'The Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force, by keeping the coast of Norway. and Germany constantly mined, inspire of the Nozie best efforts to prevent them, combined with the fmagnifient daily and nightly raids carried out bythe 'Bomber' Command on German centres communication, on all snd supply. depas, and factories engaged in turning out munitions, are rubbing in {othe German igh Command ihe many' Wiffculties. they "will have to over cornein' an invasion of Britain, While itis {ue that the British Isles face a renter danger than ever before in their history, Nis equally true that they were never stronger to Test {he peril. Hitlers naval weakness, Whien doubtless he' had hoped to compensate by the use of the French fleet, puts him in the position of Aghting one dimensional "battle: against an enemy which can"use two. 'The Nazis can at present strike only through' the air. Britain can strike by ale and Water, 'The immense. superiority of the 'British navy' makes ita. most hazardous Venture. for" any" Continental. Power Attempt to" transport troops. either eross ihe North Sea or the English Channel In large hough numbers to threaten the United. ing. dom seriously for any length of times It Supposed that the Nazis are able to land a linne ded. thousand men at different points on the shores of Britain, it should not" be forgotten hat" there" are "one "million three hundred thousand well-trained {roopy walling to meet them: behind defences which have been pre= pured in the knowledge of the newest German forms of attack: to say nothing of the other hundreds of thousands whose training must by. now be nearly complete, and. the legions of others who are being instructed in the elements of the military art, "Even disorganization of the foremost defence lines by means of parachute troops landed behind them can only be tem= porary, sine swift and centralized mobile forces have been formed to deal with this menace. Fogs and mist need not necessarily. xzive the invaders an advantage, since in- many parts of the seas around Britain the tides and currents are dangerous oven in clear weather, doubly dangerous in thick. Tt should also moves feasible, also bring those troops within easy range of the Royal Air Force, which can Infliet enormous. damage upon them at any moment Too Much Lenience ring the gravity of the situation in Europe, and. the imminent threat of invasiolt by Germany under which Great Britain stands At the moment, it is very greatly to be doubted Whether the sentences passed on people accused of contravening the British defence reulations are sufieiently: severe. One, a woman, was sentenced to ten years imprisonment. for breach of the defence regulations, and doing an act with intent to assist the enemy. A man, defendant in the same ease, was given fourteen years for conspiracy, communicating with. the prisoner, and melting a young local defence volunteers—or ax they are now. known, obtain arms for the protection of enemy me vaders, and endeavouring to cause disorder in the King's services, The woman was said to be the sister-in-law of a staff ofoer serving with the German high command. If these offences do not actually come under the Treachery Act, which was passed on May 22, it is about time the law was amended to make sure that they 40. People, whether tempted by possible reward, or influenced by conviction, who seek to engage in courses likely to be of assistance
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