1940-10-21 — Page 35

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 21, 1940.

"INVASION LIBYA

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Library, Supreme Cues:

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BASES" IN HAMMERING Line Of Ships Straddled By Bombs

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

UNIQUE STORY OF GERMANY'S TREACHERY

With the publication of Mynheer van 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.

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

Written by a leading member of ❤❤00200000

e. Government of one of the

st countries to be subjected to lculated Nazi terrorism, it tells eye-witness story of an over- helming air attack on a small untry not only without a de- aration of war and in spite of beated promises of non-aggres-

BREMEN

OFF THE AIR

IN. FUTURE, ENGLISH

on but against which the German | BROADCASTS: FROM GER- ctator had. no shadow

evance.

The London "Telegraph," in eviewing the book on Saturday. Bays: "The story of the smooth-faced treachery which ed up to this crime is unique in history, and is told here, as s all of the narrative, in close detail, and entirely without bensational accretion.

of MANY WILL NO LONGER BE

How gallantly, the Dutch, army

(Copyright, Fox).

MR. EDEN REACHES JERUSALEM

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

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. bombs fell among A.A. gune at a military camp and at Buq-Bug on. A.A. gun emplacements.

Three Italian fighters on the runway were shot up and.barn.. ed out while six other- altcraft. dispersed over. the aérodrome were severely damaged by gun-` fire but did. nót- catch fire.

Raids On Gura.

R.A.F. bombers carried out | several raids ón Gura which re- Another attack was made on 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-

craft had left on the homeward.. at-journey.

damage was not observed.

Diredawa was visited and tacks on hangars there caused ex- plosions followed by fires.

Bahrein Attacked

Bahrein Island, in the Persian Gulf, was bombed by four. Italian aircraft shortly after midnight but very little damage was caused

Night raids were carried out at Diredava, 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-

Mr. Anthony Eden, Se-and there were no casualties.

All our machines returned safe- cretary for War, arrivedly, says the communique. in Jerusalem on Thurs- Aircraft of the South African diary, bombs alsa fell on the, ad-

Air Force operating from the joining quay.--Reuter.

day, according to an offi: cial announcement only issued last night."

Mr-Eden was-accompanied by General Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander - in - Chief, Middle East: Mr. Eden, inspected raany units of the garrison while t Palestine.

A detachment of, the Arab Le- gign formed a guard of honour when he visited. Amman où kŢi- day and was received by the Eri Abdallah of Trans-Jordan.

Later Mr. Eden saw a desert pa- rol of the Arab Legion and a unit of the Trans-Jordan Frontier Force, Reuter,

ESTONIAN

TRANSMITTED FROM BREMEN E

CONSUL'S

BUT FROM" BRESLAU, SOME 350, M.ILES. FURTHER. INLAND AND ALMOST ON THE POLISH FRONTIER.

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

PROTEST

(SPECIAL TO “CHINA, MAIL”)

MR., V. MILLER, SECRETARY. OF THE ESTONIAN. CON- SULATE IN SHANGHAI, YES- TERDAY FILED A FORMAL The, first broadcast from Bres- PROTEST. WITH THE. FIRST 1 air force stood up to a hopelou on Saturday night, was not a SPECIAL DISTRICT COURT

situation and defeated the success.

AGAINST THE SEIZURE, UN- rman calculation upon a one-

The "home programme" was DER WARBANT BY THE MUNĮ. victory make a thrilling chap-heard, with the English broadcast CIPAL POLICE OF THE ESTON.

forming a,. taint. background on | IAN CONSULATE ARCHIVES.

The volume will remain the the same..wave-length tbook of blitzkrieg, methods as Later, the German engineers Il as of the infomies of Hitlerite. had to switch over onto the short-

lom

wayes.

DEATH OF

KIEL CASTLE MR. CHANG DAMAGED SHAN-TSE

re-

HEY BERLIN, RADIO YES

Mr. Chong Shan-tse, the famous RDAY ADMITTED THAT IN Chinese poet-painter, who

DAY NIGHT'S RAIDS BRI-turned to China recently from SH BOMBERS ATTACKED a tour abroad, and spent some

The archives were seized at the request of the Soviet authorities,

Mr. Miller further stated /he would curry, his plea to Chung-i Icing should his move for the re- turn of the documents fall, since, he said, the local Estonian con- sulate was maintained under of ficlal, recognition from Chungking which was never withdrawn. Havas

M. COSME ON WAY! TO CHUNGKING

MA

future. He has already arrived

days in Hong Kong before flying| The French Ambassador.

in Henri Cosma, is expected to ar- usual, however, the Nazis to Chungking, passed away only of damago to non-m li- Chungking yesterday morning rive in Chungking in the near objectives and say that docu-at the age of 62. its of the history of Holstein During his brief stay in Hong at Katyuen, south of Yunnanfu, vince in the library of Kiel Kong he gave an exhibition of und is scheduled to arrive in his paintings at St. Francis Hotel Yunnanfu to-day at about noon. tic were destroyed. hoy pay an unconscious tribute which attracted many visitors. Astor calling on General Lung he accuracy, of British night. He left for Chungking on Yun, Governor of Yunnan, the bing by claiming that the October 4. Not long after his Ambassador is expected to con

fell' ill-Central tintle the igurney, to Chun le was damaged by order of arrival,

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-Heuter. Churchill Router.

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