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Show , Robot nOf Gives World TasteOf Taste n r rOf Of the fhe War of Tomorrow Tomorrowf TomorrowDestructive " - f I r ' rDestructive Destructive Power of New Weapon May Be BeTurned BeTurned BeTurned Turned Against Agamst Both Armies and andCIvIlians andCivilians andCivilians CIvIlians in Future Conflicts Confllots Confhcts . , / > , . " ! loo looBy v By BAUKHAGENews BAUKHAGE BAUKHAGENews News Analyst Analyse and GIld CommetlC Commentator < lor 1WV tVNU tYNV Service Union Trust rrast Truat : BuDdIn Building Bulldlnr.WashlDEton BulldlnrWashlDEton , . . , Washln'on Washlnon Wasbington " ' ) ; D CB7 CBy C CBy By B7 the time this reaches print pnnt . , the thetrue thetrue thetrue true story of the robot and the - . ' " ' ivhole whole story including Includmg the last chap chap- chapler chaplet chapter - - ter ler let may he be revealed Perhaps Perhapa it itw Itwill Itwill w will l be withheld until Germany Is IsDD ison ison DD on her kpees knees and the heavy cenlorship censorship cen cenorship orship lorship sorship which has bas descended over overthe overthe overthe the la la ' , la-t la t . - . , desperate blows ol of the cor cornered cornered cornered nered animal can be liftedThe liftedThe lifted liftedThe The part of ot the story which whlch is now nowbeing nowbeing nowbeing being revealed is that of a menace menacewhuh menacewhich menacewhich whuh which : dropped to a low in August Augustof Augustot ot of this year when only 4 out of of101 101 bombs aimed at London reached reachedtheIr reachedtheir reachedtheir theIr destination destmatIon began to rise riseagain riseagain riseagain again after that until at this writ writ- writing writlog writing - - ing log V Vis Is are falling falbng on the Brit BritIsh BritIsh BritIsh Ish capital and vicinity VIClDlty three times tunes tunesa timesa a week weekWhat What is more only the V Vis Is are arebemgmentioned arebeingmentioned arebeing-mentioned arebeing mentioned bemgmentioned beingmentioned - Although the V 2 a arocket arocket arocket rocket much larger than the V VIwas 1 1was 1was was described tor for a while and a amore amore amore more mysterious V-3 V 3 - - was men menboned mentioned mentioned boned tioned some time ago today no word wordis wordis wordis is spoken of either What is men mentioned menhoned mentioned tioned honed is that war damages are be being belog being ing log repaired in m London by some 132 132000 000 laborers This total is 40 per percent percent percent cent OtBntaln OLBrltain btBrihin , s total building bUlldmg per personnel personnel personnel sonnel Only 40 000 men were em employed employed employed ployed for this thls work in m 1941 dur during durIng during ing the battle of BritamThe BritamThe Britain Britam BritainThe The attacks now gomg going on like hive aU all aUof allof allof of those since smce the Allies Athes took over overthe overthe overthe the invasion coasts and captured the thelaunching thelaunching thelaunching launching sites are made by robots robotslaunched robotslaunched robotslaunched launched from the backs of planes planespiloted planespiloted planespiloted piloted by live hve pilots It is general general1y generally generally 1y ly ; admitted that they will MU keep right righton righton righton on coming commg as long as as Germany is in inthe inthe inthe the war The robot aar war \ ar Isn isnt t over overLondoners overLondoners overLondoners Londoners are still moving movmg nightlyin mghtlyin mghtly nightly in the shadow of deathThe deathThe death deathThe The British Brltlsh Information semce service semcebas servicehas servicehas bas has released a film which whlch tells teUs the thestory thestory thestory story of what happened when the theV theV theV V Is were coming commg over from the thelaunchmg thelaunchmg thelaunching launchmg platform It is a ternble terrible ternblehuman terriblehuman terriblehuman human document As one 10man woman 10mancorrespondent womancorrespondent womancorrespondent correspondent who wbo has bas just come comeback comeback comeback back from tram the front remarkedThat remarkedThat remarked remarkedThat That is . worse v.orse vorse than anything anythlng 1D in 1DFrance inFrance inFrance inFranceBroke France FranceBroke Broke Fall Full Force ForceOf ForceOf 01 Of Attacks AttacksA A man who knows robots pretty prettywell prettywell prettywell well from first hand band contact told meIf meIf me meIf If the flying bombs ( V Is ) had been beenlauncbed beenlaunched beenlaunched launcbed launched as the Germans planned tolaunch to * . launch them in m the quantities m mwhIch mwhich inwhich whIch they were then able to pro produce produce produce duce them and from the launching launchingplatforms launchingplatforms launchingplatforms platforms already installed they theywould theyf I f Iwould would have been sent against agamst Lon London London London don at the rate of a thousand a anight anight anight night every nightThat nightThat night nightThat That of ot course would have meant meantthe meantthe meantthe the anmhlla annihilation tlon of any CityBriefly cityBriefly city cityBriefly Briefly the developments whIch whIchbrolge whichbroke whichbroke brolge broke the German plan were theseIn thesein these theseIn In April of 1943 British Bnbsh secret secretagents secretagents secretagents agents sent in vague reports of ofGerman ofGerman ofGerman German plans tor for some type of long longrange longrange longrange range bombardmentIntelligence bombardmentIntelligence bombardment bombardmentIntelligence Intelligence service discovered a anew anew anew new weapon being developedon developed on the theBaltic theBaltic theBaltic Baltic coast the RAF made photo photo- photographs photographs photographs - graphs graphsMany Many pictures were taken and andfinally andfinally andfinally finally a large factory was discovered discoveredat at Peenemucnde Peenemuende an island in the theBaltic theBaltic theBaltic Baltic with a miniature mmlature aIrplane aIrplaneshaped airplaneshaped airplaneshaped shaped thing thmg on the ramp SClen Scien SClentlsts Scienlists Scientists tlsts lists deduced that the v . weapon eapon was a apilotless apilotless apilotless pilotless jet propelled planePeenemuende planePeenemuende plane planePeenemuende Peenemuende and aI\d aI d \ other manufac manufacturmg manufactuying manufactaring turmg tuying sites were destroyedBy destroyedBy destroyed destroyedBy By winter wmter 100 ramps were dls dis dlscoverpd discovered discovered coverpd covered similar to the one at Peene Peenemuende Peenemuende Peenemuende muende all along the French coast coastThey coastThey coastThey They were bombed repaired re rebombed rebombed rebombed bombed By the following followmg summer summernew summernew summernew new ones had been completedSecret completedSecret completed completedSecret Secret service pieced together a description adescription of ot the bomb Defenses ( barrage Defensesbarrage balloons etc ) were pre prepared prepared prepared pared I IThe IThe I IThe thetime thllbme thgtime The first fast robot attack began at thll thg bme time NormandyIn of 0\11 0 11 oiir our \ ' invasion of Normandy In the first month only 40 per cent centof centof centof of the bombs were brought doW11lroy dowrfttoy defense defenseThe dowiflToydefense doW11lroydefense dowrfttoydefense dowiflToydefenseThe The defenses detenses were changed the thedefense defense belt was moved to the coast coastso coastso coastso so the gunners could get an un interrupted unInterrupted view of ot the oncommg oncoming oncomingrobots oncommgrobots robots By July ' 74 4 per cent of the therobots therobots therobots robots were being brought down downThe The RAF with speedier fighters fightershelped helped to get many The manyThe situation Improved until unbl Au August August August gust . . , AU All this Is highly condensed and andony andonly andonly ony only ) ; suggests the tremendous Involved as a * . well as the loss of 450 450British 450British 450British British and American aircraft In Ineluding Ineluding ineluding eluding many heavy and medIum medIumbombers mediumbombers mediumbombers bombers Involving involvmg approXImately approximately2 2 900 pilots and alrcrewaThat aircrewsThat aircrews alrcrewa aircrewsThat That is past history The fu to future totore future ture tore as I say is shrouded in mys mystery mystery mystery tery As for the present the meth method method roethod od of carrying the robots on the thebacks thebacks thebacks backs of live bve piloted planes makes it itpossible itpossible Itpossible possible tor for the enemy to approach approachtheir approachtheir approachtheir their targets from any direction So Sothe Sothe Sothe the attempt is made to stop thething the thethmg thething thmg thing at its source sonrce . and .and so called , In Intruder intrader intrader truder trader planes try to linger over overthe overthe overthe the German airdromes where it is isknown isknown isknown known the pick a backs take off and anddestroy anddestroy anddestroy destroy them as they rise Some are aredestroyed aredestroyed aredestroyed destroyed there For the rest it is isan Isan isan an endless patrol of the North sea seaand seaand seaand and the Heligoland Hellgoland Bight , , searchmgthe searchingthe searching searchmg [ the whole heavens for the planesthemselves planesthemselves planes themselves or trying trymg to spot the ro robats robats robots bats after they are launched and anddive anddive anddive dive bomb boml1 them down Ot o or ; pick them themoff themoff themoff off with ack ack or hope they will willentangle willentangle willentangle entangle themselves with the WlI'es WlIes wires WlI'esfrom wiresfrom ' wiresfrom from the captive balloonsThe balloonsThe balloons balloonsThe The robot has not yet 3et said its itslast Itslast Itslast last word wordHits . . e . eNits Hits Hets Nits 'Inconsesfent Inconsesfent 'inconsistent inconsistent 'Inconsistent'Diplom/acy 'Inconsistent'Diplom InconsistentDiplom acy ' ' Dlplomacy Diplomacy , / of 01 U SBefore SBefore S SBefore Before we can get any sort of ofinternational ofinternational ofinternational international organization orgamzatlon workmg working workingwer workingwe workmgwe we wer werthe , . , , the United Umted States of America Americamust Americamust Americamust must have the confidence confidenceof ' " -of of "Of - of the theother theother theother other nations of the worldWe worldWe world worldWe We US 'US ' have bave hage a pretty good goodreputation goodreputation goodreputation reputation a reservoir of good goodWIll goodwill goodwill WIll will , , as Wendell . WiUkie WIllk1e Wilikie called It ItBut itBut itBut But we have also a few blots on onour onour onour our escutcheon And it might be well wellfor wellfor welltor for all a11 of us to read a book which al although although although though I cannot agree with all Its Itsconclusions itsconclusions itsconclusions conclusions fascinates fascmates meIt meIt me meIt It is called Our Jungle Dlplo Diplo Dlplomacy Diplomacy Dipiomacy macy and was written by a for former former former mer member of the American for forelgn forsign toreign elgn sign service William Wilham Franklm Franklin FranklmSands FranklinSands FranklinSands Sands in collaboration co11ahorabon co11ahorabonIth with \\Ith Ith \ Joseph JosephM M Lalley It made me thmkMI thinkMi think thmk thinkMi Mi Sands thesis is that our dlplo diplo dlplomacy diplomacy dipiomacy macy has been oper operating hng in m a aJungle ajungle ajungle Jungle of ot our own creation and he hecites hecites hecites cites in m detail certain certam ceram specific ex examples examples examples amples to show where he believes believesour believesour believesour our diplomacy has led His IDs findmgs findings findmgsare findingsare findingsare are startling startlmg Japan s annexation of ofKorea ofKorea ofKorea Korea he says follows follos , " the pattern patternlaid patternlaid patternlaid laid down by the United Umted States mregard m mregard inregard regard to Hawaii Hawall Pearl Harbor heboldly heboldly he iboldly boldly traces back to Panama I ' IMr Mr Sands has some rather Jolt Jolting joltlag jolting ing lag ideas o 0 c-i c i ' - power pohtics pohtlcs politics He says saysthat saysthat saysthat that although the United Umted States bas has basno hasno hasno no consistent foreign policy we wehave wehave wehave have nevertheless indulged mdulged in m pow power power power er politics pobtics But But , , , he hastens to add addpower addpower addpower power politics is not per se un unWIse unwise unwise WIse or immoral ( It depends on the thepower thepower thepower power ) But whatever has been the long longrange longrange longrange range effect e1rect of at our diplomatic con conduct conduct conduct duct in South America Sands be bebeves behaves beheves beves haves that the chief fruit of our ourjungle ourjungle ourjungle jungle diplomacy dlplomacf : is the disastrous disastrouswar disastrouswar disastrouswar war in which whlch we are now engaged engagedI I would not go so far as to say saythat saythat saythat that a less jungular J\lngular J lngular \ diplomacy on onour onour , our part alone could under eXIsting eXIstingI eXIstingworld existingworld existingworld I world conditions have preserved the thepeace thepeace thepeace , . peace in the face of a confirmed confirmedaggressor confirmedaggressor aggressor but I must admit that thatI thatour thatour I our statesmanship statesmanslup has not acted as asmuch asmuch , much of a pacifier so farSands farSands far farSands Sands quotes the famous sayingof sayingot saying ot of the great military mIhtary authority von vonClausewltz vonClausewutz vonClausewitz Clausewltz Clausewutz to the effect that war warIS waris waris IS the continual contmuat continuat on of ot a nation s pob poli pobcy policy pollcy cy by forcible means and then he hesays hesays hesays says that since smce we had no policy to toextend toextend extend the war in the Pacific is an I extension of Japanese policy Sands Sandssays Sandssays Sandssays says ( and makes a very convmclng convincing convmclngargument convincingargument convincingargument argument ) that that point was clear clearwhen clearwhen clearwhen when the Japs took Korea 40 years yearsago yearsago yearsago yearsagoAnd ago agoAnd And then he comes to this strlkmg strikmg strlkmgI strlkmgconclusion strikmgconclusion strikingconclusion strikingconclusionTwo I conclusion conclusionTwo Two courses were open to us uswe uswe uswe we might have bave prepared to chal challenge challenge challenge lenge the rising power of Ja Japan Japan Japan pan or we might have adopted adopteda a pol pal paley "y y ey " of gradual retreat in the thePacific thePacific thePacific Pacific and of genuine conciliation conciliationin in the Americas whichmight which might mighthave mighthave mighthave have enabled us to avoid the clash clashof clashof clashof of power politics in the Far rar Car Cist Edst Cistmight Edstmight Eastmight might have made our intenbons intentions intenbonsplam intentionsplain Intentionsplain plam plain and might have made our ourmoral ourmoral ourmoral moral pos tion tlon tuon less equivocal 111 in 111Lat inLat inLat Lat n and Asiatic eyesRead eyesRead eyes eyesRead Read Our Jungle Diplomacy as asan asan asan an astringent astrmgent to inflated nahonal national nahonalegot nationalegot nationalegot egot sm if It 11 for no other reason It is isa isa Isa a refreshing mental menthol |