THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 30, 1940.
DANGER
OF
INVASION
Warning Sounded By Navy: Hitler Not Yet Beaten
WITH THE BRITISH AND CANADIAN TROOPS IN ICELAND-Picture shows guns which have been mounted on the island. (Copyright, Fox).
CANADIAN WAR EFFORT
A picture of the ever in- creasing Canadian contri- bution to war supplies is contained in the letter of a well-known. Canadian who states:
to
"We are well on the way manufacturing tanks and we are! already turning out machine- guns and field artillery.
We are tuning up for the manufacture of rifles and naval: guns. We are turning out pro- digious.quantities of explosives and shells. Our aircraft plants have taken over most
the of burden of supplying training planes for the Commonwealth air training scheme."
The Canadian Ford and Gen- cral Motors plants, he adds, art turning out about 600 units per day and Canada, he says is at the present time the world's larg- est producer of army vehicles.
The air training schéme, the writer states, has already several thousand pilots in training and
JAPANESE ADVISED TO EVACUATE
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA_MAIL"}
Japanese civilians in. England have been advised by the Japan- >ese Embassy in Lon- don to evacuate and it is learned that the Fushimi Maru, $.S. now at Lisbon, has been ordered to proce- ed-to Liverpool-
LONDON WILL
SLEEP UNDER
THE GROUND
"he desoribes it as a "prodigious. PLANS ARE BEING RAPIDLY undertaking" which is "changing PUSHED FORWARD FOR SUP- the face of the Canadian land-PLYING PUBLIC AIR RAID scape." British Wireless.
THE NAZI BLUFF
SHELTERS WITH BUNKS IN ORDER THAT AN INCREASING! PROPORTION OF LONDON'S POPULATION MAY SLEEP IN
A.T.S. GIRLS QUALIFY AS
'GUNNERS"
Preparation Continues Steadily
A 'WARNING THAT THE DANGER OF AN INVASION OF BRITAIN DOES NOT NECES- SARILY DISAPPEAR / S THE AUTUMN AND WNTER APPROACH WAS GIVEN TO ME TO- DAY BY NAVAL CIRCLES, CABLES REU- TER'S NAVAL CORRESPONDENT AT A BRI- TISH NAVAL BASE.
The weather on "this part of the coast”. (presumably the south of England) which will probably have a big influence on Hitler's in-, vasion plans has been consistently fine for some time, but it is now threatening to break up.
ore
The natural tendency is to as-jby thus delaying the attempt they sume that the onset of autumn are likely to catch Britain some- gales and then the bleakness of what off her guard, they will be winter in the Channel means that severely disappointed, for the the opportunity for invasion has Navy is determined not to relax passed.
for an instant.. Flat-bottomed boats and bur- The fact that preparations in ges the main form of transport the French Channel ports or the invading lores-cannot be still continuing steadily is regard- ised successfully in unfavoured as another reason why inva- able sea conditions which hence-Ision is still a possibility. These orth may reasonably be expect-preparations have been proceed- jed.
Ing too consistently to be merely But, as the Navy know, theraan attempt to divert a proportion are seasonal dlls to come and of our bombing force from hore ane of these voula normally important objectives Reuter... Įmake it possible for such crafti
as the Germans have assembled to be used.
Some women 'members. During the next few weeks
TRANSPORTATION CONCERNS HIT
for example there should occur,
According to Chinese estimates of the Auxiliary Territor-"a second summor" for a period
some 50 Chinese transportation- ial Service may be seen of temporary calm when an at-companies have closed down in
tempt could be made. proudly wearing a gun- Preparations Continue months, because of the closure of ner's lanyard.
This distinction they have earn- ed by teaching A.A. gunners the use of the kinetheodolite," an in- strument used to assist accurate) shooting.
When A.A. guns are ring at targets towed by an acroplane the kinetheodolite picks up. Berrors unaided eye is not which the able to see.
Operators of this machinė need a fair knowledge of geo÷ metry, a working acquaintance with logarithme, somic practice natural In photography and a dellency of touch.
These qualifications are pos sessed by some A.T.S. girls and it is found they quickly learn about fhe instrument and make excel- ülent instructors-British Wire- less.....
TURKEY
SAFETY AND RELATIVE COM WATCHING
!
More than a million of these
Junks are being produced and it SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")| is expected the first big batch
will be delivered to shelters in The Turkish Premler, Dr. Say- ten days time.
dam, yesterday received the Ger r man broadcast Made in three tiers, the lowest Turkish Ambassadors in Berlin of "which is of wood, "so as "toland Rome who have feturned to boasts that whether Bri-
provide on seût during the day, Ankara to submit reports, tain is invaded or not the samples of these bunks were It is understood the conference tested yesterday by Admiral Sir dealt with Italy's attack on Egypt German blockade by sealEavard Evans, one of London's and also Russia's attitude towards will speedily defeat her, Regional Commissioners, who ex Bulgarin's claims on Greece.
pressed his 'approval."
The Ambassadors were pre- have had their 1olicynes: The centre bunk, which viously received by the Turkish revealed by two happen-con-Le folded back, and the top Foreign Minister, M. Sukru Sara-
bunk are made of wire and it is Joglu. ings over the week-end.
expected a good deal of the wood from which the bottom "Bunk-and
British
A- squadron of United States frames are made will be obtained destroyers have steamed "proudly from houses which have been into a British port after what the damaged by Nazi bombs. — Bri- captains described as an un-tish Wireless. eventful brossing" and destroyers guided by British acro- planes have scoured the North Sen for three and a half days until they found and picked up Brit'sh airmen in a rubber boat,
CIANO LEAVES FOR ROME
Havas.
H.M.S. CHURCHILL NOW IN BRITAIN
THE SHIP WHICH WILL BEVENTUALLY BEAR THE It is true that some German.
NAME OF "H.M.S. CHURCHILE” WAB AMONG THE FIRST aircraft attempted. "to prevent .the Preçoue) but, there ́ were COUNT CIANO, THE ITALIAN BATCH OF FORMER AMERI speedily chased" ́away.
FOREIGN MINISTER, BENDED CAN DESTROYERS WHICH British command of the you H18 2-DAY VISIT TO BERLIN REACHED BRITAIN. YESTER- round all her coasts. is still YESTERDAY MORNING AND DAY. suprcme-and-Gorman -talk is only LEFT FOR ROME.
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"The captain of one of the des-
likely to draw. still strongor-at-│Another traveller from P-in troyers said:- tention to the fort result to Senor Suner, the Spanish Min- "The grossing was entirely with-
huve not which the German lack of under-lister of Interior, who is bound for out incident and we standing of world opinion Is-un- Rome and will be calling-at-Muu- scen a trace of the enemy."-Reu
'ter: able to realise Britishi Wireless. Heh, en route-Reuter.
Hong Kong during the last two
the Burma Road and the Sha-yn-
If the Germans are hoping that chung route.
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