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Typhoon Warnings THURSDAY'S typhoon serves to remind the Colony that these climatic disturbances are not confjued so-called typhoon season.

to the

to September.

CZE

HITLER PEACE

THE IN THE

THE Siegfried Line, a line of THE

defences constructed, hur-

riedly last year along Germany's

MURDE

HOLE

WALL

by TOM WINTRINGHAM

frontiers with France, Luxem. certainly not contained details purailei to those given by the "Frankfurter

"It may seem. a paradox, but the

fewer troopa we need.

This becomes

even

against forces

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Now this

small system of Inointed posts and "pili- boxes". can be an excellent one. Many of those who fought in Spain, THE preax "Special to the Telegraph is used by the "Hongkong Telegraph to

"REINFORCED concrete and including myself, prefer it in most under the which a strictly copyright under the provisions of the Telecommuni

steel instead of men will circumstances (for front lines at any beats the indication "UP is received in cauons vianants, 1916. Such news burg and Belgium, is usually Zeitung about Germany's "Westhold the West." It is when we reach rate) to the principal alternative; Hongkong on the date of publication known in Germany as the "West Wall." They have not described the these words that we begin to find a connected lines of trenches, large dug- serve. All rights and forbid republication, the United Press Associations, who re- Wall."

tactical and strategicol principles of

flaw in the reasoning-a hole in the outs and tunnels. But It. has its dia- our naval dispositions, either wholly or in part without previous

Wall.

advantages. arrangement.

The Germans are very proud On the contrary, the Navy'a secrets

These isolated posts are difficult lo of this."wall. They claim it is are well guarded, even when somet Intpregable no attacker could of these secrets are many Umes as more concrete shelters we have, the supply and relieve. Men get starved

old as the Siegfried Line.

out of them, or they run out of get through. They are so proud So that whatever the Germans "A large number of works means ammunition. that they boast about it.

know of our Navy's secreis come

a greater man-power. But it de-

The "Frankfurter Zeitung" states Their boasts are. in themselves, from their spies. And sples reports treases the need for reserves.

that these pill-boxes, at any rate in ticles and

Title Extraordinary. If their are necasionally accurate as to de-

"The masses of the German army some cases, have not enough supplies speeches were vague, tails, things that can be counted or mere propaganda, we should realise measured (though they are not aften even if an attack is made on the that they were intended only for accurate oven on these casy things). Western Front, can be used on an- for a long period.

Here, then, is a military problem which is popularly and erroneously home consumption in Germany: that But they are never accurate about other front to attack and annihilate

-how to apply enough fire round supposed to cover the months of May they were reasurance to the tactics and methods of use, since the enemy."

and behind such posts to cut them interesting, For,

not be civilians of Germany who are by the P sees only the drill, or at best the

may Wall sheltered from invasion. secret handbook, but can very scition after all, it is men who fight. Con-off from supplies. It

But at any rate an easy problem. A well-known resklent who has

understand fundamentally the strale-crete and steel are valuable made

But the boasting. Is not sague: it gical or tactical principles involved. shelter them; machine-guns and anti-the German boasting has even us a study of meteorological is detailed and technical. It describes

the organisation of the Wall, its It is such principles that the Ger-tanic guns make them dangerous in clear lead towards a possible weak-

farness in their West Wall, conditions, and whose first experienceive, and "active" defences, the man boasting of its "West Wall" re-defence of one of these storme was that of principles on which it was designed. veuls. A first study of the German reater in numbers than their own. the typhoon on November 0, 1000, And this boasting has not been shut, boasts makes the "West Wall seem But still, men matter. They matter very formidable indeed. Only later, more than materials or weapons of bus placed come Interesting observa-

1 and after thought, docs one see the any sort. hions at the disposal

weaknesses revealed.

Few men, few reserves--that is the wall. of the "Tele- ON August 22, for instance, #raph." The belief persisted in 1000

there appeared an immense The Wall consists of a series of first vague outline of the hole in the

Since many of them are to be split article in the "Frankfurter Zeitung" concrete-roofed dug-outs, with steel Wall.

up. in: groups of three or six, nway that typhoons never occurred as late che and a half big pages tightly roofed cupolas from which weapons The outline becomes clearer when from their officers, they must have in the year as November, and at that packed with print, and without any are fired. These are quite correctly, we read significant exceptions: the self-reliance and initiative. They

with food and must have in the German advertisements or other matter to sited "in depth" that is, they are dug-outs are stored

phrase, üme, Chinese boat people and others take up space. I

Is six or seven not strung out in one thin line but water and ammunition for weeks-Selbstandføkeit, the ability to stand ignored the portents and warning, times as long as the normal "feature In several lines, each of which covers except some of the very small ones. up and act for themselves.

and supports and alls gaps in the one article" in an English newspaper. con3dently adopting the "no can”

in front of it.

How many are there of these very Have German soldiers got this attitude. The heavy

An English parallel will at once

small shelters? This becomes clear-quality?- damage and show to the reader how strange a Many of these reinforced concrete er in another paragraph, when it is Let us admit a fact; they used to loss of life in the November, 1000, thing this arilele is, printed when strong points can fire to the flank and boasted that the French artillery have when they were a relatively visitation was largely attributed to Compare the German "West Wall" try to get through the line.

the present crisia was fully on us rear, to deal with any infantry that cannot hit “wo mory very small

targets." And again there is this tree people. They had it in 1914-18, the 11-founded belief that the season with our first line of defence, the

Tank-traps and anti-tank weapons statement, when the article deals But have they got it now? They had passed, and the

"Many have been taught, for years before consequent

are continuous-so they boost. There with, the training of the men: fallure to seck shelter or take other;

Does any Engllah reader remem-is no "dead ground," where an enemy of the shelters are very small, only they joined the army, and within,

few men." ber reading, in the

the army, not to think for themselves. precautionary measurics.

past fortnight, can gather, that cannot be sluiced manned by detalled and expliell accounts of the with Are.

Initiative is "taught" in the Ger- developments in weapons, the fleets organisation of the Navy, its now

mon army, But can you teach this audi squadrons into which it is now

quality to men whose whole ordinary life is robbed of all ordinary initia- divided, the tactics and strategy of

tivo? Its action in war?

Whatever articles have been writ- on this, subject, they have

down during the present crisis.

Navy.

The "Teiegraph's" informant quotes an extract from his diary under date November 20, 1937: "A typhoon visited the Colony most unexpectedly about 3 a.m., blew hard. (07 miles ten per hour) till about 2 p.m. Heavy

rain."

From obscrvations

the rate of progress and degree of over a long severity. period, the reader in question is of

It must be borne in mind that} the opinion that at this time of the typhoons cause a considerable dis- year, when the north-east wind isruption to the normal' professional not in command, unusual climatic and commercial life of the Colony. conditions, such as Thursday's blow, People hesitate to set out for their cannot be unexpected. It is pointed as to whether they will be marooned offices when there is the uncertainty out that the weather during the last or not, or whether, Indeed, they may few days had been unusually sultry, be caught in the fury of the storm and that Wednesday's muggy and thus be exposed to the possibility

of hodily injury. atmosphere, with spasmodic : fog- patches, gave indications that some vice, many, very rightly, prefer to In the absence of reasonable ad-'

disturbance might be expected.

remain at home, with the consequent The question arises as to whether waste of time which might otherwise adequate information is Imparted to be prevented. There are of course, the more venturesome members of

the public when a typhoon threatens the community who are prepared to the Colony. To merely quote at brave the elements in order to ex- Intervals the latitude and longitudeperience the novelty of a typhoon. of a typhoon and its probablo direc-Those who do so, rarely show any llon, may be sufficient for the mariner. Inclination to repeat the experience, buit is not sufficiently informative the extremo...

which is awesome and dangerous, in

to the layman. It should not be a

The suggestion that simple. warn- difficult maiter to give notieri ntings should be made available to the frequent, Intervals concerning the lyraph is both timely and sensible,

and given effect," would save un estimated position of the storm:necessary waste of time, and, what is whother outside or inside the various more important, warn people so that radil from 300.down to 60 miles-and-be completed in time.*

Isafeguards to life and properly could

GRIN AND BEAR IT

By Lichty

Cser. 1190 þr Dubai Indore fračkada. Sua

Buj

"I'd've quit this Job long ago if it wasn't for the pension!!!

SECOND, perhaps target, weakness is implicit in the paragraphs on the training of the troops intended to hold the West

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Men in relatively free countries choose for themselves within the limits of their economic freedom what they will do how they will do lt, what they will see or hear or think. In Germany these things are lold down for each man.

IT seems doubtful, therefore, If those who boast of the "West Woll" were wise in making it so clear that the system of defence they have chosen. depends Iargely upon individual initiative.

If the attempt to break through. becomes necessary, wo need not shy off from it as impossible. It might be difficult, costly, possibly less worth doing than other things. But the fact that there is a hole in the Wall makes attack on it something that should not be dismissed as hopeless.. The hole in the Wallis not a physical one. Its outlines uro; few men; few reserves; litle Isolated: pusts not well supplied; a system requiring individual initiative all the

ime, and n probable luck of that. initiative..

What methods, what ineties should: be adopted to widen this hole in the Wall?

We need not.go into that question, We are not in need of boasting to cop our courage up. But it might turn out, it wo got around to this Job, that we had up our sleeves: " little something some others haven't' got. In any case, can be grate- ut to the Germans: Weir "war of zorvos" has told on their own nervez so badly that, they have talked tho Imuch.