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December 12, 1938.

AMERICA

Won In The Factories PREPARES

LONDON, Dec. 11.

ANY WAR of the future will be won or lost in the factories,

declared Sir Auckland Geddes in an interview with the Lon- don Observer to-day. He described some of the problems of national service confronting himself and Sir John Anderson, the Lord Privy Seal, whom he had volunteered to help.

Insurgents Capital Is Scene Of Activity

Sir Auckland Geddes, who was Minister for National Service in the Great War, referred to the

WASHINGTON,

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Dec. 11. UNITED STATES army and navy authorities are simplify-

difference in the strategic posting and speeding-up a scheme to mobilise the entire nation in time of war, according to com- petent officials.

tion to-day compared with · 20 years ago. He said: "I do not believe in conscription. By that I mean compulsory service in an overseas army, as inevitably it would diminish our naval and air effort besides eresting a sharp divi- sjon of public opinion, and weakening dur, national morale.

Sending a vast conscript force to the Continental war, hope the RAF. will be used predominantly with a small. highly-trained ground force, as auxillarics

"With a national register organised on a regional basis, Britain would be ready in war time to provide food, A.R.P. services, anti-aircraft defences, make munitions and acro- planes, and care for the sick and wounded. Without an adequate re- gister we should have chines,

BURGOS, Dec. 11. THERE HAS been much coming and going of impor-man tant personages in Burgos during past weeks.

Convoys and troops are now on the move, but their destination has been well kept a secret.

Moorish cavalry citter out of hundreds of lorries all stand parked barracks at dawn and disappear, and for taking up supplies.

"Our Industrial requirements in the event of war will he mucli greater than they were in the Great War, and every estort wil have to be made in this direction

navy

MILLION MEN AT WORK Meanwhile troops of 100 detach home, chind our navy, over 1,000,- "I expect we shall have to have a ments form a brown river

of 000 men working in the dockyards, humanity, and Burgos, usually a quet Cathedral city with a populathipyards, engineering shops, ete, to

the keep tion of 30,000, now Binds itself called

fully emcient n repair, and to build new ships upon to house 10,000 men.

quired. There will probably be as Accommodation everywhere is at any men needed to back the air premium. Prices have not risen and force and to keep it in the air, and the peseta buys its usual quota.

behind the army-where the em This is a picture of the insurgent phasis will rest on the mechanised capital

Visualised By One of and high fire-power divisions. There "Renter's

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correspondents, must also be: colossal industrial who adds that the International effort, as these tasks are for more situation is being followed carefully important to the nation than the for bearing on the Spanisir situation, raising of vest conscript armies." and the non-granting af belligerent Sir Auckland Geddes concluded nights gives rise more to bewilder- that it would be dangerous to talk of ment

than anger.

peace as a plaster which could be The Insurgents now declare that stuck on the face of Europe. He no more than 20.000 foreign troops urged all who sought peace to pre- are in Insurgent Spain. This total pare for war mentally, normally,

is divided, by informed opinion, in- physically und materially, Only thus

to 5,000 German technicians. and could we defend ourselves against 15,000 Itofaans, mostly operating be- ang appressors.--Reuter,

hind the lined in connection with the

air force, artillery, and arms.

In answer to the allegations that Insurgent Spain is now manufactur- German munions are pouring into ing herself more than is required.-- the territory, it is pointed out that Reuter.

PREMIER LOSES SEAT Bitter Australian Election Fight

Adelaide, Dec. 11.

Returns in the Wakefield by-election indicate the certain defent of Mr. R. L. Butler, who resigned the Premiership of South Australia to seck election to the House of Representatives.

Polling took place yesterday.

It is stated that the new plan will be less com- plex than the existing de- tailed proposal for highly centralised control of na- tional economy in war time, and would aim parl- ly at shortening the time required for putting such a plan into operation.- Renter.

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200,037.710

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The three men were Pte. Lou Brady, 22, of the 1st Bn.. The

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