 1914 the mans considered the advisability of numbers of Allied divisions violating the neutrality of Holland by could be sent to Belgium. crossing the Limburg appendix to It cannot be said that any of the

instead of turn the Liege fortress relying on carrying it by a coup de main.

the which

alternatives. I have discussed is an

of attractive proposition and some them entail economic and... "political To meet this danger, however, the disadvantages as well. But a des- new Meuse-Scheldt Canal was con perate man m resort to desperate structed with strategic as well · as expedients--a in nothing I have economic purpose. It presents a said do I fly that a German army formidable obstacle, though one hard- can in circumstances be easily

anking with the Mouse' itself. defeated

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HAVE

SOME

PIE!

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We have a shipment of Southwell's season's fruits, in 26 oz, bottles, ideal for pie making, at

the following values:-

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