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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1940 - KALTENBORN SAYS: Enemies Stalemated After 6 Months Because Defense Outshines Offense By H. V. KALTENBORN Noted Radio Commentator. BRITAIN GUARDS THE SEA—Somewhere in the North sea a multiple anti-aircraft gun aboard a British mine sweeper watches for enemy raiders. v AT THE end of the first six months of war we find that the major belligerents have not yet begun to fight, while the major neutral powers have be gun to fight for peace. Small wonder that the late Senator Borah called this a “phoney” war. Only in Finland is there a major military effort and mighty Soviet Russia does not even admit that she has gone to war against little Finland. When the war began no one expected Soviet Rus sia to participate in military opera tions and no one expected Finland to be invaded. On the other hand, everyone expected an immediate air-raid by hundreds of bombing- planes on the capitals of Europe, and for weeks the headlines spoke of the coming big offensives on the Maginot and Siegfried lines. Neither the raids nor the offensives devel oped during the first half-year of fighting. Why? Defense Is Major Factor. The primary reason is that in modern war, defense is stronger than offense. The war in Spain showed the world that air attack on large cities is tremendously de structive, but it also showed that it is not likely to be decisive. The ex pense in planes, fuel, bombs and aviators who do not return is apt to offset the military advantages gained in any mass bombing flight. And the effect on neutral opinion of the killing of thousands of women and children, together with the de struction of historic monuments in cities far away from any actual fighting zone, might well be disas trous. The fear of such wholesale air raids led France and Britain to sur render at Munich. Now, after a year and a half of additional inten sive preparation for air-defense, they no longer fear German attack. They are prepared to meet it and could make it so costly that it would prob ably not be repeated. The success ful defense of the Mannerheim line against the most highly concentrat ed Soviet military effort showed the strength of defense fortifications in modern war. Why Poland Was Weak. The two great surprises of this war so far have been Poland’s weak ness and Finland’s strength. Po land’s weakness arose from a lack of national unity and domination of the illiterate masses by an aristo cratic caste. In the larger sense, the government of Poland was nei ther popular nor efficient. The Fin nish people are literate, sturdy and possess a strong sense of social and political independence. Just as the failure of Poland’s de fense plan undermined morale, the success of Finland’s well-organized plan of defense has given tremen dous encouragement to the army, the people and the government. But the success of the German blitzkrieg against Poland and the failure of Russia’s blitzkrieg against Finland depended primarily on the differ ence between the attacking armies. The German army was well organ ized, well equipped, well directed. The Russian army is poorly organ ized, poorly equipped and suffers from bad generalship. Western Lines Invulnerable. Already Finland’s Mannerheim line has withstood an overwhelming Russian assault for more than three months. It is apparent, therefore, that the much more completely or ganized and much deeper Maginot and Siegfried lines would be simi larly invulnerable to attack. And whereas Russia has a superiority of something like 20 to 1 against Fin land, the forces lined up on both sides of the French frontier are practically equal in fighting strength. In considering the progress of this war, we are too much inclined to dwell on military factors. Yet dur ing this first half-year the military front has been less important than the diplomatic front and the eco nomic front. There has even been a more continuous exchange of am munition on the propaganda front than between the fighting armies themselves. Radio and loudspeaker systems have made it possible for belliger ents to talk to one another inces santly, directly on the fighting lines or indirectly through the air-waves. Nazi leaders are apprehensive about casualties in the propaganda battle. They impose severe punishment on anyone who listens to a foreign broadcast. The British and French, on the other hand, have enough con fidence in their people to permit them to listen to whatever Dr. Goeb- bels orders said. More Activity on Sea. At sea, a war of movement has been possible. This is why there has been much more activity at sea than on land. Britain’s con trol of the sea has again demon strated its importance. The Ger man fleet is bottled up. Except for submarines, the German navy and the German Merchant Marine have been swept from the seas. The Near Eastern Franco-British army of half a million men under the leadership of General Weygandt is now waiting in Syria, ready for instant action against Russia or Ger many in any part of the Balkans. This army may yet prove the de cisive military factor in this war. Allied victories in Palestine and Tur key presaged the collapse of the Central Powers in 1918. Germany’s commerce - raiders were swept from the seas much more quickly than during the World war. The Graf Spec lies wrecked in Montevideo harbor after being put out of action by the combined efforts of three small British cruis ers. The Deutschland, her sister pocket-battleship, thought it best to return to a safe German harbor. Nazis Stress U-Boat Warfare. But raiding with surface ships is a minor factor in Germany’s sea warfare against Britain and France. The Germans remembered how close they came to forcing a deci sion with their submarines during the World war. They had from 60 to 75 submarines ready when the war began. For the first few weeks of the war, they used these to ex cellent advantage. Then the protective measures which Britain developed during the World war and since became effec tive. The larger ships were sent out in convoy; airplane patrols were created; minefields against subma rines were established and all the resources of the British navy were mobilized against the U-boats. On the whole, they have proved effective. In six months, the British have lost 550,000 tons of merchant ships. At the same time, the French lost 75,000 tons and the neutrals 350,- 000 tons. This makes a total of a little over 1,000,000 tons. Losses Not Important. But nothing in these losses pro duced by mines and submarines even suggests the possibility of a decisive result. The British mer chant marine alone totals 21,000,000 tons. The British claim that de ducting from their losses purchases and new construction, their net loss in six months of warfare has been less than 200,000 tons. It is also probable that the losses will de crease rather than increase, since at sea as well as on land defense is proving itself stronger than attack. Already submarine torpedoes are far less successful in destroying shipping than mines. The new mag netic mine sown by the Germans proved very destructive for the first few weeks in which it was used. Then more effective mine-sweeping methods and the establishment of narrow ship-channels which were carefully patrolled reduced the suc cesses of Germany’s mine-laying airplanes. British Also Unsuccessful. On the other hand, the British have been no more successful in their raids against the German navy. Both German and British submarines have destroyed an oc casional warship, but these forays have been costly to the submarines attempting them. The British and French claim to have sunk between 40 and 50 German submarines since the beginning of the war. The Ger mans admit the loss of less than half this number. Yet whenever a submarine is lost, the entire crew is lost with it, and it takes five years to train men to handle a sub marine under war conditions. Talk about the Germans building one submarine a day is nothing more than talk. It is more likely that the Germans are completing anywhere from six to ten U-boats a month, which is just about the rate at which they are being destroyed. Already Planning for Peace. There is, then, nothing decisive in action at sea or in the air. Defense is stronger than attack. But what about the economic front? That is probably the most important front of all and the one that will be domi nant long after the war .has ended. Already Secretary of State Hull is negotiating with the neutral powers to work out a plan of economic re construction. The plan must be ready for instant application on the day of the armistice if Europe is not to sink in to chaos when the fighting ends. Every country in Europe, neutral and belligerent alike, has mort gaged its future. Only if the New world remains out of the war and stands ready to lend its resources for European reconstruction is there any hope of true peace. Europe was ready for revolution before the war came and will be much more ready for it when the war is done. What After Collapse? France and Britain count on eco nomic pressure to bring about the collapse of Germany, but one won ders whether they have asked them selves, what then? Will they march into Germany at the head of a vic torious army, establish a new Kaiser and a new Junker government? Or will they stand aside while Germa ny’s underground Communist move ment re-asserts itself and calls out for assistance to the Red brethren in Moscow? There is the third possibility of or ganizing those liberal forces that have either been driven out of Ger many or driven under cover within Germany, and helping them to re establish constitutional government by granting them a generous peace. That would be the hardest task. Rumania Under Pressure. Meanwhile, there is more pressure behind the economic than behind the military war. Members of the Rumanian government are being bribed, bulldozed, flattered and ca joled by both sides. Both are seek ing to purchase Rumania’s oil and Rumania’s grain. Each wants it so that the other cannot have it. The French and British offer gold, the Germans threaten war. So far. King Carol has kept a precarious balance; Britain and France con tinue to guarantee his frontiers and King Carol remembers the Blitz krieg against Poland. Poland had been given the same guarantees. On the diplomatic front, the Al lied powers won their greatest vic tory in winning Turkey to their cause. This gives them control of the Dardanelles and the Black Sea, in case of war with Russia. It also assures France and Britain com plete dominance of the Mediterrane an thereby discouraging Italy from siding with Germany. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Farm ‘RICH’ COW FOOD FAILS IN TESTS High Cost Outweighs the Butterfat Increase. By KARL E. GARDNER Can cows be fed something that will make the milk richer? Is there such a feed? Many dairymen have asked these questions, and the prac tical answer is “no.” At least that’s what experiments in the Cornell university depart ment of animal husbandry indicate. Here is an explanation of what these experiments showed: At least three feeds are known that will raise the butterfat test slightly. At Cornell, experiments were made with these three: palm kernel oil meal, coconut oil meal and ground soybeans. A feeding of the palm kernel oil meal and coconut oil meal at the rate of 20 per cent of the grain ration gave a small rise in test. The increase was less than one-tenth of 1 per cent and thus of small importance. Ground soybeans fed at the rate of 18 per cent of the dairy grain ra tion seemed to produce a small increase in fat test. Other experi menters have noted a more definite rise in the fat test when soybeans comprised more than 25 per cent of the grain mixture. Don’t be misled, however. Im provement in test is not great and the cost of these feeds rarely per mits their use in proportions neces sary to give a practical increase in butterfat. The economical method of im proving the fat test seems to be the same method used for several centuries. This method is selection and breeding. The bull used in the herd is of prime importance, be cause he influences more offspring than does any other one animal in the herd. v aried Diet for Soil Will Restore Fertility A well-rounded diet of plant foods for undernourished soils, rather than dependence on a single “cure-all” for restoring fertility, was urged by the Middle West Soil Improvement committee in a recent statement. “Many farmers believe that al falfa, clover, soybeans and other legumes are the one and only pre scription for building a healthy soil,” the statement points out. “The value of legumes in crop ro tation should not be underestimated. But by themselves they are not a panacea for soil ills. To be effec tive, they must be accompanied by adequate amounts of phosphorus and potash.” The benefits from legumes lie in their ability to deposit nitrogen in the soil. But if farmers continually increase the nitrogen and neglect the phosphorus and potash require ments, they will have a soil top- heavy in one form of plant food and woefully lacking in the others. The results of over-emphasis on one type of plant food at the ex pense of others is evident in grain crops which follow nitrogen-build ing crops. Lodging, over-develop ment of straw and under-develop ment of grain are common forms of damage. “Nitrogen, phosphorus and potash are all vital, but each must contrib ute its benefits in co-operation with the others. Some land requires more of one fertilizer element than an other. The average farmer can de termine the needs of his soil by con sultation with his county agent or agronomists of his state college or experiment station. They are equipped to make specific sugges tions concerning officially recom mended fertilizer analyses adapted to various soils and crops.” Keep Farm Records A farmer is a business man—and also a scientist, a merchant, a finan cier, a manufacturer, and some times a weather prophet. A busi ness man keeps records of his profit and loss, and a farmer should do the same, says R. W. Shoffner, a farm management specialist. Money invested in land, equipment, and building is no different from that invested in stocks and bonds. Money invested in stocks and bonds is expected to return the owner a profit. Likewise, an investment in land and farm equipment is expect ed to yield a profit or give a return on the investment. In order that weaknesses in the farm setup can be determined and a basis for future operations can be worked out, farm records are high ly important. Year- 9 Round Clover Aids Pasture Needs Sweet clover will go a long ways toward bridging pasture needs if both first and second-year growths are available in the same season. The second-year plot will provide early spring and summer forage, and possibly a sweet clover seed crop. This field may then be put back to small grain in the fall or the next spring. Meanwhile, the first-year clover be comes usable in the late summer and carries over to the following year. THE AUTHOR— H. V. Kaltenborn attained eminence in the radio news field during the European crisis last autumn, when his frequent and accurate re ports over the Columbia network were awaited each day by millions of listeners. A native of Wisconsin, he worked many years on the Brooklyn Eagle before entering the radio news field as a sideline in 1922. 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