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``THE CHINA“ MAIL, SEPTEMBER 4, 1940
U.S. TO MAKE QUICK DELIVERY
The U.S. Navy Depart- ment announced in Wash- ington yesterday that the first eight of the 50 des- troyers for Britain are at Boston and should be ready for delivery by next Friday.
They will be sent to Canada with their present crews, there to be taken over by British sea- men. The other destroyers would be ready when requested and would be in "operating condi- tion."
It was also announced In Washington that Admiral
Stark, Chief of Naval Opera-} tions, had fulfilled the legal re- quirements for disposing of. the destroyers by certifying that the release of the vessels and the acquisition of defence bases would strengthen rather than impair the nation's de- fences.
stated
The Navy Department the destroyers represented a cur- rent value. of approximately $85,000,000-Reuter.
Full Armament
The Navy Department added that the next two or three groups of destroyers, numbering about eight in each group, could be released at formighty intervals,
Each group would be deliver. ed with full armament of guns, torpedo-tubes; AA. guns and machine-guns.
Mr. Forrestal, Under-Secretary of the Navy, has appointed a Navy Board of seven members. to meet British experts to de- termine the exact location of na- val bases which Britain will lease to the U.S.A. — Reuter...
M.T.B. BEATS BOMBERS
LANDS
The First Army
Victoria
Croes of the War was won by Lt. (now Capt.) Harold Er- vine-Andrews of the East Lancs. Regiment. The Cap- tain, it was announced, climb. ed on top of a straw roofed barn and with rifle and "Brén gun fought enemy forces, try- ing to reach Dunkirk during the evacuation, Mortar bombs crashed through the roof. Bát he held on and killed seven-... teen Germans with the rifle and many more with the? Bren. (Copyright, Fox).
JAPANESE
PEERS DIVIDED
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")) The Japanese press re- ported yesterday that the THE CREW OF A NETHER- House of Peers to adapt it question of reforming the
MOTOR TORPEDO- BOAT SERVING WITH THE to the new political struc- BRITISH NAVY HAVE SHOT ture is now rapidly com
ing to the foreground, says that the motor torpedo-boat, While Prince Konoye is re- and a merchant ship were attack-ported to be personally
DOWN AN ENEMY BOMBER
INTO THE SEA.
An Admiralty communique
ed by Nazi dive bombers.
The Netherlands sailors open. Studying the problem.
ed fire with tracer bullets and It is understood that peers who registered a number of hits. jobtained their seats by appoint- One raider caine down to see-ment are most enthusiastic over level, fouched the water, rose the new structure idea. again and then crashed into the. They favour the immediate dis- séa. ― Reuter.
AMERICAN CONSCRIPTION
solution of all party groups in the |House, similar to thẻ: dissolution of political parties in the Lower House.
Members of the nobility hold ing seats by hereditary rights hold different views.
They believe the House of Peers The House of Representatives still has a good reason for exis- military committee in Washington ferice; to see the Lower House Hereditary. yesterday approved the amend-does not go too far.
ment to the Conscription Bill per-peers emphasise the necessity of mitting Government to acquire on revising the rules of membership, a rental basis industrial factories Particularly those governing the for the production of defence status of appointed members. materials,
Havus:
The amendment was a substi-| tute for a Senate provision au- thorising Government to con- demn" and take over and operate]? such factories. Reuter.
CAMERA CASE
FRENCHMEN SHOULD S
OBEY, SAYS FETAIN
Mr. T. F. Chan, of the Kwok Wah Printing Co., No. 212, Wan- (SPECIAL TO “CHINA" MAIL”””” chai Road, was summoned before An appeal was made by Már Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K.C. this shal Petain in a radio-broadcast morning, for having a camera in from Vichy yesterday for unity his possession in King's Roar, among all Frenchmen overseas. without a permit, on August 20. France, he said, had a hard tasic Inspector McEwen said the film ahcad and the fundamental duty in the camera was developed and of Frenchmen was to obey the all wore family photos, The Government:Havas
[Police were not pressing the caso, Defendant was' fined $10, and the camera ordered to be return- ed to him,
PAPAL NUNCIOS LEAVE BALTIC
[SPECIALI TO: "CHINA, MAIL"]
[(SPECIAL TO “ÕHINA, MAIL") Withdrawal of the Holy See's Second generation Japanese re- diplomatie, representation 'in the sidents in the United States Baltic States, recently... annexed should be used widely to push by Soviet Russia, has been fol- sults of Japanese goods, the Osnku lowed by the departure of the cooperative trade agency decided Papal, Nuncios » from “| Estonia, at its Inaugural meeting vester- Latvia and Lithuania.-Havas, doy. Havas.
GERMAN AIRMEN CONTINUE MASS ATTACKS
CABINET
AT CHURCH
THE GERMAN AIR FORCE FAILED IN IN AIR
IN AIR RAID
A SERVICE AT WESTMIN-
ANYWAY TO WEAKEN BRITISH FIGHTER OPPOSITION IN TWO ATTEMPTS TO PENESTER ABBEY IN COMMEMOR TRATE THE DEFENCES OF SOUTH-EAST ATION OF THE FIRST ANNI- ENGLAND YESTERDAY, SAYS THE AIR-MIN: HELD DURING THE AIR RAID |ISTRY: NEWS SERVICE.
VERSARY OF THE WAR-WAS
WARNING YESTERDAY MORN- ING.
The Prime Minister and: mem-
Objectives of the two big cttacks appear bers of the Cabinet attended. to have been R.A.F. aerodromes.
The Warning sounded just be- fore the Service was due to begin. z Mr. Churchill conversed with
The morning attack was car-que, 23 enemy 'planes were known the Dean for several minutes and ried out by about 250 'planes to have been destroyed. Fifteen it was then decided that the Ser- which flew up the Thames Estu-of our machines were missing, vice should continue.—Reuter,
but eight pilots were known to
ary,
The second attack, which re-be safe. sulted in an air rafd warning: Final reports of Monday's lasting 15 minutes in the Lon- don area, was carried out by 100 to 150 'planes.
During the morning raid a newly formed Czech squadron of
action showed that the Germans Tost 50 machines, Twenty' of our 'planes are missing, but ten pilots are safe.
According to unofficial reports,
SHANGHAI FRENCH ANSWER M, COSME
REPORTS FROM SHANGHAI
the R.A.F. shot down another there were further attacks yester- STATE THAT MANY FRENCH- seven Germans, bringing its day afternoon on a south-east MEN THERE ARE JOINING total to 16 with the loss of only, town.
GENERAL DER GAULLE. one Czech pilot..
Two sentries were machine-
They are wearing the "Cross of Meanwhile an official an- nouncement says it is now estab-attacking a barrage balloon.
gunned by a fighter which was Lorraine," which he has adopted
as his official emblem. ished that two more enemy air-
craft were shof down yesterday They saved themselves by by our fighters, making the total diving into a ditch and the Ger- for the day 25:
man 'plane was. driven off by anti-aircraft fire. Reuter.
Few Bombs Dropped
CONSIDERABLE
High-Flying Attackers:
It is understood the second ENEMY warning in the London area yes- terday was due to the presence of England. THE high-flying raiders over south-east
AN-AIR MINISTRY. COM- MUNIQUE YESTERDAY EVEN- ING SAID: THAT 'PLANES - IN NUMBERS CROSSED SOUTH-EAST COAST YESTER- DAY MORNING. REPORTS RE- ¡CEIVED. UP TO THE TIME OF THE COMMUNIQUE INDICAT- EQ THAT, A. FEW: BOMB6- HAD BEEN DROPPED, MOSTLY IN COUNTRY DISTRICTS.
. Little damage was done, but there were a fèw.casualties, several of which were fatal
Up to the time of the communi-
The Gross has badn award. ed, posthumously to Lance- CorporalHarry Nicholls of the Grenadier 2 Guards, this being one of the firal two V.c. · awardd toʻgo to the army: In. the present war. The award was made for "most complou- our gallantry" during thefiro" firemont on. Dunkirk,- Lance-
· Corporal Nicholla la shown in boxing kits. He was the Orl- tlah Army hdavyweight box- Ing' champion in 1938. (Gopy- right; Fox).
Other reports, from Martinqué, state that 90 per cent of the popu- lation there are anxious to carry on the war against Germany.
Reuter.
MR. CHURCHILL TO MAKE STATEMENTI
..
It is expected that the highly important naval agreement with the United States will be the sub- Bombs were dropped' on one ject of a statement by Mr. Chur- south-east town and the sur-chill in the Commons. to-morrow. rounding district. Reutér. -British Wireless;
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