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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 1 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 Icertain.

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.

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.

A Super

HAWORTH

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

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

The "ying battleship" weighs twenty-two tons, carries 2,000 gallons of petrol, a big load of bombs--where and how is still kept secret-nmmunition for six guns, food and water, bedding, radlo, and heating pipes. Its engines develop 4,000 horse-power.

It cruises at 180 m.ph, 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 swivels quickly K. Cook in galley, enough to follow a L. Engineer in office with 30 diving enemy plane. dials connected with en-

gines,

B. Anchor and windlass.

C. Doathook.

D. Ladder to pilots' cabin.

E. One of two pliots.

F. Stack of Very lights.

G. Officers' wardroom has

bunks and tabic,

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M. Ladder to top deck.

N. N.C.O. bunks and table.

O. Gunner in mid-ships gun

port, one either site.

P. Ladder to gun platform. Q. Catwalk to

R. Rear gun turret.

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

fear? individual independence.

PESSIMIST

by

JOHN BLUNT

THAT AN abomina- A FEW YEARS AGO, there W

tion

is the pes- simist!

AN

ND YET the pessimist continues to moan.

Actually, he is to pitied, He suffers from a

DON'T WORRY about politics. complex which is really more

ithers..

It doesn't matter whether it of a curse to himself than to is a question of democracies or

I have heard of the super-pessimist Government autocracies, as long as the foun- who happened to be dation is based upon justice and servant, and who in the extremists of his unfortunate complaint, decided equity,

(or endeavoured) to insure his pen- sion. I ask you!

Then there are some of our.com

I do not know who first coined was serious reason for Bri- the word "dictator" but in actual called business men, who bewall tish people to

worry about practice it is not nearly as fear- everything at the least provocation. complain about that. out all the time 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

and Great Britain is spending everywhere. One of the to encourage universal disarma- to suit some people, it is none of they fuldt 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. effort to gain what she should of humanity so difficult to cart."

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

This time last year, he pro-

Britain

of universal brotherhood, but surely

ple concerned mind their own. It may take some time before na-

armament. France counts Gerturing 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 as possible happen if such-and-such a since then, defensive measures lightening, and serve to illustrate these days there will be a greater de-

blema. enemies. Italy counts Frunce and Great Britain as potential thing should occur. Always have been carried out to such an the sheer futility of resorting to sire to understand one another's pro- Intolerance must give way to toler- nggressors, and also has a costly gloomy and ever ready to extent that any aggressor would arms to-day.

think twice before risking a It might well have been unce, and such ugly blots on civilisa- clash. finger in the Spanish pic, Russia search for the clouds.

thought that General Franco, tion as the heartless and brutal per-

ly will be removed. Great keeps her war budget a secret

has arisen with the support he has receiv. secution of the Jews, must, and sure.. but is concentrating all her re-phesised that 1938 would be a Phoenix-like from the ashes of cd, would have crushed Spain

The Only one aim con 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 and fair-play chall be the objective

stronger than ever. The peasi- to the Sino-Japanese war. Germany. Germany, whose bud-vanish into thin air. get is also secret, believes it will As usual, he was wrong, but mist citicises Mr. Chamberlain's be France, Russia and Great being incurable, he now directs action in going abroad in order apply to any nations in Europe aress in this direction.

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

simple reason that certain policies It is a peculiar thing, in this 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 shadow of clouds, but why not serted that by so doing he not scale? Neither Germany nor run counter to what is generally ac- 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 countries

surely built 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 inter the whole structure will col-

cided that it would be a proper than themselves. Bluff is all lapse. future are the ones who don't with tall between the legs?

thing to do to "beard the lion" very well, but it must be exposed

# sooner or later.

Britain.

How much more

docs this

of nil racer and creeds.

It is the pessimist who retards pro-

are

☆

upon foundations which have.

have to join in the vicious circle. Even the optimistic admits in his own den. of mounting armament costs. that there exists a mistrust in

THE THE BRITISH EMPIRE le ́ ́ 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 com 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 assertion is not paratively small

per capita that any nation will be so foolish ness that the second conference will not tolerate any challenge made in a spirit of brayado. Nor is defence budgets and, as a reas to provoke a world war.

spirit of pseudo- should have taken place in Lon- to her own democratic principles, mado in a

The fact that the num ault, the Swiss, Dutch, Nor-

don, if only from the standpoint and her opinion must be res- ber of allitus of all nationalities who weglans, Swedes and Danes are

The pessimist almost eagerly of courtesy. He should have pected in the councis of the seek to become naturalised · British the only people who sleep well awaited. Herr Hitlor's inst offered to go to London; but the world..

subjects increases every year, is sure- at nights.

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

ly ancient evidence that there is There can be no doubt that at fused to allow himself to be tion on the splendid attitudo 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 doing things, that is desirable. desire pesca moro than they de-Germany's Dictator would have thought fit to adopt.

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

plo proof that the greatest: de other nation in the world which have war preparations are a deflant view that while any dictator hat is abundantly clear that, mocracies over known, have a similar experience in the matter of

kliens seeking risturalimtion, are the, challenge to the wish for rence, the right to blow as hard as he whether Mr. Chamberlain was nothing to fear from each other. Unlied Simfer and France.org A war prepared for as likes for the consumption of his right or wrong, his intentions Rather do they formulate their Yours ago, the pessimist was per thoroughly as the world is pre-own people, his words actually, lava,not been misunderstood by policies in mutual understanding, Bonined by Alfred Lestar in the paring for the next one la a war cut little ice with those who do the vast majority of British in order to show a common and “Arcadian when his "Alwaya Merry and Bright" song created much whose coming is quite definitely not come directly under his people, and that any nation united front against those whose furans Treskupina Cicel" „facilitatediju VUN AMAZES.

whose actions may threaten to doctrine is calculated to deprive stor

Confinued.