THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 12, 1940
GERMAN DOVER BOMBARDED SIGHTED After Severe Air Attack In Evening
CONVOY
A of enemy ships
was sighted from the Eng Guns In France
lish coast yesterday after-
noon.
There were
at least
twelve
ships and fair-sized vessels near Cap Gris Nez making towards the harbour at Boulogne.
A dive-bombing attack on Dov- er and the shelling of the area by German guns on the French coast were apparently intended to cov- er the movement of the convoy.
large forces of R.A.F. bombers
Fire For Hours
LONDON RECEIVED its fourth air raid
British guns, replied. Later warning at 7.37 p.m. BST last evening, but, in passed over the south-east coast the meantime, Dover was being both bombed
heading towards the French and Belgian coast lines.
It is believed that a number of} bombs were dropped east of Ca-] lais-Reuter.
AXIS PLAN TO EXPLOIT AFRICA
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL");
and shelled.
The town experienced its greatest attack of the war, with mass aerial bombardment followed by the scream of heavy shells.
A few persons were killed and others are reported injured.
The shelling continued after the bombing raid for several
Thours.
The German long-range guns mounted on the French coast
An ambitious plan of opened fire soon after the Ger-
man bombers had sheered off sending six gun salvoes across the cunilt Channel.
:
LARGE GIFT TO AIR RAID
VICTIM FUND
The Viceroy of India yesterday: cabled £35,500 from his War Purposes Fund to the, Lord Mayor of Lon- don for relief for the London air raid vic- tims.-Reuter.
HITLER INVASION
NOW IMMINENT
FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO'
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
According to Tokyo (press reports, the Chris- tian Educational Associa- tion has decided to send missionaries to China to teach the Chinese people "a purely Japanese brand of Christianity.'
The missionaries' task, will be to cooperate with Japanese na- tional policy, and assist the Ja- panese army in its "pacification. work" in the occupied regions.
It has also been decided to reject all monetary contribu-! tions from abroad and replace by Japanese all foreigners hold- ing high potïlions in its affiliat- ed organisations.
have
"Christian educational institu-, the Axis powers to trans-
tions in Japan," it is stated in form the African contin-
(Continued From Page. 1) erlminate bombings of London Tokyo, "should participate posi- ent into a vast economic The concentrated attack on along from port to port under thejare, of course, part of Hitler's in-tively in its spiritual and econo-
the new batteries vasion plan,
mic development." Havas. unit closely connected!
Dover area began a few minutes Protection of
"He hopes by killing large num- after an air raid had begun along which the Germans have built on
bers of civilians and women, and Quarantine restrictions with Europe is revealed a great part of the length of the French shores.
"There are now considerable children that he will terrorise and been imposed by the Chinese Customs, Shanghai, by P. Gentizon, writing in Kent coast,
gatherings of shipping in Ger-cow the people of this imperial Maritime the newspaper "Le
man, Dutch, Belgian and, French city and make them a burden and against arrivals from Hong Kong harbours all the way from Ham-janxiety to the Government and, on account of cholera. Temps," in unoccupied)
burg to Brest.
thus distract our attention unduly France.
"Finally there are some pre-from the ferocious onslaught he is parations made of ships to carry preparing, an invading force from Norwegian)
Behind these clusters
Twelve 'Planes
Twelve German heavy "bomb- ers flew in from the sea to the
He says that the Italians, sup-west of the town, flying at about ported by the Nazis, have "clabor- 15,000 feet. The anti-aircraft guns harbours.. ated a vast project for the ex-'opened fire as the bombers few of ships are barges and very large
Little Does He Know ploitation of African resources over the town's balloon barrage numbers of German troops await- "Little does he know the spirit whereby Africa will become al Escorting Messerschmidt fighters ing the order to go on board and of the British nation or of the vast production and consumption circled above and beneath the
set out on the way to their very tough, fibre of Londoners whose market closely linked and com- the bombers. · ·
dangerous and uncertain voyage forebears played a leading part in plementary to Europe."
across the seas.
the establishment of Parliamen- tary institutions and have been! bred to value freedom far above their lives.
By this means, the article' concludes, Africa_may, “assume) her historic function of exercis- ing a soothing Influence over an overcrowded Europe!
Shell puffs dotted the sky round the raiders and one was| seen to explode in mid-air.
When the bombers were over
a house.
"Old European rivalries in the town they loosed a shower of Africa might be transformed into bombs. One wrecked peaceful cooperation.” Havas. Reuter.
ANNOUNCING
THE
ARRIVAL
OF
NEW
SUPPLIES
OF
DAKS
THE PRINCE-
OF SLACKS
FOR MEN
Cannot Be Long Delayed
:..
[~"This wicked man, the reposi-
tory and embodiment of soul-i "We cannot tell when they destroying hatred, this monstrous will try to come. We cannot be product of former wrongs and sure that in fact they will come $hames, has now resolved to at all but no-one should blind break our famous island spirit by himself to the fact that a heavyja process · of 、 indiscriminate full-scale Invasion of these is-slaughter and destruction. lands is being prepared with all} the German thoroughness of method and may be launched at any time in England, Scot- land, Ireland or upon all three.} "If this invasion is going to bej tried at all its does not seem
STOP PRESS
49. CHOLERA CASES YESTERDAY
A record
OC
number of Cholera What he has done is to kindle cases for one single day this year a fire in British hearts, here and occurred yesterday when 49 cases all over the world, which will were registered! -grow-long after all traces of the The majority, 43 cases,
conflagrations he has caused incurred on the mainland, four in. London have been removed, Victoria, and one each in Shau- "He has lighted a fire which kiwan: and the New Territories. it can be long delayed. The wea-will burn with a steady and con- There were also nine cases of ther may break at any time. suming flame until the last desti-typhoid, eight of dysentery and
"Besides this, it is difficult ges of Nazi tyranny have been 40 of tuberculosis.
for the enemy to keep a gather-burnt out of Europe and until ing of ships waiting about Inde. the Old World and New can join finitely while they are bombed hands to rebuild temples of man's every night by our bombers and freedom and man's honour upon vary often shelled by our foundations which will not warships which are waiting for easily be overthrown. them.
or
We must regard the next week Message Of Good Cheer or so as very important weeks in
our history. They rank with the This is the time for everyone days when the Spanish Armada to stand together and. hold. firm as was approaching the Channel and they are doing. I express admir- Drake was finishing his game offation for the exemplary manner in bowls, or when Nelson stood be- which all the air raid precautions tween us and Napoleon's Grande services of London are being dis- Armee at Boulogne. We have charged, especially the fire brig [read about all this in history booksjades, whose work has been sa
but what is happening now is on heavy and dangerous. Ja far greater scale and of far THERE IS NOTHING So!more consequence to the life and 'PRACTICAL AND COM-future of the world and its civi-
¡lisation than in those brave "oldj FORTABLE IN THE ¡days.
"All the world that is still free marvals at, the composure and fortitude with which the citizens of London are facing! and surmounting the great or deal to which they are subject. ed, the end' of which or the se verity of which cannot yet be foreseen.
WEARING AS DAKS "Every man and woman will, THEY GIVE THE MAXI-therefore, prepare himself to do [his, duty, whatever it may be, MUM OF EASE AS ALSO with special pride and care. Our OF PRÍDE IN THEIR fleet and flotillas are very power-"It is a message of good cheer POSSESSION, CUT AND ful and numerous. Our Air Force to our fighting forces on the seas, is at the highest strength It has in the air and in our waiting arm- FASHIONED FROM
ever reached and it is conscious ies in all their posts and stations, SUPERB MATERIALS.
of its proved superiority, not"in-that we send them from the capi- WE ARE PLEASED TO deed in numbers, but in men and tal city, WE ANNOUNCE. THAT WE machines.
TO ARE NOW ABLE SUPPLY THESE IN ALL SIZES AND IN A VAR
Well Prepared
"They know that they have be, hind them, people" who will not [flinch from or weary of the strug-
glo, hard, and protracted thaugh It "Our shores are well fortifled may be, but we shall rather draw IETY OF FABRICS. IN GREY, BROWN, FAWN AND GREEN, and strongly manned and behind from the heart of suffering itself FLANNELS, GABARDINE, CRASH, CORDUROY AND TROPICAL them, ready to attack the in- the means of inspiration and surs
vaders, we have a far larger and vival, and of a vlotary won, not used by the "Sunday Herald" "and WORSTEDS. ALSO:"DAKS” SHORTS IN NAVY, WHITE, GREEN better-equipped mobile army only for ourselves but for all.
than we have ever had before. Router..
"Besides, this- wo have mora than one and a half-militan meni of the Home Guard nów Just an]
AND BROWN..
WE ADVISE AN EARLY VISIT
WILLIAM POWELL, LTD.
10, ICE HOUSE STREET-
much soldiers of the regular army in status as the Grenadier-
SUNER INVITED
TO GERMANY
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angement.
Guards, who, are determined to The Spanish Minister for the "light" for ovary inch of ground-In Interior Serrano Suner will
every village and every strast, shortly visit Germany at the in- Printed and Published for. the It is with devout but sure confi-vitation of the German. Govern Proprietars, The Newspaper Enter donce that I say: "Let God. de- ment, according to the official prise - Ltd. by GondoM - CADE fond the right to the end. news agency in Berlin. - Rèu BURNETT, Windsör Haust), Vic
itoria, Hong Kong. "These cruel and wanton indis-