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Chief of Staff United States Fleet in 1927, the author has had wide execu tive experience in peace and war and is one of America's leading writers on naval mat., tors. The opinions in this article are his own and must not be construed in any sense as official

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to a beneficent Providence for separating by water her compact little islands from the European mainland,

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for England to become the greatest commercial nation in the world.

This Providence now has with- drawn ita favours, for air power has anade one the islands and the Continent.

The conquest of the seas brought colonies under British sovereignty. These responsibil}. tles again demanded control over

necessitating in turn naval bases: in all parts of the world to har- bour her ubiquitous naval ships. Great Britain, by reason of her appreciation of the value of Sea Power, has built a mighty Empire. Her frontiers were the walls of her storm-buttered ships:

Britain's merchant

Hongkong Telegraph, far-flung lines of communication,

SATURDAY, FEB. 22, 1936.

BUSINESS MEN'S COMPLAINTS An old question is being re- vived by business men at Home, who are once again complaining ships, alioat in every sea, in of the mental equipment of peace and war, flowed in and out young people who apply for of the English Channel, bringing posts. Increased business

opportunities are being offered

Great

as the result of British indus- NOTES OF THE DAY

trial recovery, and it is pointed

out that it is essential that the AIR DEFENCE young people who seek to enter commercial life should be so. If you have not read the articlo educated as to give promise of the opinion of

on the right, read. it now. This is. American naval promotion in the days ahead. officer, a man of experience and In

He is not an alarm.) it is mentioned sound senso. that of some hundred applicants He has what

ist, nor has he. any axe to grind.

some may think)

one ease.

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This is what might happen over London unless Britain is given ample air protection. A navy is powerless to realat euch an at- tack. But even more serious is tuc menace of enemy aircraft to British shipping.

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Great Britain traditionally is conservative. Its confidence too long has been "reposed in its mighty surface fleets of super- powerful warships.

Conditions have changed slow- ly, but the realisation of the change has come suddenly, bl- most, it seems, with lightning- like rapidity.

The acroplane has not only risen to prominence but appears to have become the queen piece on the chessboard of war on the

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AIR CONTROL"

For the conquest of the air power of an enemy, a superior air power woll located is evident. Against a landbased air force, a similarly based air force is mandatory. The air over all the acas must be controlled if the Beas are to be controlled.

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Great Britain, for its essential security, should sparo no pense in correcting the harm resulting from this tardiness in appreciating the effect of the latest weapon, the aeroplane, upon the control of the Bons.

In the past Great Britain, in order to retain safe control of the seas for the preservation of the Empire, laid down a policy of maintaining a navy equal to the two largest sca Powers of Europe. A similar policy for. her air fleet may become neces- sary, and there is no time to be lost. for Great Britain's weak- ness in the air is patent. To retain the sceptre of the seas Great Britain must become the greatest air Power in Europe.

British doggedness will suc- ceed, for that enviable trait has. carried England to the very pin- nacle of world eminence.

The British Navy has reason. to be gravely concerned. The recent mobilisation In the Medi- terranean appears to have open- cd eyes that may not have been too widely awake, revealing.a vital weakness in a most impor- tant strategiel locality through. which passed a pivotal line' of communication to Great Britain's Eastern Empire. British air power then was seen to be quite inadequate, much to the morti- fication of British diplomacy.

for positions, only eight were audacity to tell England how to in needed foodstuffs and raw a ship of the air, is actually a BULLS AND INNERS engaged, and of these all but rule the seas, but his words carry materials and carrying away projectile. It must needs find

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were later discharged by not appreciated already the points manufactured articles, the pro- security for its take-off and for reason of their inability to spell he has made, he has a message of duct of the toll of her people, a landing after dropping its for round robins.

It looks like being a hard winter. ordinary words 'or to under-the most vital importance for our The Royal Navy guaranteed explosives. stand the rudiments of gram-

Empire.

always the safety of these ships. Great Britain and the seas mar. Whilst this cannot be

It is becoming increasingly

surrounding her islands can be held to be-a-typical-instance, it must depend upon air power, he Britain's security on the sens Europe, bent upon destruction, Control.

evident that sen power, ultimately, is, none the less, noteworthy says. If any nation in Europe was predicated not alone on the in a few hours. However, the

swept by enemy air forces from body to give a lecture on Girth that inany other employers were to reach a point in air arma- number of warships, but on problem is not so mystifying as have had the same complaint to ment from which it could challenge the fighting prowess of her sea was that for the defeat and de- make of the present-day pro- Great Britain with impunity, the men. The British doctrine was struction of the submarine, for some people prefer evca aumbers. ducts of schools. Thus the day would be a sad one for this to come to grips with an enemy, the aeroplane can not only be How odd!

In buying sweepstako tickets, argument is frequently heard Empire, Broken in the that the nation is getting a very adequate air arm, would be at the

air, No fear was entertained for the seen but heard. Britain's sea fleets, lacking an poor return for the vast sums mercy of a great air fleet, supported

result. It spends on education. Em-by a strong naval force. It might confound this fundamental rule Until the submarine arrived to

FLEET IMPOTENT ployment agencies, it is of not mean the end of British power, of action, the security of England out of the air by an enemy, its of thirteen. Not round the waist, We hear of one lady punter who interest to note,

Should Great Britain be swept has bought forty-two combinationa opinion that since the State carnage, a horrible sacrifice, of could not be brought to grips. impotent to prevent the destruc-

the but it would entail a frightful was assured. The submarine grent surface war fleet will be we hasten to add. now does almost everything for lives, before we recovered from our It sank ships without warning, tion of the great merchant fleet young people, all incentive to losses. Indeed, an early and com-1

voice

effort has been removed and plete victory in the air for any unseen, and ran away to fight bringing the sense of responsibility is power at war with Britain might another day.

at a premium. This may, of very well demand the unconditional course, be an exaggeration. surrender of His Majesty's Govern- TERRIBLE MENACE Young people to-day may be as ment..

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0 foods and vita! A reader suggests that Ladies materials to England. Even the should be allowed to ride at the warships will find themselves in Annual Race Meeting. They might mortal danger of annihilation bo too bump-tious. well equipped mentally as their diction. At the moment there is Britain through starvation, but capable of keeping the attacking are sure to be found on winning:

This is not by any means a pre-declare the doom of Great

There were many prophets to from the air. fathers or grandfathers wore no

Anti-aircraft guns may be at a like age; there is always a nation has designs against Great:

reason to suppose that any the convoy system and the depth aeroplanes in the air, but the tickets: 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.0.

Some of the following numbers. natural disposition on the part Britain. It is merely a possibility, charge eventually defeated the stowage of an adequate supply of elderly people to think that And sagacious statesmen guard under-sen vessels. overything was much better in against any eventuality, no matter

of ammunition would constitute their youth than it is to-day. how remote It may appear.

Great Britain now finds her most difficult problem, for There is the further factor to

And then there was the old lady: We therefore feel, with the self face to face with a more many rounds are fired to register who thought be taken into account, of course, author of the article in the next terrible menace: the aeroplane, a hit and the capacities of was a watchmaker.

that a tic-tac man. that much more is nowadays do

column, that the Government would which, metaphorically speaking, magazines in ships, are of neces required of our youth than, say, every argument for greater

well to consider exhaustively has dried up the sen between Bity limited. thirty or forty years ago. Even strength as against ser

air England and Europe. 80. it can hardly be disputed Granted that a naval ship of war lining to this dark cloud, for the earth, would appear to be most golfers appear to be carried by An empire such 03 Great There is a controversy at Home There exists, however, a silver scattered over the surface of the should carry. In Hongkong, some Britain's, with its integral parts as to how many cluba a golfer that, judging by results, inade- takes months longer to build than quate attention is given in the the biggest of aircraft, and that aeroplane majority of schools to the cor- these naval vessels of ours are still grips."Great Britain has won every line of communication will

can be brought to vulnerable to air attack. Almost the clubs. rect use of English, whether in necessity for the preservation of her battles writing or in speech. This Britain's and the Empire's security. always by weight of metal but chant ships near land will be seas not be in danger of rapture. Mer. should be one of the leading tain, one modern bomber is a match British character that never

But If, as some authorities main- by reason of a doggedness in the most vulnerable.. subjects in the curriculum, but for the average man-o-war, it be-knows when it, is licked. That must be universal; it cannot with actually it seems to be in danger hoves us to have a sufficient num- same doggedness in the end will safety be concentrated in Eng- British air power therefore of being elbowed out to make ber of aircraft that we match the room for "fancy" subjects, the strength of any potential enemy. give victory in the afr. utility of which to the majority Our Navy is still strong; our Air

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口 ☐ land. Supporting bases for air the Government salary cuts in According to The Crown Colonist Many profess to believe that power as well as son power at Hongkong affect half the British

of boys and girls, when they Force, judged on the same relative this new power of the air las strategical locations are required. population of the Colony. This come to earn their livelihood, is basis, is weak. Let us take care relegated the old types of war On the ocean deeps, aircraft would seem to bear out the common. much open to doubt. This dan of our air armaments; our Navy ship to oblivion. gor is just as pronounced in can take care of itself."

This is far carriers will be found in convoys, belief that every other man, you Hongkong as it is elsewhere.

from true. The fight for control Every merchant. vessel will be meet is a Civil Servant. The issue is not one as between should be properly equipped for ing the sea with surface war- At the foci of trade, near land, of the sea yot depends upon hold- carrying at least one aeroplane. the utilitarian and classical the tasks that aspects of education; it hinges Happily, technical education is means to an end. All must Mediterranean might not find day longer, would it have been

Ifo ahead. ships. The aeroplane is but a landing fields are essential. The

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The few brave souls who have The aeroplano, though called highest bidder.

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