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Edited by Dr. G. A, C. Herklots, PH.D., M.SC., F.I.S: Assisted by G. S. P. Heywood. M.A., B.SC.

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A UNITED FRONT

WITH Germany's occupation of

Bulgarla and the massing of her troops on the Grevlan front the full

significance of British victories in

The

Africa, becomes more apparent. Axis, in their eagerness to seize what they could while they could, have delitely overreached them- selves. As a result Italy is no longer an entity to he feared while Hitler is forced to do what he has always tried fu avald doing-stage a war on two fronts. Even should he prove sug cessful in overrunning Greece and the odds are he will not be. It would be at a tremendous cost of men and

March 12, 1941.

Ninth Article in this Important "Telegraph" Series

RIDDLES OF 1941

TN Kipling's **Light That Fail the currespondent of

n Great Daily fifty years ago prophesies continually "Trouble in the Balkans Next Spring."

Even then, the Balkans were 'notorious as the powder maga- zine of Europe, and though that unhappy continent has now it- self become one vast high-explo- sive dump its detonating point eastward, from Moscow to the Persian Gulf, is still-the Bal- kans.

Under that collective name we

What Next

In

The Balkans?

by Sir

Ronald Storrs

Crooks' Cross

Rumania what.

other claims for the general adjust- ment of the Peace.

on

It is, therefore, of prime interest and signifleanco to learn that December 27 the Foreign Minister. M. Filon, not only rejected the pro-

ter that Bulgaria should omelslly Thus had the scene been join the Axis, but expressed the "desire of the Bulgarian Parliament

This

should count five small States: as much of Transylvania as Giant Pincers upon Egypt, and posal of the Fasciat ex-Primo Mints- Hungary, on the middle Danube, suited German tactical require the Suez Canal. Jugoslavia, Rumania, Bulgaria ments, with scant regard to the and Greece. To these we must economic or cultural claims of staged. add Turkey, on the extreme favoured Hungary or victimised But the gambler's luck had for the country to remain absolutely south-cast of the land (and Rumania.

turned, and the carda began to neutral, and to develop friendly re- water) of Europe, and dominat

run, always more heavily, against lations with all Powers.” him. He began to run himself

could ing in Asia Minor the gateway

neutrality, which to the continent of Asia.

Hitler then "guaranteed" out of invaded Greece, and hardly have been thus reaffirmed was left and seaward from violated Albania, without the tacit approval of Russia, Individually, the five have over-ran that little with a Ger- while the remnant of his navy spokesmen as "inconsistent with the was (amusingly) stigmatised by Nazi been, and must always be, help man Army.

ran northwards out of Taranto, spirit of the New Order in Europe." less against the pressure of Ger- Rumania thus became an occu- and his diminished Libyan Army The wisdom of the Bulgarian many or Russia (to say nothing pied, as Hungary is an unoccu- westward out of Egypt.

Cabinet has been asslated by the of the combined pressure of

of their potent watchful alertness pied, province of greater Ger- He has secured the Aegean air

Eastern those two Powers). They were many. Their Press and radio and sea bases for Great Bri- well-wisher.

Turkey a even helpless-it had been as may release only Axis news; tain; who, but for his flaunting

Bulgar sumed-against- Italy alone.

their foreign and economic poli- of Greece's honourable neutra United, and backed by a cies are controlled by Ribben- lity, would never have occupied peace-loving Turkey, they could trop.

Once have opposed to any of the Big Neither country likes it, but

more, in her three millenniums of history, Greece, Three a resistance formidable neither can help it. enough to give panse to the most The arrival of the Crooks' by overthrowing the calculations ruthless aggressor.

Cross upon the shores of the of bullies and of tyrants has Black Sen, separated only by an heartened and inspired the civi- ambiguous Bulgaria from our lised world."

Rival Policies

them.

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Great Britain and France, real Turkish and Greek Allies, made In Jugoslavia, despite certain friends--and not the less real be- a serious difference in their, and Axis sympathies among politi- cians and Croatians, the Serbian cause they were themselves in our, situation.. terested in the maintenance of

the people and the fine Army would

This, accordingly, was

And

neighbour.

over-adventurous "forwarda" are well aware that they are being "marked" by a well-trained team, ready and able to take the Rome under control on the first sign of its getting out of hand.

In addition to the forts and other

defences of the Dardanelles, Turkoy

ns three strongly protected Euro- pean lines: Adrianople-Kirk Killsse

Bulair and, Chalnija.

a continuation of the Greek system), On all of these her strength grows

daily.

So What?

Turkey's own rear is secured by iun, fellow Moslem States which nave not yet shown 'any tendency to sub- stitute Hitler for Allah.

peace everywhere had for years moment chosen (true to form) resist encroachment by every pets with Iraq, Iran and Afghanis been urging upon them some by Mussolini for his display of means in their power. such understanding.

"Dynamism," when, after assur-

are

Bulgaria?

Any one of three events may bring

An attack upon herself by any

An attack upon Greece by Bul

The Axis, concerned only to ing the Greeks of his peaceful In Bulgaria, on the other keep them divided and weak, had intentions; he invaded Greece in viciously opposed the idea, and the dead of night without pre- hand, it is the Army, with a few Turkey Into the war during 1341:-

Ministers and ex-Ministers, that Power. had sapped it by every weapon text or provocation. in their arsenals of bribery,

is pro-German. It was to be, as with France, cajolery and blackmail.

i walk over: "Sine pulvere still faithful to Russia as the

The Bulgars as a nation are tra attack by any Axis Interest So when, after the first three palma"the palm of victory historic protector (against Ger- sain, which she does not covet for Turkey's southern neighbour, months of the war, the common without the dust of battle.

manism) of the Slavs, but they herself, but where she would not danger seemed to be drawing all The naval and air bases of the six together, few were surprised Aegean would fall into his hands, Communistic even

no1 therefore necessarily tolerate Axis occupation.

though by a menace, megaphoned from and with them the command of Uncle Ivan has dyed his beard Mussolini down any longer,

Though Mussolini has ict Hitler down, filler, cannot afford to let or he Rome on December 16, 1939, that the Eastern Mediterranean- Red."

of the let him out of may "Italy did not consider that the Mare Nostrum at last.

altogether The Army is urged from without and have reason to remember the constitution of a bloc of any kind Jugoslavia, terrorised from (and urging within) that now is the story of how Mr Hore Belichu, on could be profitable to the coun- North and South. must "go time to strike at Greece, redeem" his last visit to Rome, presented his tries of the Danubian and Bal- Axis."

Bulgarian Macedonia, and fores a host with a couple of Belisha beacons Bulgarian corridor kan regions."

down to the to help him over his double-cross- Egean-along which it is easy to ings! imagine whose, would be the first Tiltler must strike again, and soɑn.

But where and how? Against such intrigues, the siend- Africa would be most welcome to

Naturlich!

Gambler's Luck

Both he, and they, remember only

war

German bombers and fighters have

The collapse of France, co-

encouraged, troops to be carried. Bulgaria, thus materials. It is not known whether guarantor with Great Britain of might imitate his French coup

Rumania, finally overthrew the by stabbing Greece in the back fast prudence of King Boris and his ally but, across a British Mediter- Mussolini started his Greelan ad- venture with the approval of Hitler,Crazy-Unstable Ralkan-equili-after which Turkey would no some of his elder statesmen has had runean, Is, save by air, least prae-

brium.

longer be in a position to resist to pass through dimeutt moments Russia seized not only Bes- an Axis demand to stand and de- 100 well the fierce curtailments reached Italy: most probably for use sarabia but Bukovina, Bulgaria liver railway transit of their twice endured by Bulgaria through against the British Navy. But is that

King Ferdinand's too wide opening enough to stop, the Italian rot? regained (not undeservedly and forces.

under Hitler would prefer to strike with British approval) Southern These would occupy French- of his mouth in 1912, and.

German influence, in 1915.

Greece down through the Balkans Dobruja.

" mandated Syria and apply, with He has recovered the Dobruja, and now, before she ing had time to And a Nazi Diktat sliced away Graziani's Libyan Army, the would be well content to reserva storm Valona and drive the Hallang

but in any case the result has been a distinct and deadly blow to Axis

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resistance is no longer effective, The speed with which the Italian forces have been annihilated and driven in full retreat from post to post in East Africa, is entirely due to the out- standing strategy of General Cun

Hannen Swaffer:

ningham and to the valour, discipline 667THE Aussies are the finest!

and endurance of the forces under

according to reliable sources, always; refused to admit, probably

because

"T fighting troops on curth." muss

their exploits in Libya.

Will saluting win the war?

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into the sent.

45

to the fey

But this Immediate offensive, un- ess he can terrorise the Jugoslave or Bulgars into allowing his troops pus- sake, would not only upset his Balkan supply system, it would involve war on a second front, and that under cunditions

unfavourable mechanised troops as were mountain passes of Albania,

True, there is said to be an advance German G.H.Q. In Rumania within

tier, and King Boris is once more en- during the turn of the screw.

True, that although a spring.com-

cas

winter assault should therefore be probable, for that very reason It should not be absolutely ruled out. On Guard

Every private and every aircraft-exactly the sort of man who would few miles of the Jugoslavian troa-

saluted as he passed. Each humanise the Army. him. The African campaign is an It may, or may not, be true-time, the poor blinking omeer hud to instance of the solidarity of the bat, anyway, the phrase is once acknowledge it.

Yet not one Commonwealth private.

THEN, although Aneurin Bevan re- British Empire, a fact which Hitler, again being used because of trom overseas took the slightest cently wrung from the Secretary of Daign would suit him far better, and

notice!

War the admission that a soldier was allowed to communicate with his Who, I wondered, were the In-M.P., he assures me that while, fertor soldiers?

addressed to Members of Parl by soldiers are not opened before they leave the camps, the replies, it Nevertheless, it is more likely that arriving in envelopes bearing Die the Goebbels' alarums and excursions "House of Commons" imprint, are of Nazi troop-trains rushing through *

and inspected before Hungary, and of troopships steaming In London, it is such a curse that often op the men to whom they are down the Adriatle, are projected or inen holding commissions frequently they reach AMONG the Aussies, officers and rush into elvvies when on leave in addressed!

stage by that maestro to edge Balkan men fraternise freely. They drink order to escape the necessity for hav-

Britith nerves some camps and burracks, nerves and to ease opinions, when motivated by one together. Saluting is reduced to sing to acknowledge a salute every officers still tell the men that they way from the real invasion, which' is planned not from the south-eastern must not write to M.P.s.

one of his mentality could not con- ceive of such unlly without force. South Africans, Australians, New Zealanders fought side by side with

Indian and British troops. The entire campaign will become a classic example of what can be achieved by people in spite of varying political

common desire,

Then why is it that our home- Brown Army has imposed on its ranks discipline to which no Australian soldier would sub- mit?

M

THE rigidity of the rule is worse for omcers than for the men.

minimum.

dozen yards,

Yet, in some English towns, you

You can't tell me

And,

in

The future welfare of the world read shop notices: "Only officers saluting wins wars. It perpetuates citizen rights. Officially, in splic of that constunt Oficially, soldiers have certain and members of the public served." the caste system and it's out of date that, they are told they have nope. A private cannot buy anything injin an age when some of the privates these sacred stores!

now lies to a large extent in the hands of those countries included in the Commonwealth of Nations. During the Inst world war the same forces came into play, but more as supporting units and not as now self-

supporting armies-prepared to share the responsibility and pay the price. India too has played a more definite

ofcern.

Moreover, many hotels are barredare better educated than most of the to n but the commissioned ranks.

And, everywhere, the monotony of saluting, saluting, sululing, goes on.

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I WALKED, the other day, down

I HEARD Tecently of an incident on a South Wales railway station.

A young lieutenant, aceing two pri-

end of Europe, but from the north-

So that to-day we should look, not so much to the Balkans, as to our own guard, our guns, and our gas- masks.

I HEAR, too, of a young craftsman [Editor's Note:-Since this article in the Tunk Corps, who, unused to was written, the Bulgarian Govern- military life, wrote a long letter to nient has declared tis adherence to his colonel, telling him what he the Axle, and German troops are now thought was wrong with the Army! reported to be massed on the borders He told him, for one thing, that the of Greece. The position of Yugo-

role than ever before. This fact does the Strand, behind a British officer Vates, shouted at them: "Here, you men should have explained to them laula hal not changed.]

men, put my baggage on the train." the reason for all sorts of orders. The officer was the son of a local These they resented, because they

not in any way minimise the valour i

of the Indian troops who in 1914-1918 which will be handed down in the publican in whose pub the men were could not understand why they were fought so gallantly, but it is

doubtedly true that, to-day India is examples of heroism and devotion, Christian name. But now, he was an his colonel had a sense of humour.

records of this war as outstanding in the binbit of drinking. A few given.

weeks before, they called him by his

Fortunately for this young soldier, taking her place the British com- Over and above these spontaneous munity of nations In a way which acts of bravery, the Indian troops have officer.

shown themselves to bo p qualities ors of can never be forgotten.

one of the most valuable of which human beings are capable reliability. This characteristic alone bos inspired confidence wherever they

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He sent for him and, twinkling. said: "Yours was a most interesting and revealing document. Beenutze I HEAR, too, of over-punishunent.

of 11, wo may find it necessary to Twenty-seven men, risking trouble, alter the Army regulations. But, have written to an M.P., all signing next time, you must write to your had been sentenced to 28 days CI,

-Every dispatch from the battle front has contained reference to the Indian troops, either in regard to powers of endurance under great they are assuming as much respon strain or to their coolness under fire ibility for the successful outcome or without pay for overstaying their sir," replied the man. and to their initiative. A telegram the war as any other unit of the leave by one day to which they all Oh, I'll have this letter typed recently received gave a list of heroic Allied forcos now fighting aggression understood they were entitled. deeds by Individual Indian soldiers, and domination.

out," said the colonel, hiding a smile. } I do not think David Margesson is Then I can memorise it,"

their have been sent and means that to-day 'heir names, complaining that they captain."en you might not get H,

TO-MORROW

What Next In

The Air War?

an interview with SIR ARCHIBALD SINCLAIR (Minister for Air)

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