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HIGHLY-STRUNG

SENSITIVE CHILDREN

have a better chance in life

But there are dangers that have

to be watched during childhood

DIGHT from birth on, you can see It usually means that the child is whether a child is the highly using up his nervous energy more otrung, sensitive type or not. He quickly than he's replacing it. And seems to live more intensely. Every- It is at night, during sleep, that these thing makes a for deeper impression stores of nervous energy should be on him. As he grows up he learns replaced. If they are not replaced, more easily, is quicker in his renew the nervous strain on the child gets

and tions and makes headway much worse

worse. He's suffering faster than other children.

from Night Starvation.

But though these qualities give him. At the first sign of any one of a better chance in life, they bring, these symptoms, start your child on with them dangers that have to be Horlicks, a cupful regularly every watched. Parents need far greater night. Horlicks strengthens his ner- insight in handling such children.

Many highly-strung, sensitive chli- ves and bullds his appetite by dren have grown up to be utter guarding him against Night Starva- failures-wente, nervous, over-genst- tion. Soon you'll find he'll eat well tive because their parents did not and look strong and healthy. He'll fully understond certain health warnings during childhood..

grow up to make the fullest use of his special gifts and capabilities These health warnings may start without the terrible handicap of at any age. The child goes off his

nervous exhaustion food, is finleky at meals; he gets pale, puffy under the eyes; you find he accompanies them.

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May 27 1941.

WHY WE NEED AN ARMY

OF 4,000,000

THIS is a war of machines.

By Lieut-General It will be won in our factories and in the fac- SIR FREDERICK MAURICE tories of the United States.

President of the British Legion Why, then, do we need an corresponding period of the last army of millions?

war.

MEN

Every possible, landing, place in Britain is fortified.

These form our outposts. Be- hind them are the supports. And behind these again are the reserves ready to pounce if the enemy breaks through.

As lately as June last our Expeditionary Force in Franco lost the whole of its equipment. The munitions which should who have gone to equip and train formations had to be

For this troops from home have been strongly reinforced When the needs of the Navy from India and the Dominions. The 36's have now been re- gistered, and we are told that and Air Force have been met,

Wavell's Wait more classes are being called the Army gets the rest of those nct in reserved occupations and, in the case of the older classes, knows that offence is the new

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vast army, which at its greatest ́ strength cannot possibly be half the size of Germany's?

These fre statements and questions heard to-day In many quarters, and it is natural that they should be heard.

vices.

The Government has been re- luctant to apply more compul- sion than is absolutely neces sary.

was strong front line.

With brilliant results.

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This put the programme back. As the new levies are equip. ped and trained, they will take over home defence and the first line will be freed to go oversens to take advantage of such op- ders of last November offered portunities as the Italian „blun-

us.

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

WE

enough. More System THE numbers produced by The effect of a succession of compulsory service in the blows delivered quickly is much first 17 months of this war are greater than the effect of the rather less than the numbers same blows at intervals. produced by voluntary service in

If Wavell had had enough the same period of the last war men and material to enable him It is a good many years ago

But they are much better or to do what the Germans did in since I wrote that in the next ganised now.

1914, when they besieged OF THE SAME KIND WILL war one of the gravest and most Then, men rushed to the re- Longwy, Namur and Maubeuge COME. BUT complex problema would be to cruiting offices and were

UNTIL ac- without letting up in their pur- HAVE ENOUGH MEN TO hoki a just balance between the cepted with little regard to their suit of the British and French SEIZE THEM WITHOUT requirements in man-power of qualifientions.

armies, if he could the factories and of the Ser- Men who should have been sieged Bardin and Tobruk while HOME IT CANNOT BE have be- RISKING DEFENCE AT trained as leaders, experts,' and simultaneously driving Grazi MAINTAINED technicians, men who were ani's field army out of Libya, if HAVE TOO MANY MEN IN THAT WE wanted in the factories, were he could at the same time have THE ARMY. killed or injured in the ranks, invaded Abyssinin and given the those of the latter class Greeks the help they needed to who escaped injury had to be drive the Italians into the sea, It has been working more or combed out of the services and then indeed. Italy would have less on the trial and

into factories when been tottering. error put back method. Mistakes, have been the ery went up for more and made and are being corrected as more munitions. they arise with more or less auc- ful process.

Now we have a long list of BUT the Prime Minister has

which occupations, On the whole we are doing a keeps the experts and techni- took grave risks in sending Wa- great deal better than we did cians where they are wanted; vell the men and material to in the last war in the organisa- young men studying science, en enable him to do what he has tion of man-power. which, of gineering, medicine, and done. More could not course, includes woman-power. forth, are allowed to complete spated.

GENERAL DIELD-MARSHAL their training so that the supply · WHY?

WILHELM VON KEITEL, ' chief may be maintained; young men BECAUSE THE MAIN of the German Army High: Command, who are likely to be leaders are TASK OF THE NAVY, ARMY swarthily handsome, nity-eight, has picked out during their recruit AND R.A.F. IS STILL HOME Napoleon. He has given his whole training and sent off to be made DEFENCE, into officers.

cess.

Actually the registrations for service up to date are a little fewer than 3,000,000.

The men of the older classes

which have been registered have not yet been called up.

and

reserved

A very waste-

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All this means that there is system and less waste thar there was last time.

more

Empire Defence

Main Task

told us that the General Staff'

Opposite Numbers

2 The army

be

FIE

Mr Churchill has again told us that the menace of invasion is to-day as real as ever.

Our position is very much what it was in March 1918, when the Germans went all out to finish us off before American help became effective.

THE TIME WILL COME

FIGHTING a war on the de-

Exaggeration fensive for any length of time is a gruelling, nerve-wracking THERE has been a good deal of exaggeration of the num- task. To accomplish it success.bers allotted to the Army. fully so that eventually, and at the right moment, the initiative can be adopted, calls for infinite patience, unbounded courage, tenacity of purpose, and sublime confidence in a nation's leaders and fighting personnel. More

IT is true, however, that the than once these qualities have Services are required to main- available man-power.

Those who have joined the Army gets the bulk of the proved to be the backbone of tain the man-power of the Navy Why? Because the Army has Britain when she has been most and the R.A.F. as well as the to do a lot of things. sorely pressed; they are, in fact, Army.

It has to maintain our foreign inherent characteristics. And The Navy needs more men garrisons. Running from west never have been more needed than in the last war, because we to east, we have garrisons in are alone now in keeping the Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus, Aden, sen open. In addition.the Navy India, Burma, Ceylon, Singa- power than in 1914-1918. has to maintain a very large pore and Hongkong. That takes number of minesweepers and a good many men. small cruft to deal with mine- laying and U-boats.

then to-day.

Already some people, irritated by the seemingly never-ending defensive tactics employed by the British military chiefs, are suggesting_that_the_time_has come when Britain shouki start a counter-offensive on the Con- tinent, arguing that if it is de- layed much longer Hitler may become too solidly implanted for us to do anything more than force a stalemate. But the argument Incks recognition of

certain essentialities.

and Dutch occupied consequent defeat of

the

German

The R.A.F., too, i times larger than it was

We may be certain that Hit- ler will try to do the same.

Defence of Britain THE defence of our shores re-

quires much

more

man-

We have our immense coast- line to defend. The Army is responsible for The length of the South Const the ground defence of Palestine, alone, from Land's End to the many Egypt and the Suez Canal, the North Foreland, is greater than at the Sudan, Kenya and Uganda. was the whole Western Front.

KEY TO THE EAST

In

In the Inst 20 years much has been

con-

น

chiefs

sometimes been called the German

life to the army and has no outside interests.

Keitel looks the typical Prussian officer, but

Keitel

in fact

like most of the Nazi

leaders

is

not a Prus-

sian

Half

self.

TS

him-

It was Keltel who, against the advice hig

of

through Holland

and Bel- glum

And

the

keat_ France's defences.

of

He

has

Bong-seated

always advocated in his

hatred of Britain an attack against CYPRUS, mından, is the key to and baggage." Disraeli and Lord Feace Treaty of 1919, British owner- the country on land, see and in the

disagreed. Better Western Asia, and the outer gate Salisbury Britain's leaders, both milltary; of the Suez Canal.

the ship was confirmed, and the islandair, and told Hitler it could only be Turks at Constantinople than the eventually annexed as part of the one with submarine and air bases naval and political, have insisted

British Empire.

in the Low Countries is well 赶您 In these words Disraeli In 1878. cx- Russians, was their opinion.

France. from the start of the war that its successful conclusion can

plained to Queen Victoria why he Early In 1877 Russia sieclared war only be

Was anxious that Great Britain on Turkey, and obtained one success

Best saying: efferted through a complete knock-

Fuchrer, to smash Britain.

We are ready, my should have controlling voice in the after another, until by the end of the out blow which envisages a large destinies of the Mediterranean Island. yene Constantinople was isolated. done to develop Cyprus as navnl scale invasion of the untries, and

Belgium He was particularly interested in the Turkey had too many points to guard, and air base. The harbour at the

three

invited Great principal part of Famagusta, facing ENERAL SIR JOHN DILL, Chief years pre- desperation she subject, because armles on the field of battle. Cleur. Viously he had negotiated on his own Britain to nurse Cyprus while she Syria, has been extended until it is of the Imperial General Staff. responsibility the purclinse on behalf reorganised her forcos. She knew capaole of holding the largest ships, atro fifty-eight, tall, lean-faced, an ly, however, this cannot be acconi-

been of the British Government of 176.602 that at the time we had no great Landing grounds have plished without the fullest prepara- toms, and the establishment of cer-

shares in the Canal for the sum of love for the Russians. The Crimean structed at Nicosia, the capital of the Irishman, with eyes that twinkle £3,976,582.

War had not been forgotten, and the Island, and a seaplane base estab- very easily, was paid perhaps the tain conditions inimical to the Nazis' defences. Firstly,

Yet Disraeli was not quite satts- prospect of Russia extending her lished at Limosal, where there is a greatest tribute by the British Army control of the uir

ever given to a leader. the Canal ned. He regarded B vital. Until, and unless, our in-

an frontier to the Mediterranean was an magnificent large salt water lake,

The island is ideal for develop- When he gave up command of the vading forces can be given the full vulnerable to attack from many quar- unpleasant picture.

ters, particularly from the Island of

Disraeli jumped at the opportunity, ment. "All the great central plain is est protection from the air, and the Cyprus only 250 miles distant. So Parliament agreed on somewhat un- a vast airfeld,”” suid Sir Ronald same air force ear simultaneously long us harass the enemy

this, with the whole coast usual terms. It offered to pay Tur- Storrs, in a report a few years ago. defenders

with dive-bombing and machine-gunning.

line of Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, key the annual sum of £5000 for the "You can put bomb-proof hangars in invasion of the Continent

and Egypt, remained under Turkish privilege of acting as nursemaid! the mountains which fringe the night well be nothing but suicide. Britain is dominion, Disraeli confessed that he This was estimated to be the differ- plain. All this, and much more, has gaining the upper hand in aerial was not happy.

ence between the income and ex- been done, and wisely, warfare over Europe, but she still Suddenly in 1878 the Fates seemed penditure of the island.

Cyprus is the ideal centre from which fo requires thousands

to play into Disraeli's hands, Tur- of additional

wage an offensive, or on which to rely for defensive purposes, key asked if Great Britain would planes before she is able to launch like to keep a watchful eye on the A few days later a British naval in the war of the Near East. It is the awaited, and let it be emphasised, island, Trouble had arisen between force under Admiral Lord John Hay less than 100 miles from the shores inevitable onslaught.

of Syria and Palestine; within_250 It is true that because of Hitler's Turkey and Russia. The latter was and a military force under Sir Gar of successes to date some effects of the beginning to stretch her legs. She net Wolseley took possession of the miles of Port Said and the British

blockade

and just miles from Crete; have been nulled, sought an outlet to the Mediterranean island. It has been under British Canal; 300

via the Bosphorus and the Dar control or ownership ever since, und over 500 miles from Athens. Any and it is doubtful whether we could danelles, and had ambitions to estab is to-day to prove of the utmost of those places can be reached by actually win the war outright even lish her nuthority at Constantinople, value in operations against the Axis modern aircraft in about an hour's if the blockade was 100 per cent Turkey stood in the way. At that Powers. effective. But it must also be borne

Importance is the

time. Of

equal

.winning the Battle of the Atlantic part of the Balkans, as well as over wards between Russia and Turkey 'distance of the newld youn

of

at

not

or

1st Corpa

in France

to

become Ice- chief Im-

of the

perial Gen- eral Staff. Just before

the Ger-

man offon-

he

to

go

at 1 mo-

ment's notice.

There was

no time for an or

tanisod farewell. Yet all the way

from

Dount

Arras more than wonty myles-the roadside Wha lined mon under his Quite spontaneously they

Dill

in mind that one important effect of time she held sway over the greater Pence was signed shortly after fact that Cyprus is within striking

Great Italian bnses in the will be to tighten to an extent not large territories. In Asia and Africa. nt San Stefano, but the yet attained in this war, our blockade could manage, but was unwilling to trio, France, Italy, and Great Britain, more than 700 miles from the great

She had in fact much more than she Powers, particularly Germany, Aus- Islands, only 200 miles

and no away: Germany and her occupied terri-

see any part of her Empire fall into ald tories, and the defent of the Nazis in

oll wells of Rumania, which have the settlement. approve Russian hands. the Atlantic may confidently be pre-

German hands. On the instigation of Bismarck, now passed into dicted as a presage to our

and Lord From Cyprus, far better than fron seconded by Disraeli our counter- offensive by sea, land and air,

Another important point worthy of stone had declared that the Turk Berlin, and an attempt was mado be launched, against German

Only a few years previously Glad Beaconsfield, a conference was called Malta or Alexandria, can an attack attention in considering Britain's should be expelled from Europe "bag it was from this conference that Lord the Balkans.

to reach a more amicable settlement. Italion concentrations anywhere in milliary situation lo-day Is. that we have

Disreel! spoke wisely just over do came to cheer a beloved commander.. displayed, with outstanding

no command, Salisbury claimed that he had brought achiavement, initiative on more than

years ago. He daw the pos The time for the big showdown is back "Peace with honour."

position one battlefront. British and Empire not yet. But it will come, and St

It was Sir John who had to take Immaterial whole has arisen to-day, but perhaps the decision, after consulting The other terms Are forces have wrested

Ethiopia from will come when we are ready to start for the purpose of this article that witch he was accepting from Curry Winston Churchil destroyed

Genoral.. Graziana Wait Then, confidence can re- at the conference Turkey agryprus might eventually become a base from Wave, when we were far short of Turkey to reinforce the Middle East army, and aro

Occupation against combined Axis forces in ing ability of our defenders, both should continuo on the

same terms, which the Interests of Turkey her-

self might be

be protected.

equipment at home. It was typical North Africa, Initiative has allowed military and civil, at: Home and in The arrangement remained in force,

of his bravery as a leader. He has is to retain command in Iraq; has the other war theatres. They, at and the

Cyprus will prove of the utmost Invited Vichy to realise that Syrin least, are learning the mistakes to paid, until November 1914. Then, value in the conduct of operations, been one since, 1018, when he was brigadier-general. He was will not be spared if that country nvold when it comes to their turn, to when Turkey declared war on the It will be of even greater import-made

then thirty-six. offers ald to the Nazis; and it was

attack-valuable lessons in this war side of Germany, Great Britain form- once should Turkey herself become

Beat' saying: Efficient preparation Initiative that has enabled us to re-

of such mobile movement and novel ally announced that she had officially involved in the war, was ausges pulse the German invasion of Crota. | thetics...

taken possession of Cyprus. By the ch · FRANK› LONGWORTH.... (wins battles...

Italy: they still holding their own main high and steadfast in the fight- the British

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