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Answer To Raids On
On London
The Royal Air Force Gives
Gives Effective
Effective Answer
And Hurls Incendiary_Bombs Of The Heart Of
Heart Of Germany's Capital UNTER DEN LINDEN, NAZIS MOST FAMOUS THOROUGHFARE BOMBED
DRAMATIC EXCLUSIVE STORY FLASHED TO HONGKONG AT 2.30 P.M.
Special to the "Telegraph"
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IS GIVING AN EFFECTIVE ANSWER TO THE REPEATED NAZI RAIDS ON LONDON. A "UNITED PRESS" DESPATCH FROM BERLIN THIS MORNING STATES THAT THE GERMAN CAPITAL HAD TWO AIR RAID ALARMS IN THE COURSE OF TWO HOURS DURING THE NIGHT.
Not only this, but the two raids were so far the most intensive yet carried out by British bombers on Berlin.
The raiders concentrated their attention on the centre of the capital and bombs were seen to fall 300 yards from the "United Press" offices.
BRITAIN'S NEW WEAPON
Novel Incendiary "Bomb"
Special to the “Telegraph"
LONDON, Sept. 10 (Domei).—The use of new incen- diary weapons by British planes in their raids over Berlin and other German cities, is admitted by authorita- tive quarters in London.
RAIDS ON LONDON
All Night Bombing
Attacks Continue Until Morning
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPM"
LONDON, Sept. 11 (UP). --Nazi raiders were seen over London from the "United Press" observation post at midnight.
One is believed to have crashed into a house next to the United States Embassy on the Paris er Platz only 100 yards from the Wilheim Platz.
Two other incendiary bombs fell into the middle of the famous Unter den Linden, Ber- lin's internationally best-known thoroughfare.
The bombs fell immediately before the Brandenberger Gate, which is on one side of the United States Embassy.
The Embassy, however, was undamaged.
The Nazis describe these new BERLIN'S WORST
weapons as "fire cards," but in London it is impossible to dis- cover precisely what form the new bombs take,
AIR RAID
Royal Air Force machines dropped
so many parachute flares to light up The authoribus decline to reveal their objectives in Berlin that newne
The size, shape at composition of the papers could be read in any of the From midnight until 2 a.m. the
"eards", though they admit that the streets, stoles a Reuter inessage.
designed to set Bre new wea;+: to military suppilber apen rallway | RAF. caused Berlin to suffer one of trucks and similar objectives." Its worst raids it has yet hud.
Moreover, it is stated, the device Many fires were started at the would also be able to set forests on | Brandenburg gate and the Academy
THE HEART OF BERLIN WHICH THE R.A.F. IS BOMBING
-Unter
Pariser Platz
inburg Ga
'NEA
Dramatic New Indo-China Development: Chinese Blow Up International Bridge
Special to the "Telegraph"
A NEW AND DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENT IS REPORTED IN THE PRESENT TENSE SITUATION IN INDO-CHINA WHICH HAS ARISEN FROM THE JAPANESE DEMANDS FOR PERMISSION TO SEND TROOPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE REPORTED CONCEN- TRATION OF CHINESE FORCES ON THE INDO-CHINA BORDER.
"UNITED PRESS MESSAGE FROM HANOI, THE INTER- ACCORDING TO A
Bre; it is there that the Nazis usually of Arts near the American Embassy NATIONAL BRIDGE AT LAO KAI WAS BLOWN UP BY THE CHINESE AT 4.30 P.M.
conceal military objecta.
Berlin Enraged
German officiula Its Berlin re!
tactics. enraged at the new British and say that the IA.F. have been dropping millions of self-igniting "fre cords" over Germany during the A number of bombs were dropped past month, apparently with a view and the thuds of the missies are into burning crops, forests und houses. creasing.
nearby row of houses.
Others could be heard tently in the distance,
it
The Nazis claim that many per- Several bombs apparently fell on a sons, including children, may have been burned handling the "cards" intertnit-without knowing their danger, while admitted that many barns, grainfields and forests have been de- wooden farmhouses, grain stocks,
stroyed, purticularly in west Hanover and the Harz mountain areas.
The drone of planes is continued raldera audible and two were seen cruising over the southeast
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or three
Three bomb explosions were heard: from the direction of the river..
2.10 a.m. Raid
Weapon Described
INVASION NEAR PREDICTED
British Experts Warning
20
By WALLACE CARROLL.
Special to the "Telograph" LONDON, SEPT. 10 (UP),—RESPONSIBLE BRITISH AUTHORITIES TO-DAY STUDIED
YESTERDAY:
It is reported that the bridge SCHOOL BOMBED Appalling
has been completely demolished.
Lao Kai is a town situated on tho Yunnan-Indo-China frontier and has strategic value because it commands the River Song Kol which starts in Yunnan and runs right through Tongking to Hanoi.
Another
"United Press" message from Shanghai confirms the blowing up of the bridge at Lao Kai. City In Confation
MANY DEAD
Nazi Frightfulness LONDON, Sept. 10 (Router), -Many bodler have hitherto been recovered from a school in East Landon which was wrocked by a direct hit during the night. Some of the persons extricated from beneath the mass of twist- ed girders and debris were still alive, but it is understood that they died while being conveyed in ambulances to hospital,
It quotes "Havas" as saying that ***
The "card," it is declared, is two THE NEW REPORT OF NAZI PREPARA-s not known why the bridge was At 2.10 am. (10.10 am. H.K.T.) inches square and contains a quantity | the bombing had again attained the of phosphorous covered with TURN to Page 2, Column Three TURN to Pago 2, Column Four TIONS FOR A POSSIBLE TRANS-CHANNEL blown up but it is believed that some
wet
New Tension Created In S'hai Settlement
ATTACK.
The belief is growing in London that the intensified air raids may well be an overture to the long-threatened attempt at invasion.
Chinese rubordinate official, beset by rumours, took the decision inde- pendently.
Telephoned reports from Lao Kai
state that the city was thrown lato ing the blasting of the International
a italo of confusion for hours follow-
bridge.
Another report states that the Chinese mined the bridge" 20 days' ngo.
LATEST
Tobacco & Cigarettes To Cost More
Cholera
Figures
Frightening cholera incidence figures have been revealed to- day...
In the Kowloon City area alone no less than 83 cases have been reported [during the past 38 hours,
In the course of yesterday there were 62 notifications, while for the ipast 12 hours a further 31 victime
have been reported:
The authorities are making every effort to trace the origin of the epidemic, and there is good reason to believe that
the much is due to system of night-soll carrying with lis present inadequate protection against contagious diseases."
It was only a week ago that the cholera epidemic started and already the number of victims in woll-over the 250 mark, a large percentage of which have proved fatal,
CAROL LEAVES FOR MILAN
Experts point out that before launching an invasion, Germany would naturally try to cripple Special to the "Telegraph"
the great port of London and smash the British
STOCK EXCHANGE
Cigarettes; and tobacco are to cost SHANGHAI, Sept. 11 (UP)That the Japanese will take network of communications in order to divert the
STEADY DESPITE SMALL
Hongkong amokers more as a result "effective action" to prevent the United States Marines from
BUSINESS
of an ordinance issued in a Govern-j anent Gazette" Extracedinary this taking over "B" sector of the International Settlement defence strongth of the Royal Air Force from the coastal
possibly concentrated Some LONDON, Sept. 10 (Reuter)-On afternoon.. arca on September 25, is the threat made by the Japanese ariny regions.
Under the now ordinance,
unstrip organ Tairiku Shimpo”. In an editorial to-day,
Details regarding the evidence to Britain.
heavier warships at ports closest the Stock Exchange to-day, despite
the smallness of trading, the under-ped manufactured tobacco cou- LUGANO, Sept. 10^{(UP)- The paper declares that tho The paper added that the ine of preparations for an invasion
tone was steady though prices intaining ten per cent or more United States must be held sistence of the U.S. Marines to take which were noted on the French Troops Said Ready.
several
eased on lack of sup-moisture by weight will have a duty King Carol and Madame Lupescu Germany, It is believed, has enough port
tag of $1.80 per pound for tobacco of departed from here for Milan by over the sector "conspicuously; do- responsible for any "incidents or monstrates America's decision to pro shore have not been made public, troops close to the Channel parts to
Coppers and oils were m mostly Arm, Empire origin as compared with 90 special train at 11.10 to-night, ke unfortunate happenings that cipitate a crisis!
but it seems apparent that the provide an initial striking force and gilt-edged. were lower, while the cents previously; other tobacco will their ultimate destination was not may occur in connection, with the His niso claimed that as a result Germans have set up new for. it a thought likely that similar forces leading home Industrials generally be 11.50 compared with $110. The disclosed but it is believed that will be assembled at various North maintained their levels 1975, same tobacco of less than tamper they will proceeds by traits from Milen to Turin, thence auzuns Franor Marines taking over the sector." TURN to Page 2, Column Four ward aerodromes and have sem poluts, aut
Wall Street was barely steady
TURN to Page 8, Column Three, and Spain to Portugal./