1940-04-17 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 17, 1940

GERMAN AIR BASE AT STAVANGER DEVASTATED

Hangars And Aircraft Left Blazing Fiercely

LONDON, TO-DAY.

THRILLING ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THE LATEST R.A.F. RAID ON STAVANGER SHOW THAT THE AERODROME WAS SUBJECTED TO INTENSIVE AIR ATTACKS FOR OVER AN HOUR, AND THAT THE BASE HAS BEEN DEVASTATED. Aircraft arriving on the scene after the raid had

begun were able to identify their target while many miles out at sea from the huge fires started in earlier attacks.

Over Stavanger a red glow suffused the sky and hangars and aircraft could be seen blazing fiercely at the southern end of the aérodrome.

Direct hits were obtained

on the runways. A heavy bomb burst close to the civil aerodrome control tower, and another started a flerce nearby.

fire

Alded by the light of the moon, our bombers traversed the aero-

drome in successive waves, destroy ing aircraft and buildings and pit- ting the surface of the aerodrome with bomb craters.

The ground defences put up" op- position and searchlights strove vainly to hold the bombers as they approach- ed singly from different angles to launch the attack. Light anti-aircraft batteries set up a barrage over centre of the target.

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Despite opposition from the ground defences all our aircraft returned to their bases safely.-Router.

NO AIRCRAFT LOST

London, To-day.

INCOME TAX RISE

London, To-day.

of the present financial year yielded Income Tax in the first two weeks £11,242,000, an increase of £3,202,- 000 compared with the corresponding period of last year, which included an additional week-end.

CHAMBERLAIN SPEECH

TO-MORROW

London, To-day.

Mr. Chamberlain is not now

ex-

pected to make his statement on the progress of the war before Thursday.

Reuter.

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"AMERICA TO

JOIN WAR

IN A YEAR"

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

New York, To-day. "American military experta be.. lleve that the United States will anter the War within a year whatever the outcome of the Pre- aldential elections," says Jay Franklin, the Washington corres- pondent of the "New York Post:" He added that the interven- tionist wind is starting to blow across the United States as a re- Bult of the reaction of public opinion to the invasion of Nor- way and Denmark.-Havas.

GLOOM IN NAZI CIRCLES

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STOCKHOLM, TO-DAY. A GLOOMY ATMOSPHERE PREVAILS IN GERMAN OFFICIAL CIRCLES AS THE REAL CHARACTER OF THE NORWEGIAN ADVENTURE BECOMES CLEAR, NEUTRAL OBSERVERS IN BERLIN RE- PORT.

A very strong impression has been created in Ber-

lin by the German navy's losses.

Official quarters try to assert that Narvik is still in German hands but The total ordinary revenue at say at the same time that the har- £32,843,623 shows an increase of bour's geographical position makes it £4,850,455.

expenditure, less self-extremely difficult to defend and that balancing items, at £87,348,299 is al- most £21,000,000 higher.

Ordinary

The total floating debt outstanding on April 19 was £1,465,805,000. This was a net decrease since April 1 of

£32,395,000. British Wireless.

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U.S. GRANT FOR DISTRESSED IN EUROPE

Washington, To-day.

SWEDEN'S UNITY

the German garrison there is practical-PROCLAIMED

ly isolated. Only way of supplying or reinforcing them is by air.

Ta

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Stockholm, To-day. Commenting on these reports, the Action against traitors of... Swedish press observes Nazi circles any political allegiance is de- are preparing German public opinion manded in a joint manifesto for an announcement of the evacua-signed by youth organisa- tion of Narvik.

tions of the Conservative, Li- beral and Social-Democratic Swedish parties.

now

The Air Ministry announce: "The German High Command falsely al- leges that Ave British aircraft were

Meanwhile observers are of opinion lost on Monday. It claimed that two The foreign affairs commission of that the Norwegian drive, which was Lockheeds were shot down in attacks the House of Representatives has re-conceived and carried out “with dyna- on Stavanger and a Sunderland fly-commended the authorisation of ex-mism," inherent in Nazlism, has Ingboat destroyed.

penditure of $15,000,000 to alleviate definitely falled, creating for the Ger- "No aircraft was lost in any of the suffering of invaded countries in mans the very difficult problem of Monday's attacks on Stavanger and Europe and Asia. no flyingboat is missing. Two of our They have recommended that the aircraft which were engaged in re-President should be satisfied that the connaissance over the North Sea on money should reach the persons for Monday have not returned."-Reuter, which it is intended. Reuter.

how to liquidate the situation and ex- plain the position to the German peo- pie and to neutrals, and how to dia- simulate the enormous naval losses.—— Havas.

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"At the present critical hour, any form of treason, any tendency to capitulation, must be fought with the utmost energy and without pity.

"The whole nation must be united around the Government for the defence of Democracy, national in- dependence and the freedom of our country."

This is the first time the three political parties have issued a common statement.Havas.

SAME OLD TECHNIQUE

London, To-day.

leader

"The Times,"

this morning, comes the

technique of the ultimatum to Poland and the "protec- tion" offer to Norway.

"What shows the familiar technique is the time-table.

"Dr. Brauer (the German Minister to Norway) presented the demands at 5 in the morning. German warships. were already sighted at midnight and fighting had begun between them: and the Norwegian coast defences soon-after-3,80

"The Cabinet had already ausein- bled to discuss the conduct of the war in being before ever Dr. Bra arrived with the conditions on the Nazis were

peace."

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