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REPRESENTATIVES OVERSEAS
WILL 'BOMBING WIN THE WAR
(By C. J. Allbon, Jr.)
There arc various schools of
thought on the question, "Will bomb-
ing win the war?" Air Marshall Sir
Arthur T. (Bomber) Harris is very
definitely of the opinion that bombing
can win the war if intensified suffici-
Crltly. There are military ,authorities
'who don't agree with him while others
feel that the services, Air, Army and
Navy are interdependent and that
Victory will come only through the
closer co-ordination of all three.
But in this article I want to tell you
'something of what the Air Force has
done and is doing and particularly of
the work •of the Bomber Command.
On Thursday afternoon following
410 'our arrival in London we were told
that an interview had been arranged
. for our party with Sir Arthur Harris,
known in Britain as "Bomber" Harris.
Cars- called for us at the hotel and we
Were whisked sway to his heaciqua.rt:,
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ers. There the Chief greeted us and
for nearly an hour we talked. At first
Sir Arthur seemed very reticent.
Didn't want 'to be bothered with a
party of, inquisitive newspapermen, but
gradually the shell cracked and his
reserve fell away. It was then he told
us something' of the bbmbing which
his group had been carrying to the
enemy country for the past few years;
of the steady and intensive growth of
the attack; its object and the results
obtained, and the, effect on the civilian
population and industry.
The Bishop of Chichester
Our interview followed closely upon
the address of the Bishop of Chi-
chester in the British House of Lords,
wherein the Bishop criticized what he
contended was indiscriminate bombing
of German cities and the killing of
thousands of civilians.
In his address the Bishop said he
did not wish to reflect any criticism
on the pilots, gunners and air crew
which carried out these attacks with
supreme courage on the orders of their
superiors. Few would deny, he con-
tinued, there was a distinction in
principle between attacks on military
and industrial objectives and attacks
on objectives which did not possess
that character. It was idle to suppose
that war could be carried qn without
injury and violence from which non-
combatants
non-
combatants as well as combatants suf-
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owns a little stock is really in the
dough. There are only two classes of
people here the rich and the poor, no
happy medium.
There are quite a number of cars,
no gas ration, gas 50c, a gallon. Cars
are almost three prices and everything
else in comparison. I haven't been
able to see how they exist. There is
not compulsory schooling so therefore
poor education is quite prevalent. They
have quite a few pecularities of speech,
such as "where you to buy", never say
boy. Their speech as a whole is hard
to explain and understand until you
are used to it. Theis` houses are low,
squallid one storey dwellings and most
of them lived on the dole for a few
cents a day before the war, so at least
most of them are better off now. There
are more means of income and more
money in the country. Liquor is
cheap here and plentiful and most of
them seem to live on it, There is quite
a lot to be thankful for being a Can-
adian born resident. At least we know
better anyway. About 75 per cent •are
Roman Catholic 'religion.
The Newfoundland overland route
as they call it, left a carload of mail on
a siding one day this week and they
brought an empty car, so we.haven't
had our train mail. They only run
once a week and it would be easier to
cross Canada than go from one end of
the island to the other, quicker too.
Lots of Love,
Earl.
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Miss Hilda Lane, R, N. of ,London,
who has spent a week at the home of
her parents, and attending her sister's
wedding, returned to London on Sun-
day afternoon, accompanied by her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Lane
and brother Clifford.
Mrs. John. Campbell near Belfast,
received the sad news of the death of
her brother-in-law, Mr. Jim Bird, on
Saturday, He was hurt a week ago
when a strong •wind blew the barn,
door on him. He was taken to Clin-
ton Hospital, the funeral was held on
Monday afternoon, from his son's
home, Mr. Allister Bird, Brussels, The
relatives who attended were Mr. and
Mrs, John Campbell, Mr. and Mrs.
Dynes Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Her-
man Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Hunter, all of Ashfreld.
Miss Myrtle Johnston, iGoderich,
visited with her parents, the beginning
of last week and an invited guest of
her friend Miss Melda Lane.
The W. M. S. of Hackett's United
church met at the home of Mrs. Dynes
Campbell, 10th. con., on Tuesday aft-
ernoon, The. President, Mrs, Cyril
Campbell, announced the opening
hymn, followed by the Lord's prayer
in unison, Minutes of previous meet-
ing read and approved, Roll Call,
fered, He recalled the joint declara-
tion of the United Nations, and
France, at the outbreak of war, of
their intention to conduct hostilities
with the firm desire to spare the civil-
ian population, but pointed out that
in the process of a long and exhaust-
ing struggle it' was possible to forget
What they had once held without
question to imply.
Nor was he forgetting the terrible
damage the Luftwaffe had done to
Belgrade, Warsaw, Rotterdam, Lon-
don, Portsmouth, Coventry, Plymouth,
Canterbury and many other places of
military, industrial and cultural im-
portance. The question with which
he was concerned was: "Did the
Government understand the full force
of what our aerial bombardment was
doing and what it was now destroy-
ing? Was it alive not only to the
vastness of the material damage, much
of which was irreparable, but also to
the harvest it was laying up for the
future relationships of the people of
Europe? He recognized the legitimacy
of concentrated attacks on industrial
and military objectives, on air fields,
air bases, especially in view of the
coming of the second front. He realiz-
ed that, civilians would be killed in'
these attacks, but to obliterate a whole
town because certain portions con-
tained military and industrial estab-
lishments was to reject a fair sense
of balance.
At' Hamburg alone, a city of be-
tween one and two million people,
German statistics stated some 28,000
persons had been killed-yet Hamburg
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Offices: Centre St., Wingham
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Wingham, Ontario
Was one of the most democratic towns
tittles larger than aamburg and while
in Germany, Berlin he,said, was foot'
war establishments Were fair targets
some 74,000 persons had, been killed
and 3,000,00 were already homeless
• . • the policy was obliteration and
that was not a justifiable act of war.
And so throughout his address the'
Bishop criticized the Government's
policy of carrying •destruction to Ger-
many.
Harris Responsible For Bombing
Such was the atmosphere when we
paid our visit to ,the man who was
solely responsible for the attacks on
the •continent. It was not to be wond-'
ered that he surrounded himself with
an atmosphere of reserve. His Bomb-
er Command had now gained the up-
per band in the aerial battle and the
forces at home were now at work
trying to destroy him.
Viscount Cranborne•Speaks Out
To his support in the House of
Lords came Viscount Cranborne,
Secretary of State for Dominion
Affairs, who pointed out the R.A,F.
had never indulged in purely terrify-
ing raids on civilians. 'London, he
said, had been battered by German
bombs and 'destroyed before a single
British bomb fell on German soil. It
would:be wrong to gloat over the de-
struction, of German,, cities, forced
upon the Government by the military
situation, but, he said, speakers should
face hard facts. War could not be
carried on without inflicting suffering
on those not' immediately responsible
for causing the conflict. What they
had' to do was to weight against each
other how much suffering was to be
caused or saved by the kind of action
which we might feel obliged to take.
; In recent months the right reverend
prelate had pointed out again and
again the cruelties which were being
inflicted by the Axis Powers upon the
Jews and other people of the occupied
.countries, how they were being perse-
cuted, tortured, starved, and he had
asked the GOvernment to do what it
could to relieve their miseries. The
Government felt the only true cure
was to bring the, war to a victorious
end and' liberate the occupied coun-
tries. The purpose of the present air
offensive was to achieve just that hap-
py result at the earliest possible
moment.
• It4mig-ht well be, continued Viscount
Cranborne, and he did not link the
facts, that these great German war
industries 'could only be paralysed by
bringing the whole life of the cities
in which they were situated to a stand-
still, and making it quite impossible,
to carry on their work. It fully justi-
fied the present bombing campaign.
May Leave the Cities
Air Marshal Harris' answer to his
critics was that civilians did not have
to remain in the 'cities unde'r bombard-
ment. There was safety, he said, for
these people in the country where war
industries were not concentrated.
Those remaining in the cities were
working he war industfies and as far
as he was concerned they would never
enjoy a peaceful moment nor any com-
fort while they remained , in such
cities. From the hard glint that came
into his eyes we knew that he meant
every word of what he said and that
hard and dangerous days lay ahead of
the German industrial worker.
Up to that time the Marshal told
us some 26,000 tons of bombs had
fallen on Berlin. He estimated that
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it would take some A000 tons to
wipe out all industry there, It was
the intention to completely crush the
city and 'between a half and two-thirds
of the "objective had already been at-
tained,
He had'estimated that it would take
15,000. tons of bombs to destroy Hann,
burg, but 19;Q00 tons had destroyed
about 70 per cent of the city, or .0,000
acres,
Some 40,000 square .miles of Ger,.
many had been devastated outside the -
city of Berlin, 'and we saw a number
of the Air Force pictures taken over
Berlin and other German cities, These
included Keil, "Hamburg, Hagen,
Frankfurt, Essen, Dusseldorf, Ros-
tock, Cologne, the. Krupps work in
Dunlop Factory at Montlusion,
the Renault works in Baris. Shown
in the third demension the buildings.
stood out clearly in the photographs
and the damage' was terrific.
Would Not Last ,S,ia Weeks
It was the Air Marshal's opinion
that given sufficient bombers the war
could be brought to an end within a
couple of months. He told of loads
carried by the bombers which includ-
ed high explosives and incendiaries,
Speaking .of training the Air Marsh-
al expressed high praise for the train-
ing being given in Canada and the
work being done by the Canadians in
the bomber group.
He told of the' large number of
planes used hi the attacking forces
and explained that this 'system was
most effective and losses lower than
through single plane attacks,
Will Smash Germany
We left the Air Marshal with the
feeling that the task of bombing Ger-
many from the air was in safe hands,
and that there would be no weakening
of the effort until the last blow was
struck and our armies marched
triumphantly into Germany.
Next wee we shall deal with the
building up of the fighter force that
broke the German Luftwaffe in the
Battle of Britain as outlined to us by
Vice-Marshal Peck.
LETTER TELLS OF
NEWFOUNDLAND
The following is an extract of a let-
ter received from Cpl. E. D, Halliday,
by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Arnold
Halliday. He is a grandson of Mr:
David Halliday of town, and is stat-
ioned in Newfoundland.
Hello Everyone:-
People keep asking me about the cit-
izens here. They are white people. A
lot of them Irish, on the whole more
religious than any other place. I've
been. There are some good looking
girls but you can't tell whether they
are natives or not. They nearly all
want to get away from here and no
wonder. There is nothing here for
them. I saw a sign the other day
that made me laugh, protect the for-
ests, prevent fires. Most of it is like
Jack Fitch's cedar swamp only they
don't grow so high, hardly any more
than fifteen feet. There are not many
open spaces so therefore no farming
of any account. They are a couple of
hundred years behind, only one horse
carts, haven't seen two horses together
yet, and very scrubby stock at that
and yet they are nearly twice the price
of our horses, Cows are around three
hundred and so you see any one who
By R. J. SCOTT
answered by the word evil, the Study
Book was taken by Mrs. Elfner Alton,
the chapter on training'in industry, A.
Solo, "Ring the Bells of Heaven" was,
sung by Mrs. Spence Irwin, who ac-
companied her'self on the guitar. The
Heralds reported, Mrs, Dynes Camp-
bell on Africa, Mrs, George Lane ore
Temperance, Cor. Sec'y., Mrs. Jolla
Mullin, reported the serious illness, of
Mr. Albert Alton; Hymn 500 was
sung, Mrs, George Lane closed the
meeting with prayer. The Red, Cross'
Pres., Mrs. Wilfred Hackett, R. N.,
explained regarding the nursing course
in Lucknow, and asked for as many as
possible to join. The W, A. Pres.,
Mrs. Roy Alton took the chair for the
W. A. and reported on improvements
on the parsonage and reminded es on
the garden party money to be handed
in.
Mr. and Mrs, Allin Alton, Toronto,
spent a few days with their aunt, Mrs.
John Mullin and their Alton cousins,.
and at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Lane.
There was a• very large attendance
at the presentation for Miss Melda
Lane, at the home of the Misses
Grace and Louise Campbell, on Mon-
day night.
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DONNYBROOK
The W. M. S. meets on Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Thos.
Bamford.
The St. Augustine war workers met
on Wednesday afternoon in the Parish
Hall and completed a Red. Cross quilt
Mrs. Joe. Leddy offered her home for
the August meeting.
Misses Irene Jefferson of Dunnville,
and Lucy Thompson of Orangeville,
are home for-the summer vacation.
Miland, Mrs. Gordon Robinson bt
Wingham were visitors on Sunday at
his home here.
Miss Margaret Jefferson is visiting
with her sister, Miss Gladys Jefferson,,
R, N., at Woodstock.
Mr. Jack Mills and Miss Bernice
Mills of Detroit, are spending the vac-
ation with friends in this vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. David Chamney of
Wingham spent last week with Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Chamney.
Daughter: "Bill writes that his;
Corporal thinks a lot of him."
Mother: "How is that, dear?"
"He says the Corporal won't let'
anyone else peel the potatoes."
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poor torpedo boats -61 the Royal 'Canadian Navy
;lash through the waters of the English Channel.
the Royal Canadian Navy now completely mans
two flotillas of the swift craft which are directly
heleipg the invasion by keeping the channel clear
of enemy surface vessels, Four of these torpedo.
boats turned in such good performance's off L;
Havre during the invasion 'that they drew con.
gratulations from Rear-Admiral Philip Vian, copy
mender of naval' forces*
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