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HE recent guarantees between Britain, France and Poland have altered the whole military outlook of Central Europe. In certain circum- stances, still not clearly de- fined, France and ourselves

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That is, provided Poland re- sists. This, in turn, depends on the resources she herself pos- BCAACR and the nature of the military mid we shall be able to give.

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The Polish Army, which also includes the air forces, has a pence-time strength bf 375,000, of which 25,000 are officers and 50,000 are non-commisioned officers. On mobilisation nearly 2,000,000 men can be with the colours within a few hours, the remaining 1,600,000 consisting

of the first class of reserves.

Behind these is the still greater reservoir of men who have been more than five years in civil life after having done their 18 months' conscript ser- LL Hitler's preparations for vice. The number in this cate- something are afoot. Theory is secret but, by compari- son with those of other coun- case is being prepared. The tries where conscription is in world is being told that a peace. force, they can be estimated to

be between four and five mil loving Relch has longed and

lions. tried for a settlement by nego- tiation, and has been rebuffed.

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EDW. G. ROBINSON

FRANCIS LEDERER George Saunders-Paul Lukas Henry O'Neill Directed by ANATOLE LITVAR

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But in a modern war man“. power is not everything: mechanisation, both 031 the

That is as false a picture as ground and in the air, and the

thoroughness of the training in the specialist branches, arc equally important,”

In the 18 months of training the Polish soldier becomes a specialist in the particular type of warfare his regiment will have to undertake. Those who are trained in the difficult country in East Poland. for in- stance,

mounted cavalry.

are

In this part of the country

By

IS READY

a Military Correspondent

(In The London "News Chronicle")

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Map shows Poland in relation to those States in Central Europe which are vitally affect-

ed by the present international situation. The shaded area in Central and Southern Poland is the important 26,000 square mile industrial area which can now be menaced by Germany from the former Czecho-Slovakian border.

The truth is the Poles have again and again expressed will. ingness to negotiate a settlement with Germany about Danzig. Herr Hitler has made no attempt to do so-for his arrogant and peremptory demand in April for the cession of the Free City and of a belt of land cutting the "corridor" in half was in no way mechanised forces would at artillery as well as tanks, the Lowlands. Owing to the Ger- slower than our own but possess

occupation of a disadvantage. There are al- Army has adequate supplies of man a proposal to negotiate,

Czecho a margin of speed above that together one division and 12 tanks, armoured cars, artillery, Slovakia the fact that the latter of any bombers they are likely But even in reply to that independent brigades of cavalry mortars and material for the district is on the frontier will to encounter. Colonel Beck reiterated his as compared with 30 divisions corresponding supply and com- partly nullify the original. in-

As in Germany,-a very large munications services.

tention of having the most readiness for conversations for of infantry.

valuable works as far as pos- reserve of potential war pilots is "revision of German-Polish rela-

first line, 30 regiments of light potential enemy. The success 90 gliding clubs, and the num There are altogether, in the sible from the frontiers of any being built up by means of gliding clubs. There are over tions on a good-neighbour basis."

artillery, and several regiments of the "C.O.P." scheme as it is ber of pilots who can be con- Because of the varied nature of anti-aircraft batteries.

known has had a far-reaching That offer was ignored. For

of the country, the annual

These last are mechanised effect on the industrial situn- sidered as having developed sufficient air sense to make in fact Herr Hitler has no desire manoeuvres in Poland are more and employ guns similar in tion.

them qualify as war pilots with All for negotiation. He is not con-widespread than in any other characteristics to our own.

Unlike Britain and France, a short period of training is now cerned with the grievances of army. They extend into the the lighter guns are now being no attempt has been made to over 10,000.

Moun- fitted with special carriages separate the ground and air winter months when

Apart from the purely mili- the Danzigers-nor have they taineer Battalions obtain prac- which allow them to be fired forces. The two organisations

organisations any substantial ones, save those tice in the Carpathians, especial from their wheels without im in the Polish defences are iden- tary corps, there are several

ly in the use of sledges and pairing the accuracy of the aim. tical and the advances made in semi-military

The spirit of the Army is the design and manufacture of which, in a war, would under- high in the infantry,

the army aircraft is similar to that take service duties. Chief among The vast army which might gavalry and the mechanised of the armoured and mechanised these are the Military Police, the Corps of Frontier Defence, be used on the Western fron- divisions. As in our own army, sections of the ground troops. the Police Force and the Fron- He is not concerned

A for a tier is probably one of the best that of the Tank regiments is recent estimate of the tier Guard. There is also the settlement. He is anxious for a equipped

Like the strength in first-line machines, Rifles's Association which allows on the Continent. particularly good. Because of the vast armament French, the Polish Army shows all of which are modern types, women members and, in co- new triumph.

industry that has been de- particular favour for armoured credits the Polish Army with operation with other organisa veloped, which has allowed Po- car, the majority of which are over 3,000. The value placed on tions, trains between 80,000 and land to export aircraft and a heavily armoured and carry the aeroplane as a parely mill- 90,000 each year.

as heavy armaments as the tary weapon is evidenced by We can be confident that, if ordinary light tank.

of them who are suffering under the Nazi regime which governs the city.

It is no question of simply restoring "German Danzig" to

German Reich.

skis.

Danzig, like the Sudetenland, in her offer of negotiation which would merely be a stepping still stands. But that is not! stone. Herr Hitler aims at the what Herr Hitler wants. "corridor," at Poznan, at Silesin,

the ratio that is maintained

between heavy bombers and and when our two countries are the lighter military machines fighting for our mutual pro- of approximately 1:4. The tection, the large, well-trained This abundance of modern Polish General Staff believe in army with its equally large ro- equipment in the Army has been using the acroplane as part of serves of both men and first- due to two main factors, the the Army's mechanisation and class equipment will be one of the most powerful factors in He is fomenting trouble, in self-sufficiency obtained by the for a more humane purpose at the dismembering of Poland, Danzig in pursuance of wider development of the "Central In- than the ruthless bombing of the war, next to the French

as he dismembered Slovakia.

Czecho-

Were the "Danzig question" purely one of Danzig: were Germany peaceful in intention

Army and the British Air Force. dustrial Area" with large elec- civilian populations,

A great deal of the efficacy aims. It is not the fate of the trified munitions works situated

of the Polish Army to repel at- tack in a major war can, of Free City but the fate of free far from any frontier on which they were likely to be attacked

course, be seriously impaired if nations that will be the stake if at the time; and to the en- The most efficient heavy further strategic parts of Eu-

thusiasm-not only of the de- he persists..

signs of armaments but in the bomber, the Los, is equipped rope fall into the hands of the A Danzig coup if it comes will alacrity with which the develop with two Pegasus XX, engines Totalitarian States. The dan- manufactured under llecnce ger to the Sandomierz Lowland

and genuinely desirous of, albo a challenge to Europe. And mont sections have accepted from Bristols. Its range with a region resulting from the Gor-

foreign designs.,

5,500lb. load of bombs is 800 man occupation of Szecho- we have peaceful and reasonable settle- such a challenge, as

The Central Industrial Area, miles, and with a 4,000lb. load Slovakia cannot be allowed to about 20,000 1,240 miles. The maximum be repeated in any other sector ment, settlement there could learned, cannot be avoided a consisting of be without question.

second time by the methods of square miles, comprises the dis- speed is 280 m.p.h. similar to which could ultimately affect tricts of Kielce, the Lublin that of the Bristol Blenheim. the potency of any of our poten-

Polish fighter machines are tial allies. Uplands and the Sandomierz

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Poland has made that plain Munich.

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