"As it was remarked on Tuesday, the fate General Alois Elias, Premier of Bohemia ud Moravia was a foregone conclusion. Tt will be remembered that he had been ar-tested by the Germans to be brought before People's Court on charges of treason. Whether he is guilty or not is entirely beside the point, for the trial was obviously farce, carried out with such speed which made it quite impossible for the accused man to establish any defence, while the German news agency seeks to bolster up this murder by a claim that the General had admitted his guilt. Whether he has already been executed or not has not yet been made public, but when it does take place it will be regarded as nothing but the carrying out of a ruthlessly-planned act in: the whole policy of.suppression. That Czechoslovakia is to go through a regular blood bath iis apparent, and the appointment Butcher" its precursor.
Tt did not take Heydrich long to get into action. In the course of three days in office vit me pro lama fne armies on the Russian front ceived such a mauling that he upon Italy, Rumania, and Hi 5 actual assistance in the fighting and is seeking to apply pressure upon for the same purpose. By the establishment of a bie oe of terror such as that which is undoubtedly commencing, it is apparent hoped that a reduction in the a forces can be made possible. By means of various "quislings" it is hoped to divert the national forces under them 1o assist el and wanton destruction were ordered by officers iolated women; that looting, house-burning, {Hiding From The Enemy ing the German drive into Soviet Russia, the Rus-In their attacks upon the Nazi air fore, rtsians have the advantage of knowing beforehand the whereabouts of most of the Nazi aerodromes/ since the majority of them were used by the Russians before they had to retreat Since the construction of new aerodromes is often a long job, the Nazis have not unnaturally shown preference for those which the Russians have vacated. They had apparently hoped to escape bombardment by the use of camouflage, but if this was the case, they must have sadly under-estimated the intelligence of the Soviet air force. Tt takes more than the most skilful camouflage to hide an aerodrome which is thoroughly familiar to an attacker who has himself used it for months. In other respects, however, the Germans have proved themselves experts in camouflage as a result of years of Study. The Allies are far behind in this but are learning-from experience that successful concealment is possible, provided brains are used as well as glue paint. "Some of the early attempts which were made at camouflage im Britain were almost laughable failures. Instead of concealing, they often revealed the presence of the thing which it was desired to hide, Fac-stacks into trees and to decorate the roofs of tory owners employed painters to turn chimney buildings as if they were green fields. A result was that airmen flying over the factories often had their attention called to the buildings which they might otherivise have ^verlooked by the strange juxtaposition of what appeared from a height to be a vorticist picture to an area which seemed to consist of alums, Fortunately dor RAF. before the Germans had a chance to tory owners, this was noticed by the
it also. And when the Germans finally did c er in any numbers in daylight to notice come over in force, they were kept so. busy b swams of British fighters that they had little "Albe - or ion for-appreciation of these artistic efforts. The Government was compelled to intervene to stop some of this came and by employing the advice of services" experts, the whole situation was greatly improved. In other paris of the empire the lessons learnt in Britain have been appreciated, and the same mistakes will not occur there. In Australia the head of the Department of Zoology of the Uni. versity of Sydney has been appointed principal adviser on camouflage; and it would appear that few better choices could have been made. The greatest of all camouflagers is Mother Nature. Often effective camouflage is the only protection she can offer some of the more lowly of her species. Who could more efficiently advise on camouflage than an expert in the thousand and one devices thi employs? The art of Camouflage is a progressive one. Attackers do not take long to penetrate a widely used ruse, and therefore the best brains are constantly active in devising new methods and means whereby deceptions may be continued. Camoufage has become a highly specialized service in services which are specialized throughout, and experts in the art are always sure that their talents will be used, Sparing The Rod including women and chi 3 the wounded and prisoners, and in the shield for advancing forces—by nent abuse of the Red Cross and the white The following ex!
Great War and it by the Parliamentary from 10, Downing Street:
Here is an order of the day, given on August 26 (1914) by General Stenger, commanding the German jo: soners already grouped in convoys are to be killed. Let not a single living enemy remain behind us.
Oberleutnant und Kompagniechef Stay Oberst und Regim: nts Kommandeur Neubauer.
Stenger.
In these days we seem to be afraid to shock the public. es are too serious to be finicky.
For our own safety's sake we cannot and mi not trust the word of Germany or of the Germans without what the bankers call collateral security. Even if Hitler be not a German born, he is backed by Germany and speaks for Germany.
Germans did precisely the same things in the last war as they are doing now, and in all their wars for centuries back. They have never forgotten their lessons, and we have never ours.
Godalming. MALCOLM FRASER.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.