Evening star. [volume], October 23, 1939, Page A-9, Image 9

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Fear of Bomb Raids
Is Seen Preventing
Fierce Air War
British Do Not Lack
German Objectives
Within Easy Range
By COL. FREDERICK PALMER,
Noted Mll'tary Expert.
Are the allies to make this strange
and baffling war a waiting war ir
th eair as well as on land? The
British air command seems to have
reversed its original policy.
Before a single bomber had ap
peared over the British coast, noi
only had the British airmen droppec
propaganda leaflets over Germany
in flights which must have been alsc
valuable for reconnaissance, bul
they took the initiative by bombing
the German naval base of Wilhelms
haven, with what the Germans re
ported were abortive results, in de
nial of the British claim of having
seriously damaged a "pocket” bat
tleship. The British followed this
up with a raid on the key fortress
island of Helgoland at the Germar
gateway of the North Sea.
In the face of the German threal
of overwhelming air power whicti
would blast British munitions plants
naval bases, and even cities intc
ruins, the British attacks served no
tice that Britain also had planes anc
would strike first, carrying “the wai
Into the enemy's country.”
Had Early Advance.
In their initial attacks, the Brit
ish had the advantage in that the
German bombers were busy in Po
land. The British raids, which were
not in large force—not more thar
a dozen planes, matching the smal
numbers in the German raids ovei
Scotland—may have had the same
object as Gen. Gamelin's skilfully
cautious, nibbling advance to a strip
of German soil.
British bombers could not fly
across Germany, or the French
Army undertake to fight its way
tnrougn me uerman siegiriea iin«
to aid the Poles in their distress
Both did their best in demonstra
tions to encourage the Poles to keep
up their resistance until Poland was
past help.
But why. after the German aii
raids over the British cruisers in thf
Firth of Forth and British battle
ships in Scapa Flow', have th(
British undertaken no air reprisals?
Why the disregard of the old maxim
of “two can play this game.” w'hicb
meets attack with counter-attack?
Air Bases Not Far Away.
The British airmen do not lack
vital German objectives withir
easy bombing range. It is only 300
miles from air bases in England to
the German naval bases of Wil
helshaven and Kiel. The German
surface fleet is too inferior to be a
threat to the British fleet; but. at
Wilhelmshaven. not only the new
German battleships are building in
the immense shipyards, but alsc
more submarines to reinforce those
which have the sinking of British
merchant ships, the battleship Rovai
Oak and the aircraft carrier Cour
ageous to their credit.
Some of the scattered German
aircraft factories are certainly
within reach. So is Essen, the great
munition works, though it must be
studed with anti-aircraft batteries,
So. too, many smaller arms fac
tories.
But to drop bombs on Wilhelm
shaven, and particularly on Essen,
Is bound to endanger civil popula
tions. which would give Adolf Hit
ler his warrant for bombing open
cities.
Meager Civil Population.
Hitler runs little risk of causing
civilian casualties in raids on the
firth and Scapa Flowf. In the
broad firth, the cruisers lie off
Rosyth, which is strictly a naval
base There is a very meager civil
population around Scapa Flow.
Thus far, day after day, hu
manity has known the fresh relief
over the yet-unfilled prophecy that,
in a war of major air powers, we
should see the horrors suffered by
civilians in Spain and China many
times multiplied.
The ring is restricted to the
gladiators themselves, with a cer
tain knightly gallantry. Air casual
ties have been few. German avia
tors of crippled ships afloat in lit
tle rubber boats are received with
solicitious attention ashore by the
British, and the British aviators
spread a Nazi flag over the coffin
of a dead enemy and buried him
with military honors.
The British policy is apparently
concentrated to defend their fleet
In siege, their anti-aircratt guns
ready, their fighting planes in pa
trol of the air in defense against
the approach of enemy bombers.
Air Power Mighty Threat.
Air power remains the mighty
threat, as though both sides were a
little fearful of its poentialities when
Unloosed. So it is on the western
front, where one great army is in
seige against the other. The allies
wan lor me anacK. proDaoiy in con
fidence that time is in their favor,
once their own overseas plane pro
duction reaches its peak.
Even Turkey waits, holding her
frontier and the Dardanelles. The
$300,000,000 she received from the
allies for arms and other purposes is
good money, while Germany, with
her credit bad. rejoiced in receiving
$17,000,000 in gold from Russia. The
allies have the funds to buy arms.
Hitler can hardly fail to make good
his threat of mass air attacks against
the British Navy. If that fails and
In desperattion he bombs open cities,
the allied peoples, in bitter mood,
will demand reprisals in kind. Then
there will be little choice between
soldiers and civilians as targets.
(Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
Hungary Opens Drive
For Metal Conservation
By the Associated Press.
BUDAPEST, Oct. 23—The Hun
garian government posted signs to
day with pictures of an old tooth
paste tube, a broken watch spring,
a discarded sardine can and a
cracked flywheel in a campaign
for conservation of Hungary's scant
supplies of metal.
Depots are being established
throughout the nation where the
government will buy junk metal
which would be needed urgently in
the event of war.
New regulations require a govern
ment permit even for the purchase
of a 1-foot piece of pipe.
Women in Arms Plants
Women riveters and other fe
males accustomed to the use of cer
tain kinds of machinery are being
employed In French national de
fense factories.
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LOITISBURG, N. C.—RECOGNIZE RIGHT TO LOAF—The ener
getic pedestrian may claim the center lane on the main street
here, but space at right and left is reserved for those who want
to do a bit of friendly loafing. A tobacco auction town, Louis
burg in some seasons is thronged with visiting farmers who like
to spend the day meeting old friends and discussing the weather,
the crop, the war and politics. The town’s friendly gesture is a
boon to townsmen and visitors alike. —Wide World Photo.
City News in Brief
TODAY.
Meeting, Zeta Beta Chi Sorority,
Mayflower Hotel. 7:30 p.m.
Meeting. Alpha Chapter, Kappa
Gamma Sorority, Raleigh Hotel,
7:30 p.m.
Election meeting, Pi Kappa Alpha,
2800 Thirteenth street N.W., 8 p.m.
Meeting, Washington Association
of Amateur Cinematographers, Am
bassador Hotel, 8 p.m.
Supper party, Lambda Kappa So
rority. Carlton Hotel, 10 p.m.
Meeting, wage and hour, Raleigh
Hotel, all day.
TOMORROW.
Breakfast, Early Birds, Willard
Hotel, 8 p.m.
Hearinug, Civil Aeronautics Au
thority, Mayflower Hotel, 10 a.m.
Meeting. Board of Lady Managers,
Casualty Hospital, Willard Hotel, 11
' a.m.
- Luncheon. Better Business Bu
reau, Raleigh Hotel. 12:15 p.m.
Luncheon, Optimist Club, May
flower Hotel, 12:30 p.m.
Luncheon. Civitan Club, May
flower Hotel, 12:30 p.m.
Luncheon, Dartmouth Club, An
! napolis Hotel, 12:30 pm.
| Luncheon, Institute of Electrical
Contractors, Carlton Hotel, 12:30
pm.
! Buffet luncheon, Women's Na
j tional Press Club, Willard Hotel,
11 p.m.
Dinner. Board of Directors, Wash
ington Board of Trade, Mayflower
Hotel, 7 pm.
Dinner, Daughters of the Amer
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ican Revolution, board, Mayflower
Hotel, 7 pm.
Dinner, Osteopathic Society of the
District of Columbia, Ambassador
Hotel, 7:30 pm.
Meeting, Gamma Chapter, Kappa
Gamma Sorority, Raleigh Hotel,
7:30 p.m.
Meeting, Polish Club of Wash
ington. Wardman Park Hotel, 8 p.m.
Bridge party. Federal Bridge
League, Wardman Park Hotel, 8
p.m.
Meeting, Syrian Washingtonian
Club. Willard Hotel, 8:30 p.m.
Dance, Alpha Delta Pi, Wardman
Park Hotel, 10 pm.
Meeting, Wage and Hour, Raleigh
Hotel, all day.
London Night Train
Means Cold Ride
In Blue Gloom
Sailors, Gunners, Girl;
New Passenger Seems
Merely Big Shadow
By WILL7*M H. STONEMAN,
Chicago Dill? News Foreign Correspondent.
LONDON, England.—In the sta
tion buffet at “Plymouth North”
passengers slowly assembled for the
long night ride to London. There
were two lieutenants and an ordi
nary seaman from the aircraft car
rier Courageous, torpedoed with the
loss of several hundred lives. A
dozen Lascars, from a torpedoed
lesser vessel, sipped tea while their
drunken third-mate ordered another
whisky. A petty officer divided a
Cornish pastry with a pretty girl.
Nobody seemed interested in any
body else, least of all in the heroes
of the sea.
At 8:20 the London train rumbled
in and there was a dash for seats.
A sailor planked himself down at
the end of the corridor, too used to
“hard lying” to want a better place.
In our compartment sat a young
couple from farther down the line,
bound for Edinburgh, another young
woman who looked strangely beau
tiful in the glow of the blue light,
two gunners on one-day leave, and
myself.
The temperature was that of a
refrigerator. The dim light, just
strong enough to keep people from
sitting in one another's laps, seemed
to add to the chill. There are no
sleepers or heating arrangements on
the wartime Plymouth-London run.
“We ll freeze to death before we
get to London,” said the young
wife by way of opening the con
versation. "And heaven only knows
when we ll get a train on north."
"If they'd only put some blinds
on the windows and turn on the
lights it would be a damned sight
better,” said her husband.
"This whole thing's giving me the
willies.” said the mysterious young
woman. "I came down to see my
friend in Plymouth and the train
trip took so blasted long I only had
4 hours with him before his leave
was up.”
“Well.” said one of the gunners
in a half cockney, half Devon voice,
"I hope mine's waiting up for me
when I get home tonight. She’s got
to go to work in the morning.”
‘‘Mine's going to be there all
right,” said the other gunner. ‘‘It
may be the last time before we get
across.”
The train was skirting the coast
north of Plymouth and a half moon
flooded the sea with white light.
"Look at it,” the gunner went on.
“The next time we see it we may
be on a troop ship.”
"Don’t be too sure,” said the
young woman sitting next to him.
"They’ve been talking that way for
weeks. There aren't any troops in
France."
"Sure there are,” said the hus
band. “I hear we’ve got 10 divi
sions there. They’re going over all
the time, thousands of them.”
At Exeter there was a loud pound
ing on the door and a big shadow
joined us.
"Sorry to disturb you. I hope
there’s plenty of room. No, don’t
move over. Well, isn't this a night
mare,” said the booming voice. “Just
came down from Bristol last night
Had a devil of a ride. Just as I
was going to sleep I felt something
under my feet. By God, it was a
drunken soldier who'd gone to sleep
under the seat. Up near Birming
ham a couple of weeks ago I got
into a compartment and felt some
thing dripping on me. Somebody
had left a bottle of beer in the lug
gage rack. The conductor came in
just then and said, ‘Well, Mr.
Davies, have you been drinking
again?’ He was just joking because
he knows that I never touch a
drop.
"Well, I suppose you all want to
sleep.” Mr. Davies went on. ‘‘Bu
one thing leads to another. A frien
of mine got on a train here th
other night and found a sailor soun<
asleep up in the rack. Just lik
a sailor, eh? Well, I'U stop chatter
ing now.”
At Bristol the young husbam
went to look for a cup of tea. H
came dashing back after a few sec
onds shivering and swearing.
“It's like Greenland," he sale
t “God, I’m cold. They’re lined up 10
j deep In the buffet. To hell with it.”
| Gradually the train had shed Mr.
> Davies and the two gunners. Only
■ four of us remained, huddled into
our corners in a shivering half
1 sleep. At 6 o'clock in the morning,
■ 10 hours out of Plymouth and 2
■ hours late, we finally clanked into
the freezing gloom of Paddington.
“Much more of this and won’t
have to worry about the war,’’ said
the young husband.
"Right you are,” said your corre
spondent.
(Copyright. 1939, by Chicago Dally Newt.
Inc.)
All records were broken this year
by the 3-century-old Lammas Fair
in Ballycastle, Eire, 20,000 people
viewing the greatest number of ex
hibits and attractions ever shown.
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