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WHY WE NEED AN ARMY

OF 4,000,000

THIS is a war of machines.

It will be won in our factories and in the fac- tories of the United States.

By Lieut-General

SIR FREDERICK MAURICE President of the British Legion Why, then, do we need an corresponding period of the Inst army of millions?

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,

up.

Are we starving the factories and the land for the sake of a vast army, which, at its greatest strength cannot possibly be half the size of Germany's?

These

Wavell's Wait

who in the case of the older classes, GENERAL WAVELL,

knows that offence is the those who have not chosen to best defence, attacked at the go to A.R.P. and fire services first moment he was strong With brilliant results.

statements and nre

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

enough. More System

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 Intely as June last our Expeditionary Force in France lust the whole of its equipment. The munitions which should have gone to equip and train new formations had to be 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 overseas to take advantage of such op-. ders of last November offered portunities as the Italian blur-

UN.

THE numbers produced by The effect of a succession of compulsory service in the blows delivered quickly is much firat 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.

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES 1914, when war one of the gravest and most Then, men rushed to the re- Longwy, Namur and Maubeuge COME. BUT

they besieged OF THE SAME KIND WILL complex problems would be to cruiting offices and were no without letting up in their pur- HAVE ENOUGH MEN TO UNTIL WE hold 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 qualifications.

armies, if he could have be- RISKING DEFENCE AT the factories and of the Ser- Men who should have been sieged Bardia and Tobruk while 110 ME IT CANNOT BE trained as leaders, experts, and simultaneously driving - Grazi- technicians,

MAINTAINED THAT were ani's field army out of Libya, if HAVE TOO MANY MEN IN wanted in the factorics, were he could at the same time have THE ARMY.

vices.

The Government has been re-

sion than is absolutely neces- sary.

men

who

Hongkong Telegraph. luctunt to apply more compul- killed or injured in the ranks, invaded Abyssinia and given the

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THE TIME WILL COME FIGHTING n 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 characteristics. And never have been more needed than 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 should 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 stalemate. But the argument lacks recognition of certain essentialities.

warves

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and 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 error put back into factories when been tottering. 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,

cess.

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Main Task

Now we have a long list of BUT the Prime Minister has told us that the General Staff reserved occupations, which 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; yell 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

so done, More could not course,. includes woman-power.

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.

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The army. chiefs

FIELD-MARSHAL

forth, are allowed to complete spared.

GENERAL 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, fifty-eight, has picked out during their recruit AND R.A.F, IS STILL HOME Napoleon. He has given his whole. sometimes been called the German training and sent off to be made DEFENCE. into officers.

life to the army and has no outside

•

Keitel looks the typical Prussian

All this means that there is Mr Churchill has again told interests,

system and less waste us that the menace of invasion

is to-day as real as ever. than there was last time.

more

Empire Defence

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

is true, however, that the when the Germans went all out

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

Defence of Britain

Services are required to main- available man-power.

Those who have joined the IT

Army gets the bulk of the to finish us off before American tain the man-power of the Navy

help became effective. 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 Inst war, because we to cast, we have garrisons in THE defence of our shores re- ure alone now in keeping the Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus, Aden, sea 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.

quires much more

man-

We have our immense const- line to defend. small craft to deal with mine- The Army is responsible for The length of the South Const. laying and U-boats.

the ground defence of Palestine, alone, from Land's End to the The R.A.F, too, is muny Egypt and the Suez Canal, the North Foreland, is greater than times larger than it was at the Sudan, Kenya and Uganda. was the whole Western Fröht.

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CYPRUS, madam, is the key to and baggage," Disraeli and Lord Peace Treaty of 1919, British owner- the country on land, sea and In the

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

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

British Empire.

in the Low Countries from the start of the war that its

In these words Disraeli in 1870 ex- Russians, was their opinion.

France. successful conclusion can

plained to Queen Victoria why he Early in 1877 Russla declared war only be

anxious, that Great Britain on Turkey, and obtained one success effected through a complete knock-

Best saying: Fuehrer, to smash Britain. CK should have a controlling volce in the after another, until by the end of the out blow which envisages a large-destinies of the Mediterranean island. year Constantinople was isolated, done to develop Cyprus as a naval scale invasion of the Frenth, Belgium He was particularly interested in the Turkey had too many points to guard, and air base. The harbour at and Dutch secupled countries, and a subject, because three years pre- in desperation she invited Great principal port of Famagusta, facing VENERAL SIR JOHN DILL, Chief consequent defeat of the German

he had negotiated on his own Britain to nurse Cyprus while she Syria, has been extended until it is of the Imperial General Staff, armies on the field of butile. Clear-

ibility the purchase on behalf reorganised her forces. She knew capable of holding the largest ships. niso nity-eight, tall, lean-faced, an however, this cannot be accom

been the British Government of 176,602 that at the time we had no great Landing grounds have plished without the fullest prepara- shares in the Canal for the sum of love for the Russians. The Crimean island, and a seaplane base estab- very easily, was paid perhaps the

structed at Nicosia, the expital of the

with Irishman,

eyes that twinkle tions, and the establishment of cer-

3.570,582

War had not been forgotten, and the tain conditions inimical to the Nazis'

berlished at Limosal, where there is ever given to a leader.

greatest tribute by the. British Army defences.

stly, control

Yet Disraeli was not quite satis- prospect of Russin extending of the air is vital.

He regarded

magnificent large salt water lake.

The island is ideal for develop- vading forces can be given the full-

ters, particularly from the Island of est protection from the air, and the Cyprus only 250 miles distant: So Parliament agreed on somewhat an- vast airfield," said

Disraeli jumped at the opportunity, ment. "All the great central plain is Sir Ronuld same air force

simultaneously harass the enemy defenders Milong 05 this, with the whole coast usual terms. It offered to pay Tur- Storrs, in a report a few years ago, tline of Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, key the annual sum of £5000 for the "You can put bomb-proof hangars in dive-bombing and machine-gunning, and Egypt, remained under Turkish privilege of acting as nursemaid! the mountains which fringe invasion of the Continent might well dominion, Disraeli confessed that he This was estimated to be the differ- pinin

All this, and much more, has be nothing but sufelde. Britain is not

was not happy. gaining the upper hand in aerial

ence between the Income and ex- been done, and wisely. Suddenly in 1876 the Fates seemed penditure of the Island.

Cyprus is the ideal centre from over Europe, but she still to play into Disraeli's hands. Tur-

thousands of additionni

which to wage an offensive, or on which to rely for defensive purposes, planes before she is able to launch key asked if Great Britain would the awaited,

ike to keep a watchful eye on the A few days later a British naval in the war of the Near East: It is and let it be emphasised, and Trouble had arisen between force under Admiral Lord John Hay less than 100 miles from the shures inevitable onslaught.

Turkey and Russla. The latter was and a military force under Sir Care of Syrin and Palestine within 200 It is truc that successes to date some effects of the sought an outlet to the Mediterranean island. It has been under British Canal: 300 miles from Crete; and just

beginning to stretch her legs. She net Wolseley took possession of the miles of Port and the British blockade have been nullified, in the Bosphorus and the Dar- control or ownership ever since, und and it is doubtful whether we could

over 500 miles and had ambitions to estab- is today to prove

Athens. Any actually win

danelles, and win the war

of the utmost of those places can be reached by war outright even fish her authority at

at Constantinople. if the

blockade WRS 100

Turkey stood in the way. At Value in operations against the Axis modern aircraft in about an hour's per cent effective. But

must also be borne, time she held sway over the greater

Powers.

time. Of equal importance the in mind that no nortant effect of art of the Balkans, as well as over wards between Russia and Turkey distance rus in within

Peace was signed shortly alier fact that

bin striking the Battle of the Atlantic

the newly-established winning will be to tighten to an extent not the hand in fact much more than she Powers, particularly Germany, Aus Islands, only 250 miles away, and no inrge territories in Asia and Afrien, at San. Stefano, but the Great Itallen bases. In the Dodecanese 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- tories, and the defeat of the Nazis in

see any part of her Empire fall into did not approve the settlement, the Atlantic may confidently be pre-

Russian hands.

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

Feconded

Digraell by

and Lord From Cyprus, far better than from Beaconsfield, a conference was called Malta or Alexandria, can an attack offensive by sen, land and ale.

Only a few years previously Glod at Berlin, and an attempt was made be launched, against German or Another important point worthy of stone and declared that the attention in

Britain's considering milltary situation

should be expelled from Europe "bag to reach a more amicable settlement. Italian concentrations anywhere in

It was from this conference that Lord the Balkans. to-day is that we

command. Quite spontaneously have displayed with

Salisbury

they outstanding

Disraeli spoke wisely Just over 50 claimed that he had brought nchievement, initiative on more than The time for the big showdown is back "Peace with honour."

years ago. He save the position came to cheer n beloved commander. one battlefront, British and Empire not yet. But it will come, and it

Immaterial which has arisen to-day, but perlings the decision, after consulting Mr It was Sir John who had to take The other terms are forces have wrested Ethiopia from will come when we are ready to start for the

article, but even ho never realised that Cyprus, Winston Italy; they destroyed Graziani's it. Until then, confidence tan ver at the conference

Churchill and General arty, and are still holding their own main high and steadfast in the fight- the Britialise agreed that which he was necepting from Turkey, Wavell, to reinforce the Middle East

of Cyprus might eventually become a base from against combined Axis forces in ing abilly of our defenders, both should continue on the same torms, which the interests of Turkey her-Army when we were for short of North Africa. Initiative ling allowed military and civil, at Home and in The arrangement remained in force, self might bo

equipment at home. protected.

It was typical us to retain command in Iraq: has the other war theatres. They, at paid, until November 1914. Then, value in the conduct of operations, can one slate tela, he was and the annual contribution was daly Cyprus will prove of the utmost of his bravery as a leader. Ho his invited Vichy to realise that Syrin least, are leaming the mistakes to will not be spared if that country avoid when it comes to their turn to when Turkey declared war on the It will be of even greater import made brigadier-general,,⠀ - He effer's aid to the Nazis; and it was attack-valuable lessons in this war alde of Germany, Great Britain form- ance should Turkey herself become thon thirty-six. millative that has enabled us to re- of such mobile movement and novel ally announced that she had officially Involved in the war.

Bost saying: Emclent preparation pure the German Invasion of Crote, tactics.

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