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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 4, 1941.

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APART FROM the shortage of oil and the re- sults of the incessant bombing of marshalling yards and canals, the inadequacy of the transport system is the most serious difficulty of the Nazi war eco- nomy both in Germany and in her new European empire, writes a correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian."

During the years of intense rearmament and war preparation in Germany the upkeep of the rail- way system was badly neglected. Clearly reliance nust have been placed on a successful Blitzkrieg, as such neglect of the railway system cannot be made good in many months.

greater Poor Transport System

In March, 1939, when the sport system of the Continent at management of the State Rail, their disposal. Their difficulties ways (Reichsbahn) came forward in the east Te al nevertheless with an amense plan of in-very considerable, even If these provements—a plan which, owing countries are used only as 131811 to the outbreak of the war, was supply bases, the situation might never carried out, many de- become entical in the event of n ferencies of the railway system | combined use of Eastern Europe were revealed. It was stated that as a battle front and larder, although at the end of 1938 the traffle was 10 per cent. than in 1929 (at the peak. of the prosperity period) there were The transport system of the about 4,000 fewer engines and Danubian countries is very poor. 80,000 fewer goods wagons, Apart from the few main lines. fall of roughly 20 per cent.

all the lines are single track, and The eastern conquests of the quick repairs are almost impossi- Nazis, far from relieving this bie in the mountainous parts. The situation, made it worse. The whole system of construction is far Austrian and even the Czech roll- | less solid than the British, as these ing-stock was largely obsolete; countries were always poor in part of the Polish stock was de- | capital. stroyed, and Russia took is dis- Roughly one-fifth of the popula- proportionate share of the With the increasing war the Nazis had to use their rolling-stock in these countries.

Relief From West

The railway difficulties

rest. tion of Greece lives on islands and efforti three-fifths along the coasts. own Among the Danubian States Hun-

AVALANCHE

WRECKS SCHOOL

Heavy snowstorms in Switzerland have covered villages in masses of snow and in one place an aval- anche has destroyed Q school, cemetery and barracks.

Tourists have been warned not to start trips on the moun- tains because of the danger of avalanches everywhere.

As- sociated Press.

ROME

LOOKS FOR FRIENDS IN BRITAIN

Rome began a new pro- broadcast re-

eaty's position is the best, Ru-paganda mania's almost the worst. In Hun-cently-the broadcasting

gary there

Me 86 kilometres of

tracks in every 100 square kilo of names of British people were metres, in Rumama only 3.79 kilo-in Italy, with remarks de- not confined to the rolling-stork,retres; the figure for the former signed to show what a The upkeep of the tracks had Czechoslovak Republic Was 9.7

ing.

The obvious idea is to create in Britain a feeling of admira- tion for Italy's generosity and kindress.

been neglected, and how both Kalomastres The partition has left happy time they are hav- tracks and personnel were term- Rumama's situation almost un- bly overburdened Great difficul-1 changed. Besarabia and Nori ties had been experienced during thern Bukowana, with roughly one- the building of the Siegfried Line, fifth of the railway tracks, were and the outbreak of the war mul- poorly equipped. While Transyl- tiplied them, Military transport vama was better off than the pro- hampered the normal goods dis- vinces of the Old Kingdom. Ru- tribution, The black-out, especi-manian efforts at improvement had ter: Miss Cresswell (Rome), Mr. ally during the winter, intensified achieved little. the troubles; the shunting goods trains, for instance, five time as long.

In the period of 1932-9 altogether

sone 165 kilo- took metres of new tracks were built.

use

SUICIDE USED HIS COLONEL'S REVOLVER

Here is one list quoted by Reu-

Mrs. and Mrs. Reid (Naples),

Ercait (Home), Miss Waring (Home),

(Rome), Miss Robison Major and Mrs. Barn and their son Adrian (Rome), and Mr., Mrs. and Miss Adams (Florence).

The Nazis are resorting, of j course, to all sorts of devices to improve the situation-quicker

Almost every Rone broadcast loading of wagons, renewed

over the week-end has mentioned of obsolete engines and wagons,

the morale of the Italian people. restriction of the use of trains for

In foreign broadcasts the assur- private purposes, and so on,-but all these devices

Using his master's revolver, the ance has been given thut Italy is give relatively batman to an Artillery colonel shot strain, but Italian broadcasts ap-

not breaking down under little help. Moreover, the in-himself al a South-East Coast efficient railway system not only town, it was disclosed at the in- peal to the people to keep up their

war effort; quest.

hampers

the Nazi

the

spirits.

Rome radio said Federal secre- It is a constant reminder to the Colonel C. W. Raw said his bat-taries of all Italy reported to the German people that they are at man- Gunner Edward William secretary of the Fascist Party that war, just as the terrible delays, Kelly, aged 52-had facial paraly- the fighting spirit of the people the unheated coaches, and thesis through being kicked by a broken windows were

was high. a night-mule in Egypt some years ago. mare remembered for many years This had

been aggravated be a of sleeplessness, Kelly had just after the last war had ended.

that news

his wife blow on the jaw in the black-out. received

Kelly was an extraordinarily was ill.

while Verdict: Suicide good batman.

Having previously complained, balanced mind.

Strain On Railways

Germany's western conquests introduced all sorts of fresh fac- tors. The blockade of the western coast of the Continent increases the strain on the whole Euro- pean railway system, as a large part of the bulk goods (oil, coal, iron ore, timber, wheat, cotton, and so on) came by sea even for inter-Continental supplies. Nor- mally, for instance, German coal went. by' sea to Italy. On the other hand, the cessation of land' fighting in the west and the con- siderable booty from the rich roll- ing-stocks of Holland, Belgium, and especially France brought the Germanis great rellef, though, tech, nical difficulties, such as differ- ences in gauge or brake systems, set a limit to the use of foreign rolling-stock in Germany. The destruction of rolling-stock dur- ing the hostilities was not con- siderable.

Before the collapse of the Wes tern Front, many neutral countries, even in the east, like Hungary, un-. dertook exports in their own -goods-wagons-only-up to the Ger man frontiers, as in, the first few months of the war the. Nazis used. to "retain" nøytral wagons for a. couple of months for their own uso. This period of resistance is over, and the Nazis, with thoir armed might, have the whole tran- iz

of un-

Both Melvyn Douglas and Loretta Young, look slightly an.... noyed in this scene from Columbia's. "He Stayed for Breakfast," coming to the King's Theatre to-morrow. They have good ram... -- con to be-Interrupted as they, ward by Eugene Pallette and. Alan Marshal, two gentlemen who don't like Mr.. Douglas and do like Miss. Young,