STRONG APPEAL

Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21582, 19 November 1941, Page 6

STRONG APPEAL

AUSTRALIAN FORCES REINFORCEMENTS WANTED CRITICISM BY GENERAL (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) SYDNEY, Nov. 19 In a broadcast appeal for reinforcements, the Minister for the Army, Mr Forde, said that voluntary enlistment was Labour’s principle, but time was desperately short and the danger was grave and terribly real. “I ask every eligible man to decide whether he will stand shoulder to shoulder with his fellow-country-men in the A.1.F.,” he added. “There is a hard job to be done. Let us go out and get it over.” After referring to the Common-wealth-wide observance of yesterday as a day of national prayer and thanksgiving, Mr Forde said the people must turn to face the danger as they rose from prayer. They must take time off from living as they would like to live, in order to fight for existence. To General Sir Thomas Blarney, commander of the Australian forces in the Middle East, Australians are like a lot of gazelles grazing in a dell near the edge of the jungle. After giving a vivid account of the fighting at Greece and Crete, he said in a broadcast talk last night: “To come back from that atmosphere and those scenes back to Australia gives one a most extraordinary feeling of what you might call helplessness. The beasts of prey of the jungle are working up toward you apparently unnoticed. It is the law of the jungle that they will spring upon you, merciless. No Mercy or Morality “The Hun today has neither mercy nor morality. He is bent on the conquest and seizure of the world and the bringing of all people under his subjection. It is modernised jungle law.” If Australians did not succeed in this war they would become slaves, and would continue to produce materials of all kinds to enrich the German overlords, said General Blarney. Germany’s desire to control the markets and produce of the world was not a sudden development. All the German mind for years had been concentrated on bringing it about. The Germans’ concentrated will and effort were carrying them forward. They worked long hours, and many of their women were working. Half the women in Berlin were making shells. Until Astralians could develop that same concentration of mind and develop that will and determination to win, they would not be able to meet these people, who regarded Hitler as a demigod. Referring to his troops from the Turkish border to Tobruk, Sir Thomas Blarney said: “We hope soon that we will start to make our reckoning, and that victory will be ours. It cannot be ours unless you back us to the utmost limit.”

AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS CRITICISM BY GENERAL BIG OUTLAY IN AUSTRALIA (United Press Assn —Elec. Tel. copyright) (Received Nov. 19, 3.15 p.m.) CANBERRA, Nov. 19 General Sir Thomas Blarney said he thought that the extraordinary large sums being spent on air raid precautions in Australian cities were out of proportion to the risk involved. Australian cities could only be attacked by seaborne aircraft, whose numbers would be limited by circumstances. The aircraft-carriers themselves would be highly vulnerable targets, as had been proved on several occasions. BRITISH NAVAL BASES SECURITY OF AMERICA (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Nov. 19, 3.15 p.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 18 The Times asserts that America asked Britain to accept the principle that America may use any British naval base necessary for security, and that Britain agreed. SEIZED GERMAN SHIP HANDED OVER TO AMERICA (United Tress Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyrignt) (Received Nov. 19, 3.15 p.m.) SAN JUAN, Nov. 18 A libel order signed by the Federal District Court today gave the United States Government the title to the captured German ship Odenwald. The libel was for salvage, not forfeiture, as the vessel was abandoned when it was seized. AMERICAN MARINES REMOVAL FROM CHINA (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyrignt; (Received Nov. 19, 3.15 p.m.) SHANGHAI, Nov. 18 Colonel Howard, Commander of the 4th Marines, said it is unlikely that United States marines will ever return to China, since America has officially announced surrender of ex-tra-territorial rights in China when peace is restored. Marines from China will probably go to Manila. SUNK BY U-BOATS CLAIM BY GERMANY (United rrp.v* Assn. —E!.•<:. t,*i Copyright) (Received Nov. 19, 3.15 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 18 A Berlin communique states that U-boats sank four merchantmen in the North Atlantic and the Northern Arctic.