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London Express Service

The SOFT-SHOE replaces

JACKBOOT- but other

the

"L"

Bonn,

na

changes need watching in

biggest hit of the whole demonstrate the break with the IE down," com- chrnival procession. Ahead old Potsdam tradition.

manded the man of the group marched Q In West Germany's new army, with the jack standard-bearer presenting the accent will be on informality, the reborn boots. "Get up. Down. Up." them

"Shock Troop and severe practicality." Six weary citizens in drab field-grey dungarees, tin helmets and packs obedient- ly got up and lay down on the asphalt of the Cologne street.

Blank."

through Their faces were Buster Keaton studies in patient suffering. The carni- val crowd roared.

No jackboots, for instance German Army

To make the army attractive to the trade union and Socialist opponents of militarisation, there German Army. Only crimes to be no glasshouse for the punished with imprisonment in

--He-was-superfluous, No.. The new German soldier is to one needed to be told that wear rubber soles. the field-grey clowns going

their Prusso

skit European drill were a on the new German Army which former trades union boss Theo Blank is "Don't make it too Prus- busily planning with sian," the jackbooted one his staff of German by SEFTON DELMER iefly ordered his men. "Re- ex-generals and staff member you're Europeans." officers,

The weary

ones gave A demonstration of trying to make themselves more com- fortable and informal on the ground.

I have never heard a Ger man crowd enjoy anything

Report No. 2

I have been spending quite div life will be punished with a bit of time here finding out imprisonment in the army. what kind of an army he means: There is to be far less salut- to produce. And the remarkable ing. Soldiers will have the thing is that carnival skit is week-end off and be allowed to not quite such an absurd and

wear civilian clothes off duty. fantastic caricature BS it first seems.

For Blank's planners, in order so much. They howled their to make the new army attractive delight until I thought some to a world suspicious of the old of them would burst. The German militarism, have gone turn was far and away the many miles out of their way to

GI CALLS FOR HIS M'LEOD SPORRAN

By J. W. Taylor

The new German Army will be made up of 12 divisions of about 12,000 to 13,000 men each.

Each 'division will have attached to it a special tactical

Linit conststing dir force fighters, Aghter bombers, and transport aircraft,

of

There will be four division of motorked Infantry, four ol. light armour, and four of heavy

armour.

Safe bet

get both Parliaments to ratify the contract.

One thing I can tell you, If the German Army though,

it is going to cost you and me comes into being us it is planned

a lot of money. For, as the German Army grows in alze, so will German intransigence,

It has been difficult enough so far to get Dr. Adenauer to pro-) mise to pay his share towards the upkeep of the British troops which will remain in Germany occupation

a

i

allies when the ceasca,

He will refuse to pay so much as a penny for them when ho has his own army to care for.

Justification

ANY other of the arrange- meats now being made under the contract which is to end the occupation will, I fear, go the

same way.

instance, letting us listen in to Can you see the Germans, for their telephone lines, steam open their letters and Intercept their 10 telegrams, as they have pledged themselves to do in the interests

I the troops' security?

They will demand that we

of

must trust them to do' the 1stening-In and snacring.

And they could withhold from THESE four heavy armoured

divisions

will have the us everything, which they do not tis to know. How can we &trength in 1954 of 20 of Hitler's want. panzer divisions in 1944, for realst this?

THE other day a strap that was the last the manager each of them will have 800

ping young American sow of him,

Asked when it had been handed in for repair, the GI replied: "Oh, 'bout 1927, I guess."

No comedy

the

They will insist that tanks instead of the 150 of Hil- Americans and ourselves bear the ler.

Anancial burden of the German GI walked into a Jeweller's The GI took up the story.

Where are the tanks guns, Army. "If we have to pay for repair shop in Argyle He was Hamish M'Leod's son,

and⋅

aircraft for. the Geimon it," they will say, "our standards கா;. Street, Glasgow. In a strong Jam:-"Yes,

PopArmy to come from? From the of Ilving will deteriorate. Our flesh IC appeared that

United American accent he drawl- had not

States, from Canada, people will become a prey to long left the shop Britain, and France.

Communism." ed: "Do you have the spor-. when he had a sudden oppor-

They But it is a safe bet that it batl

will justify one thing ran belonging, to Hamish unity to emigrate, and

been unable to call for his will not be long before Germon after another with the danger M'Leod?"

of West produce his industries

tho equip of the communisation sporran before he and

ment. Between 250,000 hurriedly

and Germany, and they will get away The caught bride

300,000 conscripts serving 18 with it. months or two. years will be next boat for America.

required for, this new German Army

"We would, of course, have

It seemed to the young where he had left his sporran, young German staff oldeer in here and the Russian

teer army of professionals," my girl assistant this Was but had always hankered after

formant said, "but the French one of those anses for the gett'n. it back. When attention of the manager; it went home on leave prior to would never have stood for it.

And I cannot blame them." to the United seemed fortunate, too, for being posted.

When and if the plan for the seized Kingdom, Pop M'Leod the GI that the manager this chance to retrieve

German

mon Army is ratified by the had been with the firm for family heirloom, and in various Parliaments concerned,

Kansas City garden

Hamish the first step will be to recruit

I fear that five years from over 30 years.

scraped a rough sketch in the 15,000 officers and 45,000 N.C.O. now Shock Troop Blank will be

to form a training nucleus. Argyle Glasgow's he remembered the sell

of Too many. There is a danger no laughing matter for the

Weitern M'Leod sporran. A. search in a Street, marking the location

the shop where the sporran hut some of these jobs" would

world. private cupboard, and behold! had been deposited for repair, go to disgruntled and hitherto

--(London Expresș Service) {} Jobless ex-Nazis.

Yes,

there it was.

Seemed that Pop kinda didn't preferred a long-service volun- VEN today there is a lot of know the jeweller'E name

Bolockade – running betwzen

Zone;

of

James

Sald GI M'Lood to, the manager: "Took 0 copy. of Pop's diagram of your street The manager was quite a and wall, here I am." young man on the day 25 when newlywed years ago Hamish M'Leod, somewhat

Costly.

PLABORATE plans have been

made

for young German Fondling Pop's sporran now

offeers 10 be trained in future at to be happily restored to the runlal after his rather hectic of the M Leads young European OCTUS and stati marriage celebrations, laldu

sure colleges together with officer parcel on the counter. It was James said: "Geel I'm

been broken off

feller.".

My brothers: trested me a bit cut pleng Argyle "Street, Acta Who,

en Who Gorman, M

a horse hair, sporran, hant glad to catch up with it. Pop'll candidates from other countries somely mounted in carved All Us happy as a bear in honey belonging to the European De-

Community ver. The thistle on top had to git it back. Thanks a lot, fence

The granting of

comm/coto also has

settled by agree- ment. It Hamish: The manager saw him to the hands of the German divisional not to be in the

·Said Bridegroom

watched him stop "It happened at my wedding, door and

but of the corps

·atton "wonder- roughly. I'd like the sporran way he had

or may repaired, for it has been in the cd what had become of the not be a

A young Scots bridegroom whose family for genorailons.

or not the, Commana aportun," broken during his get the green light to do shend Promising to collect it in a wedding celebrations, hard for with their new army depends on few weeks, the killed Mood, so long rested in the manager's whether the Americans are able swung smartly aut of the shop pelvate cupboarti awaiting the to force a shotgun wedding bo- to Jain his walling bride and owner. Now he knewidik tween them and the French, and

There will be a lot more ance they are on their own

We shall have to grin and bear it, for that is the course wo embarked upon when we started talking rearmament before we made peace.

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