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“...GREAT BRITAIN
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No. 1587—Vol. LVII.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1941.
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“...GREAT BRITAIN
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A Weekly Review of the Current and
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No. 1587—VOL. LVII. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1941 Established 1911
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PRINCIPAL CONTENTS
NOTES OF THE WEEK..........
LEADING ARTICLES—
Japan’s Ambitions ......
Where We Can Fight
SPECIAL ARTICLES—
Germany Still Seeking a
Decision. By J. M. Bee ...
Lord Qort’s Despatches
The sensation of last week was the publication of Lord
Gort’s despatches dealing with the campaign in France
and Flanders. Comment in the British...”
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“...sense that no diplomatic
pressure has been applied, Afghans may be glad enough to
get rid of a body of men whose presence in their country
raised much suspicion, and might have had an unpleasant
sequel.
Afghan desire to demonstrate its neutrality may be
taken for granted. Situated between Russia and India, it
is one of the high roads through which the Nazis hope to
pass when they undertake the conquest of India, of which
they repeatedly talk in their broadcasts. It is as desirable
as it was in Iraq and Iran that none of tfieir nationals
should be already there preparing the ground for
invasion.
All the gateways to India may now be regarded as barred
unless the operations in Russia take such a turn as nobody
but a Hitler in his dreams can be anticipating.
India and Democracy
The discussion upon “ India and Democracy,” which Sir
George Schuster initiated at a recent meeting of the East
India Association, attracted a very considerable audience
and was the occasion for the first appearance of...”
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“...interruption and restriction by bad weather.
Yet the fact is apparent that the final blows in the war
must be given on land. Air and sea combats are merely
valuable preliminaries to the crushing of armies. It is in
the East and not the West that opportunities present them-
selves. Libya has yet to be recovered. Victory there
would destroy finally Italian offensive power and make
easier a new route through Italy itself to the mainland.
The doors to the farther East and into Egypt have been
closed in Iraq, Iran, and Syria and have to be kept closed.
So long as these points of vantage are held we have routes
by which Russia can be aided with more than munitions
from the large supplies that have become available from
India. It is Hitler’s object to break across this line of
supply if he can possibly do so; it must be ours to keep it
open. While Russia holds out—and the tenacity of her
resistance excites the admiration and the surprise of the
whole world—we shall not be devoid of one field in which...”
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“...developments in the world outside Iraq,
such as .the utter discomfiture of Russia, for instance, or
the penetration of Turkey by the Nazis, it is not incon-
ceivable. that certain disgruntled elements in' Iraq would
attempt to start another rebellion. Iraq in the past has
suffered from many a crisis which was not in reality. a
natural or a popular crisis, but was engendered by a few
ambitious men anxious to seize the reins of power, or to
benefit from those who might so seize them. As storms
can arise on a clear day, so can the waters of Iraq
suddenly be disturbed.
1 here must, therefore, always be a firm hand on the
filler. In this respect it is fortunate that General Nuri
al-Said is once more at the helm. It needs courage to direct
Iraq’s destinies at the moment, but Nuri al-Said has never
been wanting in that quality. In former years, the supreme
band was that of King Faisal the First, and every year
since his death it has become clearer how much Iraq, both
town and country, depended...”
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