1940-10-18 — Page 65

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 18, 1940

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KIEL NAVAL DOCKYARDS BOMBED FOR 2 HOURS

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Hits On Nazi HE SAVED

Warships

FOR THE SECOND NIGHT IN SUCCESSION THE NAVAL DOCKYARDS AT KIEL WERE AMONG THE PRINCIPAL TARGETS ATTACK- ED ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT BY R.A.F. BOM- BERS.

Once again the raiders pressed home the attack in the face of fierce opposition from batteries of heavy and light guns, states the Air Ministry news service.

The bombardment lasted over two hours and many high explosives and incendiary bombs were seen to burst among buildings in the Deutsche Werft and the Germania yards.

JAPANESE PUBLIC SAYS WAR NEEDLESS

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One of the pilots said he came out over the top of what appear- ed to be a warship and dropped a stick of bombs which must have straddled the ship.

Drifting cloud made observa. tion of results extremely diffi-

THE SERUMS

An obscure French Army doctor.is disclos- · ed to be the unknown hero who saved four- fifths of the Pasteur. serums at the height of the battle for France.

The serums, says a Vichy report, were stored in a chateau in the battle zone. Roads to the chateau had been badly smashed by air raids, and were heavily mined. Fight- ing raged on all sides.

The doctor com- mandeered an army lorry and made three perilous trips, success- fully getting the serums back to Tours.

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cult but other pilots believed: 000000 their bombs hit the same ship. In another attack on a differ- ent part of the dockyards, bombs fell astern of another warship and two fires at once broke out.

At the same times as these raids other targets elsewhere in Ger- many were attacked.

FURTHER

LOANS TO CHINA?

to

It is understood in Tokyo that the British Embassy regards the present situation as serious, al-

Leuna Again Rajded though not necessarily hopeless,

The question of new loans and the American Embassy is also

At Leuna a large synthetic oil China was under discussion dur- somewhat pessimistic about the plant was

again subjected to ing conferences held in Washing- matter. The Japanese public prolonged bombardment. With ton yesterday by Mr. T. V. Soong, considers a war with either Ameri- the first bombs dropped a large former Chinese Finance Minister

Britain

as absolutely fire started.

now in Washington on a special needless, and that nothing will

At regular intervals heavy mission, and American officials, occur unless it is forced on Japan calibre bombs were dropped

The press was informed after by the U.S.A. Japanese are asking with precision on this import- the conferences that repayments Americans whether their country ant objective and further fires of such loans could probably be is determined to fight Japan, and

_were_aeen_to_break_out fol- made from tung oil, tungsten and to give reasons if such is the case.

lowed by numerous explosions. other commodities. No further de- ~Moreover they are asking why the.

The last pilot to attack the tails are yet available. -Reuter. Washington State Department is plant saw his bombs burst near recalling Americans from the a line of chimneys and а few Orient unless it is determined to minutes later there was a gigan- fight.

tic explosion-Reuter..

Direct Hits

LORD LOTHIAN REACHES LONDON

The Japanese attitude towards Britons and Americans, however, remains unchanged, no incidents having occurred in which foreign-

The first raiders to take off

Lord Lothian, British Ambas- ers have been molested. There are from the base in England reached sador to the United States, arriv- many attacks on American and the target area soon after 9 ed in London yesterday after British policy, however, and the o'clock and, according to one crossing the Atlantic on the Amer- reason is given that it is necessary pilot, they were luckier than some ican Clipper.

to arouse public opinion to defend others who followed, for on ar- He declined to make any state- the nation's rights and even her rival they found a "great horse-ment to the press, saying he was existence. against the Anglo-shoeshaped gap five miles across going to confer with the British American threat.

in a cloud layer over Kiel."

Government. Reuter.

Much more 'surprise has been Fifty-five miles south of Kiel aroused by the recalling of Ameri-other raiders were hammering cans from the Orient, which is docks at Hamburg but here

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seen as a hostile gesture, than at again clouds hid results of the XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

the re-opening of the Burma Road, bombing.

The re-opening is regarded as Thick clouds of black smoke part of Anglo-American plans to at Leuna made evident the suc- encircle Japan, and she will un-cess of the bombing. One pilot doubtedly take whatever measures who made a high level attack she thinks appropriate, probably reported that bombs had started via Indo-China.

CORRESPONDENCE

two fires both of which burned with a brilliant white flame. Then suddenly there were three or four big explosions.

Direct hits were also register- DEAR SIR, Believing that it

ed on a power station, and fac- would be of interest to the "shoot-tory near Launa and two fac- ing" community of this Colony I tories south-west of Leipzig. beg to encroach upon your valu- British Wireless. able columns with the extract from a letter I received from Aus tralia.

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Mr. Taylor, Secretary of The under control. Victorian Miniature Rifle Club, 732 In yesterday's raid the Catholic Station Street, Box Hill, Ell, Church was demolished. Only in Victoria, Australia,

the morning Monsignor, Mario Zanin, Apostolle Delegate to c/o South China Mfg. & Expg. Co. China, had led prayer in the

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