The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-14

and food.
Few Englishmen. except the
locked-up fifth columnists would
admit it bluntly but the best
Britain can hope for on its own
is stalemate.
There's one qualification.
The British believe a Nazi at
tempt at invasion might be 80
costly In German men and ma
terial. so cruel blow to Mani
morale. that Britain with
lightning strokes ON the Euro
pean continent might com
pletely wreck Adolf Hitler's
hopes.
A stalemate between Germany
and Great Britain might bring for
NAL peace for a time. But, the
British believe. stalemate in
realistic terms means German
victory-a German victory within
the few years It would take the
Nazis to forge Europe's industry,
arsenals and manpower into a
colossal military weapon such as
the world has not seen since the
days of Genghis Khan.
SO much for the British view
point on peace.
Where has Britain arrived on
the bomb spattered road that
started to unwind Sept 3, 1889?
WAR SCORE COMPILED
Here is the score of the war to
date as we have seen it written
in the bombs and broken buildings
of London, in the sooty winter
skies and the lonely heather Of
the invasions posts that ring the
British Isles:
German bombs: Can't win the
war for Hitler unless dropped on
a scale surprising anything that
has been seen so far. They kill,
MAIN, destroy and disrupt. But
they anger the British and make
them fight all the harder.
Submarines and Surface
Raiders: TOday's biggest
threat to Britain. Must be
beaten II Britain is to he fed
and fight on more than a sub
sistence and defensive level.
She needs destroyers and light
naval craft worse than planes,
considerably worse.
Night Raids: A headache to
both Germany and Britain. Meth
err side has the defensive answer
and most Britons would rather go
on with the present ineffective de-
lenses than find the answer and
have it copied by Germany before
they could give Berlin a thorough
taste of what London has had.
X. A. +. ON Up GRADE
Air Power: British air power is
on the upgrade. New, heavier
bombers are expected to carry
the war back to Germany in 1941
so that it really will be felt New
fighters will make il harder than
ever for the luftawaffe to visit the
isles by daylight. Neither side
has an effective night fighter yet.
British Defenses: The British
Isles bristles with guns, forts,
secret defense weapons, traps,
hard muscled mobile defenders.
The high command is confident
that an invading force would take
severe mauling. No Britisher
believes an invasion could succeed
today That wasn't true last July
when Britain was wide open to
Hitler - literally. II didn't have
guns. It didn't have trained men
or defense machines. Last July
was when Germany really missed
the bus" for relatively easy in
vasion.
British Land Offensives: It's
hard TO see how the British
army. even with Its new mil
lions of trained men. could
beat back Germany's crack
divisions on the continent I'M
less an invasion failure broke
the Nazi machine beyond re-
pair and left the British
powerful enough to whip
across the channel with light
ming blows.
Industrial Production: Not dis
astrously reduced Because air
losses on both sides have been low
since last October. both Britain