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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 15, 1940.

Compulsory FIRE IN Evacuation On South Coast

REUTER'S SPECIAL Correspondent, re- turning to London after a week in "the Bri- tish front line,” writes that tens of thousands of civilians, chiefly women and children who are still living along the south-east coast, show unbroken spirit after being for four months closer to the enemy than any others in Britain.

Dover, which is the target of occasional shelling, besides bombing, presents as busy

PRAHOVA

OIL-FIELDS

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL", Stefani, the official Italian news agency, announces that an-" other fire has broken out in the oil-fields of Prahova valley.

Three wells are fire, says the Buchar- est report.

on

It is believed that sabotage is respon- sible. Havas.

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and as cheerful an appearance by day as any PEIPING

town in Britain.

The bombing of these coast towns has not

been, except in the case of Ramsgate, on the LEAFLET scale that London has experienced in the past "RAID"

five weeks although it has been extended over

a longer period.

Populations have . admittedly diminished by a big percentage but evacuation, which is not com- pulsory, has never been whole- sale. Cinemas close earlier than in peace time but remain open after the black-out.

Hardy British fishermen still go to sea in small boats despite the enemy оп the opposite coast.

having caught in one day over

INVASION PORTS BLASTED

Exemplifying the way German propaganda is encouraged in Peiping,

Chinese handbills were dropped · on Saturday from, presumably, Japan- ese 'planes, with a lurid

picture headed: GERMAN

'PLANES BOMB ENG-

Fishing on this coastline is A series of exceedingly LISH CAPITAL. highly profitable, one fisherman heavy explosions resulted The picture shows a highly im- 2,000 pounds of fish and earned from an attack on Flush-aginative Tower of London in flames, the sky full of German ing Harbour on Sunday planes and the river full of sin-

Com-king boats.

over £100.

Ramsgate's Tunnels night by Coastal Women and children in Rams-mand Blenheims, gate which was ruthlessly attack- the Air Ministry ed on August 24 on the Polish model by the German air force, Service. spend several hours by day and most of the night 60 to 90 feet below the ground in unique miles of tunnels cut in the chalk below the town.

The text at the bottom reads:

says Several thousand German 'planes Newsbomb Britain, Sections very se-

verely bombed and burnt an es- sential part of London." The main line railway junction Doubtless pointing to "the pic- was one of the chief targets and ture's moral, the text adds that a foreign assistance to Chiang Kail following a major explosion, series of flerce fires broke out shek is now failing.-Reuter. when bombs fell,

Another great explosion oc- curred a full minute after one aircraft had unloaded, the

of its bombá..

last

Open to sea breezes, the dry and clean tunnels have, hither- to. not impaired the health of the people of Ramsgate. Meanwhile, the civic authori- Other Blenheims carried out an ties are still engaged in clearing attack over Domburg Harbour, the debris which the raiders left.north-west of Flushing, and across -Reuter.

PROPERTY

the mole at Zeebrugge. Here also explosions- were extremely violent. and destruction was increased by scores of Incendiary bombs. Router.

INSURANCE SWIFT

IN BRITAIN

Great interest is taken London in the expected publica- tion this week of the Property In- surance Bill, which follows Mr. Churchill's recent statement that: "everyone should be assured that,

PUNISHMENT

FOR BOMBER

compensation for loss of home or Swift punishment met

him in one form or another at the

FU SIAO-EN

MURDER:

COOK HELD

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") The Japanese Gendar- merie are now holding the No. 1 Cook of the late Fu Siao-en, puppet mayor of Shanghai, on suspicion of his complicity in the as- sassination.

The police are also looking for place of business will be paid to an enemy bomber which three other Chinese servants

in the saine household, as the investi- end of the war, if not sooner, and dropped out of the clouds gation shows that at least two where necessity arises in the in-

tervening period, means of carry-over a South Coast town persons took part in the slaying ing on will not be withheld," and machine-gunned civi- of Fu on Friday.

The weekly press warmly wel- lians in the streets, says comed the announcement, "Econo-

mist" saying the decision to al- the Air Ministry News low insurance against risks to pro-Service. perty is a very welcome change of

The arrest of the No. 1 Cook 'was due to the disclosure that he had not been away from the house the night the murder oe- curred.

Meanwhile, the police of the three municipalities have issued circulars showing that three other suspects are being sought in con- nection with the crime.

mind as reluctance to consider, The firing was entirely indis- such a scheme before was based on criminate. Nothing was in the muddled thinking, but adding a view of the pilot of the aircraft warning that the Bill will ob-except civilians, shops and small viously be a severe test of the houses. He was flying at a height skill of the drafters and that it is of about 500 feet. of the utmost importance that the After this attack, the enemy comfining. Havas. measure should be allowed ade- quate time for Parliamentary dis- cussion.-British Wireless. ·

on

TOBRUK BOMBED

PONCE MORE

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aircraft turned and flew in the direction of the next seaside town. this But some distance outside second town" kyas a searchlight post and, on the approach of the enemy, the ground defence open- ed up with light anti-aircraft fire. The firing was immediately ef- fective. The raider dived straight

. Large throngs of Chinese and foreign officials attended the-en-

U.S. EVACUATION OF

HARBIN

American residents in Harbin..

Bombing raids were carried out

Tobruk once again on the to the ground. One of its bombs are preparing for evacuation, says night of Saturday/Sunday, states exploded on the crash and the a Japanese report in Tokyo yes- a Cairo message.

aircraft was blown to pieces. terday..

Tho report adds that the Ameri- Nothing recognisable of the crew was found. Only one tattered can Consulate-General In Harbin German Air Force pay book and will possibly be closed following the evacuation "which would dis- an identity disc were plaked up from the wreckage. -

British Pose of the bulk of Consular busi-

ness.-Reuter. Wireless,

Bombs fell in the target area, but it was impossible to ascertain the full extent of the damage. Reuter,

DE BONO'S TOUR ́

IN SPAIN

BRUNEI'S GIFT

Marshal De Bono, who is visit- Representing the ¡proceeds of ing Spain,

on special war taxation, the State of went to Seville Sunday and was supposed to Brunel has sent £40,000 to the have gone to Granada yesterday. British Govorniment as a gift to He is returning to Italy about the 'wards the prosecution of the war.

middle of the week. — Reuter. British Wireless,

£250,000 FOR SPITFIRES

Cal-

The East India Fund in culla has cabled. £250,000 to the Air Ministry in London for the purchase of Spitfires for the Roy al Air Force.-Reuter.