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“GUERILLA TACTICS”—We are told that in the end they will de- feat Mussolini's invasion. Hore a well-known writer who knows inti- mately terrain and people, and has himself fought against guerilla tactics, explains just how and why.

[NINHABITED deserts, escort lines the drift in fear of tween sunrise and sunriso, with UNI

The Galla in the saddle. mountains more rugged enemy raiders. Then from an than the Alps, fever, drought, near kopie comes the crack of tribesmen are fighting on their a hostile populace-hardly a rifles and the chatter of own ground, where every track good country in which to emu- machine-gun..

the late the conquests of

Oxen fall in the yokes; lorries and ford is familiar."

The African light, so puzzling Caesars. Everything must be with perforated radiators race carried from the dumps at the their engines in a futile attempt to the newcomer, favours their Keen cycl border in rear of the invading to win to

cover. The escort marksmanship. armies by ox-waggon and lorry; shoots at an invisible foe; all is snipers, safely hidden, will take the sick and wounded must be confusion. I have had that ex heavy toll of the weary escorts.

In Tanganyika evacuated in the same way. perience many times.

lost men WC A party of the enemy, OD Heat, fics, the torment of

and transport thirst: It is the "German East" mules and wiry ponies, nuve campaign over again; the same trekked right round the front. from land mines of country, the same and are loose on the lines of which the enemy under transport problems, the same communication to harry and placed

roads al mobile, clusive enemy. Von destroy, until an overwhelming the Lettow's battalions contained force can be brought to chase night, far in our many Somalis and Abyssinians, them out of those unexplored, rear, All supplies had to be IN June (earlier in the moun- brought from distant bases, be- tains) the rains break; and There are wide waterless unmerciful hills.

They will cross the desert, cause the retreating Germans such rains!, For months not a plains, sprinkled with belts of

the wheel can turn on the trails; thorn-bush, intersected by moving seventy miles in a day left nothing edible in ranges of stony. hills in which and night, to villages of their villages. They lived on native but Abyssinian ponies can still move friends, there to plan another grain nad cattle, and game; carry their hardy riders to loot only a klipspringer can quickly. Here and there deep ambush. Fifty of them, prae- there was nothing for the in- the dumps and massacre the watercourses, littered with boul- tised fighters, can keep two vader, not even water if they outposts.

A European army must con- ders, obstruct progress. The battalions in constant employ land time to destroy or pollute

the wells.

struct forlified posts and wait supply convey comes toilgomely ment, largely futile.

for fine weather. But these along the track, where bishes They will ambush the con

tho Italians camps must be supplied with and trees have voys, cut telephone wires, de- THE farther

advance the more dreauful food and munitions; aeroplanes culverts and concrete ben removed- abroy the much-boast, drifts, make night attacks on their hardship and dangers are cannot do it, mules and porters supply dumps: vanishing like likely to be. On the plains must. Then comes the day of ghosts back into their mountain malaria strikes down their ex- the guerilla!.

Whatever may be the re- actions of sectional interests ur of politicians to the newly- concluded Trade Treaty between the United States and Canada, the agreement will be welcomed from one standpoint, namely. that it is a step in the direction of removing some of the obstacles which are hindering the expansion of world trade. It has again and again been stressed by economists and statesmen alike that no marked improvement in world commerce

ed "rond mak- is likely to be registered until

ing." many of the artificial barriers

AL each donga between countrica are either | (watercourse) there must be a greatly modified or completely long hait, for banks and sandy abolished. Of interest in this beds have been churned up by connection is the recently-issued wheels and hoots until one in annual survey of world produc- deep. It is no light work getting tion and prices published by the loaded vehicles wuruch League of Nations. This gives places. several Indications that the Tho-dust- (white cotton-dust cconomic recovery which began as fine as flour) rises in choking in 1932 has continued during the clouds; men push and haul, past two years. But the sweating and swearing. The provement is not nearly so mark-

COSSESSSECSJESSSSSSSed as could be wished. It is BSESSEDSSSSSSSSSSSES shown that last year employment

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and industrial activity improved in most countries, visible stocks of primary products were con- siderably reduced, the quantum of world trade increased by three to four per cent., and, although gold prices of commodities in world markets continued to fall, prices in terms of national cur- rency rose in a number of countries. Another gratifying feature, indicative of the indus- trial revival, is that employment fell considerably less than out- put, the reason being that em- ployers generally endeavoured not to reduce the numbers of their staffs in full proportion to the decline in production. Whilst there is some comfort to be found in the facts and figures given In the survey, it has to be conceded that the improvement in industrial output has been largely confined to the produc- tion of goods for domestic markets, and, as a result, the total of world trade has expand- ed much less in proportion, the rise since the third quarter of 1933 being small. A point which is stressed in the survey is that the failure of external trade to recover further is large- ly due to the piling up of obstacles to the international ex- change of goods, and so long as these restrictions peralat, a limit is naturally set to the prospect of further recovery in industrial activity. If the world depres- sion has shown one thing very plainly, it is that no nation can live to itself; there must be as free an exchange of goods be- tween countries as is possible. The nation which seeks only to sell, and not to buy, is attempt- ing an economic impossibility. At the back of the new agree- iment between the United States and Canada. there is a recogni- tion of this fact. And for that reason the nċcard must be wel- comed

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He will move round the retreats, hausted, half-starved infantry: Warned by the high, cold mountains of the camps, with their trenches and the mise of interior will at first seem a cannon, and descend upon the engines, haven, but those lonely ranges, life-giving arterios stretching can cleft by huge ravines, dense from the bases to the isolated hide, froni with Impenetrable forest, will be armies. Nothing can frustrate Live terial the happiest terrain of the him, for whatever guard is pro-

they

guerillas.

GUERILLA

by C T.

Stoneham

scouts.

WAR

vided for the convoys he will bring superior force to encoun- ter it.

The ceaseless vigilance, the fatigue and privation attendant on this type of warfare rapidly make invalids of fighting men. When the hospital ships come back full week after week, and there is no advance to report, Mussolini will need all his eloquence to persuade his fol- lowers that all goes well in East Africa.

The Very Idea!

SCRAPBOOK SCRAPS

Guns, lorries, waggons, must These were be manhandled up steep grades the tactics of and over improvised bridges- German askari improvised because they are against our in- constantly destroyed. There are vasion of what is now Tangan- a hundred thousand Abyssiniana yika, and it should be remem- ready, to take advantage of the bered that at the Armistico Von invaders' difficulties.

There must be many chiefs Leltow was still in the field, un- conquered. We had his towns and railways, but we did not who learnt the trade of war in have him, and he harassed us raids into Kenya to loot women Another Collation From Ed.

Kelly's Collection night and day. Every yard of and cattle. In 1925 I spent a those supply trails cost, a life, year on the frontier, and these rnids were frequent. Our

The following verse appears in the black or white.

troops, skilled in bush warfare, Times.concerning a letter by George "The littleTM Abyssinian mule is were seldom able to inflict much-Bernard--Shaw on the League and an amazing traveller: I had ono damage on the guerillas, they Abyssinla:- that covered ninety miles. be- were too speedy and cunning.

H. K. AT END OF NOTES OF THE DAY

MISSING LINK

LAGGING BACK IN FLYING

Poor Mussolini, by auch cares per

plexed,

Banned by the League, with all

Its sanctions vexed,

Must now endure the last, the

heaviest straw,

The patronage of Mr. Bernard.

Shaw.

Where Is Thy Sting Patient, clutching sheets vously:--

ner-

"Tell me the worst, doctor." Doctor No. I always post it." Patient "What?" Doctor-"My bill"

Spongy

At the end of last year there Hongkong can shortly pride it.

More than twenty thousand miles self-upon being one end of a miss- of regular route were added to the Were in the United Kingdom 90 ing link! Unless something is world's airways last year, bringing licensed "permanent" "aerodromes, grounds and seaplane done about it, and that seems im- the total up to an aggregate of landing probable, we soon shall have this 223,100 miles. With a total mile- stations, as compared with 70 in The acronati- claim to fame. Before the end of age of 41,390, the British Empire the previous year.

tical radio organisation in the the present year, the Pan-American holds second place among the na- Airways will be operating its ma- tions as regards route milenge in United Kingdom was improved and extended, and traffic generally chines neroys the Pacific on operation, being surpassed only by schedule. Before the end of 1936, the United States of America, with showed a further average increase of about fifty per cent. The according to latest information, an aggregate of 50,800 miles. British operators will be running These and a number of other inter- meteorological services were wide with the American and Canadian eating and vital facts and statistics y utilised; during the year 5,998 systems. Early were recently published in the requests for forecasts for cross- in 1936. Hongkong will see the in annual report for 1934 on British country and continental flights by

"Yes, seeing you had no money to auguration of its first air service, Civil Aviation. Civil aircraft re civil pilots were dealt with by the

from Mrs.. Mr. Grey, the flour the Imperial Airways connection gistered in Great Britain last year Forecast Service of the Air Minia- give me, I sponged the eggs from between here and Penang, tying up showed an increase of 119 over the try, showing an increase of 96 per White, and the with the Imperial system which total for 1938, bringing the aggre, cent, over the figures for the pre- Brown." to London. Thus, if one inte up to 1,174. Altogether 708 vious year. Much research has cared to start on a round-the-world aircraft were registered during. the and on full scale planes in the been carried out, both on models

trans-continental

Icnds

"By the way, darling, that's a splendid sweet we had for dinner to- day. What kind was it?"

"A sponge cake." "Sponge cake?"

milk from Mrs.

Painful

Asked for a sentence to include nir journey from Hongkong year, 320 of which appeared on the search for suitable landing devices. the word "gout," a little city boy travelling by way of Penang, records for the first time. The Definite progress has been record-gave the following:-- Malaya, India, over the Red Sea, outlook for further development is ed in gliding, and 24 netive glid- across the Mediterranean, and so most encouraging. Demands are ing clubs were in oxistence at the night." to London; across the Atlantic to continually being made for greater class of 1934. Including civilians New York; across America to efficiency of civil aircraft in order and air force officers of twenty Alameda, Calong could, eventu to keep pace with the increased different nationalities, 130 persons He (at party)-"I made an awful.

at the Air mistake just now. I told a man ally reach a stopping place within activity in aviation, and attention underwent training

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like to gout to the pictures at

Identified

covered that I was talking to the host."

forty miles of one's starting point. is now being capecially directed to Service Training school, in addi- that I thought that the host must be But between Hongkong and Macao the Improvement in design of the tion to 260 officers of the Royal alingy old blighter, and then I dis is that dropped link in the chain, larger types of aircraft. The pro- Air Force Reserve. Until Pan-American Airways is blem to be faced is that of achley- able to obtain permission to put ing higher speeds without undue

She "Oh, you · mean my hun. The most significant indiention its big flying clippers down in our increase in operational cost, but the

band?" harbour or until the Imperial Air- cillefency of modern aeroplane con- of the progress that has taken

Simple Life ways skips from Hongkong to the struction will doubtless prove effec- place in British civil aviation is Portuguese Colony, the Colony will tive in answering this requirement, to be seen in the activities of Im-

"So you advised your patient to porial Airways-Great Britain's tive a simple life?" asked the first have no direct connection with one

most important airways company, doctor. end of the round-the-world fr service. Why? Because of the Air Mail traffic continues to in- In April, 1934, Imperial Airways

"Yes," replied the second. "He obstacles put in the way of flying crease. During 1034 there were completed its first ten years of enterprises which have sought to 122 tons of letter air mails-com- flying. During those ten years the can't afford to pay my bill if he make connections with this port, prising nearly six million letters mileage increased approximately keeps on living an expansive one."

and the traffle tou The result is that instead of being despatched "by air from Great threefold,

increased aaven- among the most progressive and Britain to places abroad, as com- mileage flown advanced air commerce contres, ns pared with 85 tons in 1938. The fold. Laat December the service England and Aus it should be, Hongkong still lags be figures for parcels revealed a seven between

was inaugurated. As re- hind. As far as we can see those ton increase, the total for 1034 tralia

European services, Im- atald and solemn statesmen who being 74-tons. There was a revival gards

Antony and · Dismarck' aro

two guide the Colonial Empire's policy in the export trade of aircraft. perial Airways machinea flow, 760,- have missed an opportunity to sup. The total value of exports during 300 miles, and many new internal metals.

Poetry is when every line starts ply a real tropatus to business in 1934 amounted to £1,921,102, the services were brought into oporn- this passosto

with a capital lettor highest figuré reached since 1930. tion during the course of the year. The feminine of "hero" l

Howlors

The plural of penny is twopence. Polonius was a mythical anusage.

A deacon la the lowest form of Christinn