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THE OFFENSIVE THE NAZIS

the course of my articles I Major George Fielding Eliot

noted military expert, urges U.S. action. Time to prepare, he notes, has been Hitler's best weapon in all campaigns; without it, he might be lost

vires; that such co-ordination requires the most thorough plan- ning: that planning takes time and cannot be complete in every .detail if there is an unknown "X" factor provided by an ac- tive

and offensively minded enemy; moreover, that the al- most miraculous German speed of movement, the follow

Africa Hungarian railways. Then they

of the

Best Defence

have been calling attention to the increased importance of the time factor in modern war. Everything moves faster in these mechanised days, particularly air forces. There is less time to think

to the day and hour, with no an- counted by those who are doing through requires the forward things over, to weigh de- xiety as to the upsetting of their all the attacking and have good assembly of supplies, which is cisions. That applies to the schemes by a sudden Allied sur- reason to know that they are again dangerous if not impossi- corporal with his squad, the prise counter-move.

facing an enemy who has no ble in face of vigorous enemy major general with his divi-

The French sat anug behind thought of attacking them while counter-action. sion, the commander in their Maginot line, the British they are preparing his destrue- Hastily conceived and ill- chief of great forces-to the were too few to attack if they tion.

planned attacks-s people and government of a had wished, and the Belgians

British in Norway or the Itali- threatened nation.

and the Dutch were indulging in In The Balkans ans in Greece-have failed in the customary wishful thinking Exactly the same considera- this war as in past wars. At In no era has there been which seems

to include the tions apply to the most recent North Africa are proceeding this moment the Germans in more force behind the theory that even to consult to example of blitzkreig, the Bul- maxim of the old field ser gether in face of common dan- kan campaign. Here the Ger face of an enemy who is likely with respectful caution in the ger is a "provocation" to be mans were able successively to to hit back. The British against vice regulations: "Even a avoided at all costs. This theory occupy Rumania and Bulgaria Graziani, the British in East defective plan boldly and presupposes that tigers do not and to establish control of the resolutely carried out is cat rabbits unless "provoked."

carried out campaigns better than the hesitating

Supplies Moved had well over a month in which with almost the same freedom search for the ideal." Bet-

to establish their supply dumps of action as the Germans in Po Ahead ter-and safer; for the new

land and Norway, with similar in Bulgaria, concentrate their results. forces, make ready for any even- techniques of total war are In all these cases the forward tuality. Thongkong Telegraph. most dangerous when the assembly of supplies was es

They knew exactly how they aggressor has had plenty of pecially notable and contributed

immensely to the subsequent were going to attack Greece, and time, undisturbed, to make speed of the German movements, what they were going to do if static defence is doomed, the his plans and launch his at- It is a practice which is hardly Yugoslavia turned recalcitrant. striking power of modern wea- certain to be tack. The best defence is possible in face of an active When the time came, they did pons used according to undis-

plan is those things. The Yugoslav to upset him by some sort enemy air force too strong to

victorious. The best defence is be beaten out of the air, because government of Cvetkovich was of vigorous offensive action in such a case large ammunition overthrown, but not before it had a well-planned offensive of one's before he is all set.

and supply

dumps in forward doomed its country by refusing, own, delivered at an unexpected areas offer the most inviting of while there was yet time, to con-

As we sit here in America de- targets and are likely to become duct the all-important military nothing but bonfires.

conversations which might have bating risks and shivering at the resulted in a Yugoslav-Turk- taking, of chances in "distant" Likewise one of these perfect Greek defensive alliance backed war, we might think of these ly co-ordinated and timed blitz by British air and sea power, things. We have a chance now kriegs, once set in motion, is and which would have con- to take the offensive; later on difficult to check or to reorient fronted both Bulgaria, to begin we shall be deprived of that op in direction, so that it is especi- with, and Germany in the last portunity, we shall have to sit In Poland, the Germans acted ally vulnerable to sharp attacks analysis, with a very different and wait for the enemy to move, in accordance with a plan which by strong enemy armoured situation. they had had plenty of time to forces on its flanks or rear, and work out very thoroughly. particularly to an enemy turn- They knew exactly what they ing movement which might as- were going to do, and how, and sail it in a totally unexpected with what forces, and against quarter,

This is the course our defeat- what sort of opposition. More,

Meditating upon these things, ists and appeasers would have But all these considerations, one comes inevitably to the con- us take. On the evidence, of they had plenty of time to bring restraining as they might be clusion that blitzkrieg in its full this war, it is the most danger- up their troops to their jump- under ordinary conditions of flower requires very careful co- ous course we of positions, to assemble sup- war, may be cheerfully dis- ordination of all arms and ser- adopt.--(M.I.).

could possibly plics well forward, to make every sort of preparation; èven' to rehearsals by staffs and by units of certain parts of the operations.

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cations Ordinance, 1918, Büch sewS AT

EIRE AND CONSCRIPTION IN the midst of wars and a threat of invasion from Ger- many that has never relaxed, the burning nationalism of the Irish will not permit them to allow conscription in Northern Ireland. Mr Churchill feels that the issue is too important to be over-ridden and has tem- porarily abandoned the measure. Certainly the problem is one calling for the closest attention and high statesmanship. The question will be largely solved by Mr de Valera's personal in-

clinations

he has a tre- mendous and fanatic following who will sway the Dail to his -side-in-whatever-decision-he-

takes.

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Looking back over the blitzkrieg campaigns of this war, we can see how true this is.

Polish Campaign

While all this was going on, they were not disturbed by any fear of attack; their opponents ing and futile negotiations. were indulging in wishful think-

Then Norway. Here the re- hearsals, the training in em- Mr de Valera's stand, it is as-in mountain warfare, in the sei- barkation and disembarkation,

sumed, is taken on the ground zure of the Norwegian ports, that conscription will set back in- was conducted for months in

perfect security. No one definitely the permanent strug- so rude as to drop anything gle of Eire to acquire suzerainty more lethal than a bundle of

was

over the entire island; second-pamphlets on Germany to upset the even tenor of the Oberkom- ly, intensification of the British mand's way. military effort in North Ireland in- vites the closer attention of the enemy to that quarter and Eire can- not escape' some of the consequences. It is not clear which of these phases are uppermost in Mr de Valera's inlnd. He is an extraordinarily

gifted man intellectually, but his

whole outlook is dominated by

Likewise the "fifth-column" arrangements were even better than those in Poland because there was so much time to pre- pare, and the Polish experience on which to draw.

The plan worked perfectly and little wonder. As to sup- plies, there were even supplies secretly stored in Norway itself, especially in the Narvik region, in anticipation of the arrival of the German troops.. No wonder the calculations which some of

perience with logistics, went

lifelong struggle against the British for the independence of his country, So passionate and profound are the feelings engendered in this struggle, which did not cease with the end of armed hosillities, that it is question-us made, based on former ex- able whether Mr de Valera will allow the real possibility of invasion awry. from Germany to persuade him to the

Followed immediately the ap- infinitely safer course of eventually plication of all these methods on withdrawing his opposition to con- scription in the British-governed Pro a larger scale. While the plan- vince of Ulster. As a statesmanning for Norway had been in democratic and the Eirean progress, indeed as far back as leader is both it is inconceivable the Polish war, plans had also that he would risk for still unsatis been in hand for the invasion fed nationalist appelltes the infinitely

Low Countries and great threat of total Invasion by of the Germany.

France. It was perfectly clear There are of course, books to be have no fear of an Allied of- to the Germans that they need written for both sides of this argu- ment but this is the time, when fensive, either ground or acrial.l simple facts must be faced and, in They could plan their own move the case of Britain and Ireland,

and

trust must be reposed. The remark-fusal. If we are going to And that able changes that have come over

British Government, the new North fire which has swept through the people and its administration have developed D. frame of mind in which the Irish Nationalists. will find it much conter to prosecute their end -after the war. It is incontrover... tible that Hitler will invade Eiru just when and where he pleases and the Irish will put up a very gallant but very hopeless fight unless sus tained by Britain,

Wo have taken no violent action on Uie refusal of Eire to lend us bases so necessary to fight U-boat raiders, though there is bound to be sume bitter feeling about the re-

provo

may

the conscription of a manpower in Ireland is prevented by Elrean nationalists who fear that this will intensity British influence, and divert patriotisms, then Eire direction. She will have put a will have taken a step in the wrong | dite

shackle on democracy

which important,

she will have alienated the sympathies of her well-wishers in Amerien ond

Rhe to Justify s revision of British eventual Independence, Elre will always depend militarily and econo- mically on Britain and she is risking all this against an internal political victory for extreme nationalísta,

will have done notlude on her

Plan Has Weaknesses

The evidence is overwhelming

turbed

moment.

in the fullness of his own good time, with a plan he has con- ceived and prepared in full security.

Lindbergh's Views Opposed By Most

By George Gallup

policy, the American Institute of Public Opinion has completed a nation-wide public opinion survey which shows that appro- ximately two-thirds of the

Director, American Institute of Public Opinion PRINCETON, N. J., May 8-bergh, who is regarded by many voters interviewed who ure

has as the leader of the isolationist familiar with Lindborgh's views ' Widespread controversy been stirred up throughout the movement. To discover how on foreign policy disagree with

Americans agree with those views. country by the speeches and many writings of Charles A. Lind- Lindbergh's views on foreign

LINDBERGH

"I quote

Cartoon by Bernard Seaman in "P.M!”! (New York)..

Many who disagree. have, right or wrong, gained the im- pression that Lindbergh wants Germany to win, the survey shows, while others think he is mistaken in believing that Britain cannot win the war. On the other hand, the group of voters who do agree with Lind- bergh say that the views which he expresses have shown him to be realistic, that he was proved right in his early early judgmont of German air superiority, and that the United States should not "stick its neck out" by med- dling in the war abroad,

of

The survey found that appro- ximately six voters in every ten were those interviewed familiar in general with the views which Lindbergh has ex- pressed concerning American foreign policy and the war abroad. Those who showed themselves familiar with his views were asked:

"Do you agree or disagree with what Lindbergh saya?"

The results are:

Agree

Disagree

Undecided

24%

03%

13%

The survey is strictly a study of opinion on Lindbergh's views, and. not on bla personal patriotism or farewed questioned bla sincerity Virtually none of the voters. or his right to speak.

Moreover, the vote in the survey does not necessarily mean that the majority disagree with all of the views which he has expressed.

*

Note:-Thess surveys are made by a system of highly selective samplings in each of the forty-eight States in pro-). porilon to voting populastons; thereby, the American Inailtute of Pubile Opinion holde, la obtained 'a' result which would not vary from that of-a:

· numerically⋅ much. larger-CONVEIS,

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