1940-10-21 — Page 19

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 21, 1940.

"INVASION LIBYA GET

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BASES" IN HAMMERING Line Of Ships Straddled

H.R.H. The Duke of Kent visiting Polish and Canadian R A.F. personnel at an R.A.F. Sta- tion, is here seen inspecting a Gorman Dornier brought down.

UNIQUE STORY OF GERMANY'S TREACHERY

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SABOTAGE IN VERSAILLES NEIGHBOURHOOD

(SPECIAL TO "SUNDAY HERALD")

The German milit- ary authorities have ordered the inhabit- ants of several towns near Versailles to take turns in guard- ing German military vehicles parked-there- The measure was taken: owing to fre- quent cases of sabot- age-Havas.

With the publication of Mynheer von Kleffens' ook "Rape of the Nether- ands those people not ubject to the tutelage of otalitarian masters are ut in possession of a ocument of both present nd future importance. Written by a leading member of e. Government of one of the rst countries to be. subjected to lculated Nazi terrorism, it tells eye-witness story of an over- helming air attack on a small puntry not only without a de-: aration of war and in spite of peated promises of non-aggres—. IN FUTURE, ENGLISH on but against which the German | BROADCASTS FROM GER- ictator had. no shadow OI | MANY WILL. NO: LONGER BE

fieyance.

The London. Telegraph," in.. reviewing the book on Saturday

story says: "The

of the smooth-faced treachery which led up to this crime is unique : In history and is told here, as la all of the narrative, in close detall and entirely without sensational accretion.

How gallantly the Dutch army. d air force stood up to a hope S$ situation and defeated the erman calculation-upon a one-

(Copyright, Fox).

MR. EDEN REACHES JERUSALEM

Mr. Anthony Eden, Se- cretary for War, arrived in Jerusalem on Thurs- day, according to an offi- cial announcement only issued last night.

Mr. Eden was. accompanied by General Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middl East. Mr. Eden inspected many

of the garrison while Palestine.

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A detachment of the Arab Le- gion formed a guard of homur when, he visited Aminarson Fri- 000000! | day and was received by the Ewin

Abdullah of Trans-Jordan.

Later:Mr. Eden saw a desert på. irol of the Arab Legion_and a unit of the Trans-Jordan Frontier Torce. Reuter.

BREMEN

OFF THE AIR

TRANSMITTED FROM BREMEN. BUT FROM BRESLAU, SOME 350 MILES FURTHER INLAND AND ALMOST ON THE POLISH FRONTIER.

The reason is that Bremen, is a favourite target of the. R.A.F. and. whenever the British bombers pay a visit the radio station, goes of the air to avoid giving help in direction-finding.

The first broadcast. from. Bres- iau on Saturday night was not a

success.

The "home. programme" was hy victory make a thrilling chap-heard, with the English broadcast farming, faint, background on the same wave-length:

The volume will remain the xtbook of hlitzkrieg methods as ell, as of the infamics of Hitlerite Alamacy-British Wireissa..

Later, the German engineers had to switob over onta, the short- waves. Reuter:

DEATH OF

KIEL CASTLE MR. CHANG DAMAGED SHAN TSE

THE:- BERLIN: RADIO YES- ERDAY ADMITTED THAT, IN RIDAY NIGHT'S RAIDS BRI

SH BOMBERS ATTACKED a tour, abroad,, and spent some EL

Mr. Chang Shan-tse, the famous Chinese poet-painter, who rc- turned to China-recently · from

ESTONIAN CONSUL'S

PROTEST

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA : MAIL"

MR. V. MILLER: SECRETARY OF THE: ESTONIAN CON SULATE IN SHANGHAI, YES. TERDAY FILED: A FORMAL PROTEST. WITH THE -FIRST SPECIAL DISTRICT: COURT

AGAINST THE SEIZURE, UN- DER WARRANT BY THE MUNIW CIPAL POLICE OF THE ESTON- IAN. CONSULATE ARCHIVES:

The archives were seized at the request of the Soviet authorities. Mr. Miller further stated he would carry his plea to Chung- king should, his move for the re- turn of the documents fail, since, He said, the local), Estonian-con- sulate was, maintained under" þf- |ficial recognition from Chungking which was never withdrawn, — Hovas,

M. COSME ON WAY TT:CHUNGKING

days in Hong Kong before, flying. The French Ambassador, M. As usual, however, the... Nazis to Chungking, passed': away in Henri Cosme is expected to ar 1 only of damage to non-mill Chungiting yesterday morning rive in Chungking in the near ry objectives and say that docu-at the age of 62.

future. He has, nirendy arrived. onts of the history of Holstein During, h's brief stay in Hong at Kaiyuen, south of Yunnanfu, ovines in the library of Kiel Kong he gave an exhibition of und is actieduled to arrive. In stle were destroyed,

his-paintings at St. Francis Hotel |Yunnanfu-to-day at about soon. They pay an unconscious tribute which attracted many visitors. After calling on. General Lung the accuracy of British night He left for Chungking on Yun, Governor of Yunnan, the mbing, by claiming." that the October 4-Not long after his Ambassador, is expected to cóu- sile was damaged by order ccf arrival, he fell ill.--Centrhì tinute, the journey to Chungking. ra Churahlil: Router,

-Reuter.

By Bombs

THE R.A.F. HAMMERED away this week- end with increased strength at Italian bases and shipping, in Libya.

A communique issued last night in Cairo reported that on Saturday R.A.F. bombers straddled a line of ships at the outer harbour and mole of Benghazi and caused a large fire at the Berka barracks.

The barracks, telephone ex-Sudan raided Barentu (Abyssinia) change and military headquarters with considerable success. at Benghazi had been hit în raids the previous night.

West of Bardia bombs fell on barracks and a large concentra-| tion of motor transport.,

At Hallaya ("Hell Fire Pass"); near Sollum: bomber fell among A.A. guns at a military camp and at Buq-Bug on ATA. gun emplacements.

Another attack was

made on

Three Italian fighters on the runway were shot up and burn. ed out while six other aircraft dispersed over the aerodrome were severely damaged by ́gun• fire but did not catch fire.

Raids On Gura

R.A.F. bombers carried out several raids on Gura which re- sulted in several explosions and Moritza, in the Dodecanese Is-fires among buildings which could lands, the same night but the be seen 15 minutes after the air-. damage was not observed,

craft had left on the homeward Diredawa was visited and at-journey. tacks-on hangars there caused 'ex- plosions followed by res.

Bahrein Attacked:

Bahrein Island, in the Persian Gulf, was bombed by four Italian aircraft shortly after midnight but very little damage was caused and there were no casualties.

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Night raids were carried out at Diredawa, bombs falling across railway buildings and hangars.

At Rhodes Island direct hits were: scored on administrative buildings `near the aerodrome and also on a hangar, One merchant ship is believed to have been hit when heavy bombs fell among vessels moored on the south side of the Mole d'Italia at Benghazi, while incen- Aircraft of the South African diary bombs also fell on the ad- Air Force 'operating from the joining quay, Reuter.

y, says the communique.

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