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Preparations

IN FIGHTING Wars, or in preparing to fight wars, the world is now spending some- thing like £12,600,000 a day. over half #L million pounds sterling an hour.

There is, of course, not nearly this amount of money in the world and no nation is attempt- ing to meet the colossal bills that are piling up. They are being left for future genera- tions, on the supposition, pre- sumably, that if the war is lost It won't make any difference and if it is won the enemy can

pay.

The question of who is to be the enemy of who is not quite certain.

Japan is spending her portion of £1,500,000 a day in pursuing an expensive war in China and in preparing for war against every other country in the world except Italy and Germany.

A Super

HAWORTH

THESE are the first detailed pictures permitted by the Air Ministry of the interior of one of Britain's secret, new Short Sunderland type "flying battleships."

A fleet of these, giant warplanes is being bulli for the RAF. They are ahead of anything else in their own class in the world; are developed from the famous 18-ton 200 mph, Imperial Airways Empire boats. Their job in long-distance patrolling of Empire sea routes. A squadron of them are now at Singapore for the defence of the Strails. One day we may have them in Hongkong.

The

dying battleship" weighs twenty-two tons, carries 2,000 gallons of petrol, a big load of bambs-where and how is still kept secret-ammunition for six guns, food and water, bedding, radio, and heating plpes. Its engines develop 4,000 horse-power.

I cruises at 100 m.p.h. and will cover 2,500 miles non-stop at this speed. England to Egypt is 2,300 miles.] Here is the Letter Key to the drawing above:---

A. Nose

turret gunner, H. Radio operator. Touch a switch and the J. Navigator at desk. turret wivels quickly K. Cook in galley.

diving enemy plane.

B. Anchor and windlass.

C. Boathook.

D. Ladder to pilots' cabin.

E. One of two pilotz.

F. Stack of Very lights.

G. Oficera wardroom has

bunks and table.

a L. Engineer in office with 30 dials connected with en- gines.

M. Ladder to top deck.

N. N.C.O.s' bunks and table.

0. Gunner in mid-ships gun

port,

one either side.

P. Ladder to gun platform. Q. Catwall to

R. Rear pin turret.

enough 10 follow

disturb the peace of the world, the citizen of his lawful rights. must surely realise by now that Add to the resources of these there is a grim determination on two great Powers those of the part of the Empire to do France, and of all other nations everything possible in the inter- who love and jealously guard. est of preserving national and freedom, and what is there to individual independence.

fear?

PESSIMIST

JOHN

by

BLUNT

I

AND

ND YET the

Possimist.

continues moan.

to

Actually, he is

to pitied. He suffers from a

DON'T WORRY about politics, complex which in really more

It doesn't matter whether it of a curse to himself than to

dation is based upon justice and equity.

ithers.

is a question of democracies or

.... I have heard of the super-pessimist autocracies, as long as the foun- who happened to be Government servant, and who in the extremists of his unfortunate complaint, decided (or endeavoured) to insure his pen- sion. I ask you! FEW YEARS AGO, there I do not know who first coined

Then there are some of our so- called business men, who bewail was serious reason for Bri- the word "dictator" but in actual tish people to worry about practice it is not nearly as fear- everything at the least provocation. He is to be discovered things internationally, for efforts some as it sounds. If, however, They complain about this and they the dictator mentality happens complain about that, but all the time Great Britain is spending everywhere. One of the to encourage universal disarma- to suit some people, it is none of ineptitude and lack of foresight which £1,000,000 a day in a frantic noxious weeds in the garden ment, left us very much "in the our business, as long as the peo is to blame.

ple concerned mind their own. effort to gain what she should of humanity so difficult to cart."

The United States is spending £000,000 a day in preparing for a war with any nation that tries to stick its nose in the affairs of the Americas.

THAT AN abomina- tion is the pes- simist!

they fall to realise that

in their own

It may take some time before-na- of universal brotherhood, but surely

never have lost through dis-eradicate. Always conjec- A war at that time would have The examples of the wars in tons of the world enjoy the blessings

be France, Russia and Great

vanish into thin air.

think twice before risking clash.

The

blems.

and fair-play shall be the objective

of all races and creeds.

It in the pessimist who retards pro-

armament. France counts Ger-turing what is likely to found Britain unprepared, but Spain and China are surely en- it is worth while hoping that one of many and Italy 19 possible happen if such-and-such a since then, defensive measures lightening, and serve to illustrate these days there will be a greater do- enemics. Italy counts France thing should occur. Always have been carried out to such an the sheer futility of resorting to gre to understand one-another's pro- and Great Britain as potential gloomy and ever ready to extent that any aggressor would arms to-day.

Intolerance must give way to toler aggressors, and also has a costly search for the clouds.

It might well have been ance, and such ugly blots on civilisa- finger in the Spanish pic. Russia

thought that General Franco, un as the heartless and brutal per- keops her war budget a secret This time last year, he pro- Great Britain

ly will be removed. has arisen with the support he has receiv. sccution of the Jews, must, and sure- but is concentrating all her re-phasised that 1938 would be a Phoenix-like from the ashes of ed, would have crushed Spain

Only one aim can triumph, and sources and energies on prepar-most dismal year. The Colony her ill-advised work of disarm into subjection long ago. that is the ensuring that only equity ing for a war with Japan or

would go to pot, and trade would ing, and stands to-day calm and same assumption applies equally Germany. Germany, whose bud-

stronger than ever. The pessi to the Sino-Japanese war, get is also secret, believes it will As usual, he was wrong, but mist citicises Mr. Chamberlain's How much more does this

being incurable, he now directs action in going abroad in order apply to any nations in Europe Bress in this direction.

I can understand pessimism goining his moan to 1939. Truc, both to make his tremendous contri- who might have the senseless- Britain..

1938 and 1939 dawned under the bution to Peace. It is even as- ness to start a war on a wide strength in some countries, for the simple reason 'that certain policies It is a peculiar thing, in this shadow of clouds, but why not serted that by so doing he not scale? Neither Germany nor run counter to what is generally oc- mad race of re-armament, that make an effort to move forward only humiliated himself, but his Italy can afford to challenge the cepted as being decent and right. The. the countries who refuse to run into happier and more prosperous Country. Rubbish! I prefer rest of the world, and I believe foundations of such ecucirles are surely bulit upon sand, and sooner or in circles at the thoughts of the times, instead of running around to think that the Premier de- that nobody knows that. better later the whole structure will col future are the ones who don't with tail between the legs? cided that it would be a proper than themselves.

Bluff is all inpse. thing to do to "beard the lion" very well, but it must be exposed have to join in the vicious circle. Even the optimistic admits in his own den. of mounting armament costs that there exista a mistrust in

sooner or later.

THE BRITISH EMPIRE is built Switzerland, Holland, Norway, the world which is unparalleled, I quite agree that Herr Hitler The United States has shown stood the test of time, and will co- upon foundations which have Sweden and Denmark have com- but even so, he cannot believe should have evinced a willing in no uncertain manner that she tinue to do so. This unserlion is not paratively small per capita that any nation will be so foolish neas that the second conference, will not tolerate any challenge made in a spirit of bravado. Nor is defence budgets and, as a re-as to provoke a world war.

should have taken place in Lon- to her own democratic principles, it made in a spirit of pseudo- sult, the Swiss, Dutch, Nor-

don, if only from the standpoint and her opinion must be res superiority. The fact that the num

ber of allens of all natlonialities who wegians, Swedes and Danes are The pessimist almost eagerly of courtesy." Ho should have pected in the councils of the seek to become naturalised British the only people who sleep well awaited Herr Hitler's

last offered to go to London; but the world.

subjects iicrédace every year, is sure- at nights.

speech, whereas the optimist re fact that he didn't is no reflec

ly sufficient uvidence that there is There can be no doubt that at fused to allow himself to be tion on the splendid attitude The fact that John Bull no something about the British way of heart all peoples of the world worried as to what or what not which the British Premier longer refers to naval parity pics things, that is desirable.. desire peace more than they de- Germany's Dictator would have thought fit to adopt.

with Uncle Sam is, in itself, am- It is also significant that the only sire anything else. But the to say. Rather he adopted the

plo proof that the greatest de other nations in the world which have war preparations are a deflant view that while any dietator has It is abundantly clear that, mocracies ever known, have similar experience in the matter of -hliens"secking naturalisation, are the challenge to the wish for peace. the right to blow as hard as he whether Mr. Chamberlain was nothing to fear from each other. United States and France

A war prepared for as likes for the consumption of his right or wrong, his intentions Rather do they formulate their Years ago, the pessimist was per- thoroughly as the world is pre-own people, his words notually have not been misunderstood by policies in mutual understanding, wonted by Alfred Lester in the Arcadians when - hip Always paring for the next one is a war gut little ice with those who do the vast majority of British in order to phow i cominion and are and Brian Born to ach whose comlag is quite definitely not come directly under, his nepple, and that any nation united front against those whose, a furor. In recent times, Ciesly facilitated.

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