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Tuesday,

HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH

May 27, 1941.

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 in whether a child in the highly. using up his nervous energy more And strung, sensitive type or not. He quickly than he's replacing it. seems to live more intensely. Every- It Is at night, during steep, 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 renc- the nervous strain on the child gets tions and makes headway much worse and WOTSC He's auffering thater than other children,

from Night Starvation.

regularly every

But though these qualities give him At The Arst 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 cuplul watched, Parents need far greater Insight in handling such children. night. Horlicks strengthens his ner- and builds his appellte by Many highly-strung, sensitive chil- ves

dren have grown up to be utter guarding him against Night Starva- fallures weak, nervous, over-sents!- tion. Soon you'll find he'll eat weli tive because their parents did not and look strong and healthy. He'll fully understand certain health warnings during childhood.

grow up to make the fullest use of his special gifta and capabilities

These health warnings may start without the terrible handicap of at any age. The child goes off his

that sometimes food, is nicky at meals; he gets pale, nervous exhaustion puffy under the eyes; you and he accompanies them. tires easily, becomes Ustless; he these STC

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THE TIME WILL COME

FIGHTING a war on the de- fensive for any length of time is a gruelling, nerve-wracking task. To accomplish it success- 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 than once these qualities have proved to be the backbone of Britain when she has been most sorely pressed; they are, in fact, inherent characteristica. And never have been more needed than to-day.

By Lieut-General SIR FREDERICK MAURICE President of the British Logion corresponding perlod of the lust

war.

For this troops from home have been strongly reinforced The 36's have now been re-

When the needs of the Navy from India and the Dominions. gistered, and we are told that and Air Force have been met, more classes are being called the Army gets the rest of those not,in reserved occupations and, in the case of the older classes, Are we starving the factories those who have not chosen to best and the land for the sake of a go to A.R.P. and fire services. first

up.

strength cannot possibly be half the size of Germany's?

Wavell's Wait ENERAL WAVELL, who

defence, attacked knows that offence is the at the moment he was

strong

vast army, which at its greatest More System enough. With brilliant results, 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.

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

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.

A lately as June last our Expeditionary Force in France lost the whole of its equipment. The munitions which should have gone to equip and train be new formations had to diverted to re-equipping our front line.

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 oversous to take advantage of such op-

OTHER

OPPORTUNITIES

WE

RISKING DEFENCE AT

produced by voluntary service in If Wavell had had enough portunities as the Italian blun- the same period of the last war. men and material to enable him ders of last November offered It is a good many years ago

But they are much better or to do what the Germans did in 13. since I wrote that in the next ganised now.

1914, when they besieged war one of the gravest and most Then, men rushed to the re- Longwy, Namur and Maubeuge OF THE SAME KIND WILL

UNTIL COME, BUT nc without letting up in their pur HAVE ENOUGH MEN TO complex problems would be to cruiting offices and were hold a just balance between the cepted with little regard to their suit of the British and French SEIZE THEM WITHOUT requireinents in man-power of qualifications.

armics, if he could have be- the factories and of the Ser- Men who should have been sieged Bardla and Tobrak while HOME IT CANNOT BE vices..

trained as leaders, experts, and simultaneously driving Grazi- MAINTAINED technicians,

were ani's field army out of Libya, if HAVE TOO MANY MEN IN The Government has been re-

the factories, were he could at the same time have THE ARMY. wanted in luctant to apply more compul- killed or injured in the ranks, invaded Abyssinia and given the sion than is absolutely neces- and those of the latter class Greeks the help they needed to who escaped injury had to be drive the Italians into the sen, It has been working more or combed out of the services and then indeed Italy would have

error put back into factories when been lottering. less on the trial and method. Mistakes have been the cry went up for more and made and are being corrected as more munitions. A very, waste- they arise with more or less suc- ful process.

sary.

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Opposite Numbers 2 The army

chiefs

Main Task Now we have a long list of BUT the Prime Minister has which told us that the General Staff 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. course, includes woman-power. forth, are allowed to complete spared.

their training so that the supply WHY? 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 picked out during their recruit AND R.A.F. IS STILL HOME training and sent off to be made DEFENCE. into officers.

Exaggeration

THERE has been a good deal of exaggeration of the num- bers allotted to the Army.

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.

more

and

All this means that there is Mr Churchill has again told system and less wrate us that the menace of invasion than there was last time. is to-day as real as ever.

Qur position is very much what it was in March 1918,

Empire Defence

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

Defence of Britain

man-

IT is true, however, that the when the Germans went all out Those who have joined the

Army gets the bulk of the to finish us off before American Services are required to main- available man-power.

help became effective, tain the man-power of the Navy Why? Because the Army has and the R.A.F. as well as the to do a lot of things. Army.

It has to maintain our foreign The Navy needs more men garrisons. Running from west than in the last war, because we to east, we have garrisons in THE defence of our shores re- are alone now, in keeping the Gibraltár, Malta, Cyprus, Aden, Already some people, irritated sea open: In addition the Navy India, Burma, Ceylon, Singa- power than in 1914-1918.

We have our immense coast- by the seemingly never-ending has to maintain a very large pore and Hongkong. That takes

line to defend, defensive tactics employed by number of minesweepers and a good many men. the British military chiefs, are

small craft to deal with mine- The Army is responsible for The length of the South Coast suggesting that the time has laying and U-boats.

the ground defence of Palestine, alone, from Land's End to the The R.A.F.. come when Britain should start

too, is many Egypt and the Suez Canal, the North Foreland, is greater than was-the-whole Western Front.. a counter-offensive on the Con-times larger than it was at the Sudan, Kenya-and-Ugamle.-----

tinent, arguing that if it is de- layel much longer Hitler may become too solidly implanted for us to do anything more than force a stalemate. Bul the argument lacks recognition of

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of the British Government of 176,002 that at the time we had no great able rounds have

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IELD-MARSHAL GENERAL WILHELM VON KEITEL, chief

warthily handsome, nifty-eight, han Napoleon. He has given his whole te to the army and has no outside interests.

sometimes German

Keitel looks the typical Prussian

Keitel

officer, but in fact-

like most of the Nazi

leaders is not a Prus- slan him-- selt.

was

It

Keitel who,

of

against the advice his staff, advised

attack through

Hlller

Holland

and

Bel-

ond the

kest of

points France's defences.

has Alway B advocated

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hatred of Britain an attack against

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CYPRUS, nadam, is the key to and baggage." Disraeli and Lord Pence Treaty of 1919, British owner-the country on land, sea and in the.

Western Asia, and the outer gate Salisbury disagreed. Better the ship was confirmed, and the island, and told Hitler It could only be Britain's leaders, both military,

than Turks at Constantinople the eventually annexed as part of the done with submarine and air bases of the Suez Canal.

in the Low Countries os Insisted naval and political, have

Dritish Empire. In these words Disraeli in 1878 ex- Russians, was their opinion.

France.. from the start of the war that its

plained to Queen Victoria why he Early in 1877 Russia declared war successful conclusion can only be

anxious that Great Britain on Turkey, and obtained one success

Best saying: We are ready, my. In the last 20 years much has been Fuchrer, to smash Britain. effected through a complete knock-

voice in the after another, until by the end of the should have a · Controlling out blow which envisages 1 large-

destinies of the Mediterranean istand. year Constantinople was isolated. done to develop Cyprus as a noval scale invasion of the French, Belgiumile was particularly interested in the Turkey had too many points to guard, and air base. The harbour at the and Dutch occupied countries, niid

because three years pre- In desperation she invited Great Principal port of Famagusta, facing consequent defeat of the German subject,

of the Imperial General Staff, armies on the deld of battic. Clear-viously he had negotiated on his own Britain to nurse Cyprus while she Syria, has been extended until it (ENERAL SIR JOHN DILL, Chief of holding the largest ships. also fifty-eight, tall, lean-faced, an by, however, this cannot be acconi

responsibility the purchase on behalf reorganised her forces. She knew plished without the fullest prepara- structed capital of the Irishman, with eyes that twinkle tion, and the establishment of cer-

War had not been forgotten, and the Island, and a seaplane base estabs- very easily, was paid perhaps the tain conditions inimien to the Nazis' defences. Firstly, control of the alr

was not quite satis- prospect of Russia extending her shed at Linosal, where there is a greatest tribute by the British Army

Jever given to a leader. Canal as frontier to the Mediterrancan was an magnificent large salt water lake. vital. Until, and unless, our in-

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

Disraeli jumped at the opportunity, ment. All the great central plain is est protection from the air, and the ters, particularly from the Island of same air force can simultaneously Cyprus only 200 miles distant. 50 Parliament agreed on somewhat un- a vast airfield, sald Sir, Ronald long as this, with the whole coast usual terms. It offered to pay Tur- Stores, in a report a few years ago. harass the enemy defenders

With line of Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, key the annual sum of £5000 for the "You can put bomb-proof hangars in dive-hombing and machine-gunning, and Egypt, remained under Turkish privilege of acting as nursemaid! the mountains which fringe the invasion the Continent might wen

of 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

rial was not happy. the upper hand in wurture over Europe, but she still

Suddenly in 1876 the Fates scenes ence between the income and ex. been done, and wisely, thousands requires

to play into Disraeli's hands. Tu penditure of the island. of additional ley asked if Great Britain would planes before she is able to launch

Inevitable onslaught.

aerial.

the awaited, and let it be emphasised,

£3,976,502.

He

arded the

Cyprus is the ideal centre trom which to wage an offensive, or on which to rely for defensive purposes,

within 250

the

Suck

1st. Corps

In

Franco

to

become

Vice- chief

of the Im-

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Staff,

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for an or- ganised Zarewell. Yet all the way from

Doual

to Ar $

moro thian twenty miles-the roadside

like to keep a watchful eye on the A few days later a British naval In the war of the Near East. It is Island. Trouble had arisen between force under Admiral Lord John Hoy less than 100 miles from the shores it is true that because of Hitler's Turkey and Russia. The latter was and a military force under Sir Gar- of Syria and Palestine; streich her legs. She nét Wolseley took possession of the miles of Port Sald and beginning to successor to dute some effects of the British blockade have beca millided, sought an outlet to the Mediterranean island. It has been under Eritish Canal: 300 miles from Crete, and jus

via the Bosphorus and the Dar- control or ownership ever since, und over 600 miles from Athens, Any and it is doubtful whether we could

uld cnnelles, and had ambitions to estab- is today to prove of the utmost of these places can be reached by if the blockade was 100 per cent actually win the war outright even ish her authority nt Constantinople, value in operations against the Axis modern aircraft in about an hour's

way. At that Powers.

time. Or porne Turkey stood in the effective. But

the must also be borne

equal Importance is Fence was signed shortly after- fact that Cyprus is within striking In mind that one important effect of time she held sway over the greater wigning the Battle of the Atlantic part of the Balkans, as well as over wurds between Russia and Turkey distance of the newly-established

large territories in Asia and Africa.

Stefano, but the Great Italian bases in the Dodecaneso will be to tighten to an extent not

She had in fact much more than she Powers, particularly Germany, Aus- Islands, only 250 miles

away, and no yet attained in this war, our blockade

could manage, but was unwilling to trin, France, Italy, and Great Britain, more than 700 miles from the great of Germany and her occupied terri-

see any part of her Empire fall into did not approve the settlement, oll wells of Humania, which inve tories, and the defeat of the Nazis in

Iussian hands.

Into the Atlantic may confidently be pro-

On the Instigation of Bismarck, now passed German hands. dleted as a presage to our counter-

seconded by Disraeli and Lord From Cyprus, for better than from offensive by sea, land and air.

Only a few years previously Glad- Beaconsfield, a conference was called Molta or Alexandria, can an attack Another important point worthy of only a declared Provaly hur at Berlin, and an attempt was made be launched, against German or

Italinis to reach a more amleable settlement,

concentrations anywhere in considering Britain's should be expelled from Europe "bag It was from this conference that Lord the Balkans. military situation to-day is that we

Disraeli spoke wisely just over 60 came to cheer a beloved have displayed, with outstanding

Salisbury claimed that he had brought achievement, initiative on more than The time for the big showdown is back "Peace with honour."

years ago. He saw the position

It was Sir John who had to take one battlefront. British and Empire not yet. But it will come, and it The other terms are forces

have

wreated Ethiopia, from will come when we are ready to start for the purpose of the material which has arisen to-day, but perhaps the decision, after consulting

article, but even he never realised that Cyprus, Winston

Churchill

General they destroyed Graziani's army, and are still holding their own

own main high and steadfast in the fight the British or "greed that which he was accepting from Turkey, Wavell, to reinforce the Middle East

of Cyprus might eventually become a base from against combined Axis forces in ing ability of our defendere, both should contin

I continue on the same terms, which the interests of Turkey, her- Army when we were far short of equipment at home. It was typical North Africa. Initiative has allowed mill

military and civil, at Home and in The arrangement remained in force, self might be protected.

of his bravery as a lender. He has us to retain 'command in Iraq: hos the other war theatres. They, at and the annual contribution was duly Cyprus will prove of the utmost Invited to realise that

are learning the mistakes to paid, until November 1914. Then, value in the conduct of operations.een one since 1918, when he was

brigadier-general, He will not be spared that country avoid when it comes to their turn to when. Turkey declared war on the It will be of even greater import-man thirt offers ald to the Nazis; and it was attack-valuable lessons In this war side of Germany, Great Britain form- ance should Turkey, herself become initiative that has enabled us to re-

Best, saying: Emcient preparation of such mobile movement and novel ally announced that she had officially involved in the war. pulse the German invasion of Crete, tactics.

taken possession of Cyprus. By

FRANK LONGWORTH

wins battles.

attention

Italy;

in

it. Until then, confidence can re- at the conference

the

· Dill

Was

lined

by mor under bla they

command. Qulte spontaremmander,

And

Mr

was

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