The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-28

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troops.
Germany has countered with it's Lines Line (for-
mery Siegfried Line, much meodous name,
Think, facing the Maginot portrait of small
piece of the Lines Line printed herewith The white
things that look like headstones in the picture
concrete posts designed to stop tanks, primarily,
though they ought to do pretty good job of slowing
down infantry any other type of attackers by land
The Lines Line is likewise buttressed with under
ground and surface Notifications plboxes for sharp
shooters, machine-gun emplacements, and so
So Germany and France have cancelled each other
out, so far as concerns the chances either of them
would have to put quick and easy victory by
sudden overland invasion. If Germany attacked by
land German soldiers would pile up dead in hundred
thousand patches the Maginot Line; if France at
tackled, it's egions would most likely shatter them
selves the Lines Line like many waves trying
to bite through stone breakwater. Verdun and the
Somme would look like meager massacres by COM
parson.
Hence, France and Germany might well agree not
to try invade each other Of the two nations still
have their planes most of which could hop the Mag
not the Lines Line the might be- They could
bomb each others cities.
But air raids matter how ferocous civilian pop
ing ground yet provided by fate They have only stiff
fened the resistance of both the civilians raded and their
soldiers at the front.
The Germans weren't beaten by land in the World War
When the Armistice arrived November H. 1913 not
free Allied soldier German soil.
It control of the by
It's Sea POUeT the Allies that strangled Ger
mn NJ. vU many, just as it Brtains
'"' " "'O " "" control of the sea that strangled
Napoleon Germany made terrific unges break the Allied
mastery fought its unrestricted submarine warfare
Allied shipping it had cruisers such the Emden
preying Allied in all the SEAS it massed its
navy into mighty fist of steel and tried to punch
through at Jutland in May of 1916. All these attempts
failed
We should think that the story would be pretty much
the all over again if Hitler should start the
Kaiser did Germany is strong land today it
in 1914 The German soldiers presumably just tena
cous and just we'll trained fighters The Lines
Line is waiting some few klometers back of where the
Hindenburg Line
Assuming Britain fights Germany again, it will be Brit
sh sea power, we believe that will beat Germany, IF
Britain retain command of the against arplane
attacks This is probable think but it is not certain
We hope (sometimes we feel as if we were hoping
against hope that the United States will not be ricked
into that that to pass But of this
That to keep it's safety intact the United States
must build and maintain Navy twice strong Japans
and strong stronger than the British navy
We can stay out of the next European if we will.
We may not be able to stay out of fight with Japan We
should be prepared fight that conflict alone though of
England may in if British interests in Asia
threatened But cannot afford to take chances
getting help from any other nation You hold up your
end in this world 999 times out of 1000 it doesn't get
held up
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