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ABSENCE OF RAIDS
WEIGHTY FACTS FOR GOERING
By Major F. A. de V. Robertson
LONDON.
One is constantly asked why there has hitherto been no whole-hearted air, action by the bomber forces of elther alde. As regards our own reasons we cannot go beyond what The Prime Minister said in his broadcast recently. Our bomber force will be used at the proper time that is to say, when It can be used with the greatest effect.
A bomber forca in
sort of general reserve and is the most flexible of all' arms. When a land battle is in progress
I proper function is to attack the back areas of the enemy's army and hamper the moving up of reinforcement and munitions. It can at a moment's notice be switched over to attaclt factories and indus- trial arens. It can help the fleet, as the R.A.F. did when it raided Wilhelmshaven and badly damaged the Graf Spee, and as the Germans tried to do when they raided the Firth of Forth,
Our own bomber force, already strong, grows stronger every day as the factories turn out more machines and the training schools turn cut more crews. When the time comes to use it it will be a very formidable striking force,
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The German Air Force As for the Germans' abstention from mass uttacks on Britain and France, one can only make conjec- tures. But It la remarkable that. whereas the German Navy has abandoned all the rules of civilised warfare, the Germen Air Force has hitherto scrupulously respected them -since the end of the Polish cam- palgn-apart from the dropping of mines by parachute. There have been no attempts to bomb residential areas, and in the raids on
convoys almost certainly the bombs have been aimed at the naval escort ships quite legitimate targels-and not at the merchantmen
It may be that the German authorities ate fully
alive to the
vulnerability of their country. The Ruhr, for instance, on which about 60 per cent of Germun heavy Indus- trich are based, is very vulnerable; and it may be, that so far the Ger mans have shrunk from provolding a great competition in bombing prac- lice.
Inferior Equipment
be
They may conceivably also restrained by laclical considerations. There is not the least doubt that in both bombers and fighters the Ger- man Air Force is less well equipped than the RAF. Teking bombers first. we huve adopted the policy that bombers must be able to defend themselves, and, realising the dif fleulty of holding machine-gun steady in the rush of air at the pre- sent spects of aircraft, we have fitted our bombers with gun turrets which are operated by, the power of the engines, so that the gunner can swing his gun and himself in any direction without exertion.
The German bombers have not got power-operated turrets. They decided that bombers must rely on
December 18, 1939.
Somewhere
in France
SECRETS of the transport of the British Expeditionary Force--revealed by Mr. Horo- Belisha, Secretary for War, in the House of Commons.
158,000 TROOPS
25,000 VEHICLES
including tanks, BOMC weighing fifteen tons or
more.
BREN GUNS- Fifty for each battalion.
Somewhere ·
in ?
口
50,000 VOLUNTEERS have been taken into the Army since the beginning of the war.
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20,000 A.T.S. already enlisted, more to be recruited.
First Man To Fight In Air
Mexican Battle Recalled
NORFOLK, (UP), Capt.
speed and evasion, and they have Patrick-N. L. Bellinger, com- been proved wrong, They cannot
bcut off our fighters, while our manding officer of the U.S bombers have frequently driven off Naval air station here, piloted German fighters and have some-the first airplane struck by bul times shot them down.
lets in combat.
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In fighters also we have a clear advantage.
Our eight-gun fighters While flying at a low altitude over have been
a great success, greater Vera Cruz during the Mexican trouble Packed in double- even then we had hoped. The Ger- in 1014, Bellinger's Curtiss pusher covered man fighters have only four guns. seaplane was hit by bullets fired by keep the tobacco Moreaver, since the French cap ground troops.
always fresh. tured
100 Messerschmiti tested It in mock combat against Bellinger piso is believed to be the their own machines we have learnt arst aviator to attack enemy soldiers that it is a bed aeroplane. Both the Curtiss and the Morane proved their superiority to the Messerschmitt, and we know that the Hurricane is better than either of the French fighters. All these considerations may well give pause lo Field Marshal Goering. The incident involving his plane
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he dropped was a cake of soap. Bel- C. INGENOHL'SCIGAR STORES “LA PERLA DEL ORIENTE”
linger became angry when ground troops fired at his ship and he threw at them the first thing he could lay his hands on a cake of soap.
both sides. We must expect better when he first was shet nt is men- German types to appear, but tioned in a recently published book, we shall also have better types to "Navy Men," by James Connolly, un meet them. Finally, there is a difold shipmate of Bellinger. ference in the men. There is. con- scription for the German Air Force, but none for the RA.F.
U.S. Labour Wants German Boycott-
CINCINNATI.
It was not until Bellinger hud landed that he realised what a close call he had. Examination of the ship revealed three holes, bored by bul- lets in the fuselage of the plane.
The purpose of Bellinger's hops over Mexico were for observation,
Flying a plane in those days was tough job. The old seaplane he flew had a top speed of about 60 miles an hour and its ceiling was about 1,000 feet.
A recommendation that the trade union boycott against German and Italian goods be reaffirmed is made In the annual report of the American Federation of Labour, Issued to-day.
"We protest," it says, "ugainst the persecution of minorities in the totall-type seaplane now are under Bellin-
Fighting back was almost out of the question. Keeping the plane in the air requlrod all the pilot's time.
Many descendants of the old pusher
turlan nations. We protest against ger's command. But these craft, with their incredible speed, remarkable racial perscetition and the develop- ment of racial hate. We plead for manoeuvrability and bristling guns, bear little resemblance to their an- the substitution of freedom, de-
cestors. mocracy and tolerance among all the people in all nations throughout the world."
"We favour our nation offering our mediation services for peace," It sintes, "and we hope that the war- ring countries may be prevailed upon
to accept them."
It is emphasised that the report was drafted before Germany's "peace offensive" opened, and the Federn lion is therefore in no way support- ing Hitler's attempt to bring about the end of hostilities.
NEW YEAR FIREWORKS
Merrymakers greeting the New Year will not be hampered by re- trictions on the use of fireworks us permission has been given for fire- works to be discharged; from 11:45 pa, on December 31 to 12.15 am, on January 1.
CHRISTMAS CAROLS
of
The auditorium of Hop Yat Church was filled to its capacity on Saturday evening when the joint choirs Christ Church's Mandarin Service and Hop Yat Church presented a choral concort. The programme was in two parts, the first comprising selections from "The Creation," by Haydn, and the second, a variety of Christmas carols.
The recital will be repeated on December 20 at St. Androw's Church. UNIVERSITY CONCERT
The Hongkong University will hold Its annual Christmas Carol Concert in the Great Hall of the University at 0 pm next Buday, December 24,
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