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Wars Will Be Lost Or

Won In The Factories

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 Obscrver 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 difference in the strategic post- 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 alr effort besides creating a sharp divi- sion of public opinion, and weakening

que national morale.

"Sending a vast conscript force to the Continental war. hope the R.A.F. will be used predominantly with a small, highly-trained groundl force, as auxillaries."

BURGOS, Dec. 11. "With a national register organised THERE HAS been much on a regional basis, Britain would be ready in war time to provide food, coming and going of impor-man A.R.P. services, anti-aircraft tant personages in Burgos defences, make munitions and acro- during past weeks.

Convoys and troops are now

the

move, but their destination has been well kept a secret.

on

Moorish cavalry clatter ou! of barracks at dawn and disappear, and hundreds of lorries alt statid parked for taking up supplies.

Meanwhile troops of 100 detach ments form

brown a

of humanity, and Burgos, usually quet Cathedral city with a popila-

river

planes, and care for the sick and wounded. Without an adequate re- gister we should have chaos..

“Our Industrial regulreinents in the event of war will be much greater than they were in the Great) War, and every effort wil have to be made in this direction,

MILLION MEN AT WORK

home, behind our navy, over 1,000,- 000 men working in the dockyards, shipyards, engineering shops, ete.. to keep the navy fully elicient in ant to bulk new ships re-

"I expect we shall have to have al

tion of 30,000, now finds itself called repall; There will probably be asi

upen to house 90,000 men.

Accommodation everywhere is at a many men needed to back the ar premium, Prices have not risen and forec and to keep it in the air, and the peseta buys its usual quota. behind the army-where the em-

This is a pleture of the Insurgent phasis will rest on the inechanised |

capital as vitalised by one of and high fire-power divisions. There

"Reuters" special correspondents, must also be a colossal industrial who adds that the International effort, as these tasks are far more situation is being followed carefully important to the nation than the

and the non-granting of belligerent Sir Auckinnd Geddes rights gives rise more to bewilder- that it would be dangerous to talk of mint than anger.

pence as a pinster which couli be

for bearing on the Spanish situation, raising of vast conscript tried!

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December 12, 1938.

AMERICA

PREPARES

WASHINGTON,

Dec. 11:

THE UNITED STATES army and navy authorities are simplify- ing and speeding-up a scheme to mobilise the entire nation in time of war, according to com- petent officials.

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

LATE NEWS

Chinese Recapture

The Insurgents now declare that stuck on the face of Europe. He City Of Poklo

no more than 20,000 foreign troops urged all who sought peace to pre- ace in Insurgent Spain. This total pore for

War

mentally, normally,

Is divided, by informed, opinion, in physically and materially. Only thus technicians, and could we detend ourselves against to 5,000 German 15,000 ftatious, mostly operating be- any aggressors.--Router. hind the lines in connection with the

alr force, artiliery, and arms.

In answer to the allegations that Insurgent Spain is now manufactur- German munitions ore 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 defeat of Mr. R. L. Builer, who resigned the Premiership of South Australia to seek election to the House of Representatives.

Polling took place yesterday.

Mr. Butler blamed the bickering Federal Cabinet for his defeat.

Mr. Curtin, the Federal opposition leader, who partook in the campaign, described the result as a "stinging rebuke to the

Lyons-Earle Page ministry."

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