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COMMENT
SPAIN has not yet signified her in- tention of Joining this unholy alll- ance though there have been- several Indications that she would.
In these days when neutrals have to look ahead and forecast the winner before Bining up. Spain probably is of walling for more tangible proof the Axis powers ability to gain a favourable decision. Hitler's con- fessed failure to invade England is a "Now is the historie hour when deterrent, the attitude of the United for the first time the German Air States and South America is another, Force has struck at the heart of the impoverished condition of Spain "For Our Airmen: Thou Who
the enemy. After all the British itself also holds her back and it is has given us to ride upon the wings
provocatory attacks on Berlin, the possible that the Pope, if he had the of the wind, and Who hearest the
Suner. Fulirer decided to order reprisal reported conversation with all Thy children who prayers of
blows against Lat
Landon. I personally informed Franco through him, that call upon Thee; look with Thy upon
assumed command of these plc- the papal blessing on this occasion favour, we boicech. Te from
torious German airmen, who for would not be bestowed upon the those who defend Thy
the first time have attacked Lon-Spanish government and its troops. don in broad daylight, accompanied
The Germans are now supplications throwing what they evi- dently regard as their last card on to the table of the War. Beginning with revenge for our bombing of Berlin on September 6, we had on the following day the heaviest enemy air raid attack
We hitherto. were honoured by its concentration solely on London-the rest of the country was unmolested.
by brave fighter comrades. They Bombing Of Kunming till continue to carry their order to full execution.”
THE bombing of Kunming is the Dist fruits of the Japanese pecupa- What earthly or military purpose tion of the air bases in Indo-China. such attacks achieve is beyond the average man's comprehension. This has been going on now for more then three years and if it has proved any- cannot be crushed by such
the skies; grant them success in their endeavours; guard and protect them in all such dangers as may affilet them; and bring them back in safety to the land they love, and those who hold them dear; through No wonder both the Air Ministry our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and the Ministry of Home Security oMcially remark "Bombing Wan Amen,
widespread and in the latter part of Thanksgiving for the Protection the attack appeared to be indis-
We and Wark of Our Airmen: give humble thanks to Thee, Al- criminale," mighty God, for the courage and self-sacrifice with which Thou has endued those who fight in the air
For almost eight to nine hours we for our protection, as also for the care which Thou hast abundantly heard guns sounding and bombs shown them.
We make humble dropping by overhend planes which acknowledgment
O again seemed to keep wheeling away Heavenly Father, for such med and then returning. The very rest stire of security as Thou has grant dential district in which I live seem ed to us Thy servants, beseeching ed again to be the special object of Thee to
to continue these Thy mercies enemy visitation which was trying. towards them, us, and all Thy so we belleve, to attack various ob faithful people, until this tyranny jectives-apparently without much ho ourrpaal. This we beg in the reruit. name and mediation of Iraus Christ Thy Son our Lord. Amen.“
Nine-hour attack thing it has shown that the spirit of
Thee,
means.
The C.M.S. hospital was deciroyed according to the wireless broadcast, but this fortunately is not truc, Miss. Tindall's house which is on the edge of the compound was completely demolished, but fortunately no one was killed or hurt,
Bre
There were at least 500 enemy machines engaged. The German High Command had publicly announced that the bombing would be indis- criminate and it mostly was. It started about 4.50-1 had just been to a cinema at Victorin and at the very end of the main stage and announced, as is usual, an air raid the existence of
are given as approximately 400 killed
in very poor districts which far as I could see, nor did I until and 1,300 to 1,400 seriously wounded, about ten minutes later when the but if we compare these figures with possens no military significance at all; the death-roll in any bottle of the and in particular thousands of small working-class houses. In time I News had finished.
As we emerged dogfights seemed last war such as Logs (70.000) you hope to be able to give some details
progress everywhere, and will see how Insignificant they are myself, but of course there are in-tested step by step. The hope that The tragedy in that practically perfect at present and the Censorship General Lung would align himself
The Fighting Revere,
Thongkong Telegraph picture the Manager came on the Civilian casualties
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When the history of this particular raid comes to be published in full you will be able to read and appre- clate some of the fatuous incidents of destruction which have occurred Of course the casualties on the oc museums and places of general en-
hospitals,
number of them; warning. Nobody then left, so sion of this air-rald are high-they tertainment, public houses, air raid railway bridges have been destroyed
cally
In
shelters
is kevern
any
Unlike Chungking, Kunming is not provided with air raid shelters for the whole population. There
to scarcely any, so the people have scatter over the country side. Yun- nan cannot be conquered by bombing planes nor can it be occupied by troops for the steep and dificult ascent from Indo-China makes such an attempt Impossible. Most of the line itselt even if it were the open would be quite inadequate to transport an army large enough to seize the city much less the province, but such an advance would be con-
with Wong Ching-wel has all along General been doomed to failure. Lung has the support of the Govern ment troops from Chungking and is determined to hold the province as part of China and not as part of the *"Every section of London's civil Japanese controlled areas, defence came through their Arst Big War Problem
big test under constant bombard- ment with "magnificant courage
Ir is generally recognised that and devotion to duty." This tribute scientists and economists must play was paid to them by an official of an important part in modern war. the Ministry of Home Security on It was a Jew named Haber who en- September 8.
to be in guns were going heavily though you could not see from where they were everyone is a civilian,
I would not, however, like to ab firing. These combats were all pro- Services do not come under attack in bably about five to ten miles away these air-raids, and industrial wor-
kers are not largely affected since train from reproducing the follow appearancea
cea are deceptive. There were any number of planes East London is not a heavy manufae- ing which appears in the Daily Mail, The authorities, while but which, In substance, is common to all papers: in the sky and visible to keen eye- turing area.
admitting the darnage AUTHORITY AND FREEDOMight, though unless your eyes were rightly
good you could not detect or dis- severe, do not regard it as in any In such a time as this, men tinguish planes since at 18,000 to way serious in relation to the back-
a whole. too often be reminded 20,000 feet, picked up in the setting ground of the war as
aun against a dead blue cloudless sky other words, we're not failing to see that democracy is endangered on
a plane is merely a tiny plece of the forest because of the trees.
The raid was in short n complete fronts on the external silver.
The streets were empty of pedes failure, not because the enciny planes front where an avowed enemy is
trians but full of nightacers peering did not reach their destination and The buses did not kill and destroy, but because attacking, and on an internal upwards" from houses.
were still running but clearly un- they failed in any way to affect the front
determination of the where authority may cert
temper and certain.
those
suffered who exceed its functions and turn As we walked across Eaton Square people, tyrant. There are reported in
In fact every onslaught of the kind Great Britain certain incidents
a screaming bomb-and only stiffens popular resentment, and which happily were recognized saw heavy smudges in the sky, ap the Government will go from strength in their true light and quickly parently collapsing barrage balloons to strength on this wave of feeling. Then for the moment the attock Indeed the events of the past week dealt with, but which serve to seemed to intensity-one man near give us every reason for satisfaction. counted 20 planes of all sorts. The air attacks have not Interfered show how necessary it is to pre-white pufis of exploding shells were
Industrial, social serve a right balance between increased. But then the bultle died at all with the life of the country,
away
In Intensity after about an amusement. There is no panic in liberty and authority.
hour. The All Clear' sounded and any industrial centre. One French- When that balance is pre-we imagined pence was restored, woman said a few days ago when naked for a description of the people in wartime: "They are tough.' housewife echoed the word: "Tough?
10 Sloane Square, the dogfights came most, much nearer. Then for the first time we heard
mc
served you have true democracy. Fires followed raid
but when weighted on the one side it becomes anarchy, an the other Fascism or Nazism. In their
two origin those excesses are not always easily distinguishable. Arbitrary uc-sec tion on the part of those in pected. authority
may be the sequence of some outburst of popular feeling or misplaced zcal.
con-
either
even
or even
A
danger was an inspiration.
abled Germany to carry on the last "The bearing of A.R.P. workers wer for another two years after her was beyond praise" he said. "They supply of natural nitrate had been died or fell wounded at their posis exhausted. It was be who fixed the with never a thought of deserting nitrogen of the air and supplied the their duty. The A.F.S. scgulited essential element for explosives.. themselves with particular heroism. After Hiller came into power Haber Women of the various civil defence went to Switzerland where he died of acctions remained steady, as usual. a broken heart. There are problems Their acceptance of the tasks al- to be solved to-day as in the last war- lotted to them in the face of great first of all the answer to night bomb- ing must be found. That is work for "While German raiders droned the physicist and mathematician. overhead all civil defence workers
There Is the question of the food went efficiently about their jobs. supply. It was Sir Gowland Hopkins Men and women wardens patrolled who discovered vitamins and that their sectors, and though some feit knowledge is being applled to-day, through enemy action, com
communi-
nl for vitamin 'B' is now put into white cations which meant the safety of our before it is-sold. Selontists In always main the Penguin Book Science and the tained. Casualtier were promptly War" tell us that Britain could supply
by their comrades from her own food, if only
ttie latest Being districtà. In the great | scientific knowledge was used by the army of the A.FS. there was a farmers.
proportion of unpaid pari-
heavily The Germans must be time workers. Many of thele men—taz|-drivers, booking-per
handicapped in their investigationi clerks, telephone operators, barmen
for science as it was understood in Europe before the Nazis came into -were back at work on Sunday power has ceased to exist, but apart after hours of Intensive
from the many of their leading work- ers are aiding Britain, with their expect
these attacks will go on imagination
their charges were
But it wasn't. Vast fires had, it I say we're laugh. We don't mind seems, been started in the Docks him."
So much for the night of Septem- Area and as you looked across Lon-
We had a very quiet Sunday don Iron West to East, or North to ber 7. North-east and South-cast you could and then everything started again on see the sky a red glow, but not so Sunday night, beginning just after much smoke as one might have ex- dinner. The fires of Saturday night were still smouldering as a guide to
fighting" and bombs were Then as night begun to fall-3.45 enemy attackers,
the merely again on to 6-the air raid warning started dropped not
so did the bombing-it Docks Aren, which was again lit up probably for a month, with varying sumulated by the desire to see the again, and
by
a gigantle blaze, but anywhere intenslly, of course, due to the end of the Nazi tyranny.. lasted for nearly 12 hours.
Tons of explosives were unloaded and everywhere-thus showing the weather. Daylight raids by Germans
We
rather frightened.
fire-
are now
and creative powers
But he
When people in Great Britain on the Docks area and the East End, purely indiscriminate nature of the will probably disappear. They have rue research worker is no philan-..
with the result thut fires were in- onslaught. Indeed Goering, broad- been hammered so unmercifully in thropist or a partisan. He saw the disasters suffered intensified so that the German raiders casting from Northern France, de- making them that they had an easy task in identifying every ctared on September 7: Norway, the Netherlands, and point of interest, since it was vir France through the action of tually as light at night as in the
By Abner Dean into power had a fine body. daytime. According to Goering 1,000 FUNNY SIDE UP enemy aliens and fifth column-tons of explosive bombs were dropp
ists there was a general demanded. In the south-west district where 1
for the internment of all persons live apparently one enemy bomber who might be a source of seemed to wander round and round danger. The military authori- all the night, once coming so low that ties pressed the case for prevent sounded as if it only skimmed the tive measures, with the result tops of the houses. It dropped bombs occasionally, but in such stupid that large numbers of German places that one could only imagine men who were exiles friendly to that it was discharging its cargo
anyhow. Great Britain were peremp-
As a result various houses near me torily subjected to internment. were burned or bombed, and a few Happily there was an immediate people killed. It might have been reaction of public opinion; very much worse.
Most of us had a rather disturbed Parliament and press took the matter up, and Sir John Ander-night and took either to the base- ments of our houses or to shelters, son, the Home Secretary, agreed and some therefore slept late on to reform the procedure.
Sunday and perhaps did not there-
A similar case of undue for turn up for the early Day of severity arose from observation Prayer services, of which let me ap of the harm that had been done pend two typical Church of England by defeatist talk in France. necessary it is that democracy. Certain overzealous Ministers in should be ceaselessly vigilant Britain issued a regulation to against the appearance within of prevent the "spreading of gloom the enemy that it is fighting and despondency," an unneces-without. This war is not only sary measure which merely led bgainst Adolf Hitler and the to a few foolish and frivolous Nazis, but those forces inherent convictions. Mr. Winston in human nature for which they Churchill, the Prime Minister, stand. The appetite for an humorously rebuked the authors excess of authority is not con of these well-meant endeavours, fined to Germany, or Italy, or and instructed the Home Secre- Russia, but tends to assert itself tary to review the sentences. everywhere. In Britain the Neither of these incidents continued activity of Parliament proved, or was likely to prove, and press and the unity of a matter of lasting importance. national feeling are helping to But they do serve to show how avert that perli.****
was a fool not to get
of court!!"
pursues his searches coldly and critically. His imagination produces the theory and his experiments and observa- tions show whether it is valid or not. Germany before the Nazis come scien- cf lists. Her educational system was highly organised, her teachers com- manded respect, her university pro- fessars were honoured and stood high in the social order. Fortunate ly for us Hiller altered all that. The chief qualification for teaching in any institution now is loyalty to the party. "If the teachers will not become the leaders of (Hitler) youth," he said, "then the leaders of youth will become the teachers" and. so the standards have declined.
In 1838 I remember discussing with a Dr. Wilhelm in Germany the serious decline in the Intellectual education Germun standards of which was common knowledge owing to the excessive emphaals that was being put upon physical training and war activities. He waited till I had: anished the inletment and then said quite quietly: "But we are Isking your public school as our new model in that respect."
recent
In England we have only in years realised that high intelligence.. resides in no particular social group and have organised our educational effect of system accordingly. The such reorganisation has hardly yet been felt, Sull in spite of Eng- lond's retuml to take education seri ously. In the past there has always been an enthusiastic group
of amateurs, who have saved our re- putation and it is on them we now rely. They are
be organised by committee under the chairmanship of Lord Hankey and their work will be co-ordinated and tarried on for the solution of specific problems
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