THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 2, 1941
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Holding The U-Boat Menace At Bay
HOW BRITAIN is holding the U-boat and
RAIDERS air menace to British shipping at bay, despite
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Japanese aircraft in two groups
raided Szechuen on Monday, the
first group, of nine 'planes, bonib-
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increase in submarine bases available to the
enemy and the increase in enemy submarines owing to Italy's entry into the war, was des-
ing Chengtu, while no details of cribed on New Year's Eve by a naval spokes-
the activities of the second group,
also of nine aircraft, have yet | man in London, reviewing the first sixteen
been received in Chungking.
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The aların sounded in Chung-months of the war at sea. king at 9.45 a.m. but no urgent alarm was sounded and raiders never appeared in the vicinity of Chungking, where the all-clear sounded at 1.20 p.m.
Chengtu was subjected to one of the longest air alarms it has ex- perienced but no bombs were
'At no time," he said, "has the enemy
made us feel that he will succeed in his efforts
to prevent the British Isles from obtaining the
dropped in the city, the raiders necessary supplies of food and materials to
seeming to concentrate on the
south airfield, which was machine- bring the war to a successful conclusion."
gunned continuously for over hali 30 hour
The spokesman continued: close the en- Some bombs were also dropped "Enemy efforts to but the extent of the damage is trances to our harbours by mines. unknown.
raids from the air and by E-boats The planes, a kind of fighter-have been defeated. bomber, were over Chengtu or environs for over an hour, leaving sbout 12.14 pan. though the all- clear did not sound till an hour Inter-Reuter
"The air menace to coastal convoys has been successfully countered and it is fair to say we control the Mediterranean,
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Escort Problem
"Where the enemy has been achieving a certain measure of success is in his attacks on ship- ping in the western approaches to Britain, though even here he must be disappointed with the actual results obtained.
"We must," the spokesman em- phasises, "have larger escorts for British convoys.
Counter-Measures Succeeding
"We cannot hope to eliminate
the submarine altogether but it is
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George MURPHY · Frank MORGAN · Jan HUNTER
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hoped that the fewer sinkings NEXT CHANGE
of the last two weeks are a sign that counter-measures we are
taking will succeed in reducing A Paramount materially the effect of enemy operations.
"We must expect hard knocks from time to time but during all these first sixteen months of war we have maintained our objective and are determined to do so until Anal victory."-Reuter.
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INDIA'S SUPPORT
"By supporting Britain, India would be supporting herself," de- clared Sir Chimanlal Setalvad, al the Indian National Liberal Con- ference in Calcutta on Tuesday,
a resolution, He was moving which was carried, expressing ap- preciation of "Britain's herole efforts," asking for the whole- hearted assistance of the Ind ab people in the war and expressing confidence. in an Allied victory. Reuter.
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