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THE EGYPTIAN FRONT

As hostilities extend the im- portance of the Eastern Medi- terranean in Britain's Empire defences cannot be under-estim- ated. To the ordinary citizen, the Mediterranean campaign may appear to be less real than

the raids over Britain with the

attendant destruction of life and property, but the future of the world may well be decided by

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the outcome of the coming strug- gle in the Eastern Mediter- ranean area. Hitler's failure to invade Britain has made him

turn to these parts where he hopes to find an opportunity to sever some of the great arteries of the Empire. Hence the care- ful preparations which the Axis partners are making before åt- tacking Egypt and Suez.

Some surprise has been expressed

from time to time that the Italian Army in North Africa, which has apparently been fully equipped and ready some months past, has shown no particular haste to move forward. But the opinion so widely spread that the Italians are contemptible soldiers, and dislike the prospect of a 150 mile trek across the desert to reach the first Ene of British de- fences, is not the only reason for the delay. British strength along the Egyptian border has become formidable that General Graziani, who has the reputation of being a skilful officer, recognised the futility of attack without further support, Italy's action in Greece was intended to give him that support by diverting British attention and at the same time, pro- viding Italy, with further air and military bases closer to the field of operations. The fall of Greece would also facilitate Germany's "drang nach Osten".

Grecce's gallant stand hap, at least temporarily, frustrated these moves

In the intricato deld of politics, and

Hitler. fully aware of his delicate position in the Balkans Is inviting with all the blandishments of which he le capable, the support or at least, passivo consent, of neutral countries to his next move south. He is at the same time, supplementing Italy's North African' Amy by sending ja number of tanks and aeroplanes as well as between 3,000, and 4,000 ex- ports who are already on African soll..

These careful preparations may

-and the Future

By A Special Air Correspondent

Newspapers Equal To Any Trials

Mr. F. P. Bishop, assistant manager of The Times in a talk broadcast recently de- scribed how newspaper pro- duction is carried on in spite of air raids." He said that those engaged in the industry were determined. that Hitler should not suc-. ceed in destroying our free Press or in holding up news- paper publication in London. Newspaper workers-were- equal to any trials the war might bring.

Perhaps the best way to use these few minutes, he said, is to make a sort of lightning tour. and try to catch a glimpse of war-time night life in a London newspaper office. Let us start at the top, on the roof. It is midnight, or any hour of the night you like, after the sirens. have sounded. We stumble up a narrow staircase and out on. to a platform under the stars. and the searchlights. Here you will find a little group of men, steel-helmeted, leaning on the parapet and staring Into the night. Thoy are all volunteers, and their principal job up here is to warn their fellow-workers down below when danger is really imminent.

The “Ducking Squad”

It is not a very easy or com- The "ducking' fortable job. aquad" one group call them-

HE war in the air has gone sometimes, than a Hurricane or forward "with pleasurable anti-selves; they have learned to be THE

through so many phases Spitfire, but it manoeuvres bad- cipation" to seeing what it is. I very wary and very quick in- recently, that we may profitably ly, and its cannon, though spite. have heard of at least half a deed when the bombs come down. Sometimes: make an appreciation of the ful, have not the "band-saw" dozen schemes, one or two quite whistling

sound, but mostly foolish or fan- they tell the people below to situation as it is to-day, and take effect which eight high-speed tastic.

stop work for a time, but it a look, with proper prudence, at machine-guns have.

soon starts again. Even during There must be an answer, be-air raids the production of a the future.

Those air-cannon are queer cause every attack has appro-newspaper cannot be held up for

Remember that, until the things. If one of their shells priate parry. French were beaten, the Royal bursts as it hits a man, it al- Air Force had been employed as most. cortainly kills him, or an auxiliary to the Army-and, blows off most of a leg or arm, but if it bursts outside him, and to some extent, to the Navy.

long. Let us go down below and have a look at it.

of the Germans, may have been finished in the

But

The paper goes to press very OUR losses in men and acroplanes early these nights, and if we It had bombed railways and misses his eyes, it does little in fighting have been so small, com- have been lucky the first edition

harm. It probably punctures pared with those roads, and munition dumps and his flying-suit, and perhaps his more man-hours than they can.

that we can afford to lose a few proper place on the first floor. bridges and troop concentra- skin, with minute splinters man-hours

ure the only source of When the sirens go work is. tions and harbours and so forth which un R.A.F.

all to stop the Germans from diagnoses as "foreign bodies," will win

doctor wealth and the only things which transferred to the basement. the wor to the end. So The Editor has a small room pressing too hard on the French in a patient's leg. An R.A.F. German, night-bombing must be stop down here, and his stail, as well and on the British Expedition- friend of mine described them bed, as it was stopped by General as the proof readers and others,

Ashmore, G.O.C. London Air De- ary Force in Flanders,

as "like lots of clippings off steel fence Area, early in 1018.

carry on among the typesetting machines and the moulding

And a gallant willingness to take the

When the evacuation from toc-nails" which is just what Among the workers themselves I press which have been moved Dunkirk was the most impor- they do look like. tant phase of the war, lots of

risk of working during night raids, downstairs. The casting foun Captain Harold Balfour, our so long as they feel that the bosses dry and the great printing our fighters but by no means all practical Under-secretary of (owners, directors, managers or presses have their normal place of them, were flung into the State for Air, who is still a first- whatnot) are doing their best for below, and the only change here fight across the Channel-the class pilot, told us some months them. first time the enemy had come

'near enough for our fighters to go that we also were using air- cannon, which were doing very well, but we have heard little

meet them in mass.

both

We know litle of those of the

is that the papers, as they come from the presses, instead of be- ing carried up on elevators to the publishing room above, are sent down a chute to the sub- basement to be packed and labelled there.

NEW types of warplanes are, na- And that may be regarded as about them since then. Our turally, being produced by one of the turning points of the fighter pilots talk always about sides. war, for then our fighter pilots their eight fixed Browning guns, discovered, slightly to their own or the four guns in the electric Germans, but we have some very So far so good. We can carry on surprise, how superior to the turrets of the Deflants, just as good new long-range fighters in pro-without too much Interruption and German pilots they were.

our bombers talk of the four duction, which should be useful across without too much risk. But wo have to come up to earth again to send the guns in Archie Frazer-Nash's the Channel. I know men, in the R.A.F. who hydraulic turrets.

papers away to the railway` stations. The Americans are sending us Driving a newspaper van to catch thought that our fighters could

some extremely useful aircraft. We train in the black-out is ordeal safely take on a 50 per cent. So far, we have got the enemy count confidently on the further in-enough at any time. But night after superiority of German pilots, or, set on armament, and even crease of their ald. Indeed, America night our drivers go out in the quiet at a push, 100 per cent., but they though they may copy the Fru- may be regarded as the final weight spells, to Euston or King's Cross or did not expect to regard 3 to 1 zer-Nash turrets from shot- en our side in the scales of victory. Paddington, hoping they will not have to dodge bombs or shrapnel in against as normal odds and 10 down bombers, they will need Meantime, we are drawing from the streets before they get back again. to 1 as a sporting chance.

twelve months to get what en- North America, but from our part Some them have had marrow gineers call the "clearances and of it, Canada, numbers of pilots escapes, but they take all risks and As soon as the French were tolerances" right-there is a lot

navigators, wireless operators and discomforts as a part of the night's.

The Kunners.

Empire Training work. down, and out, the war on us of "know-how" about those jobs Scheme is going d soon be aver and the Airst started, and the Germans began and by then we shall have batch of trainees sending over their bomber for something better.

here in operational training aqua- mations by day, with fighter

drons. Most of those from Canada

I expect some of your papers have are likely to

either bo escorts. Our fighters met them

Canadians, British pupils who have been sent to been delivered very late these last with charming impartiality

Canada for training, or else near severely. The All Clear" may not

10 few days. If so, do not blame us too- either bomber or fighter was an THERE seems to be no doubt that Australia prefers to train the

Canadians from the USA. I hear have sounded until dawn, and then, equally good target.

that the Germans' daylight ma88 Australian pupils and send them to

when the work of our own drivers attacks have been deliberate at war in aquadrons of the Royal Aus- still have to collect their bundles is done, the wholesale onowangents tempts, as a preliminary to in- trallan Air Force. There

will be from the newspaper offices. und

Why Papers Are Late

distribute the papers to all the retail shops round London. Transport in dificult not only for the papers going cut but also for tired workers trying:

AT first, some R.A.F.. people vasion, to beat down the protec. plenty of all sorts. thought that the twin-motor tive power of the R.A.FI am Messerschmitt, the 110; the fence is so often confused with so far as the threatened Invasion to get home, and late as your paper

not going to call it defence. De- bomber-fighter called the Jaguar, might trouble our fighters, be- phase of defeat, and our is concerned, the Germans may as may be I dare say you got it before fighters are attackers all the well give it up Ull next spring. They some of the people who made it have cause it carries so-called "can-

time. non" and has a gunner behind the pilot. It may be faster,

land or air. The battle will be grin MAKING all allowances for as the defence of Britain itself and loss of man-hours caused by will be maintained with, no less re- R.A.F. bombing-and the loss solution. It has been recognised of man-hours, unfortunately, is that the

the successful defence of the

Canal Zono will turn the tide in not concentrated on German those countries, bordering the Eastern aircraft factories entirely-we Mediterranean, who are ready to should be unwise to reckon that fight for their freedom in Britain's we are destroying as many aero of victory

they are:

be taken as a tribute to the formida-company usonable. The lines per week as they aro

ble character of the British defence system, which, has been strongly reinforced with men and equipment from › Britain, y The British forces have dug themselves in along the entire fronts At wholesalmy-tanks, guna, and maniilan ymunde flæelt initie.

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may try dropping parachutists and got to bed. NAKKINEN HEA troop carriers on West Country Moors (?) Newsupers · súíre small, just:how (na) and rushing small ships (not-barges) | well as infe; but after all these/ are Into Western Inlets, just to create a

diversion-how, diverted our bored. Waratively minor disadvantages. the reader, gets for his penny. ghting men would be.

For twopence is still something that no German or Italian could buy at Bat they cannot hope for a per- any price an Independent paper. manent holding unless and unlil free to give the real news to the best they have besten the R.A.F which of its ability, and free to comment on

the news to the best of,fla judgment.. Jost won't happen.

2 As a matter of: fast, the B.A.F. Hitler would. ilke, among other is much nearer to having command things, to destroy the fred Press of of the French and Belgian costs England. It would be a great victory to-day, to an extent which would | for his air foren, even if they could make a land-held possible, than the stop us publishing in London for a

determined that Germans are, to having any, sort of time. We are. to take an action which they fear making.

hall

and I think we can would be Greece is giving

But first of all, we must stop the Because rafter, ther comperience of the ment and Graziant's attack on Egypt of night-bombing. We have whenever it comas,” will be met with been promised something new night-bombers and put up the than last fortnight we know that the spirit with renewed, strength from the ashes which will deal faithfully with lever that both these requisites are industry is quite unshaken quite

the night-bomber. I am looking siready at hand, an

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of fear.

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