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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 30, 1940

MIRROR OF WORLD

OPINION

FINLAND

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been liberally and informally supplied to Finland, and reminded the House of this amouncement on Monday of

The feeling uppermost for English men, on reading the terms of the

the fact-known to the Finnish Gov- Russo-Finnish peace treaty, must be erriment some weeks earlier-that one of profound disappointment that; Great Britain had made preparations at the end of a struggle maintained to throw the full weight of all her against enormous odds with epic gal-"available resources into the scales on lantry, the Finnish people should have hearing that this would be in accor- been forced to yield to Soviet Russia dance with the wishes of the Finnish more than they were asked to yield Government. before the war began. The Finns have

The criticism that can reasonably be lost the battle, but they have won im-

made is that, if the same readiness to perishable fame. They have shown

help had been shown in the earliest the whole world that a nation imbued with the spirit of liberty and indivi- days of the conflict as has been shown dualism can be reckoned man for man, in the last few weeks, the Russian forces might never have made the ad- against a herd tyrannously governed;

vances which, at the cost of half a as superior in courage and in fighting

million men, they have achieved in a capacity as in the arts of civilization.

hundred days of hard fighting. Time Though beaten down by numbers in

was spent in exploiting the rather this war, the Finnish nation will for-

cumbrous machinery of the League, hold high their head; and the

when swift and resolute action by added prestige which they have gained

Great Britain and France would have may yet serve them well on a futuro

had an immense material and moral occasion. For the rest, the outcome of

effect in Finland and in all the neutral the three and a half months' war can-

countries as well. It was pointed out not be regarded with the slightest

in these columns very early in the satisfaction by anyone, except indeed by Stalin-and not wholly even

war that a special responsibility rested by him. He expected his troops to walk on the two States, Great Britain and powerful, within into Finland and to establish a Soviet France, who were Republic there. He has united the striking distance by air, deeply con- Finnish people against Bolshevism cerned for the survival of small na- as they have never been united before; tions, and already in a state of war. But it was some time before even the and his puppet Kuusinen, who was to movement for volunteers was given have been installed in Helsinki within any sort of momentum, and only last three

weeks; has for the month that arrangements were make present apparently been

re- to assemble an expeditionary force. légated to limbo. There is What was done tardily would have had to be no immediate change of Govern- twice value if it could have been done ment in Finland. How far the adverse promptly. Not until the last moment modification of her military frontier did the Western democracies appear will affect her political independence to be really in earnest about helping time alone will show. Finland in any Finland. They must not make the mistake with other neutral case retains her moral independence same absolutely and without qualification. States whose independence may be She remains an outpost of Christian threatened. civilization; and the maintenance of her liberties is still as much an interest

In the last resort, however, it has

of the other Western European States been the choice of Finland that, in all as throughout the struggle they have the circumstances, she should not call repeatedly proclaimed it to be.

for formal aid from her friends; and it only remains to be hoped that, with The last few days have shown to diminished frontiers but with enhanced the public in France, in Great Britain, prestige, she will be able to carry on and in Finland herself how much the unmolested the work of democratic Western democracies were prepared progress which has so remarkable a to do in support of the Finnish armies feature of her national life since she if that support had been formally in- gained her independence after the last vited and if satisfactory arrangements War. There is hardly a country in the could have been made with the coun- world that can match her record: of tries through whose territories alone having less than one per cent. of illi- land armies.could reach Finland. The terates and about one in nine of her difficulties of Sweden and Norway are: total population owning land. Nowhere fully understood here. Their geogra- is more attention devoted to educa- phical position is unenviable. If Great tion; the capital-highly favoured by Britain and France had once engaged natural conditions-holds no slums. in open warfare with Russia, then Finland knows, as she always knew, Germany would very likely have step- that little trust can be placed in the ped into that arena-the, certainly word of her predatory, eastern neigh- threatened it-and these small coun- bour; and penetration may take more tries would probably have become insidious. forms than military invasion. the battleground of gaints. M. Dala-: She has dealt. Stalin some resounding dier said.plainly in the French Cham- blows in self-defence. She is not like- ber on Tuesday that, unless Norway ly to be provoked recklessly to open and Sweden gave their consent to the combat. It was obvious indeed that passage of Allied troops, he was not Stalin was at least as anxious as the prepared to attempt to get his expedi- Helsinki Government to bring the tionary force to Finland. Although fighting to an end. But she will need granting of such passage would have also the whole of her moral strength been in strict accordance with the to resist the advance of Bolshevism. If Covenant of the League, Sweden and the magnificent resistance of the last Norway were unwilling to grant it; three and a half months is due to one and in these circumstances there is an man more than to any other, it is to Fobvious "defence to be made against; Field-Marshal Mannerheim; and in this any criticism that may be levelled at moment of his distress it la right to the policy of the French and British remember that it was his foresight Governments,Though there is some which planned the Karelian defences thing to be said for“ submitting it to and his leadership which inspired and a searching

examination in a secret directed the Finnish armies, Without session, it was clear in the House of his sagacity and his generalship the Commons yesterday,

vası Soviet hordes;would almost certainly little support for the

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THE CHINA MAÏL, MARCH 30, 1940

U-BOAT CHASED AND SUNK BY DAMAGED SHIP

Blackpool, March 15. the trawler gunners were ready. The With her engine-room flooded, her fight began.

the 15-knot engines thumping out

18 "Keeping up a running fire, knots and shifting on their founda-submarine attempted to steam tions, a British Admiralty trawler knowing she could out-distance She was estimated to fought a running battle with a U-trawler.

doing 161⁄2 knots. boat and destroyed it.

off, the be

was

"The trawler had never done more had than 15, and on this trip she been hit several times and the en- gine-room was partly flooded.

want

The fight lasted 17 hours from the time the U-boat was brought to the surface by depth charges and unable to submerge again..

D.S.M. FOR ENGINEER

success The man who made this possible was George Leonard Wester- den, 31, a Blackpool man and chief engineer of the trawler.

Nor- His ship was formerly the

her British thern Spray-built for owners in Germany.

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more steam. He went down into the engine-room and saw Len struggling up to his knees in water.

"It seems that Len did something well, for with adjustments and tre- mendous efforts the trawler's speed rose to 151⁄2 knots, to 16, and finally

For his "gallantry and devotion to duty" Mr. Westerden has been award-topped 18 knots, ed the Distinguished Service Medal.

He has been home on leave, and gone back again. He had told no one but his father, Capt. Harry Wester- den, of Fleetwood, what he had done to gain his medal.

The

"Vibration then was terrific. crew expected the bottom of the ship All the time the two to fall out.

The ships were exchanging shots.

until trawler got closer and closer her guns were able to finish off the

This is the story as his father told U-boat. There were no survivors. it to-night:

"The trawler was badly damaged,

"During patrol work the hydro- but managed to reach her base un- phones told them there was a

U-der her own power."

boat about. The trawlermen drop- ped depth charges so accurately that quite soon the submarine rose slowly. to the surface.

"She had been damaged and was unable to stay below.

VIBRATION WAS TERRIFIC "Immediately on surfacing German gunners opened fire,

46SIX-GLASS

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but

MAN” AGENT OF GESTAPO

SANDERS OF THE ZAMBESI

COL. DENEYS REITZ, MINISTER OF NATIVE AFFAIRS, WHO HAS HIMSELF LIVED AN ADVENTUR- OUS LIFE, DESCRIBED AS "MORE ROMANTIC THAN SANDERS OF THE RIVER." THE WORK OF SERGT. BRITZ, OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE.

A report on the sergeant's work has In an article in the Basler Nachrich-been presented to Parliament. ten on life behind the scenes in Nazi, Germany, a neutral observer who has just returned to Switzerland describes the condition of the Press in Germany as follows:

A member of the Nazi Old Guard said to the writer: "Oh for just one day of Press freedom? Just one day be on which the newspapers would able to express all that lies so heavily upon our hearts. Then even the smal- lest provincial newspaper would have to be increased in size to that of the Bible if it were to deal with all our grievances."

Sergt. Britz for 10 years had sole charge of the Caprivi strip, a narrow corridor of land 300 miles by 40, which formerly gave German south-west Africa access to the Zambesi river. It is now embraced by the South-West African Mandate.

Sergt. Britz was the only white man: In this remote corner of Africa and he became "unorowned king" of a great stretch of swamp and forest inhabited by 10,000 natives. From the hut where he lived with his wife and three children he could see the hippopotami playing in the river, natives in their canoes passing up and down and elephants uprooting the trees on the edge of the clearing. He was policeman, magistrate, doc- "I was sitting with some friends tor and adviser. His duties included

Confessions of this kind, the writer states, are an everyday occurrence among people whom one knows really well.

and: giraffe.

Poachers were dealt with summarily be being put over the border;

When the heir to an aged chief dis- obeyed the sergeant's order by shoot- ing two rhino, he was deposed.

in a big Hamburg restaurant, Sud-protecting herds of elephant, rhin- denly an S.A. man who was in our aceros.

'Don't speak so loudly party said Over there in the corner there is an accursed six-glass_man."

Gestapo "A six-glass man": is a agent, so termed because he has the right to drink six glasses of beer, paid for by the Secret Police, while spy- ing on his fellow-countryman. He is paid a premium for every denuncia- tion..

The writer states that, despite the terrible penalties, untold thousands still turn on the foreign wireless stations nigthly, but no chances are taken.

EDUCATION OFFICE TO MOVE

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The Education Office will be closed for ordinary business during its transfer to Victoria Hospital, Barker Road, on April 3 and only enquiries and correspondence of an extremely urgent nature will be dealt with on the 4th,

On and after April 3rd the address of the Department will be-Education The telephone Office, Barker Road, No, will be 29071 (sub-exchange).

JOB FOR PEGASUS

A horse that won the Welsh Grand National at Cardiff three years ago is now helping to defend a R.A.F. fighter station. His duty is to carry one of the two army officers when doing rounds the gun-posts that ring the aerodrome. As many of the gun-posts are situated in outlying fields and the full circuit measures many miles, a horse is the best possible means of transport.

RA.F. officers too have gladly co- operated with the Army in providing exercise for Pegasus: which explains a spectacle that has puzzled many people-a R.A.F. officer, in uniform, Fastride a horse.

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