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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPII, MONDAY, JULY 10, 1980.

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KENNETH EDWARDS, R. N.

PEOPLE are talking about the naval power of the rival nations in the Mediter- ranean; but in all this discussion little has been said of the French Navy.

The general attitude in Britain-even among usually well-informed people—has been to evade the issue with an insular shrug of the shoulders:

It is perfectly

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Pseudo-Dictators,

generations the French Navy was starved for the benefit of the French Army

for

France has been

HITLER turns the war scare pre-eminently a

on and off like a tap.

the

military Power. At his command, the propa-

Worse, to Bri- gandist war drums beat and the tish eyes,

French Navy rumours of impending disaster

did not measure [multiply, sprending fear among

up to British the peoples of the world. Then, standards dur- on a nod from the Fuehrer, the ing the

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the skles and the nations Navy. When breathe freely again.

the French sailors Let us keep firmly fixed in our

washed clothes minds the conviction that the their German Leader does not mean they were hung up to dry in the

to fight. It is his plan, pursued consistently up to this moment, to win victories for his nation by political and diplomatic means.

Wo quite recognise that, in his threats to foreign countries, The may become so deeply in- volved one day that he is plunged into battle. But that is not his intention. If he gets there it will be nu accident.

commonsense

way and without

The chart on the right shows the comparative strengths of the navies of the four great Europ- can Powers in shipa whose con-. struction 208 completed by February this year. Note France's preponderance of light cruisers and Italy's submarine strength.

AND BELOW IS-

A modern French cruiser of the Suf- fren class, with eight Bin. guns. Derricks on either side of ship are for lifting crui- ner's 100 seaplanes aboard.

waiting to "follow the move-could both overtake and destroy ments of the flagship." Thus the Gorman "pocket battleshipa" the French ships earned among or the German battle-cruisers British sailors the rather con- Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.

These were the three British temptuous nickname of "laundry shipa:"

battlecruisers Hood; Renown, The pressure of modern con- and Repulse, and the Renown, ditions and development has, is undergoing reconstruction and however, led to far greater apwill not be ready for sea for

of the preciation

essential several months.

French realism among the off- The addition of these two We should therefore see to it cera and men of the British French ships to the resources of

Navy.

the European democracles is that we are not disturbed in

Now the French Navy has at therefore exceedingly important. mind by this man and his last become a force to be reckon- France also has five old battle- devices. So long as our Governed with and one which is bound ships, ment stands up to Hitler he will to play a very important part, stay in his mountain retreat at particularly in the Mediterran- Berchtesgaden, to where heean... retired on Saturday.

Hitler's bluff has been called, and Britain should.now turn her attention to the bluff of these other pseudo-Hitlers in the Far East.

So far, they have had things pretty well their own way. The fact that they have chosen Ja time when Britain's attention has had to be divided has given them a superiority complex they do not deserve.

In their glee at the fact that they have twisted the llon's tail so often they have come to be- lieve that the lion is genuinely scared that all they have to do is to keep on twisting until they got their demands.

While other maritime Powers have been pursuing disarma- ment, the realism of France has resulted in the building-up of a very strong Fleet.

First, the personnel of the French Navy has been improved out of all knowledge, and has been given a greater faith in it- self and its Service.

Exceptionally Fast

CAPITAL SHIPS

FRANCE

GERMANY.

ITALY.

GT. BRITAIN

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HEAVY CRUISERS ENCO

GT. Britain FRANCE GERMANY ITALY

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LIGHT CRUISERS:

GT. BRITAIN

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FRANCE

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ITALY

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ZIDESTROYERSZENIES

GI BRITAIN

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FRANCE GERMANY

38

28

ITALY

87

SUBMARINES.

Gi. BRITAIN FRANCE CRÉANY

44

76

43

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People who leave the brake off

CRIME may be defined as

an act where the indivi-· dual's desire for personal gain la greater than his respect for the laws of society.

by

ANTHONY.. WEYMOUTH

Now, where this distinction is re-own age who are much better blessed cognised by the criminal himself, he with this world's goods? And what may be said to be coquisant of his proportion of these slip into a life acts, and to have chosen the first of of crime? these alternatives.

At the other extreme comes the

1

The temptation to spend money

man who is insane and who is totally freely may encourage extravagance, unconscious of the criminal act and but it does not lead to crime in a constituted Individual. Ils consequences. Let us suppose normally that such a one suffers from delusions. There must be a force which urges He hears a voice which tells him that an individual to crime by lowering the world would be a better place if the inhibitions which every normal D' certain person died,

person possesses-and this force is

Being insane, he is unable to dis-generated in his unconscious mind. tinguish between what is moral and In other words, he is conscious of what is not. His motive (as he sees its results but not of its origin. And I) is good although the great ma- this blinds him to the real conse jority of his fellows see it og bnd. The quences.

verdict of society is that he is "in- Psycho-therapeutic treatment 15 capable of pleading."

used to explore his unconscious mind In between these two extremes and bring to his conscious mind the comes a class of offender whose mo- origins of his acts. tives for crime seem, to the ordinary

Perhaps an example will make this man, to be inadequate. Hols, judged clearer. A man I, once knew felt by ordinary standards, sane. He is faint every time he arrived at a cer- examitied by medical experts as in tain station. He couldn't account for the case-of-tho-ox-Sandhurst cadet this queer feeling.--To-searched his convicted this week of two charges memory to find an explanation, but of falso pretences-who report that with no success. So he consulted n they can find no signs of insanity. psychologist and was analysed.

In this instance the accused had all

His past history was discussed in to gain and nothing to lose by keep detall, and after several hours. of pa ing the right side of the law. The tient investigation it was discovered reason given by the medical officer at that during the Great War he had Brixton Prison for his behaviour was

that, while at Sandhurst, the accused been blown up, and the last thing he

experienced before losing conscious— · had nequired "social habits above hisness was the smell of lar. And the normal standards."

particular railway station where, he always felt faint smelt strongly of tar It is interesting to record that once the buried memory had been restored

Money Temptation

BUT this is an inadequate rea- and the smell-stimulus brought into son to account fully for re- the conscious mind the patient was FRANCE has no aircraft-peated crimes. Are there not hund-able to use this station with impunity! reds of boys and young men who, by This will give some, indication of reason of scholarships, find them- the manner in which paycho-thern- selves mixing with others of their PLEASE, Turn To Pago 5.

carriers of modern de-

sign, although two ships of this type are projected.

The French cruiser forces, however, are very powerful and composed of types peculiarly suitable for war in the Mediter rancan. France has seven mo- dern cruisers of the heavy type mounting 8in. guns-Italy also Recent experience of the men has seven of this type of ship. coming under training at the

In din. gun cruisers France Ecole Navale at Breat shows has 11 modern ships opposed to that they are of the very beat the 12 of similar class possessed type.

by Italy. On the other hand, The material strength of the France has 32 ships of approxi- French Navy has become of the mately 2,500-tons displacement greatest importance during re- and armed with five 5.6-in, guns cent years. This is due in part in addition to an extensive anti- to the completion of the new aircraft and torpedo armament. French battle-cruisers Dunker- These ships are all exception- que and Etrasbourg, ships of ally fast..

They forget that Great 26,500 tona, mounting eight

They are classed by France as Britain in war is, with all due | 13in. guns, and which, on trials, contre-terpilleurs, but by the de respect to the fighting qualities have reached a speed of 31% finitions of warahip categories of our friendly neighbours, knots.

which have been accepted by vastly different proposition to

Until these two French ships most of the maritime Powers China. British armaments to- were completed there were in the they are light cruisers. day are the most powerful in the world" only three ships which world, and the fighting qualities

of the British Tommy have been

Certainly they are far more powerful than any destroyers at the disposal of the Italian Navy. tested by sword and fire with with China, a country whoso Their exceptional speed and much more satisfying results arms, compared with western power might well make them a décisive factor in a Mediterran- than have those of the Japanese standards, are dreadfully in- ferior. She should also remem- soldier..

Italy is certainly superior to Japan should ponder on the ber how a previous war with France in the number of des- fact that the longest and most China onded, and not forget that troyers at her disposal, but “a' disastrous war in her history is the West is quite capable again smaller proportion of the French

[of intervening.

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