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Finland Fights Back

At every point of the far-scaltered battle lines the fight sways in favour

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arms and abandoning the line of retreat upon their northern bases to sock safely by the shortest enstward route of flight to their own country. A heavy defeat has been inflicted on the more dangerous central Soviet advance directed to cut Finland in helf and break railway communica tion with Sweden. In the south the Karelian front has flung back a large concentration of Russian troops, and artillery supported by 1,000 tanks, some of them the largest yet driven ngainst the Finnish defences the "land cruisers" of which the Soviet has boasted. Russian losses of men tanks and other material have been great. Towns are still being bombed when the Soviet pilots can penetrate the snowstorms, but so far Their efforts have not had any mill- tary effect of importance,

Their wanton brutality will not conquer the spirit of Finland. But we have to look beyond the present wonderful and glorious successes of the Finnish

and

armies,

The Finns have performed miracles. In man-power they are outnumbered by 40 to 1.

Against this enormous numerical superiority they have been able to hold out because their leaders

are incomparably abler than any which the Soviet can produce, and the Intelligence and character and enterprise of the individual Finnish soldier has made him for more than u match for the unfortunate serfs of Bolshevism. But

soon AS the season cuts short the penalties which the Kremlin pays for the imbecillty

war of invasion in starting a Northern Europe on the eve of win- ter, inexhaustible supplies of "cannon fodder" may be driven on to trample down resistance by members unless civilisation gives arms to its vallant, small champion.

If Finland falls, which need not be, much else will be last besides her freedom. She is holding the outer word of the fortress of civilisation against a storming siege of bar-

The forces barism,

which have surged

to destroy her are the ambition of tyrants and the fanaticism of a savagery hating all that has given. more than brute value to human life -hating things spiritual and things of the mind, the free play of thought

and endeavour, the loyalties and love of the family. All these arc the abomination of Bolshevism, to ba tortured, persecuted, or mechanised out of existence. If Finland came under the arrow of the Soviet, which of her neighbours could feel Aecure? It is clear that the Scan- dinavian countries are waking. to the danger. Thousands of volunteers from Sweden have entered Finland. Despatch in organised bodies has now begun, and it is understood that arms and equipment will be avail- able across the Finnish frontier. More material help than we have heard of has upparently been sent from Scan- dinavia; France, has already done its entire duty to the hord-pressed land and will continue to do so; Britain fins engaged itself for, something more than allowing the export of aircraft; and the United States has shipped war supplies.

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ADOLF: "Believe me, Rib., that guy Stalin's crazy. He thinks he's Napoleon!"

VACANT- A VITAL JOB

| HERE is one vital weapon which we are not yet using adequately in this war. And it is our strongest.

What is this weapon? It is the weapon of economic war- fare.

It is, of course, true that we have achieved some succesa in the economic fleld. Germany is already feeling the effects of our pressure. Our resources are so vast that wo are bound to score some victories by slicer weight.

But this may be a long war and a bitter war. And if we are to win and so make possible a reason- able and decent peace-we cannot afford to dissipate any of our energles.

E

CONOMIC force may prove not immerely more important than in any-previous war,-but-more vital than that of any other arm with the single exception of the Navy,

Consider the nature of the war during the first three months. It has been one of hardly any move- ment on land, of sporadic move- ment only in the air and of con- stant, unceasing struggle at sea.

It has been described as a war of slege. But do not make the mis- take of thinking that it is only we who besiege the enemy. The enemy is also endeavouring to besiege a

Herr Hitler is relying just nå much upon his submarines and his minca to starve us as we are rely- ing upon our naval and economic blockade to weaken the resources and resolution of the German people.

His General Staff-like the Allied General Staff-is aware that when armies face each other from bo- hind formidable fortifications. Auch as the Maginot and Siegfried lines, a military break through by either side is practically impossible

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unless the morale and fighting spirit of the opposing troops has first been destroyed by nows of ruin and demoralisation at home.

He, and the chiefs of his Air Staff, are aware that the number of purely military objectives which can be bombed on either side with- inflicting heavy civilian out casualties is small.

And that once an Air Force starts killing civilians it invites reprisals of which the end cannot be seen.

Moreover, he and they are aware that if the terrorist bombing of civilian populations is ruled out as too dangerous against an enemy able to reply then the full strength of the air force is better reserved for such time as it can be employed in support of a strong military attack.

In these circumstances the pre- sent Nazi strategy does not appear at all surprising.

Hitler has decided upon a quite ruthless sea warfare in the hope of sinking supply ships coming to Britain and of frightening away many more.

E is endeavouring to take ad- strategist should, of the nature of the terrain upon which the war is fought. He considers that in this war the most important fact is that Britain is an island.

H vantage, as

What is our reply? Our reply is naval and economic blockade of Germany, designed both to pre- vent her obtaining supplies and to reduce substantially her export trade, so that it becomes difficult for her to secure foreign exchange wherewith to buy even auch goods as she can import by land routes.

We are trying to starve Germany

of supplies. She is trying to starve

us.

At the moment this is a war of economic sanctions supported by naval and military force rather than one of men and guns on the old pattern.

Bo far we are winning. The Ger- man attempt to starve ns of sup- Neverthe- piles is not successful.

icas, we know it will continue. And wo know that no scruple of con- selence, no recollection of interna- tional law, no touch of humanity. will stand in the way of the mes: ruthless methods of sea-murder German skill can devise.

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E are benting off the Ger--- man attempt to starve us. We have closed the oceans to German trade. We shall shortly make it impossible for her to ex- port her goods in neutral ships.

But Germany has a large land frontier, If we are to prevent her both buying and selling across that frontièr we must Use other weapons.

We must do three things: (1) We must assure our own suppiles in world markets; (2) We must buy up the goods Germany wants; (3) We must close to her the markets where she hopes to sell. And we must do these three things as part of one co-ordinated strategy.

We cannot do that unless

wo

take the weapon of economic war- fare at least as seriously as the Air Force, the Army and the Navy,

This is the fourth arm. be organised as such."

It must

At present it is not so organised. The vital business of controlling the vast economic resources of the country in order to achieve victory

Sir John Standish Surtees Prendergast

Vereker, Baron Kiltarton of Gort, 6th Viscount GORT

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at the earllest date in dissipated among half a dozen departments,

It is as though we should leave the control of our Army to half a dozen different commanders, and fet none of them have any real conception of what the others are doing.

War is not a parlour game. It is a stern, relentless campaign in which those who do not organise for victory risk the possiblity of defeat.

E control of our. economic war is at present split in a

dsummer madness of dis- organisation amongst the Ministry of Economic Warfare, the Board of. Trade, the Ministry of Bupply, the Department of Overseas Trade, the Ministry of Shipping and the Treasury.

The Bank of Eng- land lurks in the background ready to poke a finger in the busi- ness when no ono else can think of a good way of evading reapon- sibility or passing the buck.

I have well authenticated cases of friendly neutrals, anxious to do business with Britain in order to avoid having to sell to Germany. who have been sent the whole round of these departments. Not in one of them have they found a man ahlo to give a responsible decision.

This sort of mad paper chase from the City to Whitehall and twice round the Bank of England may give the hunter after informa- tion an incomparable picture of the British Civil Servant at work. But it is not war.

H

ERE, if anywhere, we need co-ordination. There ought to be one Minister in charge of the whole strategy of economic war-and that Minister should be a member of the War Cabinet.

If we are, to win this war of economic sanctions, we need an Economic Commander-in-Chief with

an Economic General Staff to plan the war, not on one front but in every country in the world with which Germany might trade.

That cannot be done by half a dozen amateurs at economic night- ing who spend 25 per cent. of their time passing notes around their and another six departments. quarter explaining to visitors that they have come to the wrong address,

sister of the first Earl of Cadogan, The Cadogan family were founded by Elystan Glodrydd, who also founded the fourth Royal Tribe of Wales.

So Lord Gort is descended from the fourth Royal Tribe of Wales.

The fourth. Viscount Gort mar- ried the fourth Viscount Gage's DLX enough the King and Lord of James, first Earl of Ormonde, Gort, who have been inspecting in 1327 James had married Lady

daughter, descendant of Reginald, W the Western Front together, are Eleanor de Bohun, granddaughter of Sicur de Grand Augi, who fought at King Edward 1. So Lord Gort is distant cousina.

The Prendergasts Hastings Gort for short. But the full name descended front-Edward I., and that also Norman knights who came over ia Sir John Standish Surtees Prender- makes him a distant cousin of King with the Conqueror. So Lord Gort Kust Vereker, Baron Kilturton of George VI. Gort, sixth Viscount Gort.

DDLY

Butler, daughter Lady Margaret Naturally it has taken hundreds of Thomas seventh Earl of Or- of years to develop a full mume us monde, married Sir Willian Boleyn fully as that. And under his spread-and kave birth to Thomas, East of ing family tree Lord, Gort is also Wiltshire, who was to be poor Aune descended from:-

Boleyn's father. So Lord Gort Is Anne Boleyn; the ancient kings of descended from Anno Boleyn-just Ireland; the princes of Wales; the as Queen Elizabeth, her daughter, | nobility of France and Belgium; and was,

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TE have a Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence.. But we have no Minister for the Co-ordination of Economic War, which is a much more com-

pilcated matter.

Why not? Because the Cabinet has not yet really begun to think: in terms of the modern warfare of economic attack backed by mill- tary and naval force.

It must begin to think at once. It must without delay appoint a Minister who can co-ordinate and organize the work of all these departments.

from wurrlors who defeated the On December 15, 1014, the third Saxons at Hastings, conquered the. Viscount Gort married Maria, Irish, vanquished the French on daughter of Standish O'Grady.

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For such a Minister could "weld several occasions and were beaten the O'Gradys justly claim descent end features have been omitted

And holidays, the "Telegraph's" week them into an Instrument which flat by he Americans,

to-day.

This is how it happened:-

Lord Gort's ancestor,

from the old kinga of Ireland.

Thomas Do you know what Sir Thomas

be resumed They will Prendergast, oncostor of

the Saturday, Prendergast, married Eleanor present Lord Gort, did on Augustį Butler, who was a direct descendant 10,

He married Penelope,

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would bind neutrals to us with the strong bonds of expanding com- merce, and close one after another the markets' of the world to Ger- many.