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Two Systems

POLITICAL observers will not

fail to claim that the war in Europe is in some senses a continua- tlon of the World War.

They will show that a fundamen-

tal clash between Britain and Ger-

THE GERMAN NAVY—A conspectus of the Fleet with which the Naxis hope against hope to match the powerful British Navy through U-Boat and aircraft sinkings of British warships. The article below tells how impossiblo is the Corman task.

The

Navy's Task

A NAVAL EXPert weighs our

SEA-POWER AGAINST GERMANY'S

The sea-going fleots of Britain and Germany are as follows:

BRITAIN

CERMANY

15

7 (2 old)

7

60 (24 old)

6

180 (82 otd)

33 (5 old)

54 (10 old) 38

43

8

Battleships and Battle Cruisers .. Aircraft Carriers Cruisers Destroyers Submarines

Escort Vossols

Britain also has a large, equipping suitable merchant ships jas trade-route ralders; she showed many for dominance in Europe is number of minor war proficiency in this form of warfare

involved. They can find plenty of

arguments to support a claim that vessels-minesweepers and

economic struggle.

in 1014-10.

Against attacks from all surface

Germany has no aircraft-carriers in commission, and, apart from possible

attacks on merchant ships in the North Sea near Germany, our ship- ping is unlikely to be bothered from

chantment, the Admiralty has lald It is primarily a political and minelayers, patrol boats, raiders, worships and armed mer- motor torpedo-boats and its plons. It is not possible to enter into the detail of those plans, but we they will prove effective. These observers will point to other craft-all of which may be sure that British democracy's effort to make

are of great value for their a pact with Communist Rutasin and National Socialist Germany's actual varied functions in narrow conclusion of such a pact as proof waters. that ideologies are only shields for imperialism. Now all this must bo considered by thone who wish to understand the causes of war and present disregarding fleets of ing and destroying hostile submarines others nations whose actions are which have in any way disclosed not immédiately predictable) it This is not to say that we shall will be a source of confidence to have no further losses at sen, No plun, however, skilfully laid and know that at sea, at all events, emciently

and courageously carried ensure Lie avaldance of the Royal Navy will be able to eut, con

casualties when face to face with a guard the nation and its friends hostile fleet mainly designed for the 4

purpose of attacking trade. But any: more than counterbalanced by new against all assaults, whether by losses which we do sustain will be the stoppage of our food supplies ships coming into service.

From the relative strengths the air.

Immeasurable improvements have of the two flects (and for the been effected in the methods of hunt-i

to see a just peace made. It is truo

that the Inst war did not end war.

and that more than war is required to make the world safe for demo-

cracy,

their presence.

-Drawing from "Mustrated London Newa."

GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty

→ DAILY

"Now that summer's about over, we'll have to think of a new schome to koop the bill collectors away!"

MAN'S AMAZING POWER HOUSE

Yet when all that is sald it will

THE body is a power station, the impression that, the whole heart. be discovered that much more is

workshop, and chemical laborals there.

The Lion Heart Involved in this struggle than a

tory combined. Though it is a And if we have to face with re-

piece of complicated

Sometimes there are actual mis- very clash between national Interests, or by invasion.

Because of the great disparity solution the occasional loss of mer- There has been steadily growing an

mechanism, it can stand up to placements. The appendix, which is aspiration for world order, re-between the opposing fleets (and chant ships and their gallant crews,

enormous demands when neces- on the right side in the normal way, Germany will need much greater re-

heurt itself has been found to be out eary and do overtime without has been found on the left, and the |vulsion against international law-again presupposing the non-solution in facing her total severance

of position. Richard Coeur de Lion's heart, which was buried in Rouen lessness. It has in some degree participation of fleets at present from sea-borne trade except, possibly, flinching.

The body contains 520 muscles, 130 Cathedral, was said to be on the right no spectacular fleet neutral)

of which are used in controlling the side of his body; and there is a story spine; but à certain number of mud to the effect that a ducilist of the cles have no uillity value nowadays. seventeenth century survived a sword We possess about sixty organs which thrust through the body owing to his

position. are of no use to us. They are relics heart being out

been felt among the people of all nations. It has found expression in

all kinds of agreements and insti-actions are likely. tutions designed to settle disputea

by peaceful means arbitration

Merchant Ships As Raiders

It will remain Germany's nim to

in the Baltle..

It is true that the potency of a sen blockade has been reduced to some extent by Germany's recent diplo matic successes in the East and South East of Europe.

But no modern State, in peace and endure inde-

war be-

treaties, the League of Nations, the safeguard her communications in the still lesa in war, can Kellogg Pact, etc.

Balile and, by every means in her finitely the severance of trade with

ense of tropical products. Now these aspirations have been power, to harass our sen communi- other continents--particularly in the

The opening phase of a denied by a reverslan to narrow cations. nationalism, exclusive economic for this purpose, on the surface, she tween Britain and Germany, in the maritime sphere, is thus almost ex- policies, racial obsessions, hateful has two formidable battle cruisers, clusively a question of cargoes the propaganda, ruthless treaty-break-Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, of 26,000 stendy, inaintenance and, if possible, shores, and those of our friends; and ing and aggressive uttacks on tons each, mounting 11-loch guns; increase. of those safely reaching our neighbours Even the neutrals knew the three so-called "pocket battle the complete stoppage of cargoes where the balance of wrong lles.ships" of 10,000 tons also mounting, reaching Germany.

In this connection we may be sure that our weakness is delaying a tight They scaso the chief cause of un 11-inch guns, and six new cruiters

mounting 0-inch guns.

blockade of Germany in the late war rest and rearmament and war.

In addition to these warships, it is delay which to greatly protracted best to assume that Germany is al-the length, and increased the casual- tles and cost of the blockade-will ready if she has not already done so not be repeated.

Above all arguments from DA- tional Interests there rise this larger queation of whether there is And to be any law in the world.

ns between static force, insisting their own ideas of what govern-

Confident And Calm

left behind in the course of evolution, No man's body is perfectly sym- and amongst them are the muscles metrical. In most people the right for moving the ents.

side is better developed throughout The muscle fibre is about 1-500th

than the left. Right hands and right of an inch In thickness, and each feet are often larger than the left. muscle is made up of a great many and both sides of the face are very

The fibres,

biceps, for instance, rarely exactly the same. contain about 500,000 abres, which In spite of the work a heart has ere of great tensile strength. A set cf muscles weighing as little as 13 ounces can exercise a force of 200 A Fast Shutter

s

the

la do, it believes in a nine-hour day, This does not mean, of course, that it ever actually stops beating during fe; but it rests after each beat, and these rests total fifteen hours in every twenty-four.

Some part of the body can move

The body contains about nine at very high speed. The "twinkling

heart pumps about Avu pints a of an eyelid" is calculated to take pints of blood, and normally the about 1-300th of a second. Impres minute; but a trained athlete's heart con deal with as much as seventeen sions are transmitted along nerves at a speed of 112 feet per gallons a minute for a limited time. In a single drop of blood there are second or 76) mites an hour, and when a boxer hits an opponent his about 5,000,000 red cells and between fist travels at about 304.m.p.h.

twenty and thirty thousand white. The hardest working organ in the The red cells are not really red, but body in the hear!, the mainspring or yellow, and they look red only when As the situation develops, the calls central power station of the whole massed together in millions. Laid three-quarters of an a considerable variation from this acre, and placed end to end they on peaceful adjustments of disputes mont has turned back toward bar-upon our sea power, reinforced by organisation. Most hearts beat beat, the red cells of an average mon France, will certainly increase and

rate is impossible without sign of would 'streich eight times round tho ill-health, though there have been world at the equator. This means. and lawless violenco admitting no barism internally and externally, the splendid fleet and sallors of tween 60 and 76 times a ininute, and would cover

cases of abnormal rates in individual that the red cells of the human-race These tasks may include the car- necessity except national expansion They understand what Mr. Neville become more complicated.

en-Chamberlain meant when he said: tre

riage overseas of troops, an operation cases, Napoleon's heart, for instance, would cover the surface of the entire

is said to have had a beat of only globe. or personal ambition,

Amongst its many abilitiestho It is evil things that we shall be which makes considerable demands!

40 per minute.

of heating. rly has great power lightened thought of mankind will

fighting again-brute force, bad on shipping and warships. Amphibean

The averago man is exhausted it! operations con never be excluded

he climbs 2000 feet in an hour; but For example, on a cold morning, have no trouble in choosing.

falils, injustice, oppression, and from the possibilities of a war whoso

the heart does autficient work every when one a brenthing air at freezing persecution, and against them I am extent and ramifications cannot be

hour to raise itself to three times plat, the waste air is exhaled from forecast

lifetime of seventy the lungs by way of the nose at a certain that right will prevail. Aj

But of this the country can be well its height, and in.

work to throw temperature 40 degrees higher.

The skin of the average adult con- situation in which no word given assured. Chr. ships, our officers and years dees enough

The heart is not, as is generally ains 3,000,000 pores. If only one- by Germany's ruler could be our men in the Navy; the Merchant itself 2,000,000 miles.

Marine, the Fishing Fleet and the trusted and no people or country Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve are believed, on the loft side of the body, third of these are destroyed death could endure has become intolera-not only ready to meet any call made An for an area goes, there is the same ensues. When a Persian dancer have resolved to upon them, but so far as the human amount of heart on one side as on mainted her body with gold who died

HARKY CURWEN, ble. Now we

alement is concerned, are confident the other, but the fact that the heart in a few hours.

beat is felt on the left side gives and calm. finish it.

The manner in which this war started, and the whole history of breken promises and military ng« gression leave no doubts with those who hope that the recent resurgence of a false nationallem will prove the prelude to a belter world. With out hatred for any nation they have