1940-07-26 — Page 16

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 26, 1940

NIGHTLY STRAFINGS BY ROYAL AIR FORCE Swedish Seaman's Story Of British Raids

RUMANIA UNDER THE AXE-IS

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Hungarian political quarters predict that Ger- many will force Rumania! to accept Hungary's terri- torial claims. The Ru- manian Premier and For- eign Minister have met Nazi Herr Ribbentrop, Foreign Minister, at Salz- burg to-day.

They will later go to Rome to confer with Mussolini.

has After Ribbentrop

Geen them, he will confer with the Bulgarian Premier and Foreign presumed Minister, and it is that this talk will chiefly re- volve around Bulgarla's claim co Rumania.

After Rumania is carved up, Budapest circles believe she will enjoy security under the protec- tion of Rome and Berlin. Hitler, it is said, is determined to have a full settlement of Balkan pro- blems before, launching a mass attack on England.

Budapest "circles comment:- "Germany is now Supreme Judge

of

the smaller South Europe states." Havas.

"Routine Matter"

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

The departure of M. Virgil Tilea,

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HEAVY RAID ON HAIFA

About 100 civilian casualties occurred yesterday as the re- sult of an air raid over half of Haifa, accord- ing to yesterday's war communique issued in Cairo..

The communique says: In Palestine yes- terday enemy aircraft raided Haifa early in the morning and se- veral thousand tins of kerosine and lubricat- ing oil were set afire but the fire was brought under con- trol and prevented from spreading by the early afternoon.

Civilian casualties numbered about 100 but there were no military casualties.

On other fronts there is nothing to re- port.-Reuter.

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should not be interpreted as an

mere

action designed to rupture Anglo-[departure, it said, is a Rumanian diplomatic relations, routine matter since the envoy's the Rumanian Embassy in London successor will be appointed with- announced yesterday. M. Tilea's in a few days.-Havas.

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THE STOCKHOLM Communist news-1002 paper "Ny Dag" publishes the following in- terview with a Swedish sailor returned from a journey to Baltic harbours.

DE UPON AS

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ANOTHER TYPHOON DEVELOPING

Practically every night his ship was in a German harbour there were fearful bombard-

The Royal Observatory reports ments. The Nazi war communiques lied, he

that Japan and the neighbouring said, when they claimed British bombard-seas are covered by the western. ments had done very little damage.

The Germans doubtless score hits in England but it is absolute- ly certain that the English do not lag behind with their dive bombers.

of the extremity cyclone.

Pacific anti-

A trough of low pressure ex-

and next morning the factory's main building was totally de-tends from Tongking to the Caro-

lines. stroyed. The German war report stated]

bombardment the British

A typhoon is probably develop- was ing about 500 miles east of north

The sailor saw "very hell" "aimless." Not only do the Eng-Luzon. break looac on a midsummer lish drop. bombs but they also mines outside evening when one lone British drop magnetic

German harbours and sometimes plane attacked.

vessels have to wait several hours

The pilots knew their job

the Germans admit it themselves. While the Germans sweep up the have On one occasion the British mines. A couple of ships

few bombers came so rapidly that been sunk during the last the air alarm was not sounded. days.-Reuter. They dropped flares and, dived on an aircraft factory.

then

PENALTIES FOR Screams were heard as anti- FIFTH COLUMNISTS

aircraft batteries on the factory roof were swept away.

Direct Hit

AUSTRALIAN NAVAL MAN PASSES

The funeral of A. B. Bradbury, Jan Australian naval reservist who died in hospital to-day following an operation, took place at Hap- py Valley at 3 o'clock this after-

noon with full naval honours.

Bradbury was a highly popular Sentences of up to 14 years' member of his ship's company and penal servitude for certain offences scores of magnificent wreaths were against the State are covered by sent by his colleagues. Jan Order-in-Council issued in A quarter of an hour later an- London yesterday.

signalling to ships or aircraft; and other flare, another. dive and this The crimes include communica-entering or leaving the country at time a direct hit. The factory tion with enemy agents; illegal unauthorised ports.-Reuter. burst into flames, destroying large number of brand-new air-}------ craft.

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The English bombing tinued for one and a half hours,

GREAT AIR BATTLE OVER CHANNEL

(Continued from Page 1) from which to hurtle down in an attack on the convoy.

Two Waves

As they dived watchers on the shore could see the bombs falling from the racks. There were 27 attackers in the first wave and this was followed by another at- tack by a second wave of 27 which swept down in an almost perpendicular dive.

Shells burst all around the Germans as they attacked.

The German squadron-leader, showing greater daring than. any of the other attacking planes, soared down over the middle of a ship in the con- voy and flattened out until his machine appeared to sit astride the masts when he released his bombs.

The raiders climbed steeply back and quickly repeated the attack.

Then "flaming onions" dotted the sky around them and they! fled.

Two Downed

The British fighters closed in on them while they tried to reach the cover of clouds and after a crackle of machine-guns, several fell in flames into the sca

Later_bombers made-a-third attack on the convoy but this attack was quickly broken up,- Reuter.

Another Raid ·

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Germany suddenly intensifled Britain her air operations over yesterday when 100 planes partici- pated in a battle over the English Channel following a Nazi attempt to attack a British convoy."

Another German attack occurr- ed against south-west.England but: the raiders were forced to turn back Havns.

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STOP PRESS

Referring to the R.A.F.'s thousands of raids in three months, the "Daily Mail" this morning says the British air triumphs should strengthen our confidence but not lead us back into complacency.

Britain must go ahead with the intensive production of existing types in an effort to overtake German quantity but we must never overlook the need for improving our already high quality. We must always be a few moves ahead of Hitler.-Reuter.

Warning people against be- coming excited about the forecast of Mr. Hearst, the American publisher, that the United States will be in the war within a year, and against. complacency, in. general, the "Daily Herald" this morning says: "Let the ostriches bury their heads in the warm, soothing sand. The rest of us will not relax one iota of our preparedness, our vigilance and our resolution."-Reuter.

Power and Performance

It is now stated in London that 23 German warplanes were, destroyed yesterday. This is believed to be a re- cord..

Private cable advices to husbands of Hong Kong evacuees in Manila who had. been informed that they would leave for Australia on Sunday, state that the jour- ney "down under" has been postponed and it is not now expected that the first batch wil leave until August 3 or

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