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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 4, 1939

WHY GOERING HESITATES BEFORE FURTHER AIR ATTACKS ON BRITISH FLEET

London, To-day.

THE OVERWHELMING preponderance of the Bri- tish and French Fleets is a possible reason why Germany is hesitating over further bombing at- tacks on the British Fleet, says Reuter's special commentary on the war.

WAR COST TO AUSTRALIA

Sydney, To-day..

In a broadcast yesterday, Mr. Menzies, the Australian Prime Minis- ter, said that decisions taken in the last two months involved an additional expenditure of £26,000,000.

The Government had doubled its U. S. order (in the event of the em-

Field-Marshal Goering, the Nazi Air Minister, is re- ported to be prepared to lose 100 bombing planes for each battleship sunk, but the German air bargo being repealed) for Lockheed- force could not stand such losses.

Britain's capital ships total 14, ex- cluding the sunken Royal Oak, and France has seven. Germany has five, of which three only are the so-called pocket battleships.

A reduction to anything approach- ing equality in capital ships by air at- tack is a matter of great difficulty.

The air attacks on the Firth of Forth and Scapa Flow had no practical results, and caused a loss of over 25 per cent, in the at- tacking aircraft,

GREAT RISK

risk, since German fighter planes are unable, owing to the distance from their air bases, to accompany their bombers, which then fall an easy prey to British fighters.

Hudson aircraft to 100 machines.-- Reuter.

IMPERIAL WAR CONFERENCE SUCCESS

London, To-day.

The German bombers run a great ALTHOUGH SO FAR there have only been a few meetings between the Dominions and Indian Ministers and members of the British Govern- ment, it is understood that great satisfaction is expressed in the way in which the conversations have opened.

The necessity for conserving petrol is also a serious consideration. Twenty bombers consume a ton of petrol every 10 minutes, necessitating about 30 tons

base.--Reuter.

for a raid on the British Fleet at its The conversations, Reuter learns, have been most satisfactory and have already shown the urgent necessity for them to have taken place.

POCKET-BOOK WAITS

ITS OWNER

A oock t-book containing $24 and In addition they have shown what a very wide range of subjects had need to be discussed between the Dominions, India and the British Govern- ment with a view to the successful prosecution of

bearing the name of "Leslie Reeves" is lying at the Water Police Station waiting to be claimed by its owner:

It was taken to the police station by a bus conductor who found it on Bus No. 817 which was travelling on route No. 3A at 1.25 p.m.

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the war.

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NAZI WAR ON ROMAN CATHOLICS

VATICAN CITY, TO-DAY.

THE PAPAL NUNCIO IN BERLIN HAS REPORTED TO THE VATICAN THAT THE PERSECUTION OF RO- MAN CATHOLICS IN GERMANY HAS BEEN INCREASED SINCE THE POPE'S RECENT ENCYLICAL,

Members of the Hitler Youth Move- ment are entering churches, and ex- pelling the congregations."

Roman Catholics coming out of churches in Austria are being attack- ed and beaten.

Priests in Bavaria have been warn- ed not to preach about the encyclical or to distribute copies of it.-Reuter.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

LESSON SERMON · Subject: "Adam And

Fallen Man"

The Subject of the Lesson Sermon in all Christian Science Churches to- morrow, November 5th. will be:-- "Adam and Fallen Man."

The Golden Text will be:-"Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light." (Eph. 5:14).

Among others the following cita- tions will be read from the Bible:-

hand: let us therefore cast off the

"The night is far spent, the day is at works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them: as a man spar-

son that serveth

him." eth his own (Rom. 13:12; Mal. 3:17).

The following citations will also be read from the Christian Science Text- book, "Science and Health with Key

to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker time rise above all material and physi-

Eddy: "The human mind will some-

cal sense, exchanging it for spiritual sense, exchanging it for spiritual per- ception, and exchanging human con- cepts for the divine consciousness.

given dominion and being. Through

of materiality, even the way through

Then man will recognise his Godz discernment of the spiritual opposite Christ, Truth, man will re-open with the key of Divine Science the gates of

Paradise which human beliefs have closer, and will find himself unfallen, upright, pure and free." (Pages 530,

As this is not an Imperial Confer· 171). ence at which formal decisions can be taken, responsibility consequently for any decisions taken as the result of the talks now proceeding, must rest with the Dominions and Indian Gov. ernments concerned and their Parlia ments.

The Ministers have already had

SHOP TO BEST ADVANTAGE

discussions on foreign policy and the THE general political situation and also had a joint meeting on the strategical issues involved in. the war.

WAR EFFORT

Furthermore they have had meetings with individual members of the Ca- binets, such as the Ministers of Ship- ping, Supply and Economic Warfare, They will also, in the course of their stay, be able, by visits up and down the country, to examine for themselves the various aspects of the war effort by Britain.

AIM OF CONSULTATIONS The present aim of the consultations now taking placé is to try and devise the best method whereby Britain and the Dominions can each progressive- ly, as events develop, make their best and most effective contribution to the common cause in manpower, material and resources with particular regard to all the relevant factors, including the strategical and supply aspects question."

It is expected that when the Minis- ters return to their respective coun tries that one result of the conference will be the enlarging of the staffs of the High Commissioners in London by the addition of a number of experts, some of whom have travelled over with the Minister, so as to enable them to deal adequately with problems which will arise during the progress of the

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