Evening star., 1940-06-16
Uncle Rays
Corner

If any new proof was needed
about "the horror of war" it was
given in full force when Hitler un-
loosed his "blitzkrieg" or lightning
war against Holland and Belgium,
! then struck into France.
Until that action started. the war
had been intense in Poland and in
parts of Norway, but it had not
been nearly so costly In lives as the
first eight months of the World
War of 19l4-19l8.
Real War"
People who had been waiting for
real war" found it had come with
breath taking quickness. Hitler
did not wait to declare war on
Holland or Belgium. He struck
without warning, the same as he
had done against Denmark and
Norway.
We may wonder what the 1910
"war lord" was thinking when he
ordered his soldiers to attack by
land and air Did he give thought
to the hundreds of thousands Of
llAOll wiz NClC w lOSC NllCA LIVES.
Did he think of the wounded, and
of those who would be doomed to
spend years as cripples?
This battle" said Hitler. will de-
eide the fate of Germany for the
next thousand years"
No man can tell what will hap
pen in the next thousand years,
SO Mr.. Hitler was talking about
something without true knowledge.
Low Countries.
Yet there was a great deal to re-
suit from this part of the war. Hit
Ter knew that victory" in the Low
Countries and in Northern France
would open the way for an attack
on Great Britain. We are told that
at Munich, year and half ago.
he told Chamberlain of plans to
bomb London until it was in ruins
Chamberlain gave him his way at
Munich. however, so the bombing
was put of.
Hitler's war-won power may or
may not last. Whether it does or
not, his blitzkriegs have brought
sadness in hundreds of thousands
of homeS-in Holland. Belgium,
France, Great Britain, Poland, Nor
way and Germany. Women have
lost their husbands, children have
lost their fathers. Both women and
children have been killed in the
bombing and shelling of cities and
villages.
Will Suffer.
People do not care to have the
ruler of another country say to
them: War is terrible. If you do
as I tell you, you can have peace.
II you don't do as tell you, I
will make war against YOU"
Win, lose or draw, Germany will
suffer from this war. In case of
so-calleu victory" the Germans
still alive may feel their land has
risen 20 a place OF power, but tnat
will not bring back what they have
lost. Power won by cruelty, and
the breaking of promises, leads to
the loss of good will.
Before Hitler began striking his
fearful blows in Holland and Bel
gium, an event took place in Eng
land which might make us wonder
about this strange thing called war.
A German bombing plane flying
over England crashed into a viii
lage. A heavy explosion followed,
bringing death or injury to many
persons in the village.
Flowers on Graves.
Four aviators in the airplane
were killed in the crash. When
they were buried flowers were placed
on their graves.
Among the flowers was a wreath
bearing the words, ITO Some Moth
er's Son."
That wreath was placed on the
grave by an Englishwoman. We
are not told why she composed the
words, but the reason seems plain
enough. She must have felt that
If a son Of hers we're buried In q
foreign land. she would have liked
to have flowers placed on his grave.