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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1948.

LOW IS TAKING A GALLOPING POLL ON THE QUESTION:-

SHOULD PRODUCTION BE BOOSTED TO SAVE THE COUNTRY, OR. SHOULD WAGES AND PROFITS BE BOOSTED TO GIVE EVERYONE A GOOD TIME?

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BLIMP

God sir, refuse

To say, I'm only

CALAMITY MYHOWL

Yes! the fact that we're producing, far mort

than prowas Proves

patriotic when the

Tory party is in

power!

World Comerions By strangement with Erendwo ZONDER

TESTING

we ont

no good

Wosser use wasser use?

MISS BRAT

No! If factory chimneys can

Snake why can't I?

COMMUNIST PARTY:

Yes-nal Let the

bloodthirsty Govt stop. bullying, Russia outof its liberty to do in whom it likes.

ALICE:

Don't know

IN AND OUT OF PARLIAMENT

MR

By Ernest Thurtle, M. P.

R.. SHINWELL may get the recruits he appens for to fill the Territorial ranks, but there a little onthusiasm among his parliamen- tary colleagues for this appeal for volunteers.

After the experience of two great wark, belief In the voluntary principle as applled to national defence is nothing like as strong as it

WOS.

·

In practice, as people have learned, reliance on volunteering results in the more conscientious and public-spirited undertaking obligations of an onerous character which others carefully avoid.

If. as the War Secretary says, the Regular Army is now too small for its responsibilities, the remedy surely lies in a revision of the present extent of recruiting for that branch of defence.

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战

AT

T last we are being given an opportunity of learning the ugly facts of the notorious Hitler- Stalin pact of 1939, that agreement which gave Hitler the "all clear" for the attack on Poland setting World War II in motion.

BRITAIN'S

AIR DEFENCES

London, Sept. 6.

AST Friday, six years and nine months after the United States entered the against Germany and Japan, the British and Ameri- can air forces were again joined in air operations.

war

in

By AIR COMMODORE L.G.S. PAYNE

Air Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, London

These planes are about 125 m.p.h. faster than the best piston-engined become ob. fighters, which have sole e, except for long-range sions.

mls-

This air co-operation, of which the exercise "Dagger" is only one ob- vious indication, is remarkable for For the Bes, time in two reasons. history, friendly. Power has been The pure-Jet engine was at first provided in peacetime with military helleved to be unsuitable for bom-

hases

Brithin.

Training

bers because its high fuel consump- operations are being conducted by on

limit would

tarir range. Inrces of

which wa nations

designers have now are united, not by any formal American military alliance, but by their deter- succeeded. In producing medium- range, jei bombers. They are mination to dte everything possible to formidable weapons, as their speed, preserve, prace and, in the last resort, to defend themselves against almost equal to that of Jet Aghters,

makes them difficult to intercep'. further aggresalun.

the air

"Dagger" is ofBelully described as The U.S.A.F.- has at least four

types of jet bombers under test, IL - a traloing exercise rather than as a wor game based on some possible has already placed a large order for future condict. Last week

Air North American B-45 four-engined Marshal Sir William Elliot, A.0.C. jet bombers which will be available in-C. of Fighter Command, sald that in service squadrons this year. the obleet was to find ou. what we could do with our present organisa- tion and equipment. That is a pru- dent precaution because, in any future war, there may be little time for strengthening our defences be- fore the full scale of enemy attack develops.

90 Superfortresses

Jet bombers, so far as is known, are not yet in quantity production in any country other than the United States, although prototype planes of this type exist in Great Britain and Russia.

THE

bomber

will be

much faster than the German dying bomb, whose spred was only about 400 m.p.h. But it would mean that slow piston-engined bombers very vulnerable to enemy Oghters when operating beyond the range of our escort jet fighters. Any deterrent effect of a force of slow bombers would be correspondingly reduced.

No other

piston- country has engined bombers better than those in Britain and the United States. The Tupolev TU-70s, new appearing in large numbers

In Russia, are close copies of American B-20s.

Piston Engines New bombers with piston 'englucs

Under the title "The Captured Archives (published by Latimer House Ltd., Bs. Gd.) Bernard New- man tells the story unfolded by the Allies in the Nazi Foreign Offer archives as the war was ending.

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In sorry story.

Readers will And it absorbingly Interesting

and yet at the same time nauseating, for it reveals the depths of duplicity

brief periods for which they will taluch the lust for power, wi serve, can be given adequate tech-drive leaders of nations."

nient training In handling and Yet the look should. be widely maintaining the scientif weapons

which will constitute armaments in future.

our normal

reac

00

Funful though it is to learn of "Secondly, there is the important Sevict congratulations to Hiller.

of how a career in the Ser- his triumph over France, and of the vices can be made more nitractive

way in which Russia secretly agreed in peace-time, and especially in the

to the carving up of Poland before conditions that prevail today."

shot had been fired, our people should know these things.

They are the diplomatie facis of life.

Such reflections seem obvious enough now. But the Government's new plans will do little to alleviate these difficulties. Retention of a few

trained men due for

release from the Services is, at best, a fem- porary palliative, Extension of the period of National Service from 12 redress the to 18 months will not serious shortage of skilled men..

Unpopular Pay Code

THE root cause of the trouble is the unpopular new pay code

which the Services were reluctant- ly compelled to accept in 1940.

Since then, at many RAF stations not a single airman has been per- reason

The

The

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THOMAS SKEFFINGTON-LODGE, my Labour colleague who is for Belford, is a landowner in York- sire anles, and he naturally belleves in making hay while the sun shines.

That, presumably, is one reason why he is a restlessly energetic

in this Parliament.

As the first Labour MP: for his constituency, and with a majority of only 288 in 1945, he may possibly are being produced in the United suaded to re-engage.

have doubts if the sun will continue States, including the B-50, an in- given is invariably the same.

to shine at Bedford. proved version of the B-29 with a men say that their position under

Socialist, Anyhow, this bachelor greater range and about 50 m.p.h.

the new pay code is so bad, and with strong clerical affinities (he s faster. B-50s already delivered and compares so unfavourably with that on order total 377.

of trade unionists, that it is not fair chairman of the Christian Socialist exceedingly active to them, or to their wives and chil-Group) is an

back-bencher. Recent Brillsh Government state-

dren, to ask them to remain in the ments have shown that there is no

Everything la grist to his mili Guided Missiles plan for re-equipping Due bomber Service.

aber That, at least, is something that A snapper up of unconsidered trißes, forco with faster

piston-engined the Government could and should he can become passionate, for exam- than the Lincolns and aircraft jet THE high-speed

serious Lancasters. The Intention appareil put right without delay. The theoryple, on the subject of the flesh of

that skilled men would be content the beaver. nlready constitutes a

the R.A.F

with to serve in the armed forces at far Exc

NXCEPT for the participation of

problem for air defence organisa- is to provide

British jet bombers as soon as they lower rates of pay than those the U.S.A.F., Dagger" is on the hns. A far more serious one will same lines as R.A.F. exercises held soon be presented by guided missiles are available. As there is no interim secured by organised before t last wur. Northland, and rockets of greatly superior per type, the need for supplying the proved completely unworkable. embracing

East formance to the German Vis and R.A.F. with high-speed jet bombers Anglia and South-Eastern England, V2s. is being attacked by bombers az Southland,

Continental Power

the

G

Midlands,

is all the more urgent.

Objections to the Jet bomber na The atom bomb has enormously whose western fron.ier extends from increased the dimeulles of providing account of its comparatively short little weight if the Basle, Switzerland, to a point half- any effective nir defence. It will range carry

most declsive operations are likely way up the Norwegian coast.

soon be no Jonger 4 question

to be in a small European theatre. down the scale of the Available aircraft, Including 90 wearing

enemy's bombing attack to the point

Whatever the results of exercisn American B-29 Superfortresses now where it becomes unprofitable. If a "Dagger" may be, the British Go- in England and planes from British

fow jet bombers or gulded missiles verament will not be absolved from and United Sates forces, of occupa carrying atom bombs get through, the responsibility of making good tion in Germany, have been divided the results may be decisive. "Dagger" defence deficiencies alrundy ap- between the belligerents, The is not designed to provide colutions parent. Shortages, of military majority of the bombers have been to such problems. given to the aggressor, Southidi,

Inbour

Beanfeast

He might be more effective, If less has entertaining, if he concentrated more

on fewer subjecta,

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By FREDERICK COOK

NEW YORK.. EANFEAST for smokers is the Ave-day transatlanlle trip in one of Britain's "Queen" liners, Some 30,000 packets of American equipment cannot be redressed

cigarettes 000,000 smokes-are put without interfering with plans for

#board every time one of the big economic, recovery, This must be ship sails from here. faced.

Similar quantities of British el- Karettes go aboard cach sailing from Man-power and material resour Southampton. Being tax free they

and cost of the fighters to North- Three types of bombers are being land,

used in this 'exercise. The B-28, The efficiency of the component powered by four Wright 2.200 hp. paris of our air defence organisation piston engines, was designed eight is being tested. They include the years ago. With a maximum speed,

ees of the aircraft industry should cost only around 8d. a packet. regular and auxiliory fighter squad- of 151 m. p. h., it is 41 m.p.h, faster not be employed, at this stage, in

ings, passing cars, aeroplanes over- rons, counter-offensive

All-time low bomber than the RAF's Lincoln bomber producing new airliners, Including force, system for con rolling move and 76 m.p.h. faster than the Lan-

giant flying-boats and land-planes, which arouse little ments of fighters, radar stations caster. Normal cruising speeds of

anthusiasm FILM "Piccadily Incident" Is mak- ing records here, unenviable which give warping of enemy air- the three types do not exceed 175- among British airline operators and

none among possible

onez In Los Angeles it ran seven purchasers craft approaching our coasts, Royal 250 mp.h.

abroad. Nor should they be wasted days. In New York it was taken off Observer Corps and anti-aircraft

after three. for con- on unprofitable projects

Opening night the box units of the Territorial Army.

office yield here was £3678. Ud.. a verting airliners, found to be un- sultable as such, Into pressurised all-time low Mr Johan Smertenko's streighters.

Bickels can claim no credit for this. They did not picket it in either city. The critics unanimously disliked it. Tolc-trouble

Not All Gain

It was found that bombers IF

slow as these could easily evade Elliot our defences, the position would be

serious.

Bomber crews are being practised in attacking heavily defended arcus. Many pilots and ground controllers taking part, as Sir William pointed ou, have no revious experi- ence of war operations.

Disparity in Spoods DISPARITY in the speeds of the

Trained Technician

television has run TEW YORK WITHOUT sufficient numbers of NE W trained men to maintɗin and

Into serious trouble. Tall build operate it, new technical equipment ings, passing cars, acroplanes over- head, advertising blimps with elec- tric signs: all these make the images and shiver. Buyers twist, turn, complain that after paying up to £302 for a set, they have to spend, around £100 more on gadgets to make it work properly.

for our forces will be of little aynil

In a letter published in The "Daily Telegraph" on Sept. 25, 1010. 23 I wrote:

Assuming. Ihat the efficiency of the ground organisation has not been greatly impaired by lack of trained men and technical equip- meat, including telephone and tele and fighters used in

metre communications-the exercise the exercise makes the tests of our la more likely to reveal the vulner defences less severe. The reasons

ability of slow piston-engined bom- for this dispati y are clear. Towards bers to jet fighters. That would be

future. the end of the last war and in the neither astonishing nor consoling. "There may be, in the years immediately following, efforts

even more need for volunteers will- were concentrated

developing It would certainly not imply that ing to serve on long-term engage- jet figh.ers. They produced a new det fighters were, a complete defence ments than for short-term National range of fighters with speeds ap ngalust jet bombers or new 'forms of' Service men. It can scarcely be women all-in, wrestlers. They aro proaching or exceeding 600 m.p.h. pilotless planes and guided missiles expected that the latter, during the packing the biggest hall in Boston.

NANCY

on

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DO NOT FEED

HEY --- CUT

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Woman wrestlers TAID old New England, land of the Puritans, has a new craze;

By Ernie Bushmiller

WHERE DOES IT SAY ABOUT DRINKING?

Loss on oranges PALONIDA orange

los! growers money on their crop in the 1947- 48 season, just closed. They spent £10,750,000 on raising the crop, got back only £0,000,000. An even bigger loss is feared in the 1948-49 scason. Reason: high cost of living has

fewer to buy forced people

oranges.

Remember Abyssinia

COVERNOR Dewey's undisguised bid for the American-Italian vote with his proposal to let Italy

have her colonies back in drawing fre on his head.

Angry letters are appearing in the readers of the Press reminding Abyssinian war. The Chicago Tri- bune advises Dewey to worry more about Americans and less about Italians.

That army Food

TWO soldiers who did not care for army food and, in a Virginian court, brought suit against the U.S. Government for damages, have lost their case.

The appeals division, by a ma- jority decision, threw the case out, saying decision for the soldiers would result in "devastation of mill- tary dizelpline and morale."

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