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BRITAIN'S C.-in-C.

LONDON, Oct.' · 1 (UP) — Lieutenant General Sir Alan F. Brooke, K.C.B., D.8.0., who on July 19, 1940 became Comman der in Chief of the British Home Forces, book on one of the biggest jobs any military IRD was ever asked to accomplish at top speed.

London newspapers, always eager to find a nickname for their military heroes, promptly dubbed him "The Wizard," because of his reputation as a gunnery and mechanization expert. The task he took over from General Sir Edmund Ironside, was one which demanded many of a wizard's at tributes.

General Brooke took over an armed land force od 1,500,000 men, which at the time was increasing by 7,000 dally. In addition he assumed ultimate command of 1,300,000 Home Guards, world war veterans, over-age civilian or men in reserved. occupations, mobilized and equipped to guard against "fith column" sur- prises or the attack of Nari air borne Troops. The

needed large-scale Army equipment. The nucleus, men from the BEF. some of whom had been under his personal command in the Flanders campaign, were again at full strength and completely armed. Factories were pouring out new wen- pons for the other divisions. The problem of distributing both arma and men where they would do the most good was one of the biggest which confronted the new, com-

mander-in-chief,

Tactically, General Brooke's job began in theory with the coastline, which must be defended in depth from the first positions on the beaches and cliffs through a complicated system of reserve lines and strong points." Actually, as one phase of à defence against total war waged in all three elements, it was necessary to integrate the Army schedule with that of the RAF. and Navy.

Irish Problem

The problem was

greatly con- plicated by the Irish political altu- ation, which forbade any "defence union" of north and south to enable the British forces to prepare their positions. Brooke and the High Command were faced with the constant possibility of meeting the German vanguard on a terrain where they had no advantages of detailedly planned defenco,

What above everything else got him his new appointment was his knowledge of gunnery, his reputation As the army's leading authority on tanks, and the fact that he had been preaching the modern war of move- ment at a time when, as one com- mentator said, "most other officers were inclined to think in terms of the horse."

Brilliant at Dunkirk

His wide military experience · in-

THREAT OR BLUFF?.

THE "Asahi Shimbun," whose Influence in Japan is akin to that of the "Times" in England, and

Sir Alan was born in France, July whose opinions can therefore 23, 1883, member of a North Irish

family

the known as

"ighting reasonably be taken as express Brookes." He entered the Army in ing the official view, has seen fit 1002, as a gunner officer, During the to come into the open and offer World War, in which he had four years' artillery staff service, Was unequivocal challenge to mentioned six times in dispatches, Britain and the United States. and received the D.5.0., with bar, "If", says the paper, "the United cluded service in Ireland and India. States and Britain should bane was well-known in the Army for his afficiency as Commander of the exports of oil, rubber and tin to School of Artillery, and is credited Japan, the latter would choose with one big contribution to gunnery,

the an all-or-nothing struggle rather last war came into common use for "barrage map" which during the than a waiting death." Making direction of fre. due allowance for editorial rhetoric, the comment may be accepted as the sentiment of the Tokyo Government. Recognis collapse of Belgian resistance put the ing too that the "Agnhi Shim-whole B.E.F. In jeopardy, Brookd bun" is anticipating events,, for action to the Dunkirk beaches,

played a major part in the rearguard His as yet neither the United States entire corps, in the opinion of other

British officers, fought brilliantly, nor Britain has officially pro-

Sir Alan spent several days him- posed an embargo on oll, rubber self on the Dunkirk benches, while or tin, it is reasonable to believe ceeding under intense air and artillery the evacuation was miraculously suc-

that the nowspaper is not intro-bombardment, Returning to Eng- ducing a hypothetical propoa land, he was received by the King, to whom he gave a frst-hand -ac- tion for the sake of Alling, its count of the fighting. He editorial columns; which sug- knighted for his own part in the gests that the observation | campaign. quoted is to be taken seriously both in Japan and in other parts

of the world.

Nevertheless, Japan has bluff-

As commander of the Second Corps In France, he took part in the I- starred advance into the low coun tries in May, 1940. When the Ger- man break-through at Sedan and the

Wak

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THE CHANGELING

Hitler's "plan" for Europe

ECONSTRUCTION OF FUROPE," " New Order. in Europe," "Europe for the Europeans,** “Keep Britain from interfering.", "Drive Britain out! "

This is the new gospel which is now being preached by overy mouthpiece-German or Italian, *"* occupied (*" or neutral--that Dr. Goebbels controls,

There

are skilful variations, adaptations to different audiences. But the theme is the sAZIO. Hitler's grand new idea.

It is

He offers himself to Europe as its saviour from wars and dissensions. (It de' hie’old act on a larger stage.

This is what he used to preach to the German people:

"Get rid of foreign interference. Accept an authority that will put an end to regional conflicts, class conflicts, party conflicta, And all will be well for you."

A WARNING

BY

W. N. EWER

Diplomatie Correspondent

avowal that German 'overlordship is the basis of the whole schome.

Hitler, cries Dr. Ley, is to be the new Charlemagne, ruler of a 'greater Reich" that will include France as well as Germany.

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The struggles of 1,000 years are ta ended for ever, by the establish- ment of German supremacy in Europe,

Italian, propagandists, remember- Ing uneasily that Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of the Romans by the Pope in St. Peter's, play down Now he tells the same tale to all this aspect of "reconstruction" and Europe.

And comfort in the thought that "Adolf Hitler is

"out the

STOLEN THUNDER

It is ironical that Hitler should be preaching Briand's gospel of European union. But the Fuehrer has always had the knack of steal- ing ideas and converting them to his own use.

He stole the idea of race purity from the Jews, the idea of a party dictatorship from the Bolsheviks, Why not the idea of federal union from the Liberals??

The new order, as it begins to be sketched, is a Europe (with fron tlers redrawn by Hitler) made up of Fascist States.

Each is to have its own. Fascist Government, enjoying the full powers of a local tyranny.

Ideas of Benito e

canta.

Goebbels French. miserably silent about Charlemagne and all that.

But they all unite in plugging the theme that the first step to Euro- pern union and peace, and every- thing else, is to put an end to

British interference in Europe." PEACE AT A PRICE

Here is the source of all trouble. Britain must be forced to get out of Europe and to stay out

with

She may content her own ramshackle Empira'

She must

lust leave Europe and Euro- pean reconstruction alone, to be carried out by the

the European States under Germany's supervision.

This it is now repeated again

Each is to be at the same time subordinate to the suzerain power in Berlin, which, in return, will and again-is the Fuehrer's

in the "inat phase of the war guarantee it against either attack pain is to be attacked by land

from abroad or revolt at home.

These national Fascist regimes and sea and air until, battered or... will (to modify an old phrase) exhausted. "kneel to. Hitler on the necks of their countrymen."

The less discreet of the German hot-gospellers are frank enough in

or weary tired of war and despairing of victory, sho agrees to acknowledge that Hitler, is master of the Continent, to leave the European peoples to their fate-

na unsaveable or not worth mving at such a price, and to-withdraw, anco for all, into isolation.

It is cunning enough. It seems quite probable that (whether the Gennan strategy is to be a desper- ate invasion or a war of attrition and nerves by rea and air) we are going to be faced by a

́s kind of per- manent

peace offensive.

theme will be continukily: Britain guɛžiavo peace without sacrifice if she will just agree to leave Europe to work out its own destiny."

For American consumption the - thesis can be multably-dressed in the attractive guins di ́n ́“ Monroe doc- trine for Europa."

HIS OLD DODGE

It is the old familiar Hitler dodge. "Just give me this, and I shall be antiafled, and we can all be friends, and you can have lasting peace."

Appetite has grown indeed. Once, all he professed to want was the 'new Locar:10," Rhineland and a NOW

it is all

a "Monroe

doctrine." Sound

~~~ But, now as then, the proposal is

A

પ sham. What Hitler is after is not peace but a pause.

Nothing would suit him better than a cessation of war while he re- organised all Europe and its re- sources for the service of his war

machine. An

It would be only a pâyse—as after Rhineland, as after Austria, ar the after Munich.

As soon as he felt

ready the next blow would be struck.

again.

Is might well be not against us, but against Russia. To play Weat against East and East against West has always been Hitler's strategy..

He plays up to Stalin in these days, because he wants Russia, to stand by while he is busy in the West

MADMAN'S DREAM

But once all was quiet orain in the West he could turn his atton- tion' Eastward, Indeed, he must, for the Balkans, and if possible the „Ukraine, and the Caucasus, are to his Euro-

"essential eco

TREASURES

ANTARCTIC'S OIL, COAL TREASURES

By OTTO JANSSEN

(UNITED PRESS STAFF CORRESPONDENT)

That katredi

of Russia which als "Kamp!" is still.

there, amugly concealed for the

"There are reddishinta

States. was like in the glacial period time being; 57 more and

the

ed her way against the demo- cracies so successfully for the

Antarctic is also of great practical last nine years, that we cannot

for the scientist, It there in this new propaganda that import of weather for the ene·the British ɛ to: bé :

"there are other: "outsiders" than help fealing this newspaper WASHINGTON, Oct, 1 (UP), Jables as petroleum, plicablend, gold tire Southern Hemisphere.: Argen

chased out of "threat" is but another example-Down at the bottom of the and numerous other minerala

Ueina recognized the importance of this in short, Hitler hopes that as

For Europe. of her poker technique. Equally world" in the vast, mysterious beneath the ice and snow of the great many years ago and has a meters Russia has stood by while leaves do we feel confident that if a Antarctic Continent les a huge land mass.

Togical station at Laurie Island

he.overruns the Easte situation should arise such as treasure in coal and other Evidence of huge coal deposits has been making accurate long range ran the West, we shall stand, by

needs for many decades already has of her.

commander of the

which

Industry, hen

two Argentine officers

conquests missed for the Hol

(and so kivet:

envisaged by the. "Asahi Shim- minerals, awaiting the day when probably rufficient to supply man's weather predictions Tes the benefit while gilid come our surry again, ban, neither: Britain, nor the man's ingenuity or necessity will been found somewhere near huge #grice HP with the resources of his new" United States would hesitate lead him to exploit it, experts South Pole. Even if it were physice Admiral witod/Blates" -x-struggle, which could hawing it, this time to call Japan's bluff. here say. Ccally possible, exploitation would be The first hand of this new poker Merabers of the United States out of the question now because of Lieutenant, Julio It Rock and Blett- would addimasjerz37, the seas to lio L. Diaz to the Astarte Theinirdagurope of the

the mastery of game will probably be dealt on Antarctic Expedition, who are ex- the great expense involved, "but October 16, when President plering parts of the continent's 5,000, someday such may not be the case, le regions: Two Chilean officers

100 quare miles, balleve such valu- they say or Boriques-allo com

Lieutenants Frederico A Bondet and world. Roosevelt's embargo on scrap-man leather Bruggenmizaj The discovery of coni, among other Iron and other war materials comes into effect! It should bad mistake to underrate either Antarctic was at one time tropical

Add Singapore things convinced explorers that panied him.

The Antarelles, has provide an excellent pointer to her, or Britain, as an opponent. It is reasonable to expect that all Explorers call

or semi-tropical. Hence, they say, which scientists are the rest of the session, pecially short we believe that the resources of a hot climate may le gest questionmar as the second hand is). to be days when Japan could bluster Hilden here,

if Forexamp dealty the following

and threaten her way through But the continent has been fon specɛculara the Burma Road

to diplom and material covered for many thousands of years do they auccesses is but to end. That and for this reason scientists find the

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