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"For Our Airmen: Thou Who. has given us to ride upon the wings of the wind, and Who hearest the prayers of all Thy children who call upon Thee; look with Thy
their endeavours; guard and protect
We
The Germans are now supplications--I quote them because throwing what they evi- they do reflect our views: 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 We attack hitherto. were honoured by its concentration solely on London-the rest of the country was unmolested. There were at leas, 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 4.60-I had just been to a cinema at Victoria and at the very end of the main usual,
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"Now is the historie hour when for the first time the German Air Force has struck at the heart of the enemy. After all the British
COMMENT
SPAIN. has not yet signified her in tention of Joining this unholy alli- ance though there have been several indications that she would.
In these days when neutrals have to look ahead and forecast the winner before lining up Spain' probably is. walling for more tangible proof of the Axis powers ability to gain a favourable decision. Hiller's fessed failure to invade England is a deterrent, the attitude of the United States and South America is another, the impoverished condition of Spain Itself also holds her back and it is that the Pope, If he had the personally informed Franco through him, that these vic the papal blessing on this occasion torious German airmen, who for would not be bestowed upon the
. the first time have attacked Lon-Spanish government and its troops. don in broad daylight, accompanied
provocatory attacks on Berlin, the poed conversation with Suner,
Fuhrer decided to order reprisal London.
· against and of
blouts
sumed
by brave fohter comrades: They Bombing Of Kunming will continue to carry their order to full execution."
THE bombing of Kunming is the first fruits of the Japanese occupa- tion of the air bases in Indo-Ching. What earthly or milliary purpose such attacks achieve is beyond the average man's comprehension. This has been going on new. for more than three years and if it has proved any- thing it has shown that the spirit of
favour, we beseech Thee, spon those who defend. Thy people the skies; grant them success in- them in all such dangers as may agilet them; and bring them back. in safety to the land they love, and
No wonder both the Air Ministry those who hold them dear: through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and the Ministry of Home Security
officially remark "Bombing Amen."
widespread and in the latter part of "Thanksgiving for the Protection the attack appeared to be indis- and Work of Our Airmen:
criminate." give humble thanks to Thee, Al- mighty God, for the courage and self-sacrifice with which Thou has endued those who fight in the air for our protection, ca also for the For almost eight to nine hours we care which Thou hast abundantly heard
guns sounding and bombs shown them. We make humble dropping by overhead planes which acknowledgment to Thee, ⚫ again seemed to keep wheeling away Heavenly Father, for such a mea- and then returning. The very resi sure of security de 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 continue there Thy meretes enemy visitation which was trying. towards them, us, and all Thu so we believe, to attack various ob- faithful people, until this tyranny jectives-apparently without much be overpast. This we beg in the result. name and mediation of Jesus Christ When the history of this particular Thy Son our Lord. Amen."
ratd comes to be published in full you will be able to apple
Nine-hour attack China cannot be crushed by such
self-
means.
The C.MS, 'hospital was destroyed according to the wireless broadcast, but this fortunately is not true. Mits Tindall's house which is on the edge completely of the compound was demolished, but fortunately no one was killed or hurt.
Unlike Chungking, Kunming is not provided with air raid, shelters for the whole population. There are scarcely any, so the people have to scatter over the country side.
Hongkong Telegraph.pk lurs the Manager came on the Civilian casualties planes not be conquered by bombing
Tuesday, Oct. 8, 1940. Wyndham St., Hongkong Telephone: 20815
for the
destruction which have occurred-cent from Indo-China makes such
were
troops for steep and difcuit hosplinis, any number of
them; and as
Of course the casualties on the oc-
an attempt Impossible. Most of the the existence of an air raid
casion of this alc-raid are high-they museums and places of general en- warning. Nobody then left, so
and 1,300 to 1,400 seriously wounded, shelters in very poor districts which and the line itself even if it far as I could see, nor did I untii are given as approximately 400 killed tertainment, public houses, air raid railway bridges have been destroyed
transport
an army large enough to about ten minutes later when the but if we compare these figures with possess no military significance at all; open would be quite inadequate to the death-roll in any bottle of the and in particular thousands of small
In time seize the city much less the province, TIIK prefix "Special to the Telegraph News had finished,
but such an advance would be con- is used by the lengkong Telegraph" to
As we emerged dogfights seemed last war such as Loos (70,000) you working-class houses.
myself, but of course these are im- tested step by step. The hope that Indicate new, which is strictly copyright
The tragedy is that practically perfect at present and the Censorship General Lung would allign himself ander the previsions of the Telecommuni: to be in progress everywhere, and will see how insignificant they are hope to be able to give some details cations Ordinance, 1334 Buch Bows guns were going heavily though you
a civiltan. The Fighting is severt.
with Wang Ching-wel has all along bears the indication "UP is received in
I would not, however, like to ab-been doomed to failure. General Tengkeng on the date of publication by could not see from where they were everyone is
Aring-
These combats were all pro- Services do not come under attack in the United Press Associations, who re- serve all rights and forbid repablication, bably about five to les miles away- these air-raids, and tected since strain from reproducing the follow-Lung has the support of the Govern-
kera are not largely affected either wholly or in part without previori arrangement.
appearances are deceptive.
There were any number of planes East London is not a heavy manufacing which appears in the Daily Mail, ment troops from Chungking and is part of China and not as part of the to all papers: in the sky and visible to keen eye- turing area. The authorities, while but which, in substance, is cominon determined to hold the province as
the damage is ndmitting | sight, though unless your eyes were rightly
"Every section of London's civil Japanese controlled areas. good you could not detect or dis- severe, do not regard it as in any
defence came through their frat Big War Problem big test under constant bombard. tinguish planes since at 15,000 to way serious in relation to the back-
ment with "magnificant courage
IT. generally recognised that 20,000 feet, picked up in the setting ground of the war as a whole.
and devotion to duty." This tribute selenists and economists must play sun against a dead blue cloudless sky other words, we're not failing to see
was paid to them by an official of
an important part in modern war. plane is merely a tiny piece of the forest because of the trees.
The raid was in short a complete
the Ministry of Home Security on It was a Jew named Haber who en- silver..
The streets were empty of pedes failure, not because the enemy pinnes
September B.
abled Germany to carry on the lost trans but full of sightseers peering did not reach their destination and
The
bearing of A.R:P, workers war for another two years after her was beyond praise" he said. "They supisted. It was he who 'fixed' the of natural nitrate had been upwards from houses. The buses did not kill and destroy, but because were still running but clearly un- they failed in any way to affect the
died or fell wounded at their posts temper and determination of the
with never a certain.
thought, of deserting tal
of the air and supplied the cven those
who suffered
their duty. The A.F.S. acquitted
element for As we walked across Eaton Square people,
explosives. themselves with particular heroism. After
After Hitler
came into power Haber Women of the various civil defence went to Switzerland where he died of sections remained steady, as usual, a broken heart. There are problems Their acceptance of
of the
tasks al- to be solved to-day as in the last war; to them in the face of great
tat an inspiration.
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to Sloane Square, the dogfights came most. much nearer. Then for the first time
In
AUTHORITY AND FREEDOM In such a time as this, men cannot too often be reminded that democracy is endangered on two frontson, the external front where an avowed enemy is attacking, and on an internal front where authority may exceed its functions and turn tyrant. There are reported in
In fact every onslaught of the kind Great Britain certain incidents we heard a screaming bound 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 attack
Indeed the events of the past week. arta give us every reason for satisfaction. dealt with, but which serve to seemed to intensity-one man near
me counted 20 planes of all sorts. The air attacks have not interfered show how necessary it la to pre-white puffs of exploding shells were serve a right balance between Increased. But then the battle died at all with the life of the country,
away in intensity after about an either Industrial, social or
There is no panic in amusement. liberty and authority.
The 'All Clear sounded and any industrial centre. One French- When that balance is pre-we imagined peace was restored.
woman sate a few days ago--when- nsked for description of the prople in wartime: "They are tougn." housewife echoed the ward: "Tough?
hour.
served you have true democracy, Fires followed raid
but when weighted on the one
even
A
lotted
danile German raiders droned the physicist and mathematician,
Arst all the answer to night bomb- Ing must be found. That is work for overhead all civil defence workers There is the question of the food went efficiently about the
their jobs. supply. It was Sir Gowland Hopkins Men and women wardens patrolled who discovered vitamins and that their sectors, and
soma though fell knowledge is being applied to-day, through enemy action, communi- for vitamin 'B' L now put into white cations which meant the safety of four-before it is sold. Scientists.in their charges were always main- the Penguin Book "Science and the tained. Casualties were promptly War" tell us that Britain could supply replaced by their comrades from her own food, If only the latest
districts In the side it becomes anarchy, on But it wasn't, Vast fires br, it I'll say we're tough. We don't mind
selentifle knowledge was used by the adjoining
Wreat army of the A.FS. there was
farmers. the other Fascism or Naziiam. seems, been started in the Locks him."
So much for the night of Septem- large proportion of unpaid part- Area and as you looked across Lon-
The Germans must be heavily time workers. Many of these In their origin these two den from West to East, or North to ber 7. We had a very quiet Sunday
men--taxi-drivers, booking-ofice
handicapped in their investigations, excesses are not always easily North-east and South-east you could and then everything started again on see the sky a red glow, but not so Sunday night beginning just after
clerks, telephone operators, barmen for science as it was understood in distinguishable. Arbitrary ac-
were back at work on Sunday Europe before the Nazis came inte were still amouldering as a guide to
after
hours
of intensive fire-power has ceased to exist, but apart tion on the part of those in much smoke as one might have ex- dinner. The fires of Saturday night
pected.
from the many of their leading work and bomby were
fighting." enemy attackers, Then as night began to fall-5.45 con-
the We expect these attacks will go on ers are alding Britain, with their authority
may be the
creative imagination and sequence of some outburst of to the air raid warning started dropped not merely again on
again, and so did the bombing-it Docks Area, which was again lit un probably for a month, with varying | stimulated by the desire to s40
hy a gigantic blaze, but anywhere Intensity, of course, due popular feeling or misplaced lasted for nearly as were unloaded and everywhere-thus showing the weather. Daylight rakda by Germans
Tors of
of explosives were zeal.
on the Docks area and the East End, purely indiscriminate nature of the will probably disappear. They have unmercifully in with the result that fires were in onslaught. Indeed Goering, broad- been hammered tensified so that the German raiders casting from Northern France, de- making them that they hack an easy task in identifying every clared on September 7:
point of interest, since it was vir
tually as light at night as in the
rather frightened.
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the
are now
powers the But the end of the Nazi tyranny. tree research worker is no philan thropist or a partisan. He pursues his searches coldly and critically. Imagination produces the theory and his experiments and observa- tions show whether It is valid or not. Germany before the Nazis came
daytime. According to Gooring 1,000 FUNNY SIDE UP By Abner Dean into power had a fine body of scien
When people in Great Britain saw the disasters suffered in Norway, the Netherlands, and France through the action of enemy allens and fifth column-tens of explosive bombs were dropp- ints there was a general demanded.
In the south-west district where a for the internment of all persons live apparently one enemy bomber who might be 2 source of seemed to wander round and round danger. The military authoriail the night, once coming so low that ties pressed the case for prevenit sounded as it it only skimmed the tops of the houses. It dropped bombs such stupid tive measures, with the result occasionally, but in that large numbers of German places that one could only imagine men who were exiles friendly to that it was discharging its cargo 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. Parliament and press took the matter up, and Sir John Ander son, the Home Secretary, agreed
anyhow.
Most of us had a rather disturbed night and took either to the base- ments of our houses or to shellers, and some therefore slept late on to reform the procedure.** Sunday and perhaps did not there- A eimilar case of undue fore tum 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. uecessary 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 unnecos without. This war is not only sary measure which merely led against Adolf Hitler and the to a few foollah 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 notivity 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
tists. Her educational system was highly organised, her teachers com- manded respect, her university pro- and stood fessors were honoured high in the social order. Fortunate- ly for us Hitler 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 decilned,
In 1998 I remember discussing with a Dr. Wilhelm in Germany the serious decline in the intellectual standards of Germur education which, was common knowledge owing to the excessive emphasis that was. being put upon physical training and war activilles. He waited till I had finished the indictment and then Said quite quietly: But we are taking your public school as our new- model in that
respect."
In England we have only in recent. years realised that high intelligence resides in no particular social group and have organised our educational system accordingly." The effect of Buch reorganisadon has hardly yet been felt. Bull in spite of Eng-" land's refusal 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 to be organised by de commities under the chairmanship of Lord Hankey and their work will be co-ordinated and carried on for the solution for oecific problems, fre SCRUTINEER
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