ENGLAND'S POWER

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23592, 31 August 1938, Page 9

ENGLAND'S POWER

SEA, LAND AND AIR INFORMATION FOR. GERMANS BERLIN, Aug. 22. The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, under the heading, "How Strong England Is," published this week the second series of articles from London, summing up British sea, land, and air. strength. The' article declares that Britain can produce 270 first-line aircraft a rnonth, increasing to 700 a month by 1940, and, in case of war, 25.000 aircraft a year. It also points out that Britain is stronger at Sea than she was in 1914; that the fleet is now more mobile, that its main shipping routes are protected, and that the position in the Mediterranean is comparatively strong. • • In the. final article of the series, the paoer states:—"Behind peacetime England stands an authoritarian England, which can become a living organism overnight. This shadow England, which shows not the faintest trace of 1914. gives Britain unparalleled fighting power." A warning is issued, that, there is no doubt about the readiness of Britons to take up arms. The article also points out that Britain's military strength is incomparably greater than it was in 1914.