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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1940

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BATTLE OF LONDON

Few Daylight Raiders Get Through Yesterday

Royal Air Force fighter 'planes returning from a great air battle in triumph. Copyright).

HITLER SPUR FOR IN DUCE?

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Joachim von Ribben- trop, Nazi Foreign Minis- ter, has arrived in Rome for consultation with the Italians in connection with "the present stage of military operations." He will remain in Rome for two days.

In his conversations with Mus- solini and Clano, Ribbentrop, it is understood, will particularly dis- cuss the military operations in Egypt and the Nazi drive against

Britain.

The Italian press is giving wide prominence to the talks, and the belief is expressed that the "whole

GERMANY ABANDONING PRETENCE?

The German official news agency, which earlier yesterday claimed that bombs

(Air Mail.

TIME BOMB

IN GROUNDS OF EMBASSY

Nearly Fifty Shot Down

AN AIR MINISTRY" AND MINISTRY OF HOME SECURITY COMMUNIQUE ON THE RAIDS STATES ENEMY AIR ACTIVITY YES- TERDAY WAS MAINLY CONFINED TO THE SOUTH-EASTERN AREA.

Formations of enemy aircraft crossed the coast of Kent on several occasions during the day and spread inland towards London and the Thames Estuary.

Few of them reached London and no bombs are reported to have been dropped in this area.

for a quarter of an hour flying at about 20,000 feet,

In a short while miles of the

covered sky were

in-

Gel-

with white. A number of bombs. were drop streaks from the exhaust fumes. ped, mainly nearly the Thames! Estuary, but damage appears to Later these streaks. became have been caused mainly to extricably weaved as the dwelling houses and the number mans were engaged by British

Reuter: of casualties reported is small, fighters.

Later. though they include some fatally

Forty-six enemy aircraft vere Injured.

con-destroyed yesterday up to 0 p.m. enemy have been tinuously attacked by our fighters (G.M.T.) it was learned from an and A.A. guns throughout the authoritative source in London.--

Reuter. day.

The

Preliminary reports show that 42 enemy aircraft have been destroyed in these engagements," one of them by A.A. fire. Nine of our fighters were lost but the pilots of five of them are safe.

SOVIET DEMAND OF

RUMANIA

Endless Stream

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Accounts from Reuter's cor-'

Soviet Russia is reported to respondents regarding yesterday's (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") air battles indicate that a great have demanded the de-militarisa- Two delayed action force of raiders, numbering about tion of the frontier zone with Ru-

300, crossed the south-east coast mania. bombs fell in the grounds early in the afternoon.

The possibility of Russian/Ger- man friction over Rumania is of the United States Em- Several formations of twin-

seen in Balkan diplomatic circles were dropped the pre-bassy, London, during the engined bombers, were guarded in view of the arrival of a Ger- be by over two hundred Messerschman general who is said to vious night on "tar-

Tuesday/Wednesday midt fighters.

preparing to organise the Ruman- gets of military im- night raids.

The raiders crossed the coast lan Army along German lines.-- portance," does not

In a seemingly endless stream Havas. now, try to hide Ger- many's deliberate bombing of civilians.

This agency now claims that the "Luft- waffe destroyed en- tire residential dis- tricts in eastern Lon- don."-Reuter.

panorama" will be covered, in- DOOMED

cluding, the situation in French; Morocco and in Syria.

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Italo-German "economic ex- changes” will be discussed. Italy la grateful for the flow of coal from Germany but needs more Iron:

The Balkans and Soviet Rus-

sin will also be discussed.

BATTALION RESTIVE

Up to late yesterday, one had been removed, but the other was still buried in the ground, unex- ploded.

British official circles say that the Embassy buildings are in'no' danger, and "business as usual” is the motto of its staff. The American ́ Ambassador, Mr. Joseph P. Kennedy, was not in the Embassy when the bombs fell. Havas.

BOMBER DOWN

IN

LOND'NSQUARE

During a fierce anti-air-

According to a high Fascist of-1 (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") craft barrage early this

Trouble again flared up in the in- morning a shattering ex- isiternment camp in which members plosion occurred in a Lon-

ficial day possibility of abrogat- ing the Anti-Comintern Pact

excluded. Havasi '

NIGHT RAIDERS TURNED BACK

An Air Ministry communique issued in London, early this morn Ing says enemy aircraft approach cd the const but were turned back some distance away. Reuter

WEATHER-- FOREC

east winds, fr

Yair

of the famous Doomed Battalion" don square.

of the Chipei fighting have been kept since the Shanghai fighting. [One of the internees was shot

It is reported that a

Reuter.

dead by guards while throwing German bomber crashed bricks at the sentries. Unrest into it. among the internees has been prevalent for the past days; the men are demanding their libera tlons

French Embassy in. Chungking 'in, connection with a recent incident Chungking Protest between Chinese -soldiers: intern- led in a camp in the French Con- "The Chinese Foreign Office yes cosalon in "Shanghai and French terday lodged a protest with the guards.Havas, **

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