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THE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON
British Achilles Heel Real Target
Of Adolf Hitler's New Nazi Fleet
By GEORGE FIELDING ELIOT
NEW YORK, March 20 Ger
many is building a navy obviously
intended for a single purpose: to
strike a deadly blow at Great Brit
sin at her most vulnerable point-
her sen-borne trade and supply
routes.
Else why is Germany building
a navy at all? Obviously, it will
be many years, indeed, before
Germany can hope to even ap
proach the power of the British
fleet in equal combat. As yet,
Soviet Russia has no modern cap
ital ships and the rest of the Soviet
navy is not very imposing.
Yet Germany is building a pow
erful navy, in adition to all her
air and land armaments. Why?
German strategists have not for
gotten thHt they came very near
to winning the last war by ruth
less and unrestricted use of the
submarine against British mer
chant shipping. The British Isles
are particularly vulnerable to this
sort of attack. Cut off from sea
bone supplies, the British people
must starve. This lesson both
Germans and Britons learned in
!the grim days of 1917, when the
toll of submarine losses was
mounting month by month.
Fortunately for Britain, the ans
wer to the submarine was found
an answer in the finding of which
American naval ofifcers had no
small pari. II was the convoy j
system. Merchant ships sailing In
groups f r i m regular convoy
' assembly ports, escorted by de
frayers, patrol vessels and armed
trawlers, put an end to the sub
marine mennnce, and saved Brit
ain. Only oner was it seriously
threatened; and that was on Octo
ber 17, 1017, when a convoy of
twelve ships, escorted by two
British destroyers, was attacked
'by three German cruisers. Both
destroyers wont down, and nine
of the twelve merchant vessels
.under escort fell prey to the Ger
mans. This lesson, also, Qermnn
naval strategists have taken to
heart that just as convoy is the
answer to the submarine, so the
'answer to convoy is attack by
.superior surface forces.
I But, under normal conditions
of sea warfare, this is not an an
swer which the inferior navy can
make. So long as Britain possess
es a superior battle-fleet, on
which all of her naval operations
are based, and by which they are
supported, she should be able to
bottle up the German surface
forces in their fortified harbors,
or destroy them if they come out.
so it should prove in the next
So it proved in the last war, and
except for one very important
T
me: what hast thou done?
Jesus answered, My kingdom is
not of this world: if my kingdom
were of this world, then would my
servants fight, that I should not be
delivered to the Jews: but now is
my kingdom not from hence.
Pilate therefore said unto him,
Art thou a king then? Jesus an
swered, Thou sayeth that I am a
king. To this end was I born, and
for this cause came I into the
world, that I should bear witness
unto the truth. Every one that is
the truth heareth my voice.
HE black smoke belching from the turret guns of the German pocket battleship "Dcutsehland" make an
ships of the line. The "Dcutschland's" real value lies In helngr speedy enough to attack merchantmen
convoys and run away from most of Great Britain's naval heavyweights.
Bishop Howard To
Speak Over Radio
The Most Reverend Edward D.
Howard, D.D., archbishop of the
Catholic Archdiocese of Portland
in Oregon, is arranging a series
of broadcasts preliminary to the
great celebration next May of the
one hundredth anniversary of the
arrival of the Catholic mission
aries in Oregon. All the stations
in western Oregon are cooperat
ing by offering the use of their
facilities. Most of the speakers
are prominent Catholic laymen.
A partial schedule of the series
follows: Tuesday, 5:25, KMED;
5:45, KORE; 7:15, KALE; 7:30,
KOAC. Wednesday, 4:30, KWJJ;
5:25, KMED; 7:30, KOAC; 8:30,
KORE. Thursday, 5:30, KMED;
5:45, KORE. Friday, 4:15, KALE;
5:30, KMED; 9:30, KORE. Satur
day, 4:30, KWJJ; 5:25, KMED;
6:15, KORE.
As active preparations for the
centenary are under way, with
committees working in every
parish throughout the archdiocese,
the radio news services will
broadcast the principal develop
ments as they break from day to
day.
illK new German submarine, with a "saw" on the bow to cut through the anti-submarine nets which
trapped many U-boats in the World War.
START SPRINGS
ON ITS WAY!
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factor.
That factor is the matter of
time. Even a very superior navy
cannot, on the declaration of war,
IMMEDIATELY wipe the wide
oceans clear of enemy warships
and merchant ships.
Today Germany is building a
navy precisely adapted to take
advantage of this factor. In fact,
some of its most important units
would be of comparatively little
use for any other purpose.
The two battleships recently
"Gneisenau." are vessels of 20.000
completed. "Scharnborst" and
tons, armed with a main battery
of nine 11 -inch guns. Obviously
those are not intended to fight in
the line of battle against British,
French or American ships armed
with 13 to lli-iiuii guns.
nown" and "Repulse."
Germany is also building five
10,000-ton cruisers, armed with
8-inch guns; and two aircraft car
riers of very peculiar design. Un
til (he characteristics of the latter
were made public, there was some
wonderment as to why Germany
should want any aircraft carriers,
for al her home waters are within
easy reach of her shore-based
aviation.
He new carriers are ships of
19,000 tons, carrying about 40 air
craft. They are well armored, and
in addition to the anti-aircraft
battery, carry 16 six-inch guns-
a very powerful armament, en
abling them to fight large cruis
er? Now the U. S. S. "Enterprise,"
recently commissioned, is a car
rier intended to work with the
fleet. She is about the same size
But the German ships have de- as the new. German carrier, "Graf
Igned speeds of 27 knots, and Zeppelin," but she carries 100
This
from
ship
they
Ish c
tunc
1
aid to hav
means they can run away
any present British capital
except the "Hood," while
can easily destroy any Brit
uiser. Tticy have steam tur
for high speed and Diesel
ng engines which give them
Lenten Lesson
John 18. 28-37
Then led they Jesus from Caia
phas unto the hall of judgment:
and it was early; and they them
selves went not into the judgment
hall, lest they should be defiled;
but that they might eat the pass
over. Pilate then went out unto them,
and said, What accusation bring
ye against this man?
They answered and said unto
him, If he were not a malefactor,
we would not have delivered him
up unto thee.
Then said Pilate unto them,
Take ye him, and judge him ac
cording to your law. The Jews
therefore said unto him, It is not
lawful for us to put any man to
death:
That the saying of Jesus might
be fulfilled, which he spake, sig
nifying what death ho should die
Dr. Robert Leeper
Will Speak Tuesday
Dr. Robert Leeper, assistant pro
fessor of psychology at the uni
versity, will deliver an address on
"The Need For Consumer Co-Op-eratlves,"
at the Community Lib
eral church, Tuesday evening,
March 21, beginning at 7:30 o'clock
This address is being presented
at the first meeting of an adult
education class, which is taking up
the study of the American co-operative
movement. It is planned
to have a guest speaker at every
meeting. This class will meet
every Tuesday night for the next
ten weeks. Anyone interested is
urged to attend.
THE GOOD EARTH
SALEM, Ore., March 21. ttJ.R)
George Hastings of Salem literal
ly dug up his tax money this year.
He said while spading his yard, he
unearthed a rusty tin can contain-
: ing $35. He promptly applied it
i upon his tax bill.
Then Pilate entered into the
aircraft capacity to Increase judgment hall again, and called
powder? Obviously, because I Jesus, and said unto him, Art
done 30 on trial. j aircraft. Of course, she has no
heavy battery; only anti-aircraft
guns. Wiiy did the Germans re
duei
gun
like the German "battleships." i thou the King of the Jews?
the "Graf Zeppelin" and her Jesus answered him, Sayest
sister are not intended for fleet I thou this thing of thyself, or did
others tell it thee of me?
I'ilate answered, Am I a Jew?
Germans are rap-1 Thine own nation and the chief
inous radius of action at work, but for commerce raiding
ships." Die:
ships catryii
10.1100 ton 1
destroy any
can get nwny
reinforced by the
I'd "pocket batUa-l-engined,
armored
six 11 -inch guns in
lis. These also can
British cruiser, and j 111
from any British .
Finally, the
capital ship except "Hood." "Re-
tu .-,,, -vis 1
?m CSAIN NEUTIAl SriRITS COfvUG'lt I9.H. SCMINIEY NSTllUB COf. N 1 C
idly building up their submarine i priests have delivered thee unto
force; they have 71 submarines,
built and building, and have an
nounced their intention to build
' to parity with Great Britain.
inoy almost, won 1 lie last war
by commerce raiding, and they
mean to do a belter job the next
lime. For their submarines will
compel the British to convoy
merchant shipping. And their
armored ships can strike deadly
blows ni the convoys themselves,
which the aircraft of their car
riers and cruisers can locate and
assist m attacking.
British cruisers and destroyers
can do little to protect convoys
against such attack. British eap-
ps with sufficient sneed to
bring the raiders to book are too
few in numbers to have much
hope of dealing effectively with
the menace in lime to save the
British people from starving.
And as for bases, one is now
able to perceive the real reason
for the German interest in Spain,
and especially for the concentra
tion of German activity on the
north coast of that country ad
mirably located, indeed, for this
purpose of convoy-raiding.
The German airforce may not
he able to win a decision hv
nbmg London. Bui nothlno
can be more certain than that
the German navy, provided with
Spanish or African bases and ca
pable of operating directly aoatnii
iod supply of the British
can present a far more
rlOUS menace to the people of
use islands than any air force
menoce which may well prove
cisive unless means are found
jUlek and effectively dealing
TO HOLD HONOR COURT
WENDLING, March 21. (Spe
cial) Nathan Chaffee, scoutmas
ter, announces that there will be
a court of honor held Thursday
evening at the hall. Everyone is invited.
"This is a Splendid Tonic!"
Albany. Ore. Mr.
Joiepii Stauffer, 120
Oak St., s.iys : "My
daughter Edna (picture
left) seemed to he dull
and listless. She didn't
care to eat and wa a
source of worry to me.
We gave her Dr. Pierce'i
Golden Medical Discov
ery and it pave her a
good appetite and she
er after using it. It is n splendid ton.fi?'
Huy of your druggist. Fluid or tablet,
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special fares will give you opportu
nity to visit New York's gigantic Fair and
return through California to see the Golden
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POR 1 LAND. OMOON
Hunt Club Will Hear
Miss Horton's Talk
Miss Maxine Horton will speak
on "Reactionary Feeding" at the
meeting of the Eugene Hunt club
Wednesday evening at 9 p. m. at
the fairgrounds clubroom. The
program was postponed from last
week. The usual social drill hour,
to which the public is welcome,
will be held in the riding hall,
beginning at 8 p. m.
TAKE CARDS
NORTH BEND, March 21. UP)
Theft of 600 cards which desig
nated the congress for industrial
organization as bargaining agent
for millworkers was reported by
the local CIO lumber and sawmill
workers' union, No. 116, yesterday.
STILL FLICKERING
PORTLAND, March 21. P)
Commercial vice is still doing bus
iness in Portland despite the police
crusade, the Right Rev. Benjamin
D. Dagwell, Episcopal bishop of
Oregon, told the chamber of com
merce yesterday.
TERROR AGAIN
SHANGHAI, March 21. UP)
Terrorists, inactive for nearly a
month, today shot and killed Wong
Shih-Zung, an official of the Japanese-sponsored
shipping control
bureau, while he was shaving in
his hotel room in the international
settlement.
ENTERTAINS CLUB
HAYDEN BRIDGE, March 21.
(Special) Mrs. Crabtree was
hostess last week to the Hayden
Bridge Improvement club. Mrs.
Merwin will be hostess, March 31.
March 21, 1939
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