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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1949.

WINSTON CHURCHILL'S WAR MEMOIRS: THE SECOND BOOK

THEIR FINEST

HOUR

Mussolini's Dream Of Conquest

Nairobi. forcea

By Winston Churchill

inte

20-

for un.

Good Morning!

to

he wants Joe Louts says help any boy who wishes to make Bakcs! a living with his hands.

that the invasion at and Walcott comment

changed his rising tension about home I was in full agreement with champ must have all this trend of thought, and mini since they met him last.

Answer to correspondent who brought the extremely harassing elice before the Cabinet severoinske, "Is there any accommoda- times.

denini.

"Who was

I felt an acute need of talking tlon in long Kong?". A flat over the serious events impending

the Arst person to Wavell himself. I had not met this say 'No, no, a thousand times in the Libyan desert with Genaral distinguished officer, on whom en War in of State for Secretary much was resting, and I asked the

for a invite him over

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no.

we know we. don't

I suggested the following text of the telegram for publi- cation which the President might send me to ellett the as- surance he desired after the 400 miles South from Abyssini had reestablished his. frontier line, towards the Tana River and with two divisions and elements of formal offer of the naval bases

Considerable Italian two more. The published Italian on August 271:

advanced

British casualties for the first three mouths The Prime Minister of Great Somaliland. But all these

whom 700 were prisoners. Kritale is reparted to have leties were petty compared with of wat were nearly 3,000 Our 160. Invasion of Egypt, own losses barely exceeded on June 4, 1940, to the Italian stated

In the war Thas the Arst phase

Couldn't say, but T'arliament in effect that if which was obviously being pre-

Was the last, which Italy had declarou upon the course of the pared on the greatest scale, during the bc

For some time past Mussolini British Empire opened favourably

week for who

Molotov? present war in which Great

had been steadily moving his Britain and British Colonies forces Eastwards towards Egypt.

It was proposed by the Middle consultation when an opportunity

Ho arrived under General could be found. are engaged, the waters sur-Even before the war a magnificent East Command,

made along the Wavell, to await the shock of the August. 8. He toiled with the Staffa nunding the British Isles road had been

the main bare at Halien onslaught near the forti- and had several long canvera- should become untenable for coast from

Tripolitanis and fed

Mersa Matruh, Buitisinalizo kwaya Tuitish Telpoli

badi

The command in the Mindley ordered course open. tier.. Along this road there had this seemed the only boen for many months & well therefore proposed the following East at that time comprised an plane quite a lot, but since the tasks. First to assemble the largest extraordinary amalgam of mill. stream of military traffic. magazines were slowly established fighting force possible to face the tary, political, diplomatic and add and filled at Benghazl, Dorns, Italian invaders. For this it was ministrative problems of extreme Tobruk, Bordin and Sollum. The necessary to run risks In many complexity. it took re than length of this road was over 1,000

other quarters.

year of ups and downs for me and my colleagues to learn the need of miles and all these swarming Its-

n Comman- were strung along it like boads on

Middle East between a 4 eiring.

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tlans with me and Mr. Eden,

Fleet would in no event bo CarCHNICH TE 118 ERTatun None MURE ON 1966 (1981) foting Qualifies

sunk, but surrendered Or would be sent dverseas for the defence of other parts of the Empire.

United The Government of the

States would respectfully in- whether the foregoing quire

1

"A B-30 can do in a day what armies whole would take "

"If only years to accomplish....

it could build one little bungalow!

the

hasn't had she children caine

"Children are a comfort, aren't they?"

I'm "Shanghai man takes top

statement represents the settled lian garrisons and supply depots sions which were tolerated by the lividing the responsibilities of the honours at dog show."

policy of the British Govern- ment.

near

|

Isn't ហ Suffering in silence bad when everyone knows what you're doing.

I was pained to see the disper-

Followers of Mr. Attlee look military authorities. Khartoum and the Blue Nile certainly requiredder-in-Chief, a Minister of State forward to the time when the

While an Intendant-General, against the tallan and strengthening The President adopted this

Abyssinian border, but what was

not in full agreement with General doctrines of Socialism will have At the head of the road and Ab

world. version and I sent him the follow-

the Egyptian frontier an the sonre of keeping 26,000 moh, Wavell's use of the resources at spread throughout the inhibited ing agreed reply:

Union Brigade of his disposal, I thought it best to leave him in command. I admired You ask, Mr. President, whether Italian army of 70,000 or 80,000 eluding the

men, with a good deal of modern South Africa and two brigades of my statement in Parliament on

excellent

West

African troops, his fine qualities, and was im- been patiently exce June

the Great equipment, had 4. 1948, about

confidence pressed with In Kenya? unikan never surrendering or gathered and organised. Before my almost to draw upon many people and in him.

diel Singapore and seutting her fleet "represents this army glittered the prize of

settled

his Egypt.

Behind it atretched the policy of the

པ་ Government." it cer-

back to Tripoli: and tralian division which had arrived cer long rund Majesty's

there first to India for talning after that the nen! 1 must, however, tainly does.

different If this force, built up in driblets and thence to the Westem Desert, observe, that these hypothetical

week for years, could 'alestine presented

We had contingencies seem more likely week by

The German Fleet advance continually Eastward, con- aspect, or what is left of it than our quering all who sought to bar the fine troops sprawled over

nath, its fortunes would be bright. it could gain the fertile regions the the Delta all worry about of long road back would vanish. On the other hand,

to encern

Thus we obtained the 50 Amer fean destroyers. We granted. air and naval year leases of the Luscs specified in the West Indies and Newfoundland to the United States. And, thirdly, I repeated my declaration about not meattling or surrendering the British Ficet, the President. 1

as parallel termed on

acts of good will

gress as a

were

if

tine; an

bring the

Aus-

24

mass

of

Pales

11

Ansstralian division, New Zealand brigade, our own choice Yeomanry division, all la Armoured cars or about

· სი be: the with ir ill-fortune Household Cavalry, Atili

horses, but longing

for modern Are foll only a few would ever

weapons; with lavish Adininistra get home.

live services. I wished to arm tho In the field army, and in the Jews at Tel Aviv, who with pro- series of great supply depots all

wh

along the coast there were by the per weapons would have made a autumn at least 300.000 Italians, good fight against all comers. Here I encountered every kind if unmolested, of resistance. could, oven retreat Westward along the read erniccement. For only gradually or piecemeal. this they required many months. And if the battle were

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on

Make Sure

48

As a resul. of the Staff discus-

A new motor car is said to be

When practically silent.

over- quietly taking, the horn sneers and the engine breathes a little faster.

Terrorist-plagued thembers of a leading Kuala Lumpur club are requested to leave their hand grenades at the door. Club Ber- vanis fear that were would bo no time to sny, "Excuse me, sir, I think you've dropped some- thing."

"If your steak is too tough for you, get out! This is no place for New in a wenklings."--Notice York restaurant.

*Material: isfortune seemed to haunt him. He was half killed in un accident; his house was des- troyed by fre, including many Was valuable manuscripts; he

govern- by the not employed ment."

We hear about one sad case of

oft

Euronest Regular troops, consisting of the Middle the case of whether they should go round the nowhere to live.

in London could find

My second preoccupation was lo ensure that freedom of movement the Egyptian border, ir

Mediterranean The through the

was army's front were broken, And If

wenk against the fought for time were not given to them, all Italians and the grave air danger, were doomed to capture or death.in order that Malta might be made However, in July, 1940, it was not impregnable. It seemed to me most known who was going to win the

imperlant to pass milltary con battle.

voys, especially of tanks and guns,

the Mediterranena in- sions un August 10 Dill, with through stead of all round the

the Cape The Eden's ardent approval, wrote mua man with a model railway who seemed A prize.

workmen's worth many that the War Office were arranging gets up at 6.30 each morning to

the first Our foremost defended position hazards. To send a division from to sund immediately to Egypt one sent in the form of an assurance to at that time was the railhead at Britain round the Cape to Egypt light tank regiment

(62 tanks), train. all these Morsa Matruh. There was a good was to make

sure it could not and one infantry tank battalion of and as road Westward to Sidi Barani, but was to

It was sold of a risque but thance to the frontier at Sollum ght anywhere for three months: 50 tanks, together with 48 unti-

20 Bofors light A.A slightly inaudible comedian that Our laws here are at least

precious months, tank roud capable of but there were

25-pounder field

500 guna,

but not very few divisions.

he could be obscene inspired by those at Home, their merits and not as bargains. there was no

Tas President found it more ac- maintaining дпу considerable and we had

anti-tank heard. there was our Island. Bren guns and 250 where football pools are en.

direct menace of under preitv f

with rifies,

the necessary ammuni- force

rce now tirely respectable--in fact, ceptable to present them to Con-strength for long near the frontier.

connected whole.

A small covering mechanised

man A sandwich be loaded, they form the seventh larg neither of us contradicted each had been formed of some of our invasion. How far could we denude tion. These would start as soon as

of our home and citadel for the sake they could other and both countries

was complained that he Eari?

The only question opea est industry in the country.

Lanks), satisfied. The effects in

the 7th Hussars flight

the One adult out of every two

was anxious that were profound,

Hussars (armoured cars), Middle East should be strongly Cupe or

take a

chance through the no lodging?

the fills in forms. every week,

pressed and two motor battalions of the the

An American personnel manual and prizes up to £70,000

Bille Brigade, presented by a group of Ministers, Mediterranean.

hard for direct convoy Admiralty and of 60th Risea With the disappearance

all experienced in war and deeply with

motorisoi two regiments of sterling are not uncommon.

through the Mediterranean. Much carries this revealing sentence: concerned in that theatre.

death a combatant and with with

of an employee France as

Royal Horse Artillery.

Prime Mutter to Sir Edward discussion proceeded on this latter The Special post offices and trans-

ends his employ- Britain set on her struggle for life

Orders had been given to attack

Bridges,

19. v]. 40. roint. Meanwhile, the Cabinet ap- automatically port systems have had to be

at home, Mussolini might well feel

Italian frontier posts imme

I think it would be well to set up proved the embarkation and des- ment." built to cope with the volume that his dream of dominating the the

a small standing Ministeria pulch of the armoured force, leav of business. But in Hong Mediterranean and rebuilding the diately on the outbreak of war.

Committee, consisting of

about which the ing the final decision former Roman Empire would come Accordingly, within 24 hours, the Kong it is decided they are

11th Hussars crossed the frontier,

Secretaries of State for War way they should go till the convoy who had not illegal

undesirable. true. Relioved from any need to look the Italians, and

approached Gibraltar. guard

French In ou against the. Why? At Home they are

Tunis, he could still further re-heard that war had been declared, by surprise, nud captured pri- permitted because they are inforce the numerous army he had

the Invasion of suners. The next night, June 12, supposed to be tests of skill, gathered

they had similar success, and on The Egypt. not games of chance.

The War Cabinet were deter June 14, with the 7th 11ussars and large firms retain only fived to defend Egypt against all one company of the 60th Rifles, per cent of the profits, and

with whatever resources could be captured the frontier forts, BL and Maddalena, taking Capuzzo stmzgle disburse some 80 per cent in

spared from the decisive prizes. A careful check can at home. All the more was this dif 220 prisoners. On the 10th they raided deeper, destroyed 12 tanké, be kept on their balance ficult when the Admiralty declared rates Д convoy on the pas Tobruk-Bardia road, and captured sheets. The same could be themselves unable

the through

a general. done

For-Life-

for

convoya

to

The

in Hong Kong-al. militars on account of though with more difficulty, air dangers. All must go round admittedly-and a safeguard the Cape. Thus we might easily rob the Battle of Britain without provided for the public.

Other forms of gambling

flourish in the Colony. In some sections one can walk along streets where from

window every

comes

the

rattle of mah jong. Assur- edly it would be impossible for the police to stop all the schools if they were made illegal and no one who knows the Chinese would ever ex- pect them to go out of exist-

ence.

Then there is the tombola business, also illegal in Hong Kong. It happens that this

is the only gambling game

is odd that, while at the time

11th

[Mr. Eden), India (Dr. Lloyd, and the Colonies (Lord.

A board but

•

•

There is not much chance of

in China. Even If peace

A

One dowager to another, at is my favourite. talk."

This option remained open to coalition were set up, it would to consult together upon the us till August 20, by which time scarcely be strong enough to sur-

vive a U.N, mediation. conduct of the war in the Mid-we should know a good deal more dle East (in which they are all about the imminence of any Italian three concerned), and to advise attack. Mo time was lost. The decl- me, as Minister of Defence, up. sion to give this blood-transfu- concert. "This on the recommendations I should sign from vur strained heart-beats, make to the Cabinet. Will you while we braced ourselves to meet was at once kindly put this into the proper a mortal danger, form. The Secretary of State awful and right. No one faltered. account of the fight. It was the

for War has agreed to take the chair.

From Home

147| Let's not · even

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In this small bat lively warfare

Mr. Eden reported to his Cam- our troops felt they had the ad-

antage, and soon conceived them-mittee the shortage of troops, by "China Mai helping the Battle of Egypt. selves to be masters of the desert. equipment, and resources in the they came up against large Middle East, and that the C.I.G.S. everyone concerned was quite can formed bodles or fortifled posts was equally perturbed Tho Com

mittee

the full equipment of and cheerful, writing about it could go where they ilked,

collecting trophies from sharp en- the armoured division already iq alterwards makes on shiver.

When Italy declared war on counters. When armies approach Egypt but far below strength, and iffer- also recommended the provision of June 10, 1940, the British Intell- each other it makes all the differ- Igence estimated-we now know ence which owns only the ground a second armoured division at the correctly-that, apart from her on which it stands or sleeps and earliest moment when it could be garrisons in Abyssinia, Eritrea which one owns all the rest. I saw spared from home.

On July 31 Mr. Eden considered and Somnallland, there were about this in the Boer War, where wa 215,000 Italian troops in the North owned nothing beyond the area of that we might be able to spare our camps and bivouacs, whereas

tanks These

in a few weeks' time, African coastal provinces,

disposed follows: In the Boers rede where they plensed and that if they were to reach the Middle East by the end of Sep- Tripolitania, six Metropolitan and all over the country.

were

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two Militia divisions; in Cyrenales, Ever-growing enemy forces were tember we might have to send them two Metropolitan and two Militia now arriving from the West, and and the other equipment through divisions, besides frontier forces by the middle of July the enemy the Mediterranean. In spite of the equal to three divisions: a total of 15 divisions.

Heavy Odds

which is permitted in the The British forces in Egypt con- DO YOU

Armoured Division, two-thirds of the 4th In

two ro

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British services, and the pro- fits are set aside for the wel-plated, of the 7th fare of the ranks. Troops dian Division, one-third of the therefore indulge in it. here. New Zealand Division, and 14 with big prizes for the win-British battalions and ners, on their own premises elments of the Royal Artillery, un- of course. But do all these grouped in higher formations; the whole amounting to perhape 50,000 eager hundreds In civilian men. From these both the defence clothes go back to polish of the Western frontier and the buttons afterwards?

Internal security of Egypt had to The position is just a farce, be provided. We therefore had odds against us in the field, People will gamble whether and the Ballans had also metay

bavy learned gentlemen say they note sirofact. should or not. It is like. During July and August the this ploture was other weaknesses of the flesh, Italians became activo at many taken? The a and the obvious thing to do polats. There was throat from swer in In Page

Karala, on the White Nile, West- | Bavan." is to admit the inevitables towards Khartoum Alarm and put it under proper con- ! was spread in Kenya by the fear of an Italian expedition marching

trol.

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