1940-01-22 — Page 2

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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 22, 1940

WHAT IS THE W BRITISH NAVY DOING SO QUIETLY

- London, To-day.

EXCEPT FOR THE LOSS of three submarines, there has not been much news from the sea this week, commented the Naval Observer of the B.B.C; In a weekly review of the war last night.

There has been nothing spectacular, and it is therefore easy to conclude that nothing has been happening. This was what the American papers were saying just be- fore the Graf Spee was sunk; they asked: What is the British Navy doing?

The Navy, points out the Observer, is only in the public eye on occasions, and then we realise that there is one. But once the excitement of the particular incident is over, the Navy again becomes a rather mysterious service and disappears behind the censorship and the horizon but its work never stop.

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Typical of the Navy's work is that of just one escort vessel, which from December 31-119 September 3 to

During It days-spent 103 days at sea.

The Navy now holds control of the sea; in other words, the German fleet, such as it is, is not free to tour the oceans and threaten trade routes. 18 Impotent, and the normal life people away from the actual of conflict goes on.

of

scene

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the remainder, it had to refuel and victual, so that it was probably never in port for more than a few hours at a time.

The enemy, however, completely stopped and they try to become a nuisance, attempting to stop goods, food, etc. from reaching Brl- tain, interfering with it by of U-boats, raiders, mines and aero- planes.

means

that be

NEW INVENTIONS These new inventions, mean the command of the sea cannot absolute and so the Navy has the job of escorting merchant vessels and locating and sweeping mines. Great areas are swept daily, whatever the collosal weather, for mines. It is a job, but the Navy is dealing very successfully with it.

or

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. defence stations for long periods, keyed up, and this was a great strain on both men and machinery. But this escort vessel is only one of many.

The U-boats have been so success- fully hunted that they now prefer to neutral operate further afield, preferably at- tacking the ships of small nations.

DANGEROUS WORK Meanwhile, the Royal Navy's crui- sers are hunting down German mer- chant ships and raiders. It is danger- merous work, but as we have had ample by evidence, the Navy knows what to do the with them when it finds them.

Since the war started, 6,500 chant ships have been convoyed the Navy, with the lost of only 12; has been a huge army of soldiers conveyed to France, it is being fed and supplied, and men come and go on leave; a contingent from Canada

the At has been conveyed across

have been lantic; and 35 U-boats sunk.

the

But all this is only part of Navy's work. It is only possible, the Main Battle Observer concluded, because of preponderance of the Fleet, which provides a shield behind which the peaceful trade of the whole world goes on.-Reuter.

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