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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 4, 1940

FUTURE COURSE OF GERMAN AIR ATTACKS STUDIED

London, To-day.

DISCUSSING THE POSSIBLE future role of the Ger- man Air Force, the BBC Observer with the R.A.F., said yesterday that the air war is now likely to en- ter on its second phase at any time, that of con- centrated and intensified action.

So far the Germans have concentrated on night raids, half and half affairs, of which one half has been bombing, the other reconnaissance, probing to find out where our defences are. It would be looking through blinkers to regard the night raids as the real thing. They have been nothing like as fierce and concentrated as the R.A.F. raids night and day on industrial Ger-

many.

Why this restraint? Germany has been mainly checking up on search- light and gun positions and finding out how our fighters work at night, the being Aghters German single-seat notably poor at this sort of work. They have been trying to find whigh of our defences have been held by guns and which by fighters, and hence the widespread raids ranging from north- east Scotland to south-west England.

Such bombs as were dropped were incidental, and possibly camouflage.

Radio Information ! There are stories current that some 'planes flew over to pick up radio in- formation from small

transmitters operated by spies on the ground. This is said to have happened in France.

He personally doubted whether the Germans had found anything of value so far, even if they found where guns were located, for these can be shifted, and it is impossible from aeroplanes, flying at over 20,000 feet over a black- ed-out country, to place within miles the positions of guns and searchlights.

They have given us

>

a

something

useful. They have given us a first class experience of co-operation be- tween searchlights, guns and fight. ers.

This past week has helped smooth

of snags out

number which are inevitable' at first. We know now that it is not true that night raiders always get through, and that our defences are stronger than those of Germany. Our defences have been particularly good at the protection of military targets, making the German bombing inaccurate.

Daylight Inactivity

They do not always miss, but one should remember when one hears about bombs falling in open spaces and fields that that is not where the enemy intended them to fall and every bomb that misses is just as much a victory as every 'plane that is brought down.

2. The Germans in this war have never been guilty of using men, petrol, machines and bombs with no imme diate gains to be achieved.

There are three main reasons why the Germans have done practically nothing in the sphere of daylight raids:-

3.

The enemy have only had one full scale meeting with our Metro- politan air force, and that was at they were badly Dunkirk-where

'planes beaten. They lost a lot of

not and trained men, and they are

into that going to run themselves again until they have to.

1. The German air force works in every campaign as an army co-opera- tion unit, bombers being used as long or short range artillery.

SIERRA LEONE'S WAR GIFT

London, To-day,

For Air Supremacy

In his view, German aircraft will not be used on an intense scale until the invasion starts. That will battle for air supremacy on the future of the war will depend.

un-

be a which

It will not be as spread out as be A It was in France, but will

on both concentration of 'planes sides in a comparatively small space of sky.

It is unreasonable to assume that the Germans will not depart from their usual tactic of using huge waves of bombers protected from above by layer on layer of M-109 and M-110 fighters.

We shall have to keep fighter squadrons ready outside the imme- diate area of battle, but

we shall have enough Hurricanes and Spitfires

far to put up an air battle bigger than that at Dunkirk.

At Dunkirk, we had success at odds of four to one and he has no doubt that in this new and possibly decisive fight that figure will be reduced.

The Black-Out

"While this is going on, the Ger- Into mans will probably try to put

got use any information they have from the night raids. Day bombing will probably be concentrated in the area of land and sea operations, but night bombing will probably be behind-the-line communications factories and the real task night defences will then come.

on

and

of our

We have one potent weapon on our side then--the blackout.-Reuter,

CONTROL OF INDUSTRY IN CANADA

London, To-day.

It is learned with interest in Lon- don that the Canadian Government has set up war-time control of all in- dustry and now has power to enlist Canadian industry completely in the war.-Reuter.

Greenland Under The Danes

(Continued from Page 10)

In recognition of the benefits that Sierra Leone has received during 153

on Greenland. We remember that in British flag, the years under the

1832 the United States of America pro- Legislative Council yesterday animously approved a motion by the mulgated that dictum known as the the Monroe Doctrine, which stated that no African members authorising payment of £100,000 to the Imperial, nation outside America is allowed to obtain new territory in the western War Fund.

Lord Lloyd, telegraphing the Gov-hemisphere or to establish a new Gov- ex-ernment over any part of it. That ernor of the Gold Coast, hus pressed appreciation of the gift and Monroe Doctrine carries with It great of the further loan of £500,000 for responsibility. Greenland is in the the Spitfire Fund-Reuter.

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