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"THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 13, 1940
MIRROR OF WORLD
OPINION
*WAR WITHOUT A FRONT
When war between Germany on one side and France and Great Brit-
GENERAL SMUTS
The United South African Nation-
the
ain on the other was suggested, most al Party is to continue to function. It people thought of the fearful holo is a party we can never support, not causts of Verdun and the Somme, of only because it allows members the havoc airplanes and other mod right to agitate and work for the es- tablishment of a republic but also be- ern implements of destruction can"
cause its constitution acknowledges work and imaginéd an immediate un- South Africa as a sovereign, indepen-
destruction of human precedented
dent country with the right of seces-
life and property. Whať was not sion from the British Empire. Noth-
appreciated, as a rule, except by a few military experts, was the virtual ing that has happened since Fusion has demonstrated more vividly than impregnability of the short front. when this is held by an army with the recent political and international crises the folly of South Africa's modern equipment and defence
Status legislation. Until it is repeal- works.
ed we shall be subject to recurring
we
The trench systems of the World crises. Having declared where War were hard enough to storm. But the trench of the World War has be- stand we once more repeat that our whole-hearted support, will be given come the fortress of to-day. The
to General Smuts and his Coalition direct frontal attack with large masses of infantry, difficult and thankless in Government in the difficult work that lies before him during the progress of 1914-1918, has becomé almost im-
the war. "The Daily Dispatch," East possible now, when armies of re-
London, latively equal: strength.. and training and equipment are engaged, and when the front, as in eastern' France, is too short to permit manoeuvering.
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HOLLOW IDEOLOGY
From the standpoint of Russian in- Such new offensive weapons as terest, which was peace for Russia, the tank and the long-range gun and Stalin had played a weak hand magni- the bombing airplane are more than ficently, and he went on. from one outweighed by such defensive wea- success to another. The Polish Ukraine pons as the machine-gun, the steel and White Russia were roped into the and concrete fort or pillbox, the anti- Soviet Union. By diplomatic methods aircraft gun, combined with the backed with a show of force he ob- action of the defensive side's alrcraft. tained all that was needful for Soviet The French, after a few weeks of ex-- security from the Baltic States. His perimental nibbling at the outer works idea evidently was that whoever won of the German Westwall, gave it up the general war should not be in a as a bad job. The Germans have position to attack the Soviet Union shown no disposition to come to grips successfully, either in the Baltic or with France's Maginot Line. So Black Sea.. In the Turks, however, combat activity is mainly confined to he met a nation which refused to be old-fashioned Indian warfare in the frightened and had allies; and in the wooded and hilly No Man's Land." Finns, their stout hearts encouraged Will this situation continue inde- by Turkish resistance, he met a na- finitely? It is premature for positive tion which refused to sacrifice her in-.
place, try she was physically incapable of along the front where the Germans attacking; and this although they had on one side, the French and British been informed indirectly by the Ger- on the other, have made the most mans that refusal to accept the Rus- elaborate preparations. "Christian sian demands would involve them in Science Monitor."
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EMPIRE OPINION
AND RUSSIA
a military conflict. The Finns thought they had a chance. They were about the only people who did. The Rus- their sians, believing too firmly in own propaganda about themselves, were sure that Finland would col- Russian diplomacy has been follow-lapse at the sight of the advancing Red ing a tortuous course during the Sta- Army. They left themselves no way lin regime. It is obvious to everyone of retreat. Even after hostilities had now that the British and French Gov- begun the Finnish Prime Minister ernments could not rely on Soviet pro- offered to negotiate and presum- mises and Soviet sincerity at the time ably make further concessions. of the menace over Czechoslovakia in by that time
A NAZI SPEAKS
"No-tears.or wincing will in- duce us to drop the sword of re- venge: the German Army has raised towards the east.”—Herr Frank, Governor of occupied Po- land,
But
the Soviet Govern- ment had set up and recognised the Communist Kuusi- nen and a number of renegade Finn comrades
as the Government of Finland.
So to their sur- prise and pro- bably dismay the Soviet Govern-
1935. It is obvious that the Russian Government clique were more con- cerned with see- ing Britain and France involved In war with. Ger- many than with the fate of Cze- choslovakia, for this would pave the way for the predatory methods ment found themselves in the post-
were bent on avoiding long contemplated in the Kremlin, tion they and now in the course of being car- engaged on a war which, if not yet ried out. The strong peace that the large, looks like becoming bigger. war lords of Russia are trying to fix The peace propaganda with...which on Finland is an insult to the intel- the Soviet, after its defection from ligence and abhorrent to the instincts the anti-Fascist crusade, hoped to of all decent people the world over. "The Albertan.”
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-DOMINION OR KINGDOM?
A French Canadian has introduced
a resolution into the Canadian House
of Commons urging that the title The Dominion of Canada should be chang-
regain its prestige with the “world's workers," now sounds: hollow. It is given an air of conviction at home only by concealing the existence of a war-"The Times."
A NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION
Australians generally will welcome
ed to The Kingdom of Canada. If the agreement which has been reach- Canada ceases to be a Dominion, there ed for the purchase by Great Britain would be only one left in the Empire of Australia's surplus supplies of but- New Zealand. By changing theter and meat. Australian supplies title of the Governor-General to Vice will be made available for the Bri- roy, Canada would introduce an an- tish people to the utmost extent for alogy with the Empire of India and the duration of the war. It is a not- thus the wheel would turn full cir- able contribution to Imperial strength
The agreement": ole; Indias seeking Dominion status and staying power. and Canada rejecting it: for a titular has obviously been framed in a spirit status" similar to that whith India" of reasonableness" on both sides, seeks to di:
adras::Mail?! "Adelaide Advertiser.”
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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 13, 1940
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