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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPII, MONDAY, MAY 1, 1939.

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The Bill

year

IN the coming Anancial

Britain will spend a total of £680 millions on the defence of our Empire.

The entire cost of building over

a million clean new houses would,

be less than that. Slums and over- crowding,

curse of generations,. could be completely wiped out.

For a tenth of the sum, Britaini could revolutionine the educational

NO WHOA' FOR THE WEAK

What

Stares

Remember

Happened Napoleon..

To

system, freeing it from every exist-ATELY Hitler has been the his own a suns sein his eyes to Mano con began to turn Ing blot.

Britain greeted this news with joy.. For less than a twentieth of the writings of Napoleon.

reading the life and take is own art treasures from his eyes towards England.

Vienna, Napoleon regarded works

"Never has so happy an opportunity sum Britain could have a contribu-)

of ort only as a sign of national

England, having nequired Russia stroke for the rescue of the world," existed in Britain to strike a bold prestige, plundered the galleries and and Austria as allies, tools a leaf people said. And Britain plunged museums of Italy for the Louvre.

from Napoleon's book, and declared into the Peninsular War. war first. It was the beginning of a conflict which did not really ceasa

tory system of old age pensions, He has found there the story offering 20s. a week at 65, with of a man who won 36s. for a married couple.

power.

+

enormous

It is a grim business for a demo-

But he also found there the Crney. But as things stand to-day story of a man who abused his

it is an inevitable business. And power, and was brought down. the Government is right to spend

TOW a cholec faced Napo- No

leon-the choice which west and attack England? Or should Hitler faces to-day: Should he go be drive to the east?

l Napoleon's final defeat at Water this to his generals, and went back But Napoleon left the conduct of Puris. No British Army ever faced Napoleon in battle till Water

loo, twelve years later,

"FIFTEEN MILLIONS of loo, and none was ever defeated by

people," Napoleon said, hlm. Napoleon chose the cast, and con- referring to England, "must giva quered Egypt and Invaded Palestine way to forty millions."

It has a Navy at the battle of the Nile and

only to be defeated by the British familiar ring.

This was his first serious mistake. He underestimated England as a foc. He was too sure of his own in-

in Palestine by Sydney Smith. Sea- His cunning naval strategy mis- fallibility. It was an error which power defeated generalship.

fired. While we were trouncing the led to the ruin of all his proud hopes. slipped back to

French Navy at Trafalgar, Napoleon, Evading the British cruisers, he swinging on his heel, Seft Boulogne,

He had conquered Italy and Ger- France, and with smashed his way across Europe, and many; Switzerland and Holland were threw the Government, making him- aged thirty-seven, he eaptured Ber- power cut short bis ambitions. the help of political friends over- marched into Vienna.--Next year, In-his-power, but England's--sen- self First Consul of France; which in. was a pollte way of saying Dictator.

the money, though it ought to be: That man was brought down raising a much higher proportion by the might of the British

Empire. of it by direct taxation.

But there are two sides to national defence. There are the preparations devouring egotism and ruthless "Napoleon had two faulis: that must be made to meet a bad in contempt for the little ternational situation. More impor- His egotism made him under man. tant, there is the effort that must bolestimate Britain, made to improve that situation, so that the needs of defence may And the instruments of his downfall were British commer- What is Britain doing positively [cial strength and the strength to help create the kind of world that and strategy of the British Hitler), (3) Mada pesce will be less dangerous to its peoples? Navy.

Church (unlike Hitler).

diminish.

This was the summit of his auc-

NAPOLEON now! (1) cess. Began great public works

Codifled the laws. (2) Next year (1808) he drove to the

THEN, in 1812, he came up

against Russia.

to lead his armies in person to He determined to conquer Russia (like west, marched into Madrid, and put Moscow. Having taken Smolensk In with the his brother on the throne of Spain. mid-August, he hesitated whether to It has done much these last seven

It was then that Britain This bill of 2680 millions is a terible tessly carried out, his intentions was Adolf Legalite Law-abiding

at last push on or wait for the spring. Bc- years to fill the world with danger,

For this last he was nicknamed realised that this man, who dreamt lieving himself infallible, he pushed 44 A WELL-THOUGHT-OUT Restorer of the Allars. "A

Hitler's of ruling plan, rapidly and ruth nickname after his Imprisonment mashed.

all Europe,

on. It was his second disastrous must be

mistake. Retreating through the: account rendered for past errors and velled until the moment of execution, Adolf.

winte follies.

snows from burning Moscow "It was the hope of crushing the (the enemy had ret it on dre), his Here is crystallised the and then a swift and decisive blow." greatest difference between them. world power of Britain which drove 115.000 troops perished from hunger British taxpayers would pay their That is how a British military expert Napoleon made all his conquests by Napoleon to his worst aggression, and cold. share of it more willingly if only described the strategy of Napoleon. Aghiing. titler, after the failure of the aggression on Spain," writes a there were some assurance that the

Does it seem a familiar pattern? hia Munich revolt, determined to win fainous historian. Hitherto Napo- By an amazing effort he raised and follies will not be re-

Jeon had conquered cowed and dis- another army and fought several ctrora

The broad outlines of the two power only by "legal" methods. pealed, will not bring in their train

corcers-so far-are very similar.

pirited nations only, but Spain rose battles in the following year, but Now came the second conquest of as one mari.

his judgment was losing its edge, bills even heavier,

and in October he was definitely defented. Meanwhile Wellington was pressing up from the south.

As each conquered nation was set free by Britain it joined the ranks. of Napoleon's foes.

Hitler is the son of a inlnor civil There is no such assurance. There servant. Napoleon was a wealthy is no steady British policy inspired politics in Corsica (his birthplace) Jawyer's son; he became involved in by determination to build a world in and at the age of twenty-three had which international law and national to flee to France with his family. rights are respected and from which the prospect of war will, fade.

New B.B.C. Dance Policy

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Further developments have curred following the disclosures of trouble in the dance band world in London.

At twenty-four, like Hitler, who served a term of imprisonment after the failure of the Munich putsch in 1023, Napoleon too was sent to prison. But the next year he seized his first grent chance, when he crushed a royalist rising in Paris. (His next step was very un- Hitlerish: he married Josephine.)

JAPOLEON was carried to NA

power on the crest of a wave of vigour created by the French Revolution, The desire to see order restored, the enthusiasm aroused by France's victories, these the real motive-power of

The B.B.C. is appointing a private were commission to inquire into the whole Napoleon's rise. affair,

There is to be a new B.B.C. dance fore the unique

He said: "Centuries will pass be band policy. Listeners are to have events which led to my carcer can combination of less dance music.

recur in the case of another."

Band leaders have fedged with the B.B.C. a formal complaint of favouritism towards

bands andi

He was wrong. Only 130 years. Inter another nation developed a craving for order and economic re- organisation, a need for now vic- tories to restore its national pride, And once again the need called forth the man. Napoleon conquered Italy; captured

At the age

of twenty-seven Sardinia, overran Tuscany, crushed One of Use "Big. Six" band. leaders Venice, compelled the Pope, the King

certain munlo publishers. The facts have been fully docu- mented al are to be invertl- rated by the private commission. Another complaint is

that the B.B.C. force dance bands to include

the music of

every programme.

certain publisher in

of.. wefused to change his programme to Austria to ask for peace. He who Naples and the Emperor of include a number, pubilalted by this. firm, and the B.B.C. are alleged to soldier ended in supreme control, started an unknown, unpopular have threatened to cancel his engage France's greatest warrior. mẹnt if he did not.

Like Hitler, who will not allow

GRIN AND BEAR IT

By Lichty

"Wake up, Fitzhugh! This is your birthday party this is the

night you teanted to roar?"?.

The lion was at bay at last. Napoleon fought with superb strategy, but his days were num- bered. Early in 1814 Parts gave in to the united armies of his foes. A. week later he abdicated.

Now there is only the epilogue. Escaping from

his retirement at Elba he again raised an army and defled Europe. Striking like light. ning as usual, he won the battle of Ligny, but his slower rivals caught up

with him ot-Waterloo. The Hundred Days were over.

ΑΞ

Tfirst Napoleon had been

regarded as a hero and a saviour. Beethoven dedicated. his Erolca Symphony to him in admira- tion. But on hearing he had been made emperor, he realised Napoleon was interested only in himself and fore the dedication from the manus cript in a fúry,

Hitter, too, first climbed to power as the liberator of the oppressed. Like Napoleon, he stands in danger of his own concelt in hla in- vincibility.

Napoleon reached a point where he could only keep lils power by pling conquest on conquest.

That is the point where he came up against Britain.

Hitler, having rend his Napoleon. should not underestimate the British Empire's inexhaustible. commercial strength and fighting power."

Gordon Taylor

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