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... THE BLACK SEA AS A STORM AREA-- The Political and Military Factors on a Complicated Chessboard FOUR countries have access to the Black Sea-- Russia, Turkey, Rumania, and Bulgaria-- and to all of them the question of the ownership of the narrow straits leading into the Mediterranean has been a matter of importance. After the Great War it was hoped that the straits might be demilitarised and ...
... A War Newsletter-- No. 6i 32-34, St. Bride Street, E.C.4 ABSIT OMEN.--It is my prayer that in our domestic politics this war will not be like other wars. The history of the Four Years War in that sphere is a lamentable record of political vendettas, of personal intrigues, of manœuvring for place and power, of sackings and of hasty substitutions. For some months after the crisis of 1940 burst ...
... THE DUKE OF KENT PAYS A VISIT TO LOYAL NORTH IRELAND: Ulster has In every way been demonstrating its whole-hearted participation in the war against Hitlerism. In this it is one with Britain. The Duke of Kent's visit of inspection of Ulster's war effort was therefore very welcome. He is here seen walking from his plane on arrival at a Northern Ireland base, in company with Commander Henderson ...
... INTERNATIONAL CONSCRIPTION COMES TO THE U.S.A. President Roosevelt is here seen at the moment of signing the Conscription Bill at the White House. At the same time the President issued a proclamation setting October 16 as the registration day for all men between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-five inclusive. Grouped around the President, from left to right, are Secretary of War Henry L. ...
... FROM LAND and SEA T he J\[avy Among the Hedgerows THE NAVY GOES TRAMPING THROUGH THE COUNTRYSIDE FOR HEALTHS SAKE: There are many unexpected apparitions in the country lanes these days, and here is one, a long, apparently endless line of naval men marching with the easy swing one associates with the Navy A TOWN WITH A TREBLED POPULATION GOES TO MARKET: Some idea of how the housewives have left ...
... FROM the MIDDLE EAST A Selection of Official Pictures from Egypt, Palestine and the Western Desert AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS IN PALESTINE LEARN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY FROM SIR FLINDERS PETRIE, THE FAMOUS EGYPTOLOGIST: Sip Flinders is the greatest living authority on Egvpt and Palestine, where his work of excavation is widely appreciated. He is now eighty-seven years of age and resides in ...
... THE REOPENING OF THE BURMA ROAD Its Extraordinary Geographical Difficulties Shown in a Series of Special Drawings AFTER remaining closed for the three worst months of the year when traffic is at a minimum, the Burma--Yunnan Road was reopened at midnight on Thursday, October 17. The first lorry was reported to have crossed the border seven minutes after midnight, and sixty more followed shortly ...
... TRAINING THE ARMY OF TO-DAY Studies in Camouflage for the Infantry and Lessons in Rough-Riding for the Guns, Tanhs and Motor-Cyclists A MODERN METHOD OF WARFARE-THE CAMOUFLAGED SNIPER IN THE FERNS: In the last war camouflage was in its infancy nowadays, everything, from large factories and big camps and aerodromes down to single figures in the field, is protected from observation whether it ...
... AND THE NEXT ARTICLE, SIR? BY CHARLES G. GREY Looking Ahead to the 7\[ext Phase of the War in the Air and to the Catch-'Em-Alive-O Problem of the Alight Raiders (Founder of The Aeroplane SOMEHOW the methodical departmental, even compartmental, way in which the Germans are running this war reminds me of the affable assistant in a shop (Department Store, the polysyllabic Americans would call it) ...
... An ESCAPE from tL WAR A Oolden Memory of Happier Days An Old Servant's Recollections And a Note on /J Literary Pilfering A MEMORY OF HAPPIER DAYS.-- I turned up by chance the other day my now neglected game-book, which (foolishly perhaps) I have kept up accurately and continuously since 1900. It opened at a page a year or two back and my eye fell on an entry of November 5. My comment had been: ...
... THE MASAI WOMEN OFFER METAL TO THE NAIROBI GOVERNMENT: These girls wear from 12 to 15 lb. of copper wire as arm and leg ornaments. They are offering some tons of the metal for war purposes. This girl is carrying a tall milk bottle On left A SIGNPOST IN A WAR-STRAINED AREA: This frontier post is on the Cambodia-Siam road. The information is repeated above and below. The view is taken from Siam ...
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