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WHITEAWAY'S
Hitler Launches "Blitzkrieg" Feeler with Widespread Attacks from
NAZIS LOSE FIVE
DAYLIGHT
Britain ready for the invader
LONDON, July 3 (Reuter).s "All our forces have grawn and are on their toes, and it is the one ambition, of all, to prevent the soll of Great Britain being soiled by enemy footprints," said Lord Croft, Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of War, in the House of Lords to-day,
Lord Croft was replying in the debate on national defence. Hej said that they intended to meet the attack from whatever quar- ters in accordance with the soundest principles of war.
"Our hope is to defeat an enemy. Invasion at sea or even before he embarks, but if not there, then in the | process of landing.
Will Fight On Beaches "Should he get so far, we intend
to fight him on the beaches and hurl
him back into the sea,
"The enemy will be utterly regard-
RAIDS
ITALIAN RAIDS ON MALTA CONTINUE
Italian raids on Malta have continued almost dally since Mussolini declared war. Above is a view of the harbour..
BIG EXODUS Latest News Of The Evacuation
TO CANTON
CANTON, July 3 (Domei).|
less of loss and we must expect him,-Over 3,000 Chinese evacucés
when he attacks, to press that attack arrived at Canton from Hong- kong on Tuesday. About 700
home.
⚫ demonstration but the destruction
Turn to Pago 5, First Column liner Shirogane Maru, 1,324
LATEST
ADVICE TO EVACUEES
Mr. E. W. Davies, Evacuation
Offeer, released helpful details this
morning concerning to-morrow's mass embarkation. They are as follows-
Two large liners will be, used for
the evacuation. Whatt, nearest the
One will berth at
No.
I Kowloon
Star
aboard the British steamer Fatshan and several hundred
Busy Morning Handling
H
Of
luggage
· Hongkong's evacuation centres were busy this morning deal. aboard the Portuguese steamer ing with evacuees' luggage.
| Shengchang,
JAPAN IS NERVOUS
At the Hongkong Hotel, the ground floor lounge which is
BOMBERS
ON
Air
IN
ENGLAND
FOUR OTHERS KNOWN TO BE BADLY DAMAGED: CASUALTIES ARE SLIGHT
ما
LONDON, JULY 3 (REUTER).—five german bombers werE DESTROYED AND FOUR MORE WERE DAMAGED BY PILOTS OF THE R.A.F. FIGHTER COMMAND WHEN THE ENEMY CARRIED OUT A SERIES OF DAYLIGHT RAIDS ON ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND TO. DAY, STATES THE AIR MINISTRY NEWS SERVICE.
Hit-and-Run Type of Raids
THE RAIDS WERE OF THE HIT-AND-RUN TYPE AND IN MOST CASES THE GERMAN BOMBERS APPROACHED THE COAST SINGLY, Three Spitfires, after attacking a Dornier “flying pencil" bomber, watched it turn on its back and crash into the sea.
:
They were patrolling along the east coast when they sighted two Dorniers. The second Dornier disappeared in the clouds badly damaged.
HEINKEL PLANE FORCED DOWN
A third Dornier was later hit by a fighter but evaded further attack in the clouds.
Spitfires attacked an enemy aircraft, believed to be
a Heinkel," off the Aberdeenshire coast.. The enemy put up a stiff resistance but at the end of the fight it glided down on to the sea and the Spitfire pilots saw two rubber boats being launched.
ESCAPE IN RUBBER BOAT
A Junkers 88 bomber was also shot down into the sea off the Scottish coast and three members of the crew were scen to-take to a rubber boat.
Two Spitfires patrolling the south-east coast-shot-down another Dornier "Oying pencil." Hurricane pilots damaged a
May Be Start Of Aerial Blitzkrieg
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
LONDON, July 3 (UP) — Possibly marking the start of a ""general air offensive” which is expected to precede a fulldress onslaught on the British Isles,
normally a popular rendezvous for morning coffice, was closed to Heinkel 111 over the Channel Axis Plans the German air force to-day
➜ ordinary "trafile" this morning and converted into a reception
area for cabin trunks and heavy suit cases.
Simlar scenes were duplicated atj
the remainder of the centres, where] willing helpers rapidly dealt with the
| enormous intake of baggage.
Transports and furniture vans re- moved the luggage, and for the first
Fears Anglo-U.S.me for many years, no parking of
Naval Alliance
WASHINGTON, July 3 (Ren-
over
vehicles was allowed in either Pedder Street or Jackson Road, opposite the Hongkong Club.
Smooth Procedure.
The smooth procedure on the island:
ut the
DRIFTING MINES
Reassurance For Evacuees
Lest a report in this morning's
and silenced its rear gunner, be fore the machine disappeared in the cloud.
Shot Down In Flames Another patrol of Hurricanes at- tacked & Dornier bomber off the east coast. This Dornier escaped into the claud badly. damaged.
This evening Spitfires raced out to sea to intercept another bomber. Six minutes after taking off, they had
shot it down in flames.
Workmen Injured
July 3
LONDON,
the sea.
Bomb In Garden
For Britain
To Send Her Back To Status Of 1802
spread out over the cast and south-east areas from southern Scotland to the English Channel, There were sporadic bombinga but apparently little damago.
Civilians crouched in the shelters of air shelters in severil
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" towns which were treated to ROME, July 3 (UP).-One of some of the most intensive anti- Italy's leading correspondents, Mario aircraft barrages seen in the Appelius, in a copyright article in
4
Gorman Losses
Mussolini's newspaper "Popolo War so far. d'Italia," hints that the axis peacel terms England may restore her to
So far two German bombers have the status she had at the conclusion
been definitely shot down, the second of the peace at Amiens in 1802.
Signor Appelius says: In the one being at a southeast port where near future, history will decide to three British fighting planes ofter a which date we should return to fix ghostly fight in the clouds chased the the starting point of the process of rulder to sea and forced her to nose revision against the country most dive three miles offshore after her tail all the wrongs in had been blown off by concentrated machinegun fire. Europe.
The Alternativo
Three bombs injured several work- men in one northeastern town. If it is enough to bring England On the southeast coast planes at a back to the last years of Queen great height dropped several bombs. Victoria with some supplementary Two houses in a row were demolish- adjustment, or if it is more healthy eu. A grandmother was killed and a to go energetically back to 1858 or, small baby was blown thirty yards even better, to the peace of Amiens across the street killing it instantly. will be the question."
(Reuter). Ferry, and the other at No. 5ter).-Japanese anxiety Kowloon Wharf, which is reached via future action by the American is being duplicated on Kowloon side, Press that drifting mines had several workmen were injured when Cunton and Navy Street.
Fleet is believed here to be where the Peninsula Hotel is the been sighted in the vicinity of three bombs were dropped in north- Evacuees who registered at the Hongkong Club and the Hongkong responsible for the Tokyo Press chief receiving depot. There the
of tables and hotel coolles wait to ed within the Harbour limits llotel and evacuees connected with reports of Anglo-American naval at lounge has been almost emptied Hongkong, and might be expect eastern England this afternoon. the prison staff at Stanley will be co-operation.
remove the buggage as it is delivered: should create unreasonable alarm One bomb fell in a garden, smash- embarked on the ship berthed at No.
here is that the reports are untrue.] similar to that adderally adopted is during this time of evacuation, { ing the front of a house. Two others responsible for
The only possible official reaction The procedure 1 wharf.
serial Naval sources provided reassur- fell in
an adjoining roadway and Evacuees who registered at the This, however, leavca a false im-sula. Since Tuesday a
Asing comment this morning, more felt in open country and in the Gloucester Hotel and evacuees from pression on the American position on has been allotted to each evacuce. nli stations on the Kowloon side will the Far Eastern problem. The State her baggage arrives the appropriate
"The report, which embodies the sea in to-day's air raids.
An enemy plane was seen low over be embarked on the ship at No. 5 Department has made no clonge in label, with its serial number, is nt-routine warning to vessels to keep the town before it disappeared over its polley of opposition to Japanese tached and the baggage is quickly close look-out, is little more Lian whats information has been released nitempts to establish a new order in taken away to the godown to avall normal and is no cause for concern,"
"People could see the bombs being transport to the ship.to-morrow. it was stated, to simplify family farewell arrange the Far East, ments. The evacuees'
"It is true that, because of the menfolk,
U.S. Considerations,
Volunteer Warkers
Casualties operations of both British and Japan- friends, and relatives, though they
not board the ships, will now As far as naval strategy is 'con- Evacuation officials of whom there ese, mines ore plentifully sown along know on which wharvse to wait white cerned, whether in connection with are upwards of a hundred, working the China Const, and it is common, in the evacuees are passing through the the Atlantic or Pacific, the United on a volunteer basia-made it clear spell of rough weather such as we people were killed and about reception stations and being taken to States must take into consideration this morning that the evacuees them- have just had, for odd mines to break/ were injured in an air raid
possible hostility of the Japanese fleet selves need not attend to-day pro- the ships.
On one hand, and assured friendliness vided they sent their baggage by
No Danger To Shipping: Mr. Davies. stated that considera-of the British fleet on the other, and
responsible person. They are rc- "We would like to repeat, however, tlon had been given to the case of adjust her plans accordingly..
baggage that such floating mines are of по The net result of this is almost the quired to send all their those women with young children] who feared that they might have same as it an Informal understanding except the one suitcase allowed thein danger to shipping. As has been fre- bombers, making to-day's total three. difficulty in obtaining a sufficient existed between Great Britain and on the voyage; that is, one truck and quently explained, British mines are
one suitcase to each adult and halfitted Inside with
for each child. supply of prepared milk food aboard, the United States.
deelded
may
Now Cancossion -
It had been
to allow each
such woman to take an extra box or
London Ignorance.
3
(Reuter).
ing
free.
released.
It la officially announced that two
on a
Suffolk town.
About 18 people were injured in raids on the north-east coast of Eng land and Scotland.
Fighters shot down two
Delayed Action Bomb
enemy
Some suggest a return to the date of birth of the last survivor of Ver- sailles, Lloyd George”.
EVACUEE'S $20,000 LOSS
I that iving stations are operat-horns and the detonator when the was of the delayed action type, were notes which she withdrew from Parcel not more than 3 (l, square Nothing is known in Landon of. a Baggage only dribbled in early this Turn to Page 5. Second Colemn Turn to Page 5, Socond Columa
agree-1
the
the
K.C.C. MEMBERS MUST GO DRY' FOR TWO DAYS
A Chiness lady who intended n strong spring
avacuating the Colony before the which breaks the contact between the When four bombs, of, which one week-end has lost $20,000, bank The
to-day fro LONDON, July
trom 9 am to noon, from mine is released. After that a ship dropped near a group of workmen in bank for the purpose. 2 to 3. p.m., and from 6 to 8 pm. 'containing those foods which she ex- pected she would need on board ar purported Anglo-American which she feared she would be able ment which was the subject of com- morning, but a rush is expected to- wards the close. of the day.. How- uitment in two Japanese newspapers ever, the officials believe they can to buy in Hongkong,
to-day. Manila,
clear it away as quickly us One He emphasised that these extra
poper suggested, that parcels must be brought to the retreaty was aiming at the encircle- evacuees can send it. celving stations in the morning with ment of Japan.
Organisation Complote The use of this phrase, a popular their voyage suitcases. They would
Organisation for to-morrow is be treated similarly to the suitcases Pre-war one of Hitler's, is noted with
Kowloon Cricket Club members must go dry between 11 interest in London. With regard complete and the embarkation should to the reported naval agreement, the.be managed without a hitch.
a.m. to-day and 7am. on Saturday--at least, if they want to news in the Tokyo papers was the The times of attendance,ut the drink at their own club.
To-day the clubhouse was the scene frst that Brillah 'Government circles stations have been carefully staggere Owing to the demands upon the of considerable activity as hundreds ed so that, the evacuees may be at clubhoto mada by to-morrow's of cabin trunks, and other baggage Tho. Japanese demands concerning tended to and taken away with the evacuation of British women and for the evacuces were handled. Burma are being examined with least possible discomfort and delor. children, the club has been closed to The club a kitchen, has also been
taken over for the next two days: Turn to Page 5, Second Column Turn to Pago 5, First Column ordinary use by members,
and delivered to the evacuees' onj board.
Soo Back Page For Further "Late Nawa-
have heard of it.
R.A.F. Retaliato
LONDON July 3 (UP)-The Air Ministry announced: "Coastal com- mand planes to-day bombed enemy boses at Texel and Gnemuiden where an enemy fighting plane was shot down. There were no British jossea." Germany Again Raided. LONDON, July' 3' (Reuter)--An Air Ministry communique announces that aircraft of the Bomber Com- mand of the R.A.F. continued their attacks on Tuesday night,
Targets included aerodromes. "In A report of the robbery was made to the police last night.
Denmark and Belgium, communier- The victim is Lau Mul, of 12 Suf- tions in the Ruhr and Westphalia, objectives at Hamburg and "Dort- folk Hood.
withdrawing the money from mund, and docks at Zeebrugge. After
All our aircraft returned safely. 'the bank she placed it away at the
Aircraft of the Coastal Corumand bottom of a suitcase in her home.
She believed that sho was to-day bombed enemy bases at Texel unobserved at the time, but the thief and Ymulden. In. Holland in the or thieves apparently had knowledge course" of Which they shot down an of her act, as the suitesse in question enemy fighter without loss. was the only one touched.
One of our aircraft failed to return Police are questioning a Chinese from reconnaissance yesterday.
Invasion Pradiction
man.
MONTREAL," July (3 - (Nouter) ———— Over 1,000 refugees, including 300 children, arrived to-day.
· LONDON;"&July: "3" - (UP)--Tho Germans will attempt an Invasion Turn to Page 5, Second Column