THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 23, 1940
PANIC IN LONDON
WEST ENDS.W. AFRICA
R.A.F. BOMB GERMAN NAVAL CRAFT
Paris, To-day. It is reported that British planes flying over Borkum and Heligoland attacked several Ger- man torpedo-boats. Results of the attacks are not yet known.
The Royal Air Force state they have made many reconnaissance flights in the North Sea in the last day or two.-Reuter.
YET ANOTHER PROTEST
Amsterdam, To-day.
Holland has lodged another protest with Germany against the sinking of Dutch ships and the flights of Nazi aircraft over Holland.
Three I.R.A. Bomb Explosions
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LONDON, TO-DAY,
THREE APPARENTLY TERRIFIC EXPLOSIONS
CAUSED
ELECTIONS
FAVOUR SMUTS
Capetown, To-day.
In the South-West Africa elec- tions, the Nationalist Party, which is pro-Hertzog and is supported by the Germans in South-West Africa, is being badly defeated.
Bo far, the United Party has won 10 elected seats and the Na- tionalist Party only one. There is still one outstanding result- Reuter.
A SERIOUS PANIC IN THE WEST PLATE
END, IN OXFORD STREET AND NEAR THE MARBLE ARCH LAST NIGHT.
The roar of the explosions, which were at first
BATTLE attributed by crowds in the streets to the first AWARDS
London, To-day. Further awards for dis- tinguished and gallant service in the River Plate
Nazi air raid on London, reverberated through quite an extensive area, and it was some time before the public was reassured. Women near the Marble Arch, which happened to be congested with City workers waiting for Edgware Road buses, became, some of them, hysterical,Battle were announced in screaming and fainting.
the London Gazette last night.
The police, who were strongly re- Oxford Street. Inforced within a short time, restored The third exploded In front of a These incidents are causing a cumu-order, and explained that the explo-building in Oxford Circus. lative stiffening of public sentiment slons were due to activities by I.R.A.
in Holland.
No more outrages such as the sink- ing of Dutch ships can now been ac- cepted, it is felt, and since paper protests do not prevail, "Holland may have to adopt sterner measures." Reuter.
Mrs. Begg, of No. 48, Grampian. Road, has reported the theft of a bicycle from her garage yesterday.
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IN TUBE SUBWAY They were comparatively small bombs, but one exploded in the sub- way of a tube station, and as a result went off with a shattering roar.
A second blew out shop fronts in
Eight persons were Injured, but only four of them were sufficiently seriously hurt to require hospital treatment.
The D.S.O. is awarded to the commanders of Alax, Achilles, and Exeter, namely, Capt. Douglas H. Everett, Commander Douglas M. L. Scotland Yard is begining a big Neame and Commander Robert R. round-up of suspected LR.A. sym- | Graham. pathisers as a result of the incident. The D.S.O. also goes to Lt. Ian
Havas.
Dudley de'Ath, Royal Marines, of Achilles, and Engineer-Commander Charles E. Simms, of Exeter.
BRITISH LOAN TO MODERNISE
IRAN'S
DEFENCES
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London, To-day.
Seventeen D.8.C.' are awarded, Including to Lt-Comm. Deamond P. Drayer, Lt. Norman Kelsoe Todd and Lt. Edgar D. G. Lewin, ́all of Ajax, Lt. Georga G.
Cowburn, Surgeon Lt. Colin G. Hunter, of Achilles, and Commander Charles J. Smith, Commander Richard B. “Jannings, Lt.” AldanTME. Toxso; `Bur- geon-Lt. Roger Lancashire, Mid- shipman Archibald Cameron and Midshipman Roger Don, mil of Exeter.
A number of Conspicuous Gallan- try and Distinguished Service Medals are also awarded and there are &
-Reuter.
IT IS RELIABLY REPORTED that Britain has decid-number of mentions in despatches.
ed to extend a loan to the Iranian Government to enable it to modernize its measures for na- tional defence.
GERMAN AIR LOSSES IN FRANCE
LONDON, TO-DAY. REUTER'S. SPECIAL CORRES-
STATES THAT ALLIED FIGHTERS
The move is connected with fears of Soviet imper-
ialistic designs in the Near East as substantiat- PONDENT WITH THE R.A.F. ed by reports of important Soviet troops con- AND ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS HAVE centrations in Armenia and other Causasian SHOT DOWN 47 GERMAN BOM- districts.
Apprehensions of the Soviet threat are felt not only in Iran but in other near eastern countries from Rumania to India.
Thus, Afghanistan recently start- ed Improvement of her army un- der the discreet guidance of the Allies, while Turkay has fortified her border with the Boviet and Armenia, and will be able to resist any pressure especially since the British and Franch Near · Eastern Armies would automatically extend her assistance.
Incidentally, it is recalled that the famous Soviet "pipeline linking Baku and Batum, is vulnerable from the air and it is anticipated that the Iranian Government would allow belligerent air forces to fly over its territory in case the aggravation of the crisis really threatens her security.
Havas.
BERS IN FRANCE SINCE, THE WAR BEGAN REUTER.
In one of the big Bunderland four-engine alghted and attacked over 100. U-boats ssa, elda günners at their positions (Co
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