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CL lT f lE R O ^ A D ^ R T l I S E R & T IM E S .


THl^ Allffih A ^ I S m No Concession to German Bluff


A c h a o t i c EUROPE A FTER TH E - WAR


We h4ve considered and .tHe military plans of the tlirM Powers for the final defeat of common enemy. Our cpmhined mllaj


taariy uiaLiS) ir'lll e


very the will We


[BY CAEEY 10Rb]* i ! ticerbefore themext war.j/ Hence,fp


v plans wiU be made only as w.e


xecute them; put we bedeve that me close'worldag partnership amoni


9' >


HELR to -1 m


I ' n ' ' " j j


lOn MisslNaffyjS the boys con^i


ease the butden of ward,


^ I s 91


special b^<t cars iAnd vyhei leav j;


’tiondl ■ surrenqer ' terms whltm shall Impose together on Nazi,|^rT- many after Ge^an armed’ has been- finally crushed. Nazi Ger many-is doomed. The German p^P« Willi only make the cost of their defeat heavier bv attempting to con- tmue a hopeless resistance.-Stahn, Rooievelt and Churchill.


ave agreed on common pphcm aM pliahs for ^forcing the unmnm


way


l eady shouldei's hoine on


le^\ '< , no effort is spared falls lyet another ttsk.


to


ie journe;r, jai le leave traiDls


M ± e inen speed hone- serve tea hnd snack: in


over, soldieK and airmen again ^ d


Miss waiting to s em twm, in' bnght add cheerful canteenk ir where the men pajusebefore r e tu f to oversets.


I'i


his provided extra ^ S e waiting hoursJ J


not onljj on Ithe trains hnt t ie spejdal t r ^ i t calpps


|End-bw4ve c^ lp e a grey'an 1 somlie period, l^afi aUfdrts: and ai 1 initiesj to bring gaietv to ; But|their effoi t i will be hseless witl out


a small army of N i if i .^ ls tC'prime an eager service, to cheer and encourage the boys Igoia^ bich and give th|em « parting memory ofj comfort tnd jpodwill to inithedaysaheadji' Ilf you Mc fe e to t olunteer lor t lis vital wofk, call (staging


sustam em Exchange.


yo|ur preiference ifor Naafi) at ypur l)cal ThejjjMill ^ve you lull detiilsof thissejrnCe,


i ^ I servi The official H»vy,Army4AIrForc^l iitiwtw, Roxley Toweri, Claygate, Esher, p irrey Employment


IfjtHE difficulties which will .confront . 'Europe—and the test of me wirld omttof fact-^when hostmtles cease


I what I we ex-Se wiee men-thought m ‘


ivvji. riot be to the lea^ degrM, 1^. probably greater, than durmg the wm itself, i That is why I have Otways wm tended in this x)lumn,-that if we m ■Brit^w all or t for the I«rfect mnd to fiv6 ^utes, so to spwk; we ^ to for a 'sorry disajpom'tmen't.^^at was


, years had elapsW before we Were cbrn- S y ^ te i l lu ^ e d


" of afiairs to Europe to-day }S.a ' to' allWions


arid no more than a'couple 9f state


of making'progress is to ! go slowly. -M-anyr people appear tp beneye that


“ tow^.


Grew, for exarhpli^ is bpt iari- instance of things g|)tag entirdy wtong- Thev are,mistaken; | The trouble spread in Greece because the Britiki force


I taken! The Britisl


■wiping it out,or- surrender. They


they would


' estimated, andjthe ,esson of succeeding ears to be learned


Were of course rnis- ,always iare under-


^^me Oontta^t. ] The idea not only m Grbece but to ail countries occupied bv the Huns4]pernaps a .rardonable misapprehension—was that thw- were all


adveritures never appea o le rnw in the s ^ e . boat and t.hat once


those|.Huns be^n be well'and they cpuld march forw^


. catastrophic chaos. Poland and Yugo- slavid dre stlllrin the -.throee of domes­ tic discord, each party clannmg to represent thej'lovemhelming majority of the people, I but pone of.them bemg


I yoke I they do :riot lecessanly work to 'internal amity,'hut may resort to Inter- nectoe quarrels I in the name of nothing less than patrlotisin. ■ It was piriy over­ whelming Allied s,length w p h pre- ■ ventdd Belgium degenerating, mto


. Yuopy t o , Til e u: ipalatable truth has darraed' upon ;tneir that ,’^®suse they have been liberatec from the paders,


iliiO- lA


■facSs have coine home riot only to Gr^'Ce .-but to Belgium. ,Mand Md


hiand in hand .^thput d'.scord to tolffl the common aipis of humanity. Hate


y-r,---I'urr 1-vA


three staffs at this cpnferencf h result 'taf shortening! 'the war


compromise moans to make theiThifd World War Idf 'th e .p r^ t ceiitm.,a certainty. It la astonlshtog to tooSe who foaow bur Parhmentary proce^-


mgs;tp find: 'th-at the.paciflsts;r?5i? Davis Tori.example^the [very p^ple


who -pretend to abhor, war more than anybody' else, are always ,<ptog forte modlflcatibrii of toe complete surrender terms whenjno omer course could more certain of compeumg. to fight


or go under to toe Huns at sc^® future d a^ If thb enemy wme_ aJino^.^y, Power except Germany, I ^ou.d life io^


'confident ihbpe 'that ■they -would toave learned their lesson and would, .with; a generous peace, jolp up with- the i^were


for; treating .them weU, ■ in the fairty


of freedom and help to make a worW fit for 'humanity Jo hve to. Bu-tmm!. these Germans. - 'They are. whollyj oiit^ side ithe palh iThey are not. ^-wfe p j so often Md by the softies Itoe t e n pwple.. ■


their own, and!it is one that inte^reK all Acts of 'kindness, all acts of g e to osity and good wU, as weataessi-that they have oniy to play on t|bis 'W®Pti nm long enough and all they are oUi^ for will bejconceded them. Well, tlie Crimea Conference has made .mm work of that.' Its leaders hac ,tl|ie record of Wha-t- followed the last war} in -front! ofl-tiiem. : In our djscu^ion classes we are frequenitly told it fallacy to think that any nation can be made to do anything it do^nt vant to do. The people who tell us tmis| pbtait to past-experience , as showtoi


They have a rnentahty strictly


ito dio as’ it 'is told, or. if preferrM no- to. do wihat- it: has been aiming a|; accoriiplishlrig .tor the, last teyenw


u the jimpbssibilitv of exertmg preteur rpon anyi nation as a whole. ; Bejthe; aight or b^.thev wrong,- toe fact is W' ore now up, against a prob.em that qa-i


nly be solved by compelling one nktiai


yeats at) Ibast.-' And that problem is going to! b^ solved^ tire, right way. If there bb


one determination: agreed


upon down to rock bottom by;all,the Allied peoples it is that never dgam shall there' dastardly Huns ^ j peri mitted -to fun amok all over .Europe, murdering | and plundering ivfhecever they, go! that if they are- given on? more,chance it is an end of civiliretion, ninety perj cent, of which hastaheady been destroyed in -this war. -'In ptiher words it is' the Huns or :us. Either w( c ' 1 the) Huns -or we are; finished,


Andtime ingoing to show th-at a iiaton can I be jcompell^.' Can you:cd|npel ithem, does Isomeone .ask ? Tlie aiMffej’ is in the affirmatlv-’’., Tf It were Iw tc me,lthore;iH-uns wo'ald never make waf again, despite toe theorists of ouj dis­


omnel _____


willirig to await the resul.t of a natpnal poll 1 France is in better case. But her


-bo lack of sympatl fail --to do th Mm ^vL


,rest ajikage, but


Pam-Lax haj pat


oJiniI 5St assured


awar-t J^ouh that; j


t quality and efficacy


: Pam-Lax Remains ex­ actly as pre-war.


ROBER T’S CROUPL 3


NE Ltd. BO Ll


ig to metal shortage! FAMLY LAXAtlVS TA U g rS UY\


t


everji thing. It is a physical


_irii the -Continent


shortcomings. : 'Wei fail to do .this. W that, an;


ing distress. To sthte the smiple truth, it is riothing of the kind. These people on .the Continent expect us to do


obviously it is jjue with toe prevail-


. ..


Britito or any 'ither nation to put on


moment’s notice. forgotten that \Ve are still engaged


its feet at Obviously it


in I defeating the Bosches, that our hands are more than full, that after


the .bombingj we have had, we also havejour domest c needs to attend to, but apparently nobody on the Oon- tipent believes it. .


,


1 More than twelve nontos ago both Mr, Rootevel't and Mr. Churchill warned,us


This^of coursb is riU an argument that we should not render every possible aid, but it is one explanation as to why we are riot able! to accomplish mnacles, any 'more in France than in Belgium, any I more in [Italy than in Poland.


! A.


, and jmoral. 'wihat we are witnessing is ’ revcduttonaryi remanticism on toe- top scale, and instead of toe Huns endur­ ing all the suffering, it is our Allies who! are suffering while the enemy is departing, or has departed.; with the loot,' The Greek insurrection was pre­ pared when I toe Huns were still in occupation. : Paction in one section '-'Atiori in other sections.


of the chaos and confusion that was coming to Suropo, and to-day these things are very grmly before our,eyes. The! resistanefe movements: vary in character accordii.g to toe country in whiesh they are ha x:hed. Their import- aned is not a'millary one but political


impossibility for the


cussion jdasses. But as I am.nc-t af: Alii;-cl statesman, we wOl let that 'Pass in t' certainty that Stalin, Rooreve^t and -IhurcMU, at their meeting -a;t Yal'.;,, reached agreement on mam thin-3, but on none more Importag toar to' see that this confiict is not imp-r.ed' oh mankind a third within a century.


piigpt in the maM^r^of foodstuffs and


■transp.ra port is such that feelmg runs very And the in^ation, everywhere blame Britain for the current


®


: c-oncern^. If that could eliminated, they would capitulate to-morrow. The sufferings of the German people would count as noth­ ing so| long as a further lease (jf life


mad. 'There was only; one thing! toqt roused their rage, that the Allied leaders remained firm and urii that the Huns must be rendered harmless! so far as .waging war


The:Hun wireless, as we say. W e: was extended lo those Junkers


Crimea I Conference was hailed with almost unanimous satisfaction.,. The .only fly 'inj-toe ointment to some-fpeopfe was Poland; They pretend to' regret


Outside .Germany, the result of 'tne


hood quifityIseed for good !<rops. Vher


tile foundation }oor seed i s


used,! much of the ouitivaViona^and nanuiing i s wasted


value o f good


FOR.iBESTRESUJJSibuy :in £. of| new c e | t l t i e d need,


a f ie ld ' by i t s e l f


frhm th is year asji"onoe-gro ages, . tiis using the th e fo l lowing yea


onoe-gr Buy seediwith * 4+1 Wn'


joodjstcjck / i growing i t inj


st.ving the seed i 1


crop for Uiie the following! For small aorsr


new seed erery second year^ seed fron i t


own r..


i f possible.! ia noh quite iis good, but |it


an H"


: shqu]('i give a good.


WHAT VARIETY. ? I t i s ail, con d itions.;


not


"A" c e r t i f ic a te , c e r t i f ic a t e see^


j OSSibis ware crop


I'are I in'effect !-?o many Kerenskys. who will be superseded by -the more sober- minded once||the| war crisiS: begins .to recede. -. Disorder may sweep 'Over Europe, hutjI'however long it .lasts, people'will eyentoally tire of confusion and prefer te y seriiblance of order. Extremism of| the Left is as likely, in ■tod end ito go: down in to? wreck as Nazism andi'Pateism. A. discredited t civilisation cannot last. Having played the dickens |With| our own heritage in


stimulated fai and but for-t _ have reduced Itoe whole of Greece to ruin'. That, in sihstance, is what Sir ■Waiter Oi'trind tells us,, and he- has visited Greece! as a prominent leader of British trade unionism. 'Wlbat we have-to remember when we are inclined bo move too iqukkly |is thatJeven toe Kremlin is mi 'to-day what I it was in 1917 or ’20. Someithing less than world revolution is keen to be miore 'practical, and,an impeflar notive is now mixed with'-toe old! fanaticism. Stalin has pro.-ved himself, net only intensely prac- 'tical but ext;}emely farsighted. Wild and destructive iorces engaged in ' a world :revoiutibn are much more likely to bring chap's than order, .'The wild mei) 0 1' Greece,. Rumania, i. Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Roland and the ■ Baltic States,! totalitariahs for the most part. (Since they prOfer ;:-orce -to the ballot-box,


mt will, cover tp


^ I f iii doubt about P t o Wow to su it yohr sp i l


> • ( I . WHERE TO GROW. I f pos s i


the best variety ask


|! your iffari Agri oulmral Comaittee this year's;p,ota;oeS


ijas not lltown poi.atcq 3 or 4|y«ars. Short t!he Potato Root ilel^form' ruin Ithe land foi ttfijs crop


j le , choose; for |a f ie ld that for the la s t I,


ro ta t ion s favour


Ne|ei'igfow pcitatojs a f te r potatoeJ which ;may


LOOK OUT FOR FURPhER ADVERTISEMENTS


brought a feeling -of -relief to toe Alik, Nations. A theory, had got abroad tiha ■there was going -to be sortie temper-mi; of I-the Alildd adm o f , unconditional surrender.' i UUcondi'tional 'surrender does not mean that toe Huns ^ to. b: annihilated, fas' not only Truthful J-o; brit irtany in 'toe Allied countries havo set forth, but that there 'can.be ii) compromise with the Powers [of, eyi 'tha-t 'anything less than, our dictatm terms of peace means nothing else bi ■ pro;ddlng-the. warmongers of Prussia with toe' oppdrt-uniby 'they seek. tMt of, provldingi an opening for makim the next twenty, years what the last twenty years’ was before 1939, in o ir experience, merely a period of arm"


,. _ Crimea Conference ha; ■the! ,w|ll_ ?o down! ito' historj


that I the 'Curzon Line is to, b? the future Eastern boundary of 'Poland, and accuse Churchill -and 'Roosevolt Of “giving: way” to Stalin. Nonsense. Churehili and Roosevel't have satisfied = themrelYes -that Stalin- is in -the right, hence -they have -agreed with -him. Had -he'beenI in the wrong, ; they would not have agreed. True, the Piolish .Gqverri- ment in' Ljondon—the most reactipnaiy madmen to he found in all Euippe;— will have none of it. and resort h toe oid'dodge !-to gain Britisl'a sympathy by. declaring .‘that it will be '-the fifth partition of Poland.” Since they have not. toe!smallest claim t? the'territory beyond ;the approximate Curzori | Line, it matters nothing if it is toe fiftieth partition , pf Poland. -Stolen property cannot BO permitted 'to remain" in tpe hands of i the toiev.es ' because it has changed hands before. But what tpe Polish GOTeniment in (London say to-day is I really of no account 'They have ceased to represent Poland! The P'rovisional Government in War*saw|— formerly the Lublin 'Committee-j-ha.ve taken over in. -Poland, and they -are [in agreement with bbe Big Three.' The best thing .the London so-called Govern­ ment can dd is to fade gracefully:away. In other woVds, get home as quickly as ‘


they can,'and such as are acceptable, if ally,, join up wi'lh the Provisional Governriient in- Warsaw, now :'g'iven prforitv!,by italln. Churchi'd andRqose- ’il


velri


Press it will haye. The great ’1 split”, njhrAV* l/^UoKKaltJ


three Allied -leaders has.had a good Press. T'ae more it is studied the' better


As I was saying, the statenient;of -the


on whichiGbebbels relied has proved!to' '■ Truthful; Joe was relying


“ on toe widely! different outlOipks jof be a myth.! __________


c'Dimtriesi [There is still a very -anti-4


But all -that Will melt away if 25th April; next, wtben -the


Soviet feeling in toe United


h^JC nVAVA/1 h'li _


Stalin and Roosfevelt, or rather of their (trong ta tes.


he! course of sl|x years spc'Ut in -the . wholesale slatighter of -mankind, wise


meii will in time be impartially ready i to riiake a new s:-art with hohester and eek advanceihem, and less denouncing


• t o


aking toe;'!world fit mb only hepoes but for everybody id live in;


lri'Ojre humanh motives. iThere will' be sess labelling I as Communists all who as [Fascists aH wljo do not sed their way


w Itoe last word in ideal'ism. | And then me. shall bejlable to get on with oui


Nations meet a.gain—at- San Fi —Russia has denounced her- ■neutrality pact with Japan and is at waij with that criminal nation.' It is said tha.t when the|Big, Three met at Yaltal -toey each stuck' to -their ;own accustomed drinks. I Perhaps Roosevelt, consumed part of Stalin’s vodka by mistakri. |Be that as it may, the divisions bstwrien Russia' arid -the United States whiah cauid |ndt be bridged preyed! largely imaginary. Stalin and -Roosevelt-were each capable of adopting a pofleyj of give andj take.' The [Atlantic .Charter was reinstated at the instance of toe Americad President. W


oh toe nijed cisco


of Poland-, Yugoslavia and 'to® Balkan countries; wanted "the earliest pos­ sible establishment through free; elec­ tions of Governments: responsive -to-toe will of -the people.” T'ne Americans |are verv keeh about -that. Stahn , 'willing to concede these points lif; in return, he; was supported :on .PpIand. The difference between America and RussiaAis .that toe'! former is |three thousand mUcs away; while -toe jlatter, ■...........................see


biO'. in. toe matter


F R ID A Y , F E B R U A R Y 23, i m EDITOR’S


does not mdanj that dogs always chained up.


tomed to seeing ‘suffering in .1 of their ,work,i have xecerii staorig •'representations to t’ on the cruelty!of keeping staritlv ohairied.! ■' ' ■ If these animals have, to , , ,


Veterinary 'surgeons; who , BAG


their dogs under special'contrOl at this ■time to avoid sheep worrying, but-that tlould be


Sir,—5t‘ is i essential for dog owners livmg in country districts; (to ; keep


XHi: RUNNING CHAI ssent_____ _ „


e accus- course [rtiade


:ogs!..pon-j chained


Society


up at all, why hot provide them with' a running chain? Although,wire is n)3t easily purchasable,it stol (®n.be obtained, and full ptrbcularsj- showing how to make sUch'a dhadri', wh'ljte sent oil, appUcatidn,'to tlte :RS.P.C.A;, 105, Jennyn Street.. :Londion, :S.'W.‘


s. G. p o i in i i


Acting -Chlqf Secretary, i R.SP.C.A. ANOTHER VIEW


o Sir,—Please jjenriit me to comment bn toe article '-The G16rlte!<f Rom®.” dn your , last i •ssue I. The impres^ns pf toe Eternal City, as' narrated. .


y Beriiard -Winkdey, which ■


• -


appeared certainly


(mocked me cold. -'Never has such a glowing tribute been paid, even to toe Creator Himself. The writer says he rode -and ran about Rome tor three days, and only saw a fraction of it. Would -to heaven'he had sren it a-11, then we .might have Been spared this fanaticism ! in extremis.. Afto seeing the majestic splendour of the Vatican, he had. the I privilege of seeing toe High Pontiff, wd, as a grand climax, received diie Apostolic! (Blessing and a


.


would have been very- useful jo him at the concluson of -his tour, fior he must have been' prostrate with adoration. Mr. Winkley has surely' gone to,


hand-shake from -the Sovereign Pontiff. think ' that Sedid-G'estatciria chair


exlremesi so he won't blame me if I make a !cqntmt. Put toe Pope and Bishops of I any denomlndttoh In, a dole queue, dressed in working Inan’s togs, and who -wbuld pick them lo-n; for what they really are? I don’titplnk any­


body would, because there is nd super- natural' significance .about .tl.em w enfh(


..... '


for all this pomp? The:viorid is a shambles'-except Rome; ind. how many - churches of ;all denominations are standing '-to-dav with tlielr' doors closed, except'for a lfew houis on. Sun­ days, whilst thousands: nay millions of !weary, homeless people are trucking ■their weary way to—nowhere -What is the Church doing : for then ? ’ Just prayers. Christ was bom'-'ii a stable, and was persecuted and dorit to death.


the imagination. Heaveris! What have wef to share


No'gilded domes for Him-!oj' Lambeth Palaces. ; No, [just ,a poor nan going amongst His people) and not sitting in dignity waiting f,or the peope to come labour. He but how


to Him after six | days’ wouldn’t expect that . -. ignorant! we are 1 ,i I hop? bjf j the time Mr Winkley


litimle


hey are. divested i?f 'theirif x)cks and rUis. Therefore, one is toe victim of


ARMS AND MEN


Rotary Talk ohi N e ^ for Control I ; of G o rm ^y


“ Ei()N’T BE C A UG H T N A P P IN G A G A IN ”


rpHE ngebssity foj: complete bon- 'f trol iM-German Industry after tlie war was stressed/by Lt.fCW. H. Gim a Ministry of Informri-* m speaker, at 1 the ' Clitherde


said that although we were not hi' the least! a 'mllltarii nation, we, had tpe finest I fighting! material injthe w orld. ; pVen our enemies vduld


en were not enouigh, Lt;-Col. prey


afimlt tna|t. I Hitlerl in ‘


irjore oi| less adequately, nine !dlvl- stons, apd we were able to double, o u r Extraordinarily Inade^d^te Rr.A.P., tppugb the Blenhelmsi 'and ihines we put Into the air


With the respite we obtained :'ter Mirilch we were able toiarm,


said tilat if England went to ^ar she wajsj sure to win, -no matter how unprepared she was, and no matter! wha^t sacrifice she had 'td makej


: ,


such mac: hid no Idhance against the Gerinan fighters.! We did, however; b ^d up nucleus of Spitfires


a canes.


: arid flurrl- 1 r IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERI


Were for | war, Lt.-Col. i(^ey bid tipat he went to prance! ib |19^01 as! -adjutant to: a photographic squpd- r()n of the^R.A.F. He! pxpl;lined


The sqiiiadron was equipped -with Itflres, jwhich were entirely I un­ armed, and was


Army hd volunteered for! the H1A.F, irir-


airfield Tihey si


ahout 40 miles ea'stof Pprls.' ared the aerodrome with I a h : Gurtlss squadron,


stationed at|


as if rei.dy for an inspection. ipg had g on rltish


should t!iey repialned In


jrist periled off one ri ter the l/rithin !a| few minutfes there


returns fo Ciithenoe he hM mme dbwn 'to earth; otherwise half/of our town will need a Wailing Wall. ' E ut, t^ e it from me; the handshake of ysur fellow- worker is worth >more. -than toe one that makes you- prosUiate. The sooner toe majority get together in a brother­ hood the better. Then there will be less domination from -the minority under the cloak of religion.


R.P.G. LORD OF ARABU.


Sir,—Ihn Baud, Lord of .Irabla—an alternative speEing; “ Sa’oud,” gives thd


key to its pionunciatlon-fSienicrted! in my recent article; on^yrii, and the Lebanon, -has come, into to ; limellgiht this week through iris me;ting with, Mr. Ricosevelt and, Mr. Chu rchi'll (pro­ nounced by the Arabs -‘Cliarcheel.’)’ Perhaps your| readers will b« interested in a brief description of him He stands


a Curtis left on thel ’drome. iJ.j


2bO'Stukas came over at 5,00p] fe^t arid bombed the penault works. (Jnee again there was no oppori- t .on, arid' the planesj came oveit and:


ad a ;chance- to tdke the a!l):,f ere were, no A.A.' guns -at| , hree or| four, days later aprither


'"h;


repeated liter.


LE-S^ONS


the job half-ari-hrijr NOT LEARNT


gireat victories,, we failed develori the Invention. As a! r we were riwept out pf France; s In 1938, "we obtained a r-


7-ft, in height, but is so .•emarkabiy well proportioned to-at he j i^t ioolis 'a ■very-big man and would i.ot be sus­ pected of being seven- feet unless a six-foot man'stood beside h m. Li , his younger days he was fond ')f personal comba't. with his enemlep, and is credited with having accounted for at least a hundred of them H-; is as bold and brave as' he is big. jltventydlve years ago he spoke little English, but doubtless since then he will have


added Eriglisihi to his many ;iccomplish- —iCLj


and alfhjough Its u^e had giy^rig car at


the lessons of the last war. j A'the


The fact was we had-not! ltricjugh: we invrinted thei trir k,


We managed to pv t Spltflrea a: Hurrlcaries into the Battle of Britain; time tp I bring our iriodern standards,


we were compelled Jampaigri in North Africa,]


, It was not up to ichleyedl victory. | |


standard to launch


. J[


shermaii tanks and, theiarnis a ad She nieri ( b e i n g adequate^ 1 We


ventuhlly;we got .Churchill! ,, ,


rif our' chief troubles was that we iould riot get out of our heads the


I Lt.-Col. Grey thought! thaj-; idea"oTa frontal .attack.^ Ittjic'ks


membered. famous! frontal n our ihlstory,' such as toat at lunkefS'Hill in the American -jWar


if Independence,! Irikermannl In, t}he


Women’s Institute was held in Down- ham School pn Thursday evening las itiben Mrs, Assheton pfeslled' over- very goed -attendance. Trid Education. Scheme was discussed, and were made!


W.I.—The I riiionthly meeiing of the the new programme.


just been received from Country 'Women’s Assoc, were cut up and handed during the interval.


Two Christmas cakes suggestion^


The cake was much enjoy|ed, to members’ . recollections cakes -of pre-war standard, toe donors were extended, Secretary was authorised letter of appreciation to the Associa-, tion in Australia.—The Rector of Slaid-' burn (Rev. T, W. Castle) gave a’most. interesting talk, in which The outlined the story of the Red Indian. Mrs. A. Robinson and Miss M. Todd, were asso­ ciated lin an expression of thanks to toe-Rector.—The social half-hour was devoted to an impremptul play,- thote taking part being Mrs, W. I. Todd, Misses J. Watson, F. Smithies and I. Ooulston. The plav was highly amus­ ing and did! credit' to toe' performers. In addition,; six members enacted la mime. ' ■ !


to members and Ted


which had the Gland Australia, ^


of similajr to write


Thanks to' and toe.


'


RAT-IONS FOR DOMESTIC POULTRY KEEPERS.


ers wishing to-obtain Balancer Meal during the 12 months commencing 1st April, 1945, sihould campieto the appli­ cation form which comprises Part 3 of .toe existing ra'tion card" of an" applica­ tion card which' can be opt:taihed from ;the local Pood Office. - Pojiltry keepers.


As already amraunced. poultry keep­


:are reminded [hat 'toe Completed appli­ cation form 'stould'be.takrin or sent to 'the,local P6od. Office betjween -/ThursT 'day, 2hid February, andTljiursday, loth (March.


is on Itoe spot If Btal-;ii is out to toat Ibid frontiers in- toe-future not tri be such as really inyite Huns i to [attack .toem; who -shall 'blame him ?| 'Twice -tlhe Russians have peen victims of the malice of toe Hups, land -Stalin is out:-to see :-toat the, proposi­ tion is not Ed easy next time.:


BLIND GARDENERS.


Permission has" been given to. toe i National Institute for toe llproduce in -Br-allle -toe


Bushes.”


■ : Speaking generally, the'drawing of frontiers will be-decided at the pea'oe .,


’ leaders should know the points involved easy I to discover; why 'it ,s louM 'be su^ wellin advance.- Mr. Churchill [ (has posed toa:t| Gaurchm W|OUld not Je rendered signal service bv brin^IngjMr, I equally severe. It is & "fee: proyi^r Roosevelt and Marshal Stalinitiogetber, rtbat! German militarism! j as_welL since:it' has been his.constant' aim 'Nazism.,\mrist be:destro-yrid. since''the.United States and Russia mans may set up a howl ;th-at_,will m came into- the war to' reconcilei toe- heard in Mars,,,but not toe smalles- •widely different outlooks, of toe two concession can be.made tb: toem there


conference, but it is well that the Allied newspapers: to Stahn. tocugh it is not _


nations.! But after all, toe main point of -the Conference was ton treatment Of a : defeated Germany. That it lis a hard' one :1s attributed by -most of the


I « t I ^1_ _*ll ____ i__ 1 T /vV T -vrrrY 11 IL —a _ 0


Let them howl. i-The-harfler th(Tv b.ow. ■the-'(harder: they must- .be. hit. G:vi


-iw ■thqm something;to howl abou't.-


Blind to re- Mih-istry of


' Agriculture’s ' Dig,, for VI itory Leaffet II No. 25,'! How to Prune Pr


lit Trees and -u 'y ■ «.,4i ; ES SCHEDULEC)


PRESERVING RURAt f AMElkiTIES


boundary QUES’ Rriral! District -jCduncil, The irionthly iheeting 'of, Bjcwliiridon


MoH'dliyi was of brief duratlpp- fdtinal business' being tr-an^sa.cted,


Counriillor R. Hl)tchin prea.dfedj others present were CounciUorS L. Collirige, J. Eastwood, H. R. HafUey, T. HolgWe. H. Kayley. T. Robihson. T. iWalker, S. 'W'almsley, J. ^'ritson anfl Major M. N.: Wright. JJ 11- .To !a meeting of the Siifftary


Comniictee, the Senior Gam);w Inspector ('Mr. Jj HmchUffeljreflprt-


ing ori the Grindleton water] supply; said Ithat the [smaller tank I hear Thickley. Greaves had now | been completed and'iiut into ootnipissmn. Only the sodding round and fencing of tnri-tanks now remained to (to.m- pletel the' entire scheme, and| the work'would be [finished thig cn


n n u i-y uc


great that £501


charges for the poost


'installed in'the flltotloni plant for Rlmington water supply at ri '£92 The tank has become coi by. the action of ; sulpha


„ ^riw alunfina .tank; is! to be aluraffia hean ^


’ cilloil Callinge. the Clerk:({Mr' J. M^ I Arrotvsmlth) reported that (he had I nothing ty of


In rbly to a questlonlibj Coun-


further about the the Glsburli (water


mppl^elng offered :for sale L® trie Couridl. ;No further action jis ',to bp taken 4 the matter until: the-entire .................. rioughj-


i out the distrlcji was reconsidered;!: I the light of the' new legisiati|on.; ' :


questibn of water supplies ith-pough


Complaints of d-ampri^' Jn '(the, flye houses niea-r the churbhjat-West


Bradford havb been ffivestlg-ated, 'sT ' ' ............" " '■


It h-hsl been found that water! from an adjoining croft had, percolated^ under! the houses, owing to [the suijr


face water drams ^having been altered. Arrangements hhve, been


made for the 'owner eithej: ito, p«- yide a trough for -the water.'K needs, ;or for re-iayang thei'draiu m its orilginal position. . Ms' :i


PRESIRVING THE TREES Reporting on ,a [meeting oliW


Regional Town 'Planning Com­ mittee, the Clerk referrep' tOitne protection of trees and wcodianos. which .were worthy of preservation .under the' ToWn PlanningIjActS'as an amenity to the dlstrict| Tue Surveyor was instructed to|prepam a schedule of-.treris in-each parlsn: and each member of the Coimcu will be asked ‘to schedule a'jpropn" ate trees -and report to toe n«»' meeting of the Council


Lord Mayor of London a Re . Merchant Navies Week is to [befleio In the dlstrl(i!t. The. arrari^eniebB were left In the hands of the Ciert


The sicheme had pitoved *.() toe :a Access arid it was estinated


(Dr. J( .Fairw'iather) reported on > water supply‘having been 9ontam Inated by dea,d sheep and appea j? to farmers, m-the interests of-PW lie -health, I ■ to [dispose | m carcases Iri' g, proper manneri | , 'iriletW!


’'(The Mridiod 'Officer : of'l Heaitb


ilj would Pave appro3ji|iriately her annum In elriptjricity


■from :lhe. Rural District; [Counewi Association cbntierning tbe Bbunto


: The Clerk read la cdrcular Rural


ary • Commission! which 'isj to Wl iappo4:tedriy]the Government.; ,1®! [ Council! decided! to (supportJ®I


recommendations. Amongptitnewi


[knowledge of the rural wav! of w I [and of practical administration ^1


locial


other point was that ; a : authorities whose b o u n d a r ie s^ be affected by the decistons of


(} , (authorities.


were suggestions! that the si'on must include personsJhavffljL


'-rural' ddstricts, j - and ' that _ mj Minister sriiould ! discuss thp, diKC'l tions to be given'to trie Qojrite'i®^| wllh representatives of! sssow“'| '.ons 'Of


{-.Iocs'! s ni'W


i the interests' 'of its constp.{ueiJifl


Commission II should be Bily4-„S| right to .demand a public pnqgi .and-that -“ riV local authprlfy cop| have cbnflderice in the de.clslou; Comm-ssion:: given belrinil; doors,' wlMut the pubheity.® S enquiry, which , such nn [^tnovi! considered .'riecessary, to, ,sateP|i


As a result rif ah' appeai''ff'jm tbj | ^ '


iriyaraiHi


hiiriea. i And, in th lad the battle ofi.the Soinme, whore Yontal 'attacks 'achieved -s()'hi tic


earlier that .we (needed ; to. attack: pressed by Mr./\V.!Kilner;i,[ [


If life ! We should have learned ' ■


md caused such an enormorisjl)3SS -tt;


ne


lines arid air. Sri: came qvb' one mbrrilhg were aborit! 200 of them, .an df


l|practically re enough,


,a|n


fields nearer Germany, the disperse their planei


Sav- icmb-


suggested tljat the Frt e i


7


their n never tocjk the dlve-bonbers here


ad their planebdrawri :up experiences of dlve-tji


'W o 'h


'bndh but liar'


that he 'was a soldier,' ,6ut that when hd could not'get a Job Ip,' the


Illustrating how unprepared jwe* ^Mein Kampf’> hpid


Rotary Clrib yesterday week» duflrig ~ rialk on ‘‘ Arms and Men.” | | f


Observmg that} it had beep 'oved py bitter .experience Ith'at


with adequate arms and men and fire I cover and to attack front (tlie flank. The frontal attack c()uid only mean great loss-of life'and small results. , Runstedt’s recent Arriennep. offensive was a perfect example. By massing a great weight of armour, ,-jlte!-'Germans broke through, but were contained and lost practirially the wholri ol their tactical reserves. !


•Russia's experiences had beep In- ; | ' : - 1 I i '


terestlng. Despite the fact'jthat their 'man-power was almost I un- linilted, .they were -ccriiparatively unarmed, and the German, panzers werit through them like a; flood. But the Russian's fought back|;and irilprovlsed all types hi equipment,- receiving a great deal rif help||from this country and the UlS.A, Ip the. process, they suffered enoriPbiis casualties, but in spite of R all they had Ptaged the most amazing come-back In military thlstorV.iahd noW they were 'fighting Insldei Ger­ many. Because they had - the | arms arid men necessary,,to| do!the job.. they were entirely Invincible. Nothing stopped them. The men were probably not so good as |when they were fighting for their own soil, but the arms were [incredibly


britter. ■' ' !,;


, professional arPiy. ' Our army was drawn from men


_ scipllne, had. made ap lmiMssible situation possible. “The Influx' of ^ civilians into the. Army had been of Immense advantage. Training methods had been revolutipnlsed. Lip-service was always paid; to the authority of the lance-corporal, but' nothing more. Now, both In [battle


Again and again mdividupi mitl- ;ive, combined with a sense'of


sri’t :y


arid in training, the lance-corporal would quite readily'take charge: of a'company. From the-highest, to thri lowest, It was realised that in­ dividual leadership and initiative, plus arms'and tactics, (meant ivic-


tbry.' ■ ' j


-fare of the future.- Larger; and improved types of weapons iwould be produced, which could he, dls- riharged by an aggressor n nation without the mobilisation of all her trriops, Unless .:we'|recognlsed that,


j The time had now copie when we. had to plan for the future arid: to team the lesson of the wa::.' I The Primary lesson rif this wpr Was that robot warfare would be the' jwar-


ifa'ct, this country, [or any 'country Iwhlch' was attached, ;|womd ibe wiped out In a couple of days.': It was no use having an armed league i)f,.onatlons, because,,the jdamage would he done before; JhatI army


air and wrii|the which gaye armour


;wh|bn


could congratulate lourseives that, this was total war, tor we were not' furidamehtally concerned with a


In :'a way, w6 in thjs country INITIATIVE.; :l . i '■


of all walks of life—men trained by their experience in civil life to think for themselves, 1 r 1 , |


( ' !| ■;


! ' I-:;


- ■ -f-


Liaild jSec ISTERES


ing of; the


'flliimately 'agreed that floor


• -


th'j firs^. foi-merly: used Of leer, be util!


- 'tal'y asslsljan'ce, • j i


of exhibits for and


diriUned;' ills iuggestl aWishrientirif amul


R; C: Musspnattei Museum (j!o


__ by the utilised for ■" a mus(. Is t( 'rie batalogi


at ;M


Hriuse ,.arid cleaning ' Erexhlbi


a The


ndthevTo: W ^ h ! iCpi


•rtpresentativi Ltd, the the


yor,-lAlderj owp. Clerk' iminittrie


femo^rig CO the no


jstle House. tg at present


Engineer.ito prepare! tlrin witli thri- Chle alternative, scaemesi out the: land in Kli parking of vemcles, if( vehicles In- tflgt sl;rf erection of sul lable foF


instructions


k ’subl-committee to, , v


i


. (hides 'pn the street land. ,’ :' ;


-■"the guldanie of


[ iAhe, Criuncll--h-as Icrease'from lOg 6d ay in'the pgyrnent rice o f -^ y mgtefn)+ ed' to ! Blackburn hie BoMugh. ' ■


_ 12 months! from bjeCt 'tio Mr. iBoltoi. ch extension.


:ht;of Mr.- J.lBoltori nltarw -Inspector to a further periods:


'istry of He, city


!lppl'l|c-atlon fs to he 1th for


„jtabhshment I of Hbspital in' the Boro rejsoived'lthat 'me Mef, Health'report bn thlp. H ialth iqub- C^ommltte


rhe'Hrialth^ommlJit : to IrPhe. desiraqll


the Bore ugh Engineer/ rhe: Housing


fcould strike. The real lesson t(/ be learnt was that we! should!have to occupy Germany ! effectively,so that we could control compieieij rill her centres of industry.!! Almost any factory could be convened to Military production in a 1 very short


space of time; - J 1 A.. 1 ,


!lf they were given any chance at au 'they would start a'third )j(orid war, .Whatever happened, it w^s meum- ibent upon us to occupy andj supet- l-vise the whole,of German! liidusirj. The thanks of the club; were [C


did try to learn hi3' tesson.i He was quite sure that the rising; genera: tion of Germany was soigrounw in the gospel of force andjhate toai


! Grey declared. He was not a militansti- but: he


war-a great deal of neutral,and other kindly-disposed ipressuie will be brought to bear upon; us, but we should be mad to allow Germany to reorganise, 1 Lt.-Wi.


" l am quite sure that afterijhe


b( aprinved Md for Jl/!ln;lstr:r. of- Health.! Cjerk'l r iporteq taken !or, ftie tend oh which 'riiject'tlie teBjp


No-'Objectlor


tfle proposal to ereej fiiectrifeity imri'


has! toSliJ


'4 the: Boroug'i; Englriee orien-' left to Bentham) : ,|mgineer. i


The appoint nentt the


rind phone from tr.eiBorriu The present X;


ajttend the tie Institution bf County Engineers.!


orough Engiheer]s The Boroig


mnt


irir the supply-xjf fl!sh the -River Rabble, ilt ahd seconde'd tpat diererred for l3 month?


) the. Parks G-onmi|;t, The'Borougl ,, t


ent was prbpbsed -a .at the quotatipn ibr yfearimg broWn trbrit


Office to his transferred to thel rest Hjighwiays For imaii, [ah „ telephone is to be( I n s ^ j ^ f ref


exteiBio: reslden


WhuKt-street'tp (>oip Hf


ohirl fnt»trf on


atlve lajfnout plans for ol 'thri 5|) temporary jbi was resrilved mat tlie.i^IiB^ vlding for aT throrigl


The Borough Engl to ithe'Houslnk- Co


■p '[ ..[u o .iB Commi ®


W th rrigard to ; the re]| ptofesani for remedyjn drijaccess -bility pf the in a.riunber of,Cou


4.A.sub-committee |hu i p


arid'the fish plaped being put to thri’vote -a 1 itV: voted for th-; amien** las declared (farried.'


:peendedded vlugUst. To! the ;TOi


le [Borough


■ mdrirp for, trie ;pre|,boreholes jtepppsals fori >


(npoUnding re?i 4 y[ site. “


^petibn b'eiilg bbt I


Tr|d. subject tbi trie, hi) Ministry of- - Healt^


( - Mattriews' U ' I . J


J There' .Is bp be .4 i-ajflfe! rdom In [the'May i'.! l-^e-gallon- automatic,


;! i : heater (for thbipuir osi ' n i ,pt iw-ater foiil the' ,Tovt i ^boiler'is tb: be'las'


i :' yldlng: hot watei


in; ¥ 4 .Quarry ‘ to Mbssrs «i |i-nd‘ Sons, Ltd.‘ ' . j .:


1 Conslderatron Is «« 0 the renewal of mje


rib c


tjirf and -re-ieedllng 1 bowling greer.


da' V ’


UU1| of removin at the!


'dbegtej


j-.,!j'mer necessary'reie 'is n the Borough, and t ■ hr: consideration'4 '


t esumayesj 0


•:i [;' hiEii-gl-neerlhas 'bbei i ' i ptepare esUmates||o.


^gwdlands tri LowjM 19 (replaced by a lar;


^ Aria'meetlkg of Ith (tommittee. the Bciro 'epbrted on the prbci he Cpuncll tor expenl itctlon with the; 'Pre 'he: year ending on'-ais 4d-as to an esttraate


■I I 'I


'the [existing ’ ws ■ 5


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