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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1937.

WAR CLOUDS OVER A CONTINENT European Nations Are Preparing For Colossal Struggle

SUBORDINATION OF PRIVATE ACTIVITY

IN GERMANY

SEEN IN

Webb Miller, ace war correspondent of the United Press, flew from capital to capital in Europe inspecting the old world's rapidly growing war machines. In Russia he found one of his. tory's greatest peace-time fighting units. In Italy; where Musso- lin is warning his blackshirts to "be prepared," Miller learned that 9,000,000 Italians were trained for armed conflict, He sizes up the military strength of Nazi Germany, finds practically every human activity subordinated to national planning and pre- aredness, for war:

By Webb Miller

United Press Staff Correspondent

Berlin, Apr: 10. With military power as their chief object, the Nazis are gradually reshaping Germany's economic industrial and civil life.

In a study of conditions here, during an aerial tour of the principal capitals of Europe, the writer was im- pressed by the sub-ordination of every human activity to the national planning and preparedness for war.

11 is not apparent to the average tourist. Crowds move normally in the streets of Berlin, shops are busy and cafes buzz with everyday, light-hearted conversation.

Even the casual glance at factories, heavy industrial platīts and other production centres, however. indicates the serious purpose of Germany to be a great and self-sufficient nation. The main lines of the transformation may be summarized briefly as follows:

1. Self-sufficiency without dependence on foreign Imports of basic raw materials by the development of synthetle substitutes, especially vital military necessitles nuch as oil, motor fuel, rubber, ores, and fabrics under die present "four year" plan of speeding up industrial development.

2. Accumulation of huge reserves and drastle control of imporis, and exports, to prevent the export of war necessities,

3. Extensive motorization of the nation, including the lowering of ear prices and standardization and simpilfication of car models,

4. Construction of great network of super-highways, designed to encourage motorization.

5. Integration of Industry on virtually a war-dime basß by loans, šub- sidization and arbitrary deerees.

6. Decentralization or territorial readjustment of industry as a protee- tion against air raids shifting factories from vulnerable Irontiers and isolated outside cities.

1. Moral education and disciplin of the people in accordance with the doctrine that the interests of the community supersede those of the individual. This is accompauled by physical training.

8. Alteration of the food habits of the people to lessen their depend- ence on imports. An instance is the present rationing of fals and the cam- paign to reduce the consumption of fats,

1. Raising of the birth-rate by prizes, loans and ddvantages to fathers

of large families, under which the Nazi birth-ráte has risen from 15.1 per 1,000 to 18.9.

With the advance in the mechaniza-loans floated by Krupps and other

Gorman Soldiers marching across the Rhine into the Zone domilitarised by the Versailles Treaty.

SINGAPORE

SEEN

AS FLEET BASE

London, Apr. 12.

In July the huge raving dock at Seletar, the Singapore naval base, will be ready for occupation.

It has been designed to take ships up to 50,000 tons, though no warships of that size have been, or are likely to be, built at least for years to come.

Empire Talks On Defence

By A Political Correspondent

THE Imperial Conference, which is

to meet in London immediately after the Coronation, will be one of the most important in die history of the Empire.

Problems of unified defence will dominate the discussions,

Members of the British Cabinet are convinced that there must be ordination of every complete Empire resource if this is to be effectively organised.

The first item on the agenda, as announced by Mr. Baldwin in the Ilouse of Co

Commons yesterday, is foreign affairs.

British Ministers will lay before the conference all aspects of recent inter- national developments, to prove that complete co-operation is necessary for Empire defence.

with

They are, however, likely to be facéd the dimdence of Canadian and South African Ministers who have

premised their supporters that they will not comment themselves to any foreign entanglements. AIDING BRITISH SHIPPING

Despite this, it is hoped in London

contribute not only Ideas but also

money towards a defence paal.

For the past eight years a floating dock, able to house and lift ships up to 55,000 tons, has been moored at the here will be a willingness to Singapore base. By July, therefore, the new dockyard will be capable of docking and repairing simultaneously any two capital ships in the navy.

The entire base, together with its fortifications, is due for com-i pletion at the end of 1939. By that date more than £10,000,000 will | have been spent in making the Seletar the largest, best equipped and probably the most strongly defended naval base cast of Suez.

Its impending completion raises the question of the use

to which it will be put. It is not improbable that Singapore will eventually become the head-

SHANGHAI

quarters of a "Pacific GESTURE

new

Fleet," charged with the defence re-of British Empire's immense

tion of armles and the importance ei concerns. Processes for the air forces, gasoline and lubricating oilnovation of old lubricating it to territories and interests within have become primary necessities,

knitting together every Empire re-

a

A proposal will be put forward for

spurce towards building up an effer- tive or

organisation in London to direct common strategy, There will be separate talks on trade matters between

individual Govern- ments, which will be governed by their experiences resulting from the Ottawa A Agreements.

The problem of inter-Imperial com- munications is likely to be thrashed, out in detail in the full conference.

The future of Empire shipping.

particularly the Pacific, is a

In

matter of the utmost importance. which brooks na delay.

The Imperial Shipping Committee in London has made definite proposals for financially assisting British ship- were ping in the Pacific, but a final decision may be delayed until the conference. PLANS FOR AIR LINKS

In addition there is the future of

Shanghål, Apr, 10. American Naval officials military enable its re-use are being tried out, that ocean.

puzzled about what to do with a sen- while the government is pushing ex- At tremendous expense, the Nazis ploitation of Germany's own pessible include ships provided by the Do- lulu and woke up several hours later The creation of such a fleet, to man who went to a party in Hono- have been exploiting successfully the all-bearing Beids by extensive CX- process of extracting oil from coal. ploratory borings.

minions, was contemplated before the to find himself aboard, the Dollar Hitler has predicted that within 18 Rubber, another primary military war and again in the early post-war Liner President Hoover, en route to months the nation will require no necessity, is being extensively pro-shelved after the Washington Con-

yers. The project, however, was Shanghat. gasoline inports.

duced from coal and time, It is still ference of 1921-22, which not only

Beenuse of his 18-year clean re. The

process still is twice as expen- | five times more sive as importing oll but an inven- natural rubber but a new process is Pacific for a long term of years, but expected to be charged_with_dessermon before. relinquislung the Premier-

expensive than stabilized the strategic position in the cord", the unnamed seaman was not tion-is-being-perfected-which-It--is being developed-which-is-mid-to-be so reduced the British battle feel that | tion.-United Press. claimed will reduce the cost con-only twice as expensive. siderably,

GREAT COAL RESOURCES Germany possesses great resources of coal. Foreign observers foresee the possibility of independence from gasoline Imports but doubt whether it can be achieved in lubricating oil.

tons of fuel olt, of which 250,000 were extracted from coal, but at the same time imparted 1,000,000 tons.

Three huge plants are in operation and three are being built, financed by

no capital units could be spared for Old rubber is carefully conserved the Pacifc. and renovated. Users of more than

Now that the Washington Treaty 2,000 pounds a year are registered to has lapsed, the situation is almost the check on what becomes of it. Cars same as it was in 1921. Consequent are often sold without

a spare tirely, all the reasons which made the SYNTHETIC MATERIAL. organization of a Pacille Fieet ex- pedient at that time could again be Three large synthetic textile plants advanced. The completion of the In 1935, Germany produced 370,000 are in existence and four are being new base at Singapore will provide built. It is estimated that the 1937 the casential foundation for such a production of sud textiles from wood scheme. fibre will be greater than the world synthetic textile production of 1938. For durability, the fabric must be mixed with a heavy proportion

1 Is more than likely that this cotton and wool although the wool the agenda of the Imperin! Con

question will figure prominently on content is being scientifically duced

Cference to begin in May. Neither Army

Great Britain nor the Dominions is synthetic.

partially atistled with the existing state of the Other substitutes include resincus Commonwealth's defences in

Pacific. substances to replace metal, tubes of

The

nearest British battleships are wood in place of corks for bottles, and at Malta, 6,000 miles away. On the varnish made without Insced.

China Station are six cruisers,

~THEY BOTH PLAY FOR THE SCHOOL NOW, I'M SO PROUD OF THEM NURSE *

"You have every right to be, Mrs. Evans. I can see a wanderful improvement since you took my advice about 'California Syrup of Figs.'

"I could tell from what you said that there must he toxin in their sys- tems. When children are cross and peevish and lose interest in their food and games, you can be practically sure it's an accumulation of poison- ous maller upsetting their insides, I've seen it so often! Just cleanse the system in a safe, natural way, chil- dien

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CONFERENCE DISCUSSION

LIKELY

the

Empire ale communications to be can- sidered and planned

The conference is expected to hold its first meeting at. No. 10, Downing- street on May 14 under the chairman- ship of Mr. Baldwin, who will then

bid farewell to the Dominion states-

tship.

PEACE AT ANY PRICE PLEA REJECTED

Free Church Call for Ban on Air Warfare

A RESOLUTION pledging the Free]

Churches to resist war for any

reason was rejected at the National Free Church Council at Leicester last month,

Another resolution which included warfare was carried. a call for the total abolition of perial

CRITIC OF PRIMATE

Evans, of Market Harborough, sald; Moving the first resolution, Mr.

bishop "I not understand how the Arch- God forgive you utterly and com- can go on saying to men, pletely.

To economize and reduce imports, flotilla of destroyers and 15 sub- 20,000 collectors began in January marines. In the weekly collections from houses of tags, are three cruisers.

East Indies there paper, tinbuil, copper, zinc, rubber and bones, aimed

The Australian Squadron com at saving of millions of

prises three cruisers and a few de marks yearly.

stroyers, Ispite of all the above, Germany's division consists of two cruisers. 1

while the New Zealand meagre supply of iron ore constituies all these forces were combined, their major military difficulty which can united strength would be incapable be remedied only by huge reserves.

but there are times when by a fleet which

you must go and slay men because included pock

capital ships.

they are doing wrong."" It is believed in some quarters that

John

Wants

Me Back

-ELAINE

Hollywood, Apr. 10.

John Barrymore for the present.

of

it may not witness the comple- ¡ dangerous slate of Europe and called!

not be a coincidence that the The resolution carried deplored the year which

tion of the new base should also see upon the Churches of the world to the commissioning of Britain's new resist excessive nationalism, to urge battleships of the 1930-37 programme. the establishment of a world court of Besides the King George V and Prince equity and to press for the total of Wales, begun on Jan. 1, additional abolition of aerial warfare and the ships are to be built.

Internationalisation of air forces to

Early, in 1840 four or five battle- be used only for the purposes of ships of the most powerful type will peace.

be ready for service. While it is A part of the resolution approving improbable that they would be sent the Government's policy of non-

PLAINE Barrie has decided not to to the Pacific, their completion would intervention in Spain was withdrawn.

press her sult for divorce from release a corresponding number of Dr. J. Rushbrooke, general secre- calvers will be able to follow the Londoners who own television re- older ships, whose presence at Singa- tary of the Baptist World Alliance, Coronation ceremonies in their homes. pore would be welcomed by the said: "Altogether, apart from Spain. Photograph shows workers laying Asserting that she has often seen Dominions and colonies concerned. the danger points are so numerous the television cables outside Backing.. Barrymore since she filed her divorce United Press. suit, Elaine said: ""John

that an explosion somewhere Is all

ham Palaco. me back. He thinks we can begin all

100 probable. over again, but I can't make up my mind.

wants

Asked "Do you still love him?" she

replied: "The question is not whether

FISH STORY

we love each other, but whether we, con live together in harmony. I have learned that much more than love is

Doston, Apr. 10. |needed to make marriage a success, The "Daddy of all Goldfish"-20 You can't turn back the clock and inches long and weighing eight forget everything that has happened."

is Barrie, who is nged 21, and pounds was brought into port here Mr. Barrymore, who is 54, were by the trawler Plymouth. married in November,

Actually, it was a golden haddeck, rare albino Varlety *of fish.– United Press.

They parted after a quarrel at a[4] party on New Year's Eve,

that they would take no part in war or any preparation for war.

"What are wo to say as wẹ con- front that situation? Certainly we cannot acquiesec and be silent."

Mr. Owen Rattenbury, of London, "It is too late in the day merely declared that the Government's to wring our hands and sight over the polley of non-intervention, though it present situation," he said. was well intended, amounted to in- The history of the National Gov- tervention against the legal ond ernment in foreign affairs is a his... elected Government of

of Spain,

tory of utter fallure, and I belleve ford, moved an amendment pledging would have condemned it long ago.

The Rev. T. W. Bevan of Brad- the Free Church leaders of the past

the council to thorougligoing opposl- "I hope that the Free Churches. on to the. Government's rearmu- will not worship at the feet of belli ment programme, and to securing cose politicians," from, the Government a declaration The amendment was defeated,

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