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SINKING OF THE

August 11, 1941.

TGERMAN BATTLESHIP NEW BALANCE OF

BISMARCK has profoundly al-

tered the balance of naval power in Northern Europe. Ger- many had two recently completed battleships of the most powerful type, the Bismarck and her sister ship the Tirpitz. Two other war

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NAVAL POWER

# hundred

By Lord Strabolgi

to act as

large battle-cruisers Scharnhorst These are the Marat and the ships which could give a good Naval Staff was propared to and Gneisenau are lying seri- Oktiabrakaya-Revolutia (October account of themselves against risk her also, one battleship ously disabled in the Brest Revolution) and four large mo- any vessel of war in the Ger- will be sufficient dockyard. This meena that dern cruisers of the Kirov class. man Navy with the exception of guard for even the most valu- Germany has only one heavy There are a number of smaller the Tirpitz. In addition the able fleet of munition ships.

As the British Fleet now com- warship ready for action. warships, including thirty mo- Swedish Navy has five old coast

It will be necessary' for the dern torpedo- bont destroyers defence ships,, twelve torpedo- prises 27 large ships-of-the-line, sub-"bont-destroyers, ten large sub- even after counting the loss of Tirpitz to remain available for and about

marines and six small sub- the Hood, it is obvious that the naval defence in the Baltic. If murines. she is sent on commerce raid- Apart from the Tirpitz the marines. No doubt the Swedish whole problem of trade defence ing expeditions into the Atlantic German Fleet consists of two nation would only enter into against surface raiders has now and anything happens to her, pocket battleships, one of which conflict with their mighty Ger- been eased.

SHIPS FOR PACIFIC then the Russian Baltic Fleet is known to have been badly man neighbour if hard pressed will be in a position to exerciso damaged by torpedo attack, and the German Air Force operating over the Baltic would

There will now be a larger mar- naval command of the whole of three heavy cruisers, one being be a serious menace not only to gin of large and powerful war- the Prince Eugen, and four or the Swedish Navy but to the ships to act as a striking force five light' cruisers.

cities and towns of Sweden as against any attempt at invasion of RUSSIAN BALTIC FLEET

There is also the Swedish well.

the British Islands. If less of the It may be that there is a close more powerful warships are required Much money has been spent Fleet to be taken into account.

the enough understanding between for trade protection more will be and trouble taken to make the For constal work among Russin-Baltic Fleet efficient in islands and straits of the Baltic the Governments of Berlin and available for actual defence of the British Isles. These very large war- recent years and it is known the Swedish Navy is formida- Moscow to relieve the German ships, with their strong deck-armour Stubbs Road that great progress has been ble. It consists of one modern High Command of naval anxie- and powerful batteries of anti-air-

made. At present it consists of cruiser, the Gotland, and five tics in the Baltic. Nevertheless craft

80 attack from the air than are the two old but powerful battleships. heavily armed const defence German diplomacy rests cruisers four of which have been much on the argument of armed sunk in the Mediterranean by bomb- force that the loss of the Tirpits ing from acroplanes since the first would seriously weaken the Ger- attack on Greece by Italy last Octo-

ber. man position in the North.

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the Baltic.

HITLER'S

ARMY

OF HEATHENS

By Charles E. Hewitt

Former President of the Foreign Correspondents' Association of Germany

ATLANTIC SAFE

guns, are less vulnerable to

Another result of the sinking of the Bismarck is that it will be pos- sible 'naw for naval reinforcements The ever-present -threat of to be sent for the British Fleet in German fast battleships reach the Pacife in ense of trouble in that ing the Atlantic trade routes by For all the above reasons the making use of the Norwegian sinking of the Bismarck is likely to coast has had a serious effect on have wider resuits than the mere British naval strategy. There loss of a new and powerful battle- was always the possibility that ship to the German Navy.

Thus an agreement is reported be- the Bismarck and Tirpits in tween the Soviet and Swedish Gov company could appear on the ernments for the safeguarding of NWARD, PAGAN It is the ritual sworn to by trade routes and there attack their mutual interests in the former Baltic States. This agreement may 'ON.

SOLDIERS!" is the each annual muster of Storm. important convoys carrying war only be of limited scope, but it may Troopers and party officials, and material from the U.S.A. to lend to closer co-operation for muluni battle-song to which Hitler's begins with the following oath, Britain.

defence and then, but for the Tirpits, the Russian and Swedish Navies. Juggernaut is rolling across paraphrased from the Christian It had been necessary to es-

will be. In a a predominating position the map of Europe.

Creed where it deals with the cort the more important convoy in the Baltic. Saviour:

with British battleships to meet Again, even if the German Gov- LORD Moyne's instructions to But Nazi paganism has

"I ballove' in my Fuehrer this very threat. Two of the ernment managed to obtain posses- units in the sion of the remainder of the French the Colonies on war time roused its own executioner,

not with my understanding, most powerful

British Fleet were in the middle Navy, this would only add to their economics make impressive-world Christianity unit- but with my heart and soul,

of the Atlantic on convoy duty on two capital ships at the Theso are the Strasbourg, "GERMAN PRAYER" reading, but just how far they ing to-day in holy anger

the Bismarck was first battle-cruiser, now at Toulon, and

which and a sacred resolve to

Was damaged at Dakar and is under- smash Hitler's heathen hosts A "GERMAN Prayer" has for chelle, whic and confound them for all

to years been on the daily re- They were able to detach them-

have been repaired. Even these two powerful war vessels gimen of all schools. It is re-selves from their convoy and the German Navy since the loss of time.

cited in unison by the class both take part in the strategical dis- the Bismarck would only be able to Hitler's ruthless armies are at the opening and close of each positions for the interception pleine of battle and would be in a three large capital ships In the first pagan soldiers to pour session. across the map of Europe for "Guard Adolf Hitler every centuries.

-to

WARTIME ECONOMICS

can be applied in Hongkong without upsetting the Colony's economic equilibrium is difficult anticipate. Undoubtedly there has been an excessive consumption of what can be regarded as non-essentials dur- ing a war, but unhappily, it is just these products which have hitherto contributed so much towards Hongkong's financial stability; they are not only revenue producing, but they are the means of employment which would be hard to replace.

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Hitler has laboured tirelessly for six long years to make them 80. For their paganism has been as vital a part of his re armament as any of Krupps' giant cannon.

Secret Police Chief Himmler

day

From all our Fuehrer threaten

may.

Thou send'st him in our

greatest need;

Preserve him, German God,

we plead."

Indoor services are regularly

is leading pagan of the Third held throughout the Reich, al Reich, and. has organised his ways in secular surroundings- army of 300,000 Blackshirts in in school-houses, gymnasiums, strict accordance. For three sport auditoriums, and in giant years all members have had to beer-halls. resign from Catholic and Pro-

It is Hongkong's misfortune that she possesses no great

Nevertheless, much of the industries which can be contestant Churches and avow traditional Christian forms has

paganism.. verted into essential war produc- tions. Her commerce is that of THEIR PAGAN CREED

HERE are three of the twenty-

five tenets in the official German heathen creed.

retailing which depends upon imports. Restriction of those imports must have repercussions

To propagate the faith Hitler. likely to involve unemployment has mustered over a thousand and a consequent decrease in heathen chaplains into the ranks living standards. What local of the German Army. industries there are have already been severely hit by shipping restrictions and the gradual but consistent decline in trade figures must be recognised as symptomatic.

The sneaking regard which the authorities have always possessed for income tax in Hongkong will receive further stimulus from Lord Moyne's

1. We belleve no more in the Holy Spirit. We believe in the Holy Blood.

2-The Holy Land for us is Germany. And its ever- lasting Empire.

we

when

between Iceland and Greenland. sla"

of the Bismarck,

Now that only the Tirpitz is position of marked inferiority to the

British Fleet stationed in left, even supposing the German European waters.

CONTRACT How to Play

AND

BRIDGE How to Win

By JOSEPHINE CULBERTSON

Restraint Needed

North

been retained. The official MOST defenders get a sort of fien- ace, but, to his great annoyance, he "German Heathen Creed," for dish joy out of over-ruming the found that the 100 points thus' to instance, is couched in verses.declarer. Whether this over-ruff is cured gave him and his partner a

advisable or not rarely interests tie for bottom on the board.. The German people need no them; it is enough apparently that Bible, a book of Jews.

Here are two of them:

Our

There was excellent reason for

Holy Scripture is the old they can take a trick which he ex- this bad East-West score. First, as

Nordic sagas and hero-tales.

In our hundred per cent. Nordic heathenism and our thoroughly German Church, St Paul himself could not be admitted as pastor-nor even' as a sexton. Neither could that other Jew-Jesus Christ.

WEDDING GIFT

3.--Life brings a Holy Ger- manic trinity: battle, labour CHRISTIAN marriage has been and love. For these are one tossed Into the scrap-heap. and inseparable:

love By law, every wedding must battle which brings us our to-day be performed before a great work and our highest bust or picture of Hitler-and joy.

each couple presented, after the ceremony, with a copy of "Mein In 1933 nearly 50 per cent. Kampf."

women,

pected to add to his pilo.

noted above, West should have dou- There are many situations that bied; second, he should have defeat- call for stern restraint on the port ed the contract two tricks, for 500 of a defender. To wit:

Match-point duplicate. North-South vulnerable, North dealer.

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AQ85

AABO VA 09545

KJ743

N W E S

ICQ 4

310 97

O AQJ10

$

410 6 3

KJ 107043

10 82

The bidding! North

East

1 alle

10

South 1 V

West

Pass

2

PRJA 4

Par

Pass Рад

points.

The over-ruf of declarer's trump ten had been West's fatal error. What was the point? Surely, West could not lose his queen of trumps, triply guarded, and there might be definite advantage in maintaining his trump position. There wast Tho proper play was to let declarer win with the trump ten. He then would probably lead the singleton club to- ward dummy (not that any other play would help him). West would go up with the ace and merely exit --with

low trump, for example. Dummy's ace and East's nine would fall on this trick, and now West would have the Q8 5 of trumps over In and others. declarer's K J short, with three tricks home, West would still have two sure trump

Thoro nothing complicated about this situation, but since it..

of all German schools were So completely, indeed, has suggestion that taxation on Church schools giving Christian henthenism identified itself with

not To-day these lines be brought much education.

one the new Germany that it has closer to the United Kingdom Church.school remains. lovel In point of fact the only

Fitting symbol to action, the obtained a deep and real hold

South's Jump, le four hearts was tricks coming to him. opposition to the introduction of Reich under the orders of Hit on millions of German men and ler simultaneously removed the

Here is an extract from a bit of a stretch despite his seven- income tax among the more crucifixes which used to hang enlightened members of the in each room of the old schools, speech by a prominent school- card sult and strength in spades seems to elude thousands of players, to my readers' atten- community is based on the and replaced them by national master, Saelzle, in Southern Three hearts would have been put I commend

Germany, but it may be heard fciently aggressive. West should tion.

To-morrow's Hand absence of guarantees that it decree by a bust or picture of from the lips of thousands of have doubled four hearts; his own will be applied equitably, or Hitler and a swastika.

German soldiers or any other hand was very fair and his partner Rubber bridge, One portion of the Reich

Both sides vulnerable. without involving expenditure

South dealer. out of proportion to rovenue, fighting forces, the Brownshirts, group in the population-any had put in a diamond bld.

The diamond king was opened; has had its own heathenised day in the week:

The True Christianity of Fundamentally income tax will version of the "Ten Command- Nazism has brought us a newed with the queen and Jack. From East correctly overtook and continu- always be regarded as the best ments" since 1985.

Gospel, the Programme of the declarer's point of view, the con- form of taxation,

Fuehrer.

tract depended on finding the queen guarded, In "Our religion creates strong of hearts, only ́singly The Secretary of State for the facilities for purchasing war Colonies also desires a great savings certificates. Apparent-men, does not preserve and East's hund; hence, he correctly

jack, This created too

much a propaganda drive for investingly the original difficulties wore pamper the weak. The National ruffed the third diamond in war savings schemes based caused by the fact that Hong. Socialist takes the standpoint temptation for West who promptly

kong was outside of the sterling that our Lord God is he who over-ruffed with the queen and on the paramount need of avoid- bloc. She is now inside the bloc bestowed upon us Adolf Hitler." turned a spade. The ace won and cashed; thon ing luxury expenditure, Hong- and the Colony awaits with some Yea! heatheniam, like Hitler's the trump nce was

drow. West's remaining B-5 of How should this hand be played kong is at one with Lord Moyne impatience for an official achome own fanaticism, is one of the declarer led a spade to his king and over this, but the Colony still for the purchase of war savings factors in Europe's second world trumps with the K-10. Of course, at a four hearts doubled contract

West of the contract with the club with South the declarer? certificates. awaits official announcement of

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