Evening Star Newspaper, May 3, 1940, Page 7

London Press Blasts Chamberlain’s Stand On British Failure ‘Autopsy’ Will Be Delayed Until House Debate On Tactics in Norway By WILLIAM H. STONEMAN, @hicaxo Daily News Foreign Correspondent. LONDON, May 3—The postmor- tem on Great Britain's failure in Central Norway began cautiously today and there was nobody who | could say, with authority, where it | would end. All the newspapers and leading ! opposition politicians agreed that there must be a searching inquiry into the causes of the failure, but at the same time expressed their willingness to delay this autopsy until next Tuesday and Wednesday when the House of Commons is scheduled to have a full-dress de- bate on the matter. During the| course of this examination, it is| agreed that the following points | will have to be clarified and ex- plained: 1. Since, according to Prime Min- | ister Neville Chamberlain, it was known, for at least a month, that | the Germans were assembling land- ing parties in the Baltic, why did the government order the dispersal | of the expeditionary force which, it is stated, was prepared for use in Finland? Why, too, did it dis- | perse the forces which had been | prepared to occupy Trondheim and | Stavanger, if, following the de- | parture of the Finnish expedition- ary force, the Germans violated Norwegian neutrality? Questions Narvik Emphasis. 2. Why was so much emphasis placed on Narvik at the beginning of the campaign? The first troops landed at Narvik on April 15, at Namsos on April 14 and at Andalsnes on April 17. Although landings north and south of Trondheim were not opposed, further landings at those points were not effected until April 16 and 18 and even then heavy guns, which could have been landed at that time, were not sent. It was evident from the beginning that the | Germans in Narvik could not be re- | inforced and could be ousted mor or less at Britain's leisure. It also | was evident that the Germans were racing for Trondheim and that any allied operations in that area would have to be carried out instantly, if they were to be successful. 3. Was the navy remiss or over- cautious in not attempting to rush Trondheim—not last week but at| the very beginning, that is to say on April 9, before the Germans had | their big guns in position? 4. Just exactly what kind of troops were sent to Norway? Is it true, as Leland Stowe stated in his his- toric dispatch which was described as “distorted,” that raw territorials were put up against the Germans south of Steinkjer? Opposing Forces Critical. The most forceful criticism in this | morning's press was voiced by the{ Tory Daily Mail and the Laborite | Daily Herald. “Members of Parliament will want | to know,” writes the Daily Mail, | “why no frontal attack was made | by the navy on Trondheim at the outset. Obviously the possession of | this town was vital to the success of any campaign in central Norway. ‘Was such a bold operatlon proposed? If so were there good reasons why it was not undertaken? The House will also seek information about troops sent to Norway; what pro- portion of territorials was accom- panied by seasoned soldiers and whether their material was ade- quate. Chamberlain himself will be under fire. The members of the House will want to know why eight days after the invasion began, in- stead of stressing the hazards of the allied expedition, he said that that Germany had made no bigger blunder. The Premier's statement yesterday is open to serious criti- cism. Once again it seems that the cabinet viewed Hitler’'s pounce on Scandinavia with bland surprise. It was a ‘curious chance’ that we laid our minefields on the day that Hitler struck. It is not the business of the government to be surprised or to allow events to be the sport of a curious chance.” Responsibility on Chamberlain. The Daily Herald also takes Mr. Chamberlain to task for his historic statement that Hitler “missed the bus” and for the air of satisfaction with which he appeared to announce yesterday's grave news. “The position is this,” it says. “Britain, democracy’s champion, has suffered a major defeat in Norway. For that defeat Chamberlain must accept first responsibility. But did he, in his speech yesterday show any realization of the seriousness of the situation? Did he appear to under- stand the severity of the shock which he was delivering to the Brit- ish people? No. His deepest emo- tion, apart from coniplacency, ap- pears to have been one of injured surprise. 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We are pledged to our Norwegian allies to purge their soil of Nazi pollution, however long it may take gnd whateyer it may cost. Part of our task—to regard it as the whole would be a dangerous abandonment of initiative—is to be prepared with an adequate force to meet Hitler in any quarter where he may choose to challenge us. That is the problem which confronts us, and the solution of it, it is certain, will call for the most determined efforts and may demand many changes before it is accomplished. (Copyright, 1940, by Chicago Daily News, Inc.) Italian settlers in Ethiopia now total 200,000 and the number is con- stantly growing. Average Population Gain 0f 9 Pct. Nofed in Census By the Associated Prex;. An average population gain of about 9 per cent was noted today in a sprvey of tentative census returns from 42- cities and’ towns, but 5 showed decreases from 1930. 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