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BURTON-At the War Memorial Hospital, Hongkong, on Monday, June 10, 1939, Dulcie, dearly beloved wife of Dr. Cyril Burton, Funeral Service at the Colonial Cemetery Chapel at 5.30 p.m. to-day.

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The World's ARMED FORCES

T WAS a definite, direct fear of war that spread over Britain six months ago. Now, it is something entirely different. In a mat- ter of weeks the people of our Homeland have come to the knowledge that there is a big difference between the fear of war and prepared- ness for war.

But they have reached that understanding with a slowness that almost confirms the Con- tinental jokes about British wit.

Months ago, the armament factories of Britain began to produce denth-dealing machinery at a rate unknown in England since the war,

Although those sometime in- comprehensible "D-notices"_____ the secrecy regulations which are Britain's nearest approach to totalitarian methods have dis- guised our activities, most peo- ple realise now that only a step

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That is why, to-day, when a democratic Powers of the world, matter of intense interest to the book is published which claims yet the Russian authorities have to give the complete facts of the so far placed the greatest diffi- strength of the world's military culties in the path of all official Powers, care must be taken in and unofficial investigators of Europe.

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Jitters

We cast our eyes back through the newspaper files of the past twelve months, the first thing that becomes obvious is that Germany, Italy and Japan are acting in concert.

fears.

It detracts from the value of any book when the author in- sists upon remaining anonymous. The name of the book is "The

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MR. WERNER has made

one of his most in-

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ROLAND

This map-diagram, reproduced from the "New York Times. gives an idea of the difference between Europe's

peace and war-time strength, but it should be noted that the figures are in some cases only rough estimates. Two things are, however, be yond aft doubt the naval superiority of Britain and the numerical milliary predomin- ance of Russia.

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300,000

THREE years ago-be- foro Russian factories had reached their present pro- ductive capacities-Colonel Mar- tel, a member of the British Mili- tary Mission, watched the Red Army manoeuvres and reported: "The fact that very few tanks were compelled to fall out on ac- count of mechanical defects, and that there were no air accidents or forced-landings, inspired us

and aeroplanes."

Military Strength of the Powers" teresting chapters from the pre- realised that for five years now with a respect for your tanks (Gollancz, 7s. Gd.), and the au- sent and potential strength of modern military experts have thor is given as "Max Werner," Russia. He points out that with accepted the fact that the tank "close student of international tion capacities and natural re said to be the pseudonym of 'a that country's present produc- and the aeroplane will be military affairs."

main instruments of modern sources she should be in a better warfare. They are the weapons position and more resourceful on

in the forefront of the revolu-

is one

In those manoeuvres, 1,000 tanks and 1,000 aeroplanes took part.

Considering a mass of inter- national "testimonials" which he war basis than the United tion in military technique. States. By a series of deduc-

includes in his book, the author During the last war, they were says: "When military experts-

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You will not find, for instance, FROM the name, and the tions from figures that have been comparatively new instruments, and politicians underestimate that the pot boils over in Ger-

fact that a translator's published in Russia and outside and have not yet-despite Spain, the strength of the Red Army, many at the same time as it name is given, we can take it it, he assumes a military and China and Abyssinia-been call- they are merely demonstrating does in China, and Mussolini Against his anonymity, however, be a grave discouragement to under modern combat conditions. dern military matters."

that the author is a foreigner, aviation strength which should ed upon to prove their worth their own backwardness in mo- never makes his move until his one has to appreciate the mass any ideas of war now held by two Allies are quiet.

of apparently reliable facts sup. the opposite ends of the totali-

"On August 8, 1918, several thor's various and often confus- Whatever the truth of the au- Tientsin, of course, is the porting quotations that he has torian axis.

hundred tanks-415 to be pre- ing catimates of the Powers latest instance, The Axis produced.

Here are some figures, which lines near Amiens in a battle the dreadful moral of a war that cise broke through the German military strength, he points out Powers are determined that the "While the diplomats nego- seem so well authenticated by which was the prelude to Ger- could happen to-day. world will have no peace from tiate, the machinery of war pro- quotations from German, French many's defeat. To-day, that war jitters-no sooner will this duction is working at full blast," and British experts, apart from number would represent about terribly Intest-trouble-be-settled than is the opening of the bood. That Russian official documente, that the strength of one Tank Divi- mathematical system of destruc- Modern warfare would be a Germany or Italy will raise new evident facts that most wage -

of those terribly self- they cannot be denied:

methodical, almost sion, and hardly one-tenth of the tion, based on a time programme. earners in this country remem-

Expenditure on Russian arma-

total tank army of any of the big A country determined on war World jitters have cost the bered last week when forms ment has increased 20 times in Powers," declares Mr. Werner, democracies hundreds of mil-were, distributed. But from

would spend years of time and The modernisation and the millions of money in planning lions of pounds in the past year. that opening, he tells the grue- Apart from the cost of keeping somely true story of how arma- numbered 1,300,000 men, and Army, he adds, is likely to sur- ensue would be something more The standing army last year mechanisation of the Soviet the attack. The war that would navica, armies and air forces ments, in twenty years, have there are over 10,000,000 trained prise many people who from pre- devastating than anything that constantly on the alert, the simple nature of the last war to

grown from the comparatively reserves; effect on the world's markets has a terrifying pitch of perfection. pilots were being trained; and

judice have looked upon Russia has even been imagined. There been disastrous. It has cost

Three years ago, 150,000 war politics.

as an unlikely Power in modern will be nothing of the static kill- ing of the Western front of a shippers more because of in-ready exerting a terrible pres- training for military vehicles at figures quoted for Russian tanks ruthless.

"They

(armaments) are al- 900,000 drivers were under forced to accept the immense something more

While many people have been old that makes one quarter-of-a-century creased war risk rates;

4go-how feel!-but world's gold has ge e across the sure on European foreign policy, the same time.

scientific and Atlantic to the United States, and forcing it in the direction of stocks and shares have fluctuat-war," he says. "To-day, the ous importance when it

These figures are of tremend- those figures have been lowered and aircraft, the importance of ed violently; exchange has power of every European State

is by stories of unreliability. responded to each fresh excuse

is determined by their strength; for jitter-bugging.

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sands of pounds to send even one warship to Tientsin. The Fleet The man-in-the-street to-day Mobilisation last September cost is concerned with the military £20,000,000-what the total cost strength of Russia. Stories of of Mobilisation to the countries fabulous power have come from surrounding Germany was no the Soviet; stories of thousands one will ever estimate.

upon thousands of acroplanes, Don't forget that the Totali-troops dropped by parachute; tarians escape these expenditures and tales of amazing new wca- for they are on a system of pons. perpetual mobilisation.

The strength of the Soviet |

By creating crisis after crisis military machine is, in fact, a they are waging a novel war on

Britain and the other demo-

cracies an economic war that submarine can be. It has the costs very little less than real special kind of horror that death

war,

Public confidence in Great where the real tragedy is that In a mine disaster too often kolda. Britain can reduce much of the death gains in fearfulness because economic strain imposed on the it has to be awaited in silent help Democracies. That is why we lessness. Submarine men take the should not give way to jitters risk with the same calm equani- each time Hitler, Mussolini ormity which the collier goes down the Japanese militarists start a the mine. Their work la un now offensive.

Undersea Perils

comfortable and difficult, and tho risk is accepted stoleally, almoet! carelessly, as something to ba avoided if possible, to be faced TWO HUNDRED and oighty-six with calmness if calamity falle.

Ilves have been lost in the four The sympathy of two great. submarine disasters that have Democracies, mourning the loss of occurred in the Atlantic, and their own brave sons, will go out Pacific Occana einco last February. to the French: people in their Imagination does not need assia- tragedy. Sixty-three men tance to bring home to us the given their lives in the Phenix have grim tragedy that death in a disaster.

five years;

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GRIN AND BEAR IT

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"THE history of war,” says our pseudonymic. By Lichty Max Werner, "offers us no his torical basis on which we can judgo present-day armaments ...To-day, European armies. possess between fifteen and twenty, times as many machine guns as they did in 1914, three times as much artillery, and a number of weapons which were. entirely unknown then.

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"Artillery rango has almost doubled.

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"The tank of 1918 had a speed of three or four miles an hour and a radius of 18 to 25 miles. In 1918 the aeroplane had speed of between 75 and 100 miles an hour and a radius of action of between 150 and 180 miles.

"The tank of 1939 has a speed of between 30 and 85 miles an hour and a radius of action up Ito 180 miles. The acroplant has a speed of between 250 and 300 miles an hour and a radius of action between 700 and 2,000 milos."

And, he says, the big Euro- pean armies of to-day have something liko 25,000

nero- planes, 80,000 tanks, 50,000 guns and 200,000 machine guns. Which should be-but is un- likely to be one of the most potent arguments for peace.