MEASURE
THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 7, 1940.
OF
A BULLY
Air Battles Over Britain Through Pilot's Eye
PETAIN
VISITS
HOSPITALS
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"
MARSHAL PETAIN HAS! VISITED HOSPITALS FILLED WITH WOUNUDED SOLDIERS RECENTLY BROUGHT BACK FROM FRANCE'S OCCUPIED AREAS.
pathy for the sufferings
of the
No Stomach For Fight In The Nazis
AERIAL BATTLES WHICH ARE ALMOST DAILY TAKING PLACE OVER THE BRITISH The Marshal expressed sym-CHANNEL COAST AND SOMETIMES CLOSER wounded men and praised the TO LONDON ARE OF GREAT AND IN SOME "You all won my heart and my CASES OF PERSONAL INTEREST TO A LARGE thoughts will always be with you," PART OF THE POPULATION.
spirit of sacrifice.
he said.
wounded soldiers coming from
Like their comrades who arrived
Meanwhile, a second group of Descriptions of their impressions and ex- England arrived in Marseilles yes-pressions of opinion which two fighter Fligh terday morning in the s.s. Canada, Commanders broadcast on Sunday evening
were listened to with interest by the genera public, who, more or less, are passive partici- pants in the "Battle of Britain.”
the day before in the s.s. Sphinx,
they took part in the retreat from Flanders. Havas.
REORGANISING AIR SERVICES
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A TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF SEVERAL AIR LINES IN- DE- SIDE JAPAN HAS BEEN CIDED
EX- TO ALLOW FOR PANSION ON JAPAN CONTIN- ENT LINES, THE JAPAN AIR- WAYS COMPANY ANNOUNCES SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE PUBLICATION OF ITS WINTER SCHEDULE.
. .The
One Flight Commander who has tive German aircraft to his credit sa'd his pilots well as those of the rest of the Fighter Command were more full of- fight probably even
previously because now than
at grips with the "we've been Luftwaffe in so inany circums-
we've .ance
come know their neasure."
"It is the measure of a bulty." he continued," and everyone likes to paste a bully."
Of the air force he said:- "When the Germans are over- new schedule calls for whelmingly stronger in numbers daily services on the Tokyo, Kel-hey will attack, but when their jo, Hsingking lines, Tokyo/Fu-challenge is accepted and British kuoka/Peiping, Fukuoka/Shang- Brownings begin to take their toll hal/Nanking and Tokyo/Taihoku.they go into a tight ring of mutual The lines from Tokyo to Bang- protection -- like a boxer going kok and Yokohama to Saipan and into a huddle behind his fists. Palao will run twice weekly.
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New "All-Japan made" Mitsu-Hardly Bold Aggressors bishi MC-20 'planes will be used on these services in conjunction "That is not the right spirit for with 21-passenger Douglas ma- bold aggressors sent to destroy the
the R.A.F."
chines. Havas.
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And he told a story of how, reparated. from his own squadron, he Jater ran Into Messerschmidt fighters who were - protecting
a convoy of Nazl bombers," "It was my job to attack," he continued, "and I flew straight to- wards them. I put in a long burst at the nearest and then shot up- ward to make another attack.
"Immediately the fighters there must have been quite 70 - went into a protective circle, looking like cat chasing its own tail and they remained like that all on account of one Spitfire! "Meanwhile, they were deserting the bombers they had been sent to escort. A British squadron met the bombers, who paid the price for their fighters' timidity.
"We Meet Exceptions"
"I must not give the impression," this officer added, "that all Ger- man-pilots are chicken-hearted. We all met exceptions to the rule who were both spoiling, for fair fight and quite capable of giving as good as hey got
a
"But speaking of the Luftwaffe at large, I know that, whatever their strength in numbers, they never succeed effectively in dam aging this countrys war effort.
"The day will come soon, 1 hope, when there will be British fighters in the air for every German aircraft on the job. 1 don't believe the visitors will stay to fight. If they do stay, there will be few who'll live-to fight another day."
This pilot was followed by a Flight Lieut. of the Australian Air Force who comes from Brisbane. "I agree entirely," he said, "that if British squadrons can keep up their present punch and they
Mrs. A. Luker, a widow; has no less than ten evacuees un- der her care In her house at
near . Marston,
Oxford and how they enjoy themselves! Photo shows Mrs. Luker-with- hor "family," (Copyright,.. Fox).
THAILAND ON THE BLACK LIST
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All aeroplanes and war, ma- terial ordered by Thailand from the United States which have not yet been delivered will be held up, Mr. Cordell Hull,"TM U.S. Secre- tary of State, announces.",
He made this statement in the course of a broadcast from a major American broadcasting station, Havas.
WEYGAND NOT AT
DAKAR
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Contrary to rumours circulated
will it'll be a sad day for Ger-abroad, General Weygand has not many when we get anything up proaching equality in numbers.'
Cut And Run
This officer told how, while fly- ing alone high over the coast, hé. came upon six of the enemy, One was shot down and the remainder "dived for all they were worth and raced back towards France."
After this encounter, while still this close to the French Coast, pilot met 15 Messerschmidts 109. "They thought I was their meat and swept in to attack," he said.
"replied by picking off one Me. on my flank. He dived vertically, out of combat and i turned to attack another when he, too, put his nose down and fled.
"Immediately the whole bunch dived after him and then, flatten- ing out a long way below me, turned towards France.") tish Wireless.
Bri-
THEFT OF TOOLS Motor-car tools valued at $30, were. stolen from car No.: 1031,
property of Mr. W. J. Morris, of No. 5. East Point Terrace, while It was parked outside the pre mises on Saturday.
The prefix "special" to telograme lo tised by the Sunday Herald" and China Mall to Indloate news which strictly copyright under the provi sions of the Tolecommunications Or dinance, 1930, and may not be reprint. ed under any circumstances. alther wholly or in part, without prior a rangement.
arrived at Dakar, as he left Vichy only Yesterday for Algiers, says a Vichy message.
He is taking up his duties as "co-ordinator of French offorts in the African possessions." - Havas.
TELEPHONES
LAST RESTORED (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Telephonic communications be tween France and Spain have been resumed after their inter- ruption since July, 1938, at
the beginning of the Spanish "Civi. War," says a Vichy message.
Certain restrictions will, how- ever, be enforced.--Reuter.
STOP PRESS
The. "Doomed: Battalion" internment camp in the In- ternational Settlement, Shang- of hal, in which members the famous Chinese battalion are interned, became pro- minent again to-day when a Chinese soldier who attempt- ed to escape was shot and killed by a guard provided by the Russian Regiment, of the S.V.C..
The Chinese soldier. had scaled the wall--and climbed wire two fences of barbed surrounding the camp and had escaped to gapore Road (one of the roads bor- he dering the camp) when
was spotted by the Russian guard" and "fired' on."
Several shots were fired by the wounding the guard,
and two
Chinese .soldier Chinese pedestrians on road..
the
Major. Mann, liaison officer of the S.V.C., on hearing of the shooting, immediately went to the camp to inves- tigate the incident.
The camp is at present under a strict guard and ex--
been tra precautions have taken to prevent, any further. outbreak Reuter
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