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THE SINKING OF THE,

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August 11, 1941.

NEW

BALANCE

OF

NAVAL POWER

By Lord Strabolgi

TGERMAN BATTLESHIP. BISMARCK has profoundly' al- fored the balance of navn! power in Northern Europe, Ger- many •had⋅ two recently completed battleships of the .most powerful type, the Biemarch and her sister ship the Tirpitz Two other war vessels of this type dre under construction but the first can- nol. be rendy for at least twelve months and probably more. The large battle-cruisers Scharnhorst These are the Marat and the ships which could give a good Naval Staff was prepared to one battleship and Gneisenau are lying serl- Oktiabrskaya-Revolutia (Octobor account of themselves against risk her also,

to net, as n ously disabled in the Brest Revolution) and four large mo- any vessel of war in the Ger- will be sufficient dockyard. This means that dern cruisers of the Kirov class, man Navy with the exception of guard for even the most valu-

In addition the able fleet of minition ships.. Germany has only one heavy There are a number of smaller the Tirpita.

Aa the British Fleet now com- warship ready for netion." 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 17 large ships-of-the-line, sub- bont-destroyers, ten large sub- even after counting the loss of Tirpitz to remain available for and about a hundred

marines and six small sub- the food, 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 aurface' raiders has now and anything happens to her, pocket battleships, one of which conflict with their mighty Ger- been cased.

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 exercise damaged by torpedo attack, and the German Air Force

There will now be a larger mar- naval command of the whole of three heavy cruisers, one being operating over the Baltic would the Baltic.

the Prince Eugen, and four or be a serious menace not only to

the Swedish Navy but, to the gin of large and powerful war five light cruisers,

against any attempt al invasion of RUSSIAN BALTIC FLEET

There is also the Swedish cities and towns of Sweden as ships to act as a striking.force 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.

trade protection

be constal work among the enough understanding between for and trouble taken to make the For 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- strong deck-armour recent years and it is known the Swedish Navy is formin Moscow to relieve the German ships, with their 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 ties in the Baltic. Nevertheless craft guns, are less vulnerable to

defence German diplomacy reats

from the air than are the 80 attac

attack two old but powerful battleships, heavily armed coast

of which have been- cruisers four much on the argument of armed sunk in the Mediterranean by bomb-

Sunk force that the loss of the Tirpitz lng from aeroplanes since the first would seriously weaken the Ger--atinek on Greece by Italy last Octo

ber. man position in the North.

Another result of the sinklag of the Bismarck is that it will be pos- sible now for naval reinforcements

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WARTIME ECONOMICS

LORD Moyne's instructions to the Colonies on

economics

64

HITLER'S ARMY

OF HEATHENS

By Charles E. Hewitt

Former President of the

Foreign Correspondents' Association of Germany

well.

ATLANTIC SAFE

occan,

пе

Thus an

more

will

The ever-present threat of lo be sent for the British Fleet in German fast battleships reach the Paelfle in case 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 const has had a serious effect on have wider results than the mere British naval strategy. There loss of a new and powerful battle- was always the possibility that ship to the German Navy.

is reported be- an agreement is the Bismarck and Tirpitz 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 Balile States. This agreement may ON

be of limited scope, but it may only SOLDIERS!" is the cach annual muster of Storm-important convoys carrying war Ba

U.S.A. to lead to closer co-operation for mutual battle-song to which Hitler's Troopers and party officials, and material from the

begins with the following oath, Britain.

defence and then, but for the Tirpitz, Juggernaut is rolling across paraphrased from the Christian It had been necessary to es- the Russian and Swedish Navies cort the more important.convoys will be in a predominating position with British battleships to meet in the Baltic.

Again, even if the German Gov- this very threat. Two of the ernment managed to obtain posses- most powerful units in the sion of the remainder of the French British Fleet were in the middle-Navy, this would only add to their strength two capital ships at the of the Atlantic on convoy duty most. These arc the Strasbourg, when the Bismarck was first battle-cruiser, now at Toulon, and between Iceland and Greenland, while lying at Dakar and is under-

stand to located in the Denmark Channel the Richelieu, which was damaged to have been repaired. Even. They were able to detach them with these two powerful war vessels selves from their convoy and the German Navy since the loss of take part in the strategical.dis- the Dismarck would only be able to positions for the interception place three large capital ships in the line of batile and would be in a of the Bismarck.

Now that only the Tirpitz is position of marked inferiority to the British Ficet stationed in North left, even supposing the German European waters."

the map of Europe.

But Nazi paganism has war time roused its own executione impressive-world Christianity unit- reading, but just how far they ing to-day in holy anger and a sacred resolve to can be applied in Hongkong

make

Creed where it deals with the Saviour:

"I believe in my Fuehrer not with my understanding, but with my heart and soul.

"GERMAN PRAYER"

without upsetting the Colony's smash Hitler's heathen hosts A "GERMAN Prayer" has for years been on the daily re- and confound them for all

gimen of all schools. It is re- time.

cited in unison by the class both Hitler's ruthless armies are at the opening and close of each the first pagan soldiers to pour session. across the map of Europe for "Guard Adolf Hitler every centuries.

day

an

economic equilibrium is difficult to anticipate. Undoubtedly there has been 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.

Hitler has laboured tirelessly for six long years to make them 50.

For their paganism has been as vital a part of his re- armament as any of Krupps' giant cannon.

Secret-Police Chief Himmler

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,

For three

It is Hongkong's misfortune strict accordance.

years all members have had to sport auditoriums, and in giant

beer-halls. that she possesses no great resign from Catholic and Pro-

and testant Churches industries which can be con- verted into essential war produę- paganism. tions. Her commerce is that of

retailing which depends upon

THEIR PAGAN CREED

avow

HERE are three of the twenty-

five tenets in the official German heathen creed.

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 Ilving 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 suggestion that taxation

on

the

1. We believe 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.

CONTRACT How to Play

BRIDGE

How to

JOSEPHINE CULBERTSON,

Restraint Needed

Nevertheless, much of the traditional Christian forms has been retained. The official

MOST-defenders get a sort of fen- ace, but, to his great annoyance, he German Heathen Creed," for M dish for out of over-ruffing the found that the 100 points thus se- instance, is couched in verses, declarer. Whether this over-rul is cured gave him and his partner a Here are two of them; advisable or not rarely interests te for bottom on the board.

There was excellent reason for

The German people need no Bible, a book of Jews. Our them; it is enough apparently that Holy Scripture is the old they can take a trick which he ex- this bad East-West score. First, as Nordic sagus and hero-tales.

pected to add to his pile.

noted above, West should have dou- In our hundred per cent. There are many situations that bled; second, he should have defeat- Nordic heathenium and our call for stern restraint on the part ed the contract two tricks, for 500 thoroughly German Church,

St Paul himself could not be of a defender. To wit: 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 ("HRISTIAN marriage has been

tossed into the scrap-heap. and love. For these are one and inseparable: we

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."

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

A ABO ♡A 00543

KJ743

532 ♡Q862 OK 7 MAQBG

N

WE S

AKQ4

KJ107643

082

G 1082

points.

ten

The over-ruft of declorer's trump

had been West's fatal error. What was the point? Surely, West could not lose bis queen of trumps, triply guarded, and there might be definite advantage; in maintaining AJ 1097 his trump position. There was! The V9

proper play was to let declarer win Ó AQJ 10

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 uo up with the ace and merely exit --with a 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 KJ7 short, with three tricks home, West would still have two Aure trump Fitting symbol to action, the obtained a deep and real hold

South's jump to four hearts was tricks coming to him. Reich under the orders of Hit on millions of German men and

Here is an extract from a bit of a stretchs despite his seven- ler simultaneously removed the women. crucifixes which used to hang

of all German schools were So completely, indeed, has Church schools giving Christian heathenism identified itself with

To-day. education.

one the new Germany that it has Church school remains.

not

The 'bidding:.

East South West 10. Pass

- North

14

24

IV 4

Pass Роло

Pass Pass

these lines be brought much closer to the United Kingdom level. In point of fact the only opposition to the introduction of

There nothing complicated income tax among the more enlightened members of

seems to elude thousands of players, in each room of the old schools, speech by a prominent school-card suit and strength in spades, about this situation, but since it community Is based on the and replaced them-by national master, Sacizle, in Southern Three hearts would have been suf- I commend it to my readers allen-

West should tion. absence of guarantees that it decree-by a bust or picture of Germany, but it may be heard netently aggressive.

from the lips of thousands of will be applied equitably, or Hitler and a swaulika,

One portion of the Reich German soldiers or any other have doubled four hearts; his own without involving expenditure

had put in a diamond bid, out of proportion to revenue.

fighting forces, the Brownshirts, group in the population-any hand was very fair and his partner has had its own heathenised day in the week:

The diamond king was opened; The True Christianity of Fundamentally income tax will version of the "Ten Command- Nazion has brought us & new East correctly overtook one from always be regarded as the best ments" since 1935.

Gospel, the Programme of theed with the queen and jack. From declarer's point of view,, the con- form of taxation.

Fuchrer.

trart depended on finding the queen "Our religion creates strong of hearts, only singly guarded, in The Secretary of State for the facilities for purchasing war

correctly Colonies niso desires a great savings certificates. Apparent-men, does not preserve and East's hand; hence, he

jack. This created too much of a propaganda 'drive for investingly the original difficulties were pamper the weak. The National ruffed the third diamond with the in war savings schemes based caused by the fact that Hong- Socialist takes the standpoint lack.

with the queen and re-.. wer-ruffed kong was outside of the sterling that our Lord God is he who emptation for West who promptly on the paramount need of avold- bloc. She is now inside the bloc bostowed upon us Adolf Hitler." turned a spade. The ace won and cashed; then Yes! heathenlam, liko Hitler's the trump, ace was ing luxury expenditure. Hong- and the Colony awaits with some

West's remaining 8-5 of How should this hand be: played drew kong is at one with Lord Moyne Impatience for an official scheme 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

jwarkku

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

+

To-morrow's Hand

Rubber bridge. Both sides vulnerable. South dealer,

4853

Q642.

048

A048

AQ106 N' 78 OKQ80

WE $

080 100 5

10352.

A.K72

AKJ 10

DA12