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August, 14, 1940. By Walt Disney

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MERSEY

East coast

ports, from Dover to

Scotland, are

at the mercy of the

Germans

By far the

greater part

of British

seaborne

traffic, will

have to fall

pn west

coast ports

Our -and strength

weakness

By MAJOR FIELDING ELIOT

I may now be useful to

examine in some detail the probable means the Germans will employ in their attack.

Generally spealding, a coun- try, like a fortress, may be attacked in one of two ways—- by assault or by investment.

It is probably by a combination of these methods that the Ger- mans will seek to attack Great Britain

No country in Europe is more vulnerable to blockade than Bri- tain.

mer-

East coast ports from Dover to Scotland may, I think, be written off at once,

Germans can to blockade the Straits of Dover as to make it an Impractical waterway for chant vessels. In any number, and from Norway they can pretty well prevent any entry Into the North Sen, or, at any rate, make it so precarious as to be negligible.

The Channel ports from Folke- stone to Land's End lle under the direct

of German air- menace planes operating from the opposite French shares and at smaller Ger- man submarines and high-speed motor-boats.

While the convoy can give good protection against submarines and meter-boats, the convoy also brings together a large and vulnerable largel

The calculated combination of two forms of attack-and in this Hes the chief German genius in this war--can produce telling re- sults.

By for the

greater part of British seaborne traffic will fall, therefore, on west coast ports and chiefly on those of the Bristol Channel, Mersey and Clyde,

Appranch between Land's End and Eire will be far more danger- ously covered by German alrerafi operating from Brittany than the north.channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Congestion

Fa

POTH these approaches and the vicinity of the three part areas mentioned, however, will be tremendous congestion of shipping under conditions which will be ident for the operation of submarines us for the location of targets is concerned.

The long-range submarines will be used in the north, of course, and they will operate from Nor- wegian bases, or perhaps more advanced bases may be sought. Thus a German descent on the Orkney Islands or on Iceland may be attempted.

is not

At

Even an attack; on'

Eiro to be discounted altogether, the tip of Brittany. the Germana would be under 300 ralles from the south coast of Eirene

The danger to the Fleet Injury to its bases is grave. Chick fleet bains now, are Chatham and Rosyth, both on the all-but-useless east coast, Portsmouth and Devon

from

port on the Channel and under the shadow of German wings, and Milfordhaven on the west coast, until lately a base of no great im- portance or equipment.

Something night be done at Belfast, where there are shipbuild- ing works which could do ut a pinch a good dent of naval repair and maintenance work.

Invasion

FINALLY-we-come-to-the-

Tho

much-talked of question of the invasion of Britain. This, if attempted, would probably begin by a number of small thrusta ot different coastal points with idea of feeling out British defences and creating confusion and distrac- tion.

Then would follow heavy con- centration

air of

bombing at selected points and along all roads und railways lending to it, coupled with the dropping of parachutists

and

at

1110 of transport planes with spectully equipped detachments.

Lastly, under cover of heavy air bombardment,

would come the crossing itself, perhaps

the Straits of Dover, where long-range artillery could help to some ex- tent, though artillery fire at 35,000 yards and upwards is not so fine n

DETOUR

Walt Disney

WHEN Holland was invaded by Germans, intent upon capturing its ruler, Queen Wilhelmina found refuge in Britain. She joined not only members of her own family already in exile, but also a band of the world's rulers who find sanc- tuary in Britain from the storm that is threatening civilization.

The Homeless Leaders of the World

A

MIDST the riot of stalls that is London's Caledonian Market, where one may buy anything from a banana to an emerald bracelet, a little man made his way. He paused before a display of bric-a-brac spread upon the cobbled ground and inspected a vase.

"Good bit of stuff, that," sale. "Genuine Chinese."

"You are mistaken," said the little man, politely. "It is Slamese. You see, I hap- pen to come from Siam."

He bought the vase for a few shillings, handing it to a friend to hold. Perhaps he sighed a little as they walked on. A queer world it was, in which the ex-King of Siam, Keeper of the Twenty-four Umbrellas, Brother of the Moon and Descendant of the Great God Buddha, could be thus engaged.

Once ex-King Prajadhipok. ruled 14,000,000 from his throne in Bangkok. But sick of the rivalries and bicker- ings between his own sup- porters and those of his nephew, fourteen-years-old

King Amanda, he said good- bye to pomp and panoply and abdicated.

-Crash-of-a-Dynasty--

Now he is a citizen of Bid- 'denden, Kent, happy in an Elizabethan mansion, patron- izing local fetes, cycling, rend- ing, playing tennis.

That the ex-King is simply. ono of numberless exiled ralera is a sign of the times and an historical portent. We are often too inclined to consider that material com- fort; their leisure, their pos- sessions, their money. We forget the loss of everything for which they mostly lived- their aspirations, their in-

weapon of precision as one might FUNNY SIDE. UP

suppose from some current com- ment.

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If the Germans make a serious attempt to invade a Britain they will be certain to attempt surprise, and therefore may make a fent or feints with all the appearance of seriousness

then suddenly drive home their main attack at n wholly unsuspected point.

But when all is said und done, such an enterprise would be a desperate aftair and one far more likely to end in bloody failure than in anything like success.

Despite aircraft and submarines. the Germans cannot prevent Lie operation of British naval units in the North Sea and Channel. They can make these operations danger- ous and dimcult, but they cannot prohibit them. British aircraft wil be immediately at hand, and the Germans do not seem likely, on the evidence of this war so far, to be able to stop all British air operations by attacks against their basco.

Indeed, it must never be for- that while the Germans are attacking Britain, bombers of the Royal Air Force will be attacking... Germany, and there is now ho neutral hinterland to bar their direct

upproach. Over-confidence or destro for prestige may lead the Germans into

invading an attempt at Brilain prematurely. It is not a promising enterprise from any other point of view, and

prudence would seem to dietate that it be delayed until other means have been tried,YRULA

Frudent use of victory has not, however, been a German charac teristic in the past.

said the dealer, eager for a

terest in governing their coun- tries. They have left for ever the countries to whose des- tinies their own were irrevo- cably linked.

The fall of the Romanoffa, proud rulers of Russin, has a good deal of irony about it. Intrigues and revolution end- ed their reign twenty-three years ago. The Tsar and Tsarina were murdered by the Bolsheviks, but other mem- bers of the family escaped to Europe.

Grand Duke Nicholas (with what we hope was innocent foresight) had heavy bank accounts in England and France and, settling in Paris, continued to maintain the traditions of court. Complete in court

dresses, debutantes were presented to him, and he continued to bestow de- corations. He died in Paris.

Robbed Of Their All

His son, Vladimir, who studied at London University, Is popular as a member of varsity sporting clubs, France has two more Grand Dukes, Boris and Andrew, henda of two Russian groups, while in London the Grand Duchess Xenia, sister

of the murdered Tsar, lives Wilderness House, Hampton Court Palace, a guest of our Royal Family. She is a cousin of the ute King George V., who invited her to England when the Bolthe- viks robbed har of everything.

ut

Her five sons have all settled down happily in England.

And the man who exiled them-

exile Kerensky? Well, he's an himself in Paris.

Queen Wilhelmina with hor daughter Princess Juliana For grand-daughter and

Princess Beatrix.

And the man who exiled Keren- sky? He's an exile too, though his existence is much more trou- bled than others. Trotsky is hunt- ed and hated, and his house in Mexico is barricaded.

Ex-King Alfonso of Spain spends -his-time-rouming-the-world-as-u~~)

privileged and wealthy traveller, Any pity you have you had better spare for ex-President Azanu, un- der whom the Spanish Republican government fought against Franev, Azana has no money, but moves from country to country accepting hospitality from friends of the former. Republican Government.

son

Exiles from the East sometimes have unorthodox modes of living, und on this account eschew the more formal atmosphere of an England that might not want them

Such a per- as.guests in any case.

was the ex-Sultan Ahmed Shah, last of the Shahs of Persia. He made a grand spectacle as he roamed the boulevards of Paris with his very large escort of gla- morous girls. When he entertained at his hotel he would dip his hand and throw them to the floor. He liked to see his harem scramble for them.

By Abner Dean into a box of jewels

"You look beautiful to-night, dear

havan't very good taste

food, and

cart in Med

all muttons

Another exile to seek refuge on our shores is ex-King Zog of Al- banin who, with his income of £12,000 a year, was reckoned the poorest King in Europe. Only re- cently he was married in Tiranu to Countess Apponyl, the beautiful

Who

selling Hungarian

had been postcards in a museum for £9, a week. It was an impressive

urroya with the ceremony foreign diplomats, the picturesque costumes of the Hungarian dele- gales, the Berce tribal chiefs, nor- mally always at war, drinking to gether at the buffet with an occa- lonal eye at each other's knives and revolvers.

Exiled Emperor

of

Of the more recent exiles, Benes, ex-President of Czechoslovakia, considers himself (and let us hope ho is right) only a temporary "homeless citizen.". He works vi- gorously for a resurgent Czechoslo vakia, giving lectures, lending his support to any movement that sincerely strives to this end. Ho is more fortunate than Schuschnigg who, despite the entreaties of his friends, remained in Austria up to. the moment of its. invasion and is still a prisoner of the Nazis.

One

of the saddest, figures of them all is the lonely, dignified Haile Selassie, former Emperor of Abyssinia, who fought vallantly, though vainly, to save his empire. rent pain lurks behind those Pallve oyes, as he walks measured steps the ads of Batli

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