1939-04-27 — Page 30

TOB HONGKONG TELEGRAPII, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1939.

That's a

WHITBREAD

THE SUPERB PALE ALE Sole Agents:-A. $. WATSON & CO., LTD.

GREATEST ARTISTS

HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE

LUCAS C.A.V.

ROTAX

· LUCAS SERVICE. - Genuine Lucas Spare Parts

Electrical Equipment for REPAIRS & REPLACEMENTS TO AUTO. ELECTRIC G IGNITION SYSTEMS

Equipment for any nature of service

APPLY

Hongkong Hotel Garage

Stubbs Rd. Phono 27778/9.

FINEST RECORDING

MASTER'S VOICE" | Hongkong Telegraph.

"HIS

APRIL RELEASE

NOCTURNE IN F SHARP (CHOPIN) WALTZ IN O SHARP MINOR (CHOPIN) LEGENDE OP-17 (WIENIAWSKY) BRAHMS QUINTETS IN F MINOR

The

Wyndham St., Hongkong 'Phone 26615

·April 27, 1930

JGNACE PADAREWSKI DB-3711

YEHUDI MENUHIN DB-3653 BERKIN WITH BUSCH QUARTET Album-323 Conscription

THE SLEEPING PRINCESS (TCHAIKOWSKY)

SADLER'S WELLS ORCHESTRA OXFORD SYMPHONY (HAYDN)

BRUNO WALTER WITH ORCHESTRA DE CONSERVATOIRE CONCERTO NO-1 IN D MINOR (BRAHMS)

ARTUR SCHNABEL WITH ORCHESTRA CORIOLAN OVERTURE (BEETHOVEN)

ORCHESTRA DE CONSERVATOME

LE ROI L'A DIT (DELIDES) .......................SADLER'S WELLS ORCHESTRA POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE MARCII NO.4 (ELGAR)

COLDSTREAM GUARDS No-C-3078 ROBIN HOOD SUITE (CURZON)

LONDON PALLADIUM ORCHESTRA No-C-3079

S. MOUTRIE & Co., Ltd.

CHATER ROAD

SEND AN EMPIRE TELEGRAM

YORK BUILDING.

FREE

To inaugurate a new service on May 1st, you may send a twelva....... word Social Telegram free of charge to anywhore in the British Empire (with a few exceptions). Hand it in at either of the offices of CABLE AND WIRELESS, LTD., Electra House, No. 3, Connaught Road, Central, or No. 67, Jervois Street.

Here is your chance to

send some cheery news to a friend

in another part of the Empire. After May 1st, the rate for the now service will be $4.00 for twelve words, and 33.1/3 cents

for each additional word.

ON

MAY 1st

Count the "TELEGRAPHS"

everywhere

THE QUESTION of some form of

subjects in Hongkong must neces-

compulsory training for British:

Cabinet's decision to introduce Con- arily be raised as a result of the

seription in the United Kingdom.

and

tember last year, and, indeed, at the During the crisis weeks of Sep-

present critical times through which We are passing, many men women in this Colony have suffered, amid other anxieties, from a feeling) of perplexity and doubt where, if the worst came to the worst, their ener- gles would rightly be harnessed.

a

Some, certainly, experienced feeling of shame that they had not previously made a decision by volun- teering and training for military or other essential service, 15 Was ocknowledged by tho fact that recruiting in the Hongkong Volun teer Defence Corps during the Sep- tember crisis broke all records. But perplexity remains, even though the recently issued Registration of Per- sons cards have given some Indica- tion of the directions in which the

nervices of British subjects may be utilised in times of emergency...

On the surface, it would appear -that--engapulsory - service for all British men residing in Hongkong Is even more necessary than In England, In the event of an emergency, this Colony will probably be thrown upon its own resources, with no hope. of succour should invaders approach our shores. What is needed in such an emergency is not a mere multitude of volunteers-important as sufficient numbers are-but an orderly and well-trained rota of people who can handle a ride, take their place beside on nnti-aircraft gun, fight incendiary or gas bombs, or undertake one er another of the multitudinous duties which emergency will dictate.

A perennial complaint in the reports of the Commandants of the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps and of the Military Commands in this Colony has been the apathy shown by the majority British residents towards what should be, in a part of the Empire Eikely to ba thrown entirely upon its own resources in times of emergency, one of their primary duties,

alro

TAKEN FOR A RIDE

GERMA

PEOPLE

If Britain were Attacked-1

Look to your

SECURITY

by.

D. GRAHAME MILLER

This is the first of six articles planned as a complement to our recent "Where Do We Go From Here?" series, In this first article Mr. Grahame Miller, who is n

a student of military history and strategy, outlines the

immediate strategic problems of the British Commonwealth Nations, and explates how eminent authorities Will collaborate, in forthcoming articles.

of

VENTS of the past month have been an education to the world in the new prin- between nations are now con- ciples on which relations

'ducted.

They have taught us, among other things, a new meaning of defeat in warfare.

For more than a century the tribute exacted from a defeated nation has been' confined to terri- torial losses and to financial reparations. Its national life has been left intact.

To-day, the political, intellectual and economic life of the defeated nation is subordinated to a puppet leader imposed by the victor. The price of defeat is national servi-

tude.

The gravity of the situation and the immensity of our task need no claboration. We must give Britain a new lendership: we must support loyally those nations which stand' In the immediate path of the Aggressor; and not least, we must soberly review our security in the light of the present challenge.

This last is indispensable, for without the ability to maintain our national fe against armed attack and to convince an aggres- sor that he has little hope of suc- cess, our voice will be heard only

with indifference.

GREAT

BRITAIN

"Ationtic Oceon

QIBRALTAR

DIAMUDA

BATTER

BAHAMAR

BI HONDURASK

Pacific

Ocean

"EUROPE

BURQUIANA

TANGANYIKA Ä

FURODESIA

Indian Ocean

ย

AgC

UNION OR

¿BOUTH AFRICA.

LHONG KONG

O con DR.M.BORNEO

L.NEW

GUINEA

* NEW ZEALAND

tried; and to counter naval attacks shores; on guard against sabot- history. But its support and that on our shipping and our coasta

will be 6,500 men in the of the 17 squadrons of aircraft now Anti-aircraft defence has a clear National Defence Companies, with in the Near East would be invalu- right to the first claim on our re the assistance of perhaps 20,000 Regu- able to our land forces. Nor could an sources, In view of the emphatic tur troops and men under training. the Rome-Berlin Axis on the ability frontier," provision is being made for reliance now placed by spokesmen of

For the defence of

aggressor fall to take into account the our Rhineland forces of our ally, Egypt of their warplanes to pound their expeditionary force of more than is the third and last of our danger enemy into surrender.

Bingapore, the key to the Far East, 250,000 men, comprising 13 Infantry zones. Here, the possibility of a major

is now widely recognised that Divisions, three Motorised Infantry war has raised entirely new issues for measures of indirect defence will be Divisions, three Tank Divisions and a our strategists to master, necessary, measures which will take Cavalry contingent, together with refuse, as we have consistently refused Bonnel not in divisional formations. our forces to the Continent. We must artillery, engineer and transport per- naval one; for the great sweep of tha The problem is predominantly a

for centuries, to allow any single

Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean power to dominate Europa

This forco will be supported by air gives that scope to the battle-fleet craft in Army Co-operation squadrons, which the mine, the torpedo and and its transport and supply ships will coastal-based aircraft have denied it PART from our momi be guarded the Fleet. Neatly 60 in the North Sea and Mediterranean,

bomber squadrohs, short and long repugnance, our accurity range, may be included in the indirect also is involved, for auch defence force, since their function is to

air.

A

rancan

O

UR defence forces, then,

Jaro so distributed na to

a power would be freed from the neves sap the strength of the enemy's forces sity of maintaining large armies in by attacking their bases and sources defence of its frontiers, and with its of supply. enormous resources could concentrate

give us hope of meeting defence contingencles, when the task The British Commonwealth has of distribution is complete. It still re- upen outbuilding us at sea and in the long-standing links with the Mediter mains for each Bervice to work out We must be especially susceptible to have been drawn to the Mediterranean articics in this series "Daily Herald

Buice Cromwell's time we the problema it is set

In coming dominate Holland, Belgium and the trade, to extend our diplomatie in and of the progress made towards solu any attempt by a great power to for a variety of reasons to defend our readers will learn of these problems Channel ports. For this power would fluence with countries bordering upon tlon. and materiais; it would be in a pos!- India- possess great naval resources in bases the sea, and to protect the way to

I

The complaints regarding lack of recruits for the Volunteer Corps can be repeated, to some extent, by the The British Commonwealth lies lack of response to the appeals for volunteers for some, branches of from Canada through London to command of the Channel, and it would of Italy and the project of a possibly aspects of defence.

scattered on a long line moving tien to put powerful leverage upon our To-day, with the strategical position to activo service study of the higher Each of the contributors has added A..P. work. Tho lackadaisical methods of Britons in Hongkong Ja

the Cape, and on to Australia by face the length of our long and vulner hostile Spain, it presents a still will speak for the Navy, was formerly exemplified by the unresponsive-

way of India. To defend the whole able East Coast

Commander Russell Grenfell, who ness shown to

As General Ludendorit recognised we must find. of this line against simultaneous

complex problem, a solution to which the appeals for "national" Registration.

attack would be an undertaking during the Great War, the inde-

on the teaching staff of the Royal The arguments in favour of the ship with other nations gives pro-

beyond our resources. But friend-pendence of the Low Countries is an

Naval College, in the past two yeara Introduction in this Colony of some

Cmdr. Grenfell has published" two nd important part of our anti-aircraft

'N these circumstances It books on problems of naval strategy. defences. It so increases the distance form of conscription or compulsory ection to various sections of the

will be imporative to re- and a vigorous and much needed study which hole bombers must cover to service would, therefore, seem un-

line, while past events and the our coasts that it halves their or trade as possible to avoid this sea.

route as much of our of pay and conditions in the Service." answerable.

shadow of futuro eventa clearly power and destructive effect.

But apart from trade wo still have will write on the Arty. In his recently Major-General H. Rowan-itobinson One vital and pertinent question, mark out three main danger zones.

It is small wonder, therefore, that great interests to defend. The Axia published study of "Imperial Defence," however, intrudes. If compulsory

wo keep in this country a great pro- in command of the Mediterrancan be analyses the case for a &finistry of training is introduced in Hongkong

portion of our forces. In REAT BRITAIN itself, defence, wo nad 100,000 troops man- fish control over a huge bait of ter factors in our defensive scheme. who is going to pay for 17 The

direct could overrun North Africa and estab- Defence and many other controversial matter does not resolve itself into the

the Eastern Mediterraning guns, nound locators and search ritory from the Mediterranean to the simple one of telling a citizen that key areas where the danger of a breach squadrons of aircraft to defeat air

nean and Singapore are lights to assist more than 40 fighter Indian Ocean.

Air Commodore L. E. O. Chariton ho has been conscripted for military

who writes on the Air Force, needs training and handing him a rife. He

in the Commonwealth's invisible fron attack.

Thus it could at will disorganise the no introduction to "Dally-Herald' life of each remaining Stato in the readers. In recent years he has played has to be trained, and

tier is very great, but

For naval defence, the seven battle British Commonwealth; or if it chose a great part in Awakening us to ho thoroughly. He has to be uniformed trained

ships, four caters and 20 destroyers to look elsewhere, it could close its rise of Air power, and is reparous and equipped.

of the Home Fleet will support the pincers upon the mineral and agricul- alons upon our security, destroyers, minesweepers and escort tural resources of South-East Europe. Vessels in more immediate contact With the attention of France con- function of our Citizen Forous.

Lt-Col, T. A. Lowe will discuss the with shipping,

centrated upon her African colonies Military Editor of Defence," the This naval strength will be supple- and the Western Mediterranean, our journal of the Territorial Army, as is mented by the reconnaissance aircraft forces-apart from the garrisons at well suited to the task squadrons, the Fleet Air Arm and the Gibraltar and Malta-are disposed in On FRIDAY: Commander. Burell

ng of coastal batteries around our the Near East,

There, our forces comprise the

Grenfell on the Navy, equivalent of three infantry Divisions, 'This sorios is copyright to locally-ralaod troops

a Tank Division, non-divisional and Mediter

The average cost of training and equipping each member of the Hong- kong Volunteer Defence Corps is something like $175 per annum. Colony, certainly, cannot afford the This additional burden of training any- thing up to 2,000 men conscripted for service in the Volunteers. Our de- fence costs already rank--both per capita and in the percentage of our total revenue devoted to military and PLEASE Tum To Page 7.

G

Once such a breach has been made, countries which were initially outside the main theatro of warfare must anxiously look to their accurity

But

we shall sayo time, money and energy by concentrating our resources upon the task of assuring the anfety of im- mediately threatened territories.

Great Britain must meet two types of datensive problema. - Direct defence. must be carried out by forces based in this country. The task of these forces is to defent air raids upon our bases, our centres of production and popula #ten: to account for air-borne sabot- are partios" if gisch an experiment

The

the "Tolograph" and must not rancan Plect with 1 three battle- to wrestia with 'a #erica of

bo republished, either wholly, ve crites and 36 destroyers for or in part, without permission, latrategical probled new to

Edval

Today's Thought.

is "man's perdition to be the truth. kafe when he ought to die

-RICHARD VINES,

A

Page 30Page 31