Evening star., 1941-09-28
British Told TO Strike NOU
Wells Savs Waiting for Nazi Blow is Fatal

tell from hour to hour where he may
not be attacked
Germany now enters upon a new
phase in her final war. She will, I
guess try to dig in on the Russian front.
Will the Russians let her? She may
make a last hysterical rush at England.
but the pincerS are closing in on her.
1t will be the fault of our high command
if ever she is given time to make that
rush.
M2rhe2tly, we ought to have every
thing planned and prepared, including a
loc2I revolt at every point from the
White Sea down end into the Baltic and
rC-ld tie french and Spanish coast
where franco may at any time get off on
the German side of the lence-and down
to Dakcr. We ought to have three or
four e::peditionary forces lowering ready
70: separate or collective action. en-
b2r.:ed, ready for a descent at any one
OF the 30 or 40 possible weak points.
Called Obvious Common Sense.
THIS is no secret plan am discussing.
This is obvious common sense which
must be as plain to the enemy as it is to
ourselves He may trust the backward
ness and stupidity of our responsible
authorities and tie furtive disloyalty of
the numerous friends of Franco. Petain
and Co. in this country. 1 hope those
weaknesses ON our side are exaggerated
II this lowering counter-attack is
ready for the enemy, what will he be
obliged to do in reply? He must detach
how many men, how much material. to
be ready to meet the coming blow? Far
more than we shall need. We can select
or point Of attack calmly. easily and
we can strike. land and establish our
gc,Tcs-at one place o" at several places
jerry must scurrv from one point to an
c+Her 9lonG his immense front to meet
these inouiring thrusts He must do it
in great force. He must maintain forces
on his western front as large or larger
than those he has entangled in the
Bears grip to the east
Get Your map and see the job he will
have in hand See the straits, sounds,
seas. rivers and deserts that lie athwart
his communications We can hold more
than half the dwindling German armies
here in the west if we strike now-and
if We do not strike now, if we wait for
Jerry to come to us, then we deserve the
disaster that will come upon US.
Demand Young Generals
We demand, therefore. young, resolute
expeditionary generals striking at Jerry.
We do not want ga-ga old men waiting
in state Of senile paralysis until Jerry
sees fit TO strike at us We rejoice to
hear of our r. A. F. raids, but why are
they not followed up?
do not think that much -talked-of in
vasion of Britain can happen now. There
may be raid, but I doubt if it will be
much of a raid On the other hand, I
cannot believe that all these invasion
maneuvers which are going on over here
do not prelude an invasion of the con-
tinent. I am convinced that presently
and the sooner the better, one of these
sham-fght maneuvers will just turn
around and strike at the neck of Den
mark, or Brest, or Bordeaux. or Trond-
helm, or Murmansk, or Morocco, or after
the Iran fashion, to safeguard US against
further fence sitting, in Spain.
have very little respect for the War
ONCE and still less for the Foreign
Office, but I cannot imagine them so
idiotic as not to be working now night
and day at this obvious widespread
counterattack There are quite a num-
Der of military men in high places and
British ministers and agents who are
reluctant to realize that Britain is now
the all-out ally of Russia and that any
anti BolShevik streak in their conduct,
any willful slackness, will now be a mill
tary offense, mortal offense. We can
not have the friends of Franco and half
hearted British Weygands failing IN
their duty at, let us say, the Straits of
Gibraltar. War is war, though the
range and weapons change Men must
be ready to die for their country in war
time. Admiral John Byng, in spite of
Voltaire's protest, did not die in vain.
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