1941-04-23 — Page 23

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 23, 1941

CHINA MAIL

:

"WINDSOR HOUSE

FELINE CONSCRIPTS

Among the "devices' suggested to the British Air Ministry for overcom- ing the menace of night| raiders is the inclusion of a cat in the crew of every British night fighter. Ac- cording to the inventive citizen who advanced the idea. the gunner's duty would be the relatively simple one of keeping his eye on the cat and shoot- ing in the direction

which it happened to look. We all know, of course, ' that a cat can look at a king, but--and here R weakness of the proposal! obtrudes is there any certainty that it could be induced to look at a Ger- man? Assuming, however, that any feline fastidious- ness on this score could be overcome, there is much to be said for the scheme. For one thing. it would provide a crushing answer to those niggardly critics who now begrudge domes- tic cats their food on the ground that they contri-¦ ¦ bute nothing to the Wal effort; it would solve the problem of superfluous, kittens (for a constan!! stream of recruits would be needed); and, above all. it would demonstrate to Hitler that Britain is pre- pared to exceed even his mits in the mobilisation of national

THERE'LL ALWAYS BE AN ENGLAND.”

The Man Who

Refuses

If I were asked to mate a mat

chill.

In te of peace and repure cinzen names might ocev;

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energy. But in these land, who, by actions there is, unfortunately, and philosophy is the epitome

The beleaguered British Face it another side to the mat-

WO time. I wonild unhesitatingly ter. "When the cat I say that man was Winston Chur away, the mice (to say nothing of the rats) will play." and these rodents, fa

to ottes being notoriously con country like England where a men

with sabotage, my say and do pretty well any would think nothing of tions, the leaders seizing an advantage: tical porty have a right to be pren should their natural in greater or lesser degree: bin enemies be detailed military

cerned

duties.

would, therefore,

th.ng wathan reason bike Imula Thi every poli

plore the leaders of this nation

for so at a time when the peopl of Great Britam are fighting per It has the last decisive battle

their civilnation.

ap-

pear to be necessary

L

It is, therefor“, no small tribute

for some other bright to the greatness of this man that

he is universally acelommed as the

To Die

WLES soog Hnvited to become Chat-

lion at the Exchequ

time

SUE Scottish friend told me, for he had spoken to them just these matters dearest to the heart the bumbler folk of Scotland.

During the

when the conomic depression Land heavy hands

upon Britain. the

When I first heard him in Lon- National Government click

not done some years age, every word dres

meluding

han: !

which he spoke may have been although Still 111 the

unacceptable to political wilderness, he refused for

ine, but I could not help joming in the enthusiastic dent defeat and fought against acetonation with which he sank

invernment's programme for

i back into his chair on Uie dals. bath and Disaintanetit

two

for the man was brutally frank and objectively sinetre. He was warning his countrymen of the perils to the Empire.

the

By Sirdar

Ikbal Ali Shah Lough to

inventor to apprise the British authorities of an use effective stratagem for coping with a situation sol Mr. Chuchill's career is epito- Yet Mr. Churchill's pen was

active,

tongue nevCE fraught with potential of the people amongst whom ever

He spoke in the name of loss and annoyance to the

Errland and ignored his writtes populace, before the

Con- much scription of cats could be considered feasible.

undisputed leader, to steer the ch "poklical mistakes" from to salety in days of such, which ordinary times there is national gravity here.

no forgiveness,

RUMANIAN CIVIL WAR

I live here, because no man of ou

tie has had so much success,

political buffeting. HA triumphs have not bem unmixed with failure; and yet he has the singular capacity of profiting by his successes, and the wisdom L į live down his failures.

The remarkable fact is that he has never allowed himself “to be broken"

and rivals.

He did this because he is quite obviously and devoutly sincere about his country, and will stick to the light, throwing into it his heart and soul. There is no turn- ing back with Mr. Churchill.

Russia is alleged to have has occasionally befallen his poh-ictory-or-death

by the adversity which¦

cess.

After entering Parliament, Mr.

If he were of the philosophy of

herves, his! have ended long away to fight another day", but something In between these two conceptions.

--

Such, therefore. is Mr. Chur- chill. the descendant of the Great Duke of Marlborough Marl- greatest military genius of his time. Like his grand-sire, Churchill is a fighter to the bitter end.

This does not mean that he is the greatest fighter, but it does mean something which is perhaps equally as great, that is, he has The capacity to survive the hard- est blows, to keep on giving back hard knocks, and of never being completely knocked out.

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The whole course of his actions ever since he has taken up the reins of the Government during this war proves that he has en- thused this country with thing of his own philosophy: or it may be that that faculty was always there in his countrymen, and he has merely reclaimed them to their true heritages,

a hand in the Rumanian teal career: and that, in common career would disorders though the parlance, is the secret of his sue-ngo. Nor is he of those who, "run facts rather suggest that the Gestapo knows far more about the course of Board of Trade, Home Secretary attitude of mind as sincerity for thing said than this: that a coun

Churchill was President of the I feel I am right in defining his Never, therefore, was a truer events than the Kremlin. First Lord of the Admiralty. the service of his race. The baffl The Government of Gen-Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan-ing thing is that his is no blind try gets the government it deser-

caster, Minister of Munitions, Cal-

ves, England has the lender she eral Antonescu is unsatis-onial Secretary, Secretary for Air, Patriotism as of one who would deserves a fighter to the end, factory to the Nazis be- Secretary for War and Chancellor My Cuntry, right or wrong," who is ready to give as good as

of the Exchequer; First Lord again,ing with Germanic doctrines.

for that would be more in keep he gets. cause it is losing touch and then to-day Prime Minister.

When the thunder of the guns, with the Rumanian peo-

It is a genuine desire to see bls and the dust of bombed houses is During the last war the Conser- ple. It is not able to in-vatives, who welcome him as their people enjoy that which is their

no more, you will still find spire them to give their leader now, demanded his removal imate duc; their rightful place Mr. Churchill, albeit with band-

from the Admiralty. He, went to

aged head and bleeding jaw, whole-hearted efforts to France to serve, and later won To these qualities his "gifts of shaking a elenched 1st at the the the "new order." The back his way to eminence as the writing and specch making should enemy for he is not of

be added. Bofore the War of “dying-kind", nor will he let his Third Reich needs pup-

1914-1918, when he went to Dun- people le down and do nothing, dee to address his constituents, | He will lead them on, and he who pets that can keep their

the Ash-wives and factory girls fights longest must win in the peoples in line.

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