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The Dutch East Indies

As yet the attention turned on the Netherlands East Indles is purely reflectory of

new situation created in Europe by the Invasion of Holland. Nevertheless, the denl enthusiasm of Interested third Powers such as Japan, the United States, Britain and France in pro- claiming their willingness to respect

ar-

1914 1940

THE BEAST IN BELGIUM

George Whitelaw, whose' cartoons appear exclusively in the "Telegraph" In Hongkong, re-draws a famous 1914 cartoon).

Can Invade

Hitler

Britain?

by Lt.-Col. C. B. COSTIN-NIAN, M. C.

The Noted Military Correspondent

London, May 1.

T is reported that a volunteer corps of picked men is being formed in

fore they land from the air; and it also assumes that. our troops leave them entirely free to concentrate and move where they will when they have landed.

These are pretty large assumptions --and in any case I do not believe that Germany has got, or ever will have, anywhere near 5,000 planes of this size...

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the status quo of the Pacific vis-a-vis | Germany. Their task is the threatened could concentrate on Channel ports the position would be by the air becomes out of the ques-

lond

Fleet could rapidly replace its losses. danger before 1914, When "the Ger-

ND again, there is the ques- A could get to our shores, it is still it can be ruled out.

If it is highly unlikely that a force mans had a formidable navy. To-day

tion of supply. When you consider the huge quantities pi more improbable that it could land of course, If the Germans broke fuel, ammunition and food that a without devastating losses.

through Belgium and seized the modern army consumes, its supply British troops

area, and Gallipoli rather different. Hence the necessity ifon. has shown the dimculties of landing of our maintaining a sufflèlent forcë A corps of two divisions consumes troops under fire. But

1,000 gallons of petrol to Germans in France to prevent this.

twenty-five miles. How arc air- landing on the cast const would also not, severe action from the air. encounter, as our men in 1915 did

planes to carry supplies in such quantities? Would they try to seizo our petrol reserves ?

Britain still has control of scas.

THE landing, of a large force. therefore, may be regarded as impracticable.

But even if we assume that the What can the task be? Visions of Germans have landed safely, there freak invasions of all sorts of places still remains the problem of supply- flood the mind. Behind the Maginot? ing them with food and ammunition Even the Orkneys or Eire ?

This could only be done by sea, in adequate quantities, If England were completely exhausled, lier Navy driven of the sea, her Air Force out of the air. Invasion by sen from Germany was dismissed as a remote

Or-might they even be consider Ing an invasion of Britalo?

Hitler has invaded Norway, a coun- sea. Hitler sneered at islands at the try separated from Germany by the

beginning of this war. But can he invade Britain, an island which has been. inmune from invasion for

the Netherlands East Indies indicates said to be sacrificial. very clearly that more than ordinary

They are told that this special Importance is placed by international task will very likely be their politicians to these strategic islands. last. They are to be very fit, This vast collection of fertile daring, clever and enterprising. islands, large-and-smail, totals-in-its-The size of the.corpo is consider-

able.. an area considerably space Jarger than Burma. It is, marcaver, so disposed that it lies across the shipping routes from Europe to the Far East and is of Immerse nid to the afr routes to Australia and New Zealand. From the northernmost point of Sumatra to where Timor confronts Australli the length of the chain of islands is over 2,000 miles, and north of it lic_Dutch Borneo, several hundred years 7 Celebes, and Dutch New Guinea, To Land troops on our shores has Were the Dutch East Indies in hands at since 1060 we have always kept been the fondest wish of our enemies. hostile to Britain the Singapore them too busy on the Continent to base, which stands on a promontory such a task.

have troops or energles to spare for that thrusts into the midst of them, would have enemy ports at its door.

WE destroyed Philip's Arma- The Netherlands, Government, ur shared much the same fate. He da, and Napoleon's attempt

assembled both troops and the barges to carry them across from Boulogne.

But he needed to collect enough: warships to protect the transports from the Briish Fleet. For this will countenance no offers of protec-purpose he required France's Medl-

terranean Fleet in the Channel.

Nelson's victory at Trafalgar pre claim will be much vented this. When Napoleon heard | strengthened when the present plans of it he broke camp and marched

mature.

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gent to avoid any semblance departure from neutrality, has pro- claimed the ability of the Dutch East Indies to take care of themselves and

tion against any event. The validity of that

move

But even then Invasion by ich would be a very difficult operation.

But if we need not lie awake at night for fear Invasion by sen, what of the new danger of invasion

So long as the retains this, she from the air?

is in no fear of invasion "How many "men"could" "come" that-

"Suicide squads," dropped by way?

parachute to sabotage our industry If Germany had 5,800 planes and spread pante are another matter. capable of carrying dirty men each, They might conceivably inflict much with military equipment, that would damage to ourselves and to the mean they could bring 150,000 men. Allied cause. That sounds easy.

However grave the situation else But it all takes for granted the where, we would never allow our fact that neither our fighter air-craft selves to airlp these Islands of nor our anti-aircraft batteries offer sufficient protection to give para- serious resistance to the enemy be- chutists a clear feld,

SWEDEN IS ANXIOUS

These Are Sweden's Chief Newspapers

CIRCULATION. POLITICS

NAME

StockholmsTidningen

-Stockholms Dagblad Dagens Nyheter Svenska Dagbladet Aftonbladet Nya Dagligt Allehanda. Svenska Morgonbladet Social-Demokraten

150,800 (morning) Liberal. 136,000 (morning) Liberal.

86,400 (morning) Conservative. 62,500 (evening) · Liberal. 61,700 (evening) Conservative. 40,000 (morning) Libéral. 87,300 (morning) Labour.

recently issued shirp warning to Stockholm,

The general feeling and sympathies. are being clearly evinced in the local. Press in the form of small insertiona and slogans emphasising the impera- Uve necessity of watchfulness, – pre- paredness, the strengthening of de fensive measures, relicence ini.. citizens' public conversations, and also. in the wholesale dally Press ad- vertisments calling for the accordance of the fullest support for their gallont little neighbours' herole struggle. Lagainst barborism and despotism.

cast, Into Germany. -

WHILE fully realising the policy and done nothing to give

possible Now Hitler is said to have plans

The greatest interest has been. complications grounds for accusations. The pos The Netherlands Government, In

sibility of being drawn compulsorily evinced and; mprobation expressed. for an east coast invasion or for a arising as a result of the adopto unwanted participation, however, with all the news concerning Alled. the two and a half centuries in which landing in Eire.

tion of such a policy, Sweden's is not overlooked, and everything assistance for Norway, as it is fully she has ruled her Dutch Empire, has

after what is happening to Norway, rest of the civilised world, are protection of Sweden's Integrity and may depend on the outcome of the

Is there any real cause for anxiety sympathies, like those of the possible is being done to ensure recognised that; Scandinavia's future-

security. A successful invasion involves wholeheartedly for Norway in In

present struggle. It is not doubted. three operations:-

that the existing difficult situation 1 considering Swedish sympathy the latter's life and death for the Norwegians it must be re- and the Westerners reaction towards. 1. Carrying the invading force struggle.

membered that a considerable pro- the same may well mean the turning- safely across the ac

portion of the Norwegians are point in European history and decide Sweden's position particularly-Swedish descendants-and-Finn-cul-whether future generation shall-live- on, the hostile deserves the fullest sympathy as the ture is built up on the Swedish in freedom or slavery. The whole of

disastrous consequences to herself of model. being completely surrounded by the Nazis are fully realised..

2. Landing shore.

and 3. Supplying, maintaining reinforcing it when it has been landed.

Scandinavia is now anxiously await-- ing developments.

not neglected defence. The latest available returns show that she keeps | normally in East Indian waters, with Sourabaya as their base, two light cruisers, eight destroyers, and twelve submarines, besides some minielayers, minesweepers, and motor-torpedo- boats, and to this ille navy is at tached a forco of 72 seaplanea as well as smaller aircraft. Three 27,000-

The only forms of assistance at ton battle-cruisers are now to be

Should the entire north become the present being asked for and sup- added to it, and £6,000,000 spent on It is problematical whether thei Sweden acknowledged and admired aim for a Nazi plot of aggression the plied in Sweden are medicaments, Improving the bare at Sourabaya. German Navy could escort transports throughout civilisation for her histori- Northies cannot posibly be blamed hospital personnel, clothes for re-

fugees and ambulancas,-which--aro.... The Regular Army, entirely inde across the North Sea. It is incon- cal peaceful career, the soundness of for looking to the Western: demo- all being liberally donated

celvable that the Germans could her industry, the welfare of her cracles for assistance, as the latter pondent of that at home, consista ve harbour and cross the sea workers, her financial stability and plus America must now or nover The newspapers' recurring appeal of some 32.000 Europeana and natives without attracting attention, and für friendliness with all nations, is now support democracy against slavery. resulted in A spontaneous universal with artillery of all calibres and a

with perhaps the most difficult Sweden's model faclorics, rich oro response in all classes, with Labour transports would and thengagement, problem in her entire history. It is fields and agricultural development predominating small Air Force,

volved in a major naval engagement,

Is on must for which they are not fitted.

generally accepted that Sweden is on jatu

the list as victim, and as she does not eyes prove an enticing. prizo in the Sweden, and, it is hoped, other of autocratic rulers whose countries, fully realise the danger to Whatever the result of such an wish to offend the Allies Sweden's disastrous policy has converted their the entire world's ecotiomic utcuc- açttori. Il Le cortain, that the German position may well be chainca de be- countries into armed, unstable, uns, turz, particularly in the Umber: and. lossen would prevent the escorting of Ing between the devil and the deep, sound Stater timber by-products trade, which any reinforcements or supplier for sca..

The difficulties fiting the Swedes would result from the Nazis over. the original force, assuming that they It is not questioned that Eweden- were clearly shown when the German gaining footing here. could be safely landed. The Brlish has so far fully observed neutral

paper "Berliner Doersen Zeitung“

·HD..

Thus it can be scon that tho, Netherlands East Indies are well for

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tified "ngniriat attack, and that any attempt against them by an unfriend

ly Power would most assuredly meet with disaster.