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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

September 13, 1940.

AMERICAN FIGHTS FOR

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Friday, September 13, 1940.

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THE Drex "Special to the Telegraph" tured by the longhong Telegraph" ta indicate news which in sirkelly copyright under the provision of the Telecommend- cauze Ordinance, 1936. Bach DOWI AE bears the indication “UITM is received in Hongkong on the data of pabllection by the United Press Associations, who re- serve all rights and forbid republication, rither wholly or in pari without previous arrangement,

Warning From France

It is often pointed out that excessive nationalism has pre- vented the reorganisation of modern Europe as it prevented the reorganisation of ancient Greece. The same evil han pro duced another phenomenon that

is familiar to us from Greek history. Never since those days have the disintegrating forces within Stales been so strong; never has the class war been so conscious and so general. Fnc- tion, in the old Greek sense, has been spreading with the econo- mic disorder that followed the Great War in every country in Europe. Hitler grasped a truth that was more evident to a man living in the tumult of revolu tion than to Western statesmen living in countries where con- stitutional forms survived. This discovery inspired his plans. He determined to make his country strong by forcing it into a rigid mould and to make his neigh- hours weak by fomenting all the elements. He disintegrating

used for his own purpose the fears of the rich for their pro- perty in all countries, intriguing

with the base, flattering and tricking the simple. The fall of France was the dramatic climax

of a process that has left no nation untouched. An article by Mr. George Peel in the "Con- temporary Review," "Why France Fell," describes vividly a nation "eaten out and exhausted by its internal animosities" bo- fore the war began.

The British people are united to-day by the pressure of danger. As the danger has come closer to Britain's shores the spirit of resistance and co-operation has grown stronger. "Liberty," sald Hobhouse, without equa lity is a name of noble sound and squalid result." That truth has come home to us in the post-war : years when we found that ro- foring that had seemed bold and

UNIT

American citizens in London have formed a

heavily armed mobile force-it is, in fact a unit of Great Britain's Home Guard-which for efficiency and military equipment compares favourably with any crack section of the regu- lar U.S. forces.

Its formation resulted in thousands of inquiries from Americans in other parts of the world, by cable letter and telephone, asking to be al- lowed to come and join.

THE first unit is now com- pleting its training with fam- ous British regiments. It is commanded by Brigadier- General Wade H. Hayes, who served on General Pershing's staff in 1918.

It consists of many famous American personalities, pro- fessional and business men. Mr. Charles Sweeny, the golfer, was one of the first to join.

The contingent is heavily armed. It is 10 form 籍 special mobile reserve which can be rushed to any point in the defence system. It is a "hard hitting" force, with a fleet of fast cars, each with a crew of four, armed with light machine-gans, rifles and side arms, as well as hand

grenades. In addition, each car carries a' receiving set, while the staff cars are equip- ped with transmitters work- ing on a special wave-length.

With an enthusiasm, thoroughness and initiative so characteristic of the Ameri- сап the unit has already proved its high efficiency and mobility and the General Officer Commanding the Lon- don area has agreed to have it under his direct command.

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SO great has been the res- ponse for recruitment in the force, particularly from the United States itself, that it may shortly be necessary to open a recruiting office in Canada. There is no ques- tion of anyone losing his American citizenship because he joins.

Originator and organiser of this London force la Mr. A. P. Buquer, of Washington,

M.T.B.

By Taffrail, woll-known British Naval writer.

FAST

AST motor torpedo-boats now figure in most of the world's navies. The naval book of reference "Jane's Fighting Ships", mentions 25 such vessels in the British Navy, with an. other ten due to be constructed under pre-war programmes.

There are also six motor anti-submarine bouts. What additional fast motor-craft may have been completed or laid down since the outbreak of war,

it is impossible to

say.

M.T.B. No. 102, in which I was at sea before the war, may be taken as fairly typical of the boats built by one well- known firm. She is what is generally known

as a hard

chine" boat, 68 feet long and bullt, as to skin and frames, of mahogany, with Canadian elm for timbers, hog. chine and house deck gunwale. Her and most of the deck-fittings are of stainless steel, and the fully-laden displacement is about 28 tons on a draught of 38 inches.

Driven by three eighteen- cylinder engines each of 1,000 horse power, her fully-laden speed is over 40 knots. Like others of her class, she has two V. 8 engines which can be used to drive the wing shafts, and producing a speed of 8-9 knots,

The roar of the engines at. full speed is like that of an acroplane, and as the noise might give away a night at tack, the. auxiliary engines, noiseless outside the ship, would enable an M.T.B. to creep up to an enemy at night, to fire her torpedoes, and then to make off at full speed. The change over from

the nuxiliary to main engines can be accomplished in about twenty-five seconds.

The armament consists of

two 21-inch torpedo-tubes, and A number of machine- guns. Depth charges could also be fitted for work against submarines,

My trip to sea was in mo- derate weather, and I was struck by the seaworthiness and habitability. Evon at over forty knuts, with her bows lifted well out of the water, there was

very little fuss or bow-wave,

The

accommodation con- sists of a roomy forecastle with comfortable air-cushion- ed lockers, a wardroom for the officers, a wireless cabinet, and a small galley and lavatory. There is a small duapod mast for signalling purposes and wireless for carrying the aerial; one set of engine con- trols with a wheel in the deck- house under cover, and others on deck.

Motor torpedo-boating is necessarily a young man's job, and though comparative- ly little has been heard of the

D.C. His name is well-known In military circles as the in- ventor of much of the mobile equipment used by the U.S., Canadian and British armies.

It was he who first thought' out the idea of taking advan- tage of the U.S. Department of Justice ruling, and ́ ́now Americans all over the world' are flocking to his banner. He sought the advice and help of the general officer commanding the London area.

Mr. Buquor has himself mado heavy personal contri- butions to the necessary funds for equipment, etc, and with Mr. Charles Sweeny, who married the famous 'Bri- tish beauty Margaret Whig- ham; and Mr. Stuart Pearl undertook the work of bring- ing Americans together and pooling their resources in the

common cause.

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Mr. Buquor told a remark- able story of the birth of this little American army in Lon- don.

It was the capitulation of France, he said, the subsc- tho quent development of war, leaving Great Britain to fight alone against the ag- that stirred the gressor, minds of the many Americans living in the United King- dom: Mr. Buquor and a small party

of friends talked the whole situation over one even- ing after dinner.

"We all wondered what there was we could do to

FUNNY SIDE UP

help," he continued. The thought", of parachute -- troops was uppermost in our minds. We all know something of the disorder and havoc they reaped behind the lines in Holland and Belgium,”

THE following morning Mr. Buquor was on the tele- phone to Mr. Charles Sweeny, He told him that he had an Idea which might interest him. Would he 'come round to see him? Mr. Sweeny was round within a few minutes, and was the first recruit.

Cables were dispatched to America and within twenty- four hours the first shipment of arms, was on its way to England, a personal gift from Mr. F. M. Small, president of a famous American firm, to Mr. Buquor.

These arms are already in use and others are waiting to be unpacked at the London docks. The unit was formed with true American speed. Shooting practice was carried out on ranges, lectures and demonstrations given by Bri- tish Army units. Tactical exercises and manoeuvres were held in fast, camouflaged cars belonging to the group, decorated with the insignia of the contingent.

To watch them is to see the making of a crack force. One military correspondent who saw these men at work de clared that he had never seen anything to equal their en- thusiasm or aptness.

By Abner Dean

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19 knots speed, was roughly the same size as some of the M.T.B's. now in the Royal Navy. The little "Lightning" was really the ancestor of all our modern torpedo-craft, in- cluding the large destroyers of to-day.

The British motor torpedo- boats may be out-numbered by those of foreign powers. But M.T.B.'s., like submar- Ines, do not prey upon each

other. They seek larger tar- gets.

Unless they increase great- ly in size, they are essentially. fair weather craft useful in. narrow waters. One can im agine surprise attacks at. night, or in low visibility. During daylight, however, they are vulnerable to fast, modern destroyers in any thing but the most moderate weather.

work of British M.T.B.'s ALTMARK MEN GAVE TOO

since the war, it can be said that they have done arduous service in all

of sorts weathers with conspicuous Buccess.

As to what the future may bring in this type of craft, one cannot predict; but M.T.B.'s of 60 knots with a greatly extended range of ac tion are by no means impossi-

MUCH FOR "GRATITUDE” GIFT

WHEN Maritime House, Clapham, new £100,000 headquar- ters of the National Union of Seamten, is opened by Mr. Arthur- Greenwood the showpiece will be silver plate, bought by captives. from the Nazi "prison ship" Altmark.

The inscription on the plate says:-One man wanted to give £10, but "Presented to HM.S. Cosmék by a it was agreed the maximum subserig,

number of British merchant seamen tion should be 28. Gd. Even then, as a token of gratitude for their res there was so much money that cue from the German ship Altmark" bronze plaque was bought as well

After the rescue, in a Norwegian.

as the silver plate. flord in February, the sullore, when The first British torpedo they reached their home ports, set The plaque will be placed in the boat ever built, the. "Light about raising funds for the presenta Cossack and the plate will be used. ning" of 1377 of 84 tons and tion.

vigorous bad left us with a so-on liberty must be too unsub. ciety in which for vast numbers stantial to be secure. For the of men and women calamity history of Europe shows that

when once a State is ridden by ble. could rob liberty of all signifi-its fears, and its passions the cant sense. Unless we can re- principles of Parliamentary gov move the gross inequalities that arnment seem to be "merely the divide our society a unity based methods of a debating society."

in the wardroom matter the war.

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