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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 8, 1941.

CHINA

MAIL

WINDSOR HOUSE

TRUTH WILL OUT

Hitler's third attempt to break Russla is reported to be about to begin or is even now under way. Germany tacitly admitted that a further and "overpowering" on- slaught was about to be launched, but the fact that this is the third distinct attempt to subdue the Soviets has been slurred, over by Berlin and made to appear as merely strengthening of the ori- ginal advance. It is patent, how- ever, that with winter already within measurable distance Hit- ler must make his fual effort now.

Dr. Rauschning, the former leader of the Danzig Senate and a close friend of Hitler's until they quarrelled, declared recently that "unless Hitler secures a com- plete and decisive victory within a few weeks you can reckon on the collapse of the Nazi regime before the year is out." While the erstwhile Nazi leader's prophecy snacks sonic what strongly of wishful thinking. his opinion must necessarily carry weight. His ground for optimisa Was based to a large extent on the fact that "attacking China ur Rus- sia is like punching a cushion, Your Ast disappears in the cushion." Undoubtedly Ger- many's fist has disappeared twice in the Russian cushion with tre- mendous loss and though the out- come of the third attempt cannot be anticipated, it is clear that the German authorities are beginning to realise that the Russian soldier possesses qualities of fighting against which Germany's military tactics have up to the present proved unavailing.

Dr. Goebbels instructions to his radio commentators betray the fact that Germany's "victorious march" into Leningrad, Moscow and Klev did. not materialise as he had pictured in the earlier days

of the campaign. He is DOW

concentrate

| JIPAN

ASIA FOR THE ASIATICS

WANG CHING WEI

THE ONE-DOG BONE

Gates

Safest Job In

War

The

remember. He had become, in- deed, an Atlantic specialist long before the war began, wise in his judgments, knowledgeable in all

branches of the craft. But he bet

is of no account, although at four-considered as a final warming-up teen thousand feet and over a i check.

mixture of oxygen is essential; In Newfoundland a full load of otherwise come "black-outs" and fuel is taken aboard. That load. "a lovely dreamy feeling," some gives a margin sufficient for at of them call it, "ilke the unreality least another thousand miles be- of that extra five minutes after yond the distance from land to. the morning call."

land and the aim of every pilot is to arrive in England with enough fuel to permit this Ameri- can built and delivered 'plane to` go straight into action, if need be, over Berlin, with fuel brought from America.

There is another reason to fly high. Up there the stars, for a peep at which the seaman often has to wait night after night, are unshrouded. The high air is cold and clear, but the heating system in the 'planes is so good that al- though it may be 50 below zero outside, only an extra pull-over is needed to make one comfurt-pilots describe

forced to temper his song of No numes, no routes, no air- a favourable wind stream. Height The flight to Newfoundland is triumph to something less definite. ports and no times may be men- He is obliged, therefore, to distracttioned when one writes of the the attention of his listeners by growing business of ferrying enlarging on side issues and in- American-built planes across the structs his radio commentators to

Atlantic to England. This was western Europe to

made very plain by the slight young man in upou Russia's internal difficulties who directs operations,

a blue serge suit

rather than dwell on German 1 This young man has flown the achievements. For his Asiatic Atlantic more times than he can listeners he still builds up a pic- ture of German might by describ- ing in vivid language Russia's military and civil flight before the German armies. Russia's in- ternal difficulties-probably manu-selves. factured or enhanced for the oc- These pilots regard their job as casion are again stressed. The a straight-line air operation.able in the ship. failure of the German attacks are

When one spoke of the risks of Except for the one case in which indication. It has been published "Don't put that in your paper," turn back and make a their job they became explosive.

a ferry pilot was compelled to that return 'planes American- they demanded, "for it just is not

forced built ships used for ferrying back true. This is the safest job in the landing In the Newfoundland pilots and occasional special pass whole war. If you want to write about risks, we can tell you about the trip, back, we had in a freight- ed in convoy. Two ships, were sunk fore and aft of us and a torpedo went past our bows, The skipper had been sunk three times already and perhaps that was

thus slurred over while the com- mentator endeavours to portray a Russia, chaotie internally and chaotic near the fighting areas,

the ferry pilots speak for them-

By P.J. Philip

The rules say that flight times". must not be mentioned, but the their flights as either one-sandwich or two-sand-- wich affairs. That gives a sufficient»-

sengers who are quite content to sit on the floor-Prince Bernhardt: of Holland was one recently make the trip from England to a terminus in Canada in fourteen hours. By the clock such a flight takes only eight hours, but be cause of time zone differences the actual flying time is six hours more.

A sufficient quan

German propagandists are care- fully selected and trained for their jobs. Their duty is not to tell the facts, but to adhere close ly to the lines laid down for them by Dr. Goebbels' propaganda what saved us: He thought he bureau in Berlin. That actual was immune. We have never bush there has never been a single facts are glossed over, ignored or seen an enemy 'plane or had a accident on the crossing. The ser- These ferry pilots are not the twisted as circumstances.demand, moment of danger except when vice goes as regularly as any youths who go into battle with is accepted

we were in a Blitz in England or town-to-town passenger service Spitfires. and Hurricanes. They as the correct pro-

and has almost become routine. I are of the last war and the in-be- cedure, so that the only difficulty on the way back by bont." encountered is in making each The real job, they say, is done "Three years ago ten thousand tween-wars generations. A few are an asset rather announcement reassuring to the by the weather experts who sup- people would have turned out to gray hairs

ply them with a twenty-four-hour see us arrive," said one with a than a disadvantage. The Ameri- -German people and plausible to forecast at which they never cease; grimace, "and now in England cans are among the youngest, and those whom Germany wants to to marvel, "My navigator was everybody is so used to our turn- even the youngest of them had impress.

pretty new on his job," one of ing up to the exact minute that many hours experience before The camouflaging of the Rus- them said, "so I flew by the wea- there is never any one to greet they joined this elite corps OE ther chart and was less than us except the landing port official captains. They do not need to sian campaign into a triumphant three miles off my course: when not even a man to carry your take any oath of allegiance: Most entry into Russia proper has, I hit the other side. These wea- bag, everybody is so, busy," of the corps are "detached officers however, presented difficulties ther men are marvels.”

from various armies. In the re- from the start. These men are not It is the pilot, however, who de When the service began the latively short time since, the set- concerned with the veracity of cides for himself and his crew responsible authorities thought it vice was organised their number their statements, but they have so whether and when to fly after he only right to ask for insurance has been so quickly built up, that rates on the pilots and crews the complaint now is that trips gets his weather report. He gets long and so completely overdrawn

no orders. He must judge for With, grave concern the Insurance come too infrequently. But they their "victories that even the himself in the same manner as companies figured out some as

say the pay is "fine." tronomical risk charts, which German people themselves, inured any ship's captain. as they are. to extravagant But contrast the freedom of the were too high for anybody to do phraseology, must be losing con- airman compared with that of the business. Now the insurance fidence in what Dr. Goebbels pours ship's captain. There in front of companies can find no takers at forth daily. As for the outside him lies an area of bad weather any price.

head winds and clouds with:thun- If you follow regulations, nothways the most impatient when world and those waiting for de- der and lightning. It is that kind ing can go wrong, these pilots they are held up waiting for a liverance from German oppression of thing that makes sailors Inn- boast; but nothing is left to plane to ferry across. the comforting fact is again guage what it is. But the airman chance. Every plane that leaves Like so many men who do dawning that truth though tem- does not need to go through It. must carry complete equipment amazing things efficiently they porarily obscured, cannot be for- "Round or over?" he asks himself down to a rubber dinghy, emerara wistful men. All their stories ever hid. Germany, deny it as and takes a look at the fuel gauge gency rations and a five-gallon are of others of the sea captains Now, when it is important water reserve. After they are and crews who, plough the seas she will, has falled and ignomin-to arrive in England with flown to the Canadian delivery below them in so much greater ously failed in her first two at-

as much fuel as possible, the de- point they are checked and re- danger," and of the people in tempts to conquer, Russin,

cision is usually over up into checked by their assigned crews, England.

service" in England, delivering| Some of the pilots did “ferry planes from factories: to military helds, before they joined the At-

lantic service. These men are al-

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