THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 7, 1940.
HIT AND RUN RAIDS CONTINUE
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THEIR MAJESTIES THE MINISTERS OF MORALE
A vivid contrast be- tween the Dictators' "two monstrously- armoured trains trundling to the Bren- ner" and King George "riding through the streets of his bomb- ridden capital escort- ed by two motor cycle policemen" is drawne by the "New York Herald Tribune," which says:
The-Royal-Couple- are doing much by their example of un- wavering courage, smiling self-discipline and genuine heartfelt interest in the plights of their people.
"They are, as it were, Ministers of Morale." Reuter.
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IRON GUARD RALLY
Nazis Take 7
Cover In Low Clouds
HIT AND RUN GERMAN RAIDERS BEGAN THEIR ACTIVITY EARLY YESTERDAY. TAK- ING ADVANTAGE OF LOW CLOUDS. SE- VERAL GERMAN 'PLANES CROSSED THE COAST AND FLEW TOWARDS LONDON.
They were met by intense anti-aircraft fire and were turned back before they could reach the centre of the city.
In a north-west-district-of-the Strong-units-of-the-German-air- capital, a lone German bomber force have effectively bombed arms swooped out of the clouds and docks, supply installations, dropped a number of bombs. A works and other military targets
the in London by day and night. Spitfire got on its tail and German crashed.
"Direct hits were scored on oil- Harbours, tanks and gas-works.
Later, during, a second alarm in the London arear enemy aerodromes, railways, troop camps works in south: 'planes flying singly in relays, and armament pacsed up the Thames Estuary England and the west coast were
of In the direction
London, attacked and many fires were while enemy 'planes were again caused, reen over the north-west dis- "Off the East Coast of England, trict of London. -
three convoys were dispersed by During the morning's air bat-heavy bombing. Two big mer- tles over south-east England, chantships were hit; one took 2 a German fighter was shot down. heavy list, the other was set --Reuter.
fire.
Nazi Fairy Tales
The following communique has been issued in Berlin:-
on:
"Minelaying in British harbours- continued.
"Enemy 'planes which attempt-- ed to-penetrate northern Germany were forced to turn back at
the
frontier. Bombs were dropped on German in Holland, causing several civi-
pressed by the presence of re- three German villages and a town
of the ABOUT 100,000 MEMBERS OF presentatives THE IRON GUARD, FROM ALL Youth Movement and the German lian casualties.
"Thirty PARTS OF RUMANIA, HELD A¦ Army.
enemy 'planes were MASS DEMONSTRATION IN General Antonescu, the Premier-shot down over Britain.
Guard BUCHAREST
"Seven German aircraft are TO Dictator, and the Iron YESTERDAY CELEBRATE THE ESTABLISH-leader, Sims, addressed the missing."-Reuter. MENT OF THE NEW LEGION- ¦ gathering. ARY REGIME.
King Michael was not present. Machine-Gun Attacks
The Axis allegiance was ex-1-Reuter.
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Weather conditions in Britain yesterday favoured indiscriminate bombing from above low clouds and reports from unofficial sources. that this was largely the work of lone raiders is borne out by an
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A Canadian Red Cross Hospital in the Home Counties was recently handed over to the Canadian. Military Authorities. Photo shows Mr. Vincent Massey, High Commissioner for Can- ada, chatting to some of the Canadian nurses. (Copyright, Fox).
PORTS OF BREMEN
AND HAMBURG. LAID IN RUINS
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL”)
THE IMMENSE scale of destruction caus- ed by the working out of the "Master Plan" of Scientific bombing, under which the Royal Air Force has crippled Hitler's industrial and war machine in more than 700 raids on 200 military targets in Germany alone is revealed by the Air Ministry,
Spinning a devastating web of destruction over all vital centres of oil production, armament works and railway lines and services, the British bombers have attacked every major town in the great indus- trial regions of the Ruhr, scientifically co-ordinating their assaults and repeating the treatment at strate- gic times in order to thwart hasty Nazi efforts to re- build the ruined plants and get them operating once
Air Ministry and Ministry Home Security communique.
At Folkestone and at a town in Northamptonshire, high-explosive. bombs demolished' some houses and caused a small number of more. casualties, of which some were fatal.
At several other places, enemy alroraft dived from the clouds, delivered short bursts of ma- chine-gun, fire and quickly flew off. A fow persons were in- jured as result of these attacks. "Elsewhere, though bombs fell in a number of widely separated places, little damage was caused and the number of casualties was. small.
"Weather conditions made in terception by our fighters difficult but reports so far received show that one enemy bomber was shot
British Wireless.
down."
BRITISH EMBASSY DAMAGED
THE AIR MINISTRY DE. CLARES THAT THE KEYPORTS OF HAMBURG AND BREMEN TO-DAY lie in RUINS.
Harbours and railways have
GANDHI
been attacked and pounded so CRITICISES
heavily that for three weeks not a single pound of war supplies have moved into Germany from Denmark.
A map is also issued showing eight of the bombings on many.
Ger-
The raids, it is claimed, were carefully designed to wipe out, bit by bit, Hitler's great
tain.
ma-
INFLEXIBLE
OFFICIALDOM
chinery for the invasion of Bri- The "inflexible atti These bilstering attacks doitude" of the British offi not include bombings of acro-
dromes and Belgian, Dutch and cial world is criticised by French ports, which will bo
own.
deccribed later, as they form a the Mahatma Gandhi il story of achievement all their a long statement issued a Wardha yesterday on hi recent interview with th Viceroy.
The statement says that th purpose of the interview was t
supplies:
leave; no "ground for misunder The R.A.F.'s bombers have standing, and to permit a figh now moved on to the next phase only on well-defined issues; an in the scientific plan for the de- without bitterness. struction of the. Hitler war maj chine and are concentrating on. factory towns for into the in- terior of Germany.—Internation- al News Service.
Hitler's Heavy Loss · The R.A.F.'s Industrial attacks started by concentrating on oil The British Embassy depots and the destruction of at in Chungking was partial-least 40 per cent of Hitler's oil ly damaged in the Ja- panese air raid over Chungking yesterday.
Other foreign property which 'sustained damage included many 'foreign: residences.
Over 300 Chinese civilian houses were demolished. Scores of people were wounded or killed.. The raiders camo over the war- time capital in two groups of 27 and 16 machines shortly after ['noon:
WEATHER REPORT
He asserts,, In the statemen that Congress does not: dpair to-mount | tompower ...atrith expence of a single national in terest and “ho assurés th 'Viceroy' that he will hava opposition from: Congrèss if forms: a. Cabinet composed the different; parties. The full Congress Party,
The Royal: Observatory, reporth that, a weak anti-cyclone covers A large number of demolition: China and Japan, pressure being, declares, will be content to be i and incendiary bombs were drop highest to the North of the Yang-opposition ped, mostly in the residential and tse Valley. The depression is
Koreign Embassy areas. Some of moving castward to the north of As far as the war effort, th the incendiary bombs, dropped Hokkaido, and as trough of re immediato issue was the ris were immediately put under con-latively low.pressure extends 'of self-expression subject to th trol by ARP. units--Central from the
to the completo observanco “ of, mpi Nows.
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