1940-10-28 — Page 3

BATTLE OF BRITAIN OVER?

Battle Of The Empire Now About To Begin

Hitler Blow

In Middle East Coming

"THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN MAY NOW BE VER, FOR ITS ISSUE, I BELIEVE, IS AL- EADY DECIDED," DECLARED MR. L. S. MERY, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA,

A SPEECH IN LONDON YESTERDAY.

"The battle of the Empire comes next. rustrated in his attempt to destroy our Com- onwealth by one blow at its heart, Hitler will y to do so by striking at the next vital point, amely our hold on the Mediterranean, our feline to the East and particularly our posi- on in Egypt and Palestine on both sides of The Suez Canal.

If he could drive us out of in which the overrunning of West- re he could hope not only to ern Europe was merely a pre- ure the oil of Iraq and the cot- liminary, was first of all by sheer of Turkey and Egypt but, weight and numbers to smother pre important still, to be able and eliminate the smaller British transport them by sea through, air force, then to destroy or dis- ports of his allies or vassals. organise all sources of munitions "He would have broken production and communications, through our blockade and would to cripple the Royal Navy by the be in a position to threaten In-destruction of dockyards and then, ia and British Africa at close when the British had been suff- quarters.

ciently disorganised, starved and It is in the light of these aims terrorised, the vast fleet of ships f we must look at what hasana motor barges which was be- n happening in Rumania, what ing steadily moved to every port heing plotted against the inde-facing the shores of Engind, could dence of Bulgaria, what lies bring oyer in comparative safety hind the conferences Hitler has mechanised forces which would n holding with Franca and crush the improvised British army

and dictate terms of peace.

tain.

Up To Us

Where and how the attempt is be made we cannot yet judge! it is up, to us to beat it oft ús have beaten off the attempt this island..

Then, at last, the time will me for the turning of the tables our enemies and the beginning our own offensive."

It

That plan had m carried. miscarried thanks to the herosim of a fow thousand young men in the R.A.F: and to the steadi- ness of a great nation.

Gay Gallantry

designers and British workers.

60000

FIVE HUNDRED PAUPERS DIE IN SHANGHAI COLD

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

At least 500 street sleepers have died. in Shanghai as result of the bitter weather.. Famished and tatter ed creatures, with their only shelter ha;' grimy scrap of straw matting, dropped like flies from want of resistance. Among. the victims were 187 children and 346 adults. Havas.

Every attempt of the German air force to come over in strength was defeated by the sheer cour- age, nerve and gay gallantry of England was not alone in its British airmen and by the quality truggle against the Dictators. At this moment a conference is put into their aircraft of British 9000000000000000806 embled in Delhi of representa- The failure of the German air than we have suffered at his es of the Empire east and south offensive was plain in the tale of hands.

Suez to consider how the re-│casualties. rces of all their territories can t be developed and mutually tched in order to produce the atest volume of striking power the future.

edressing The Balance

Hitler's Failure

Mr. Amery recalled that "over the whole period of the war. It is still too early to say whe- Including the more cautious ther the much heralded invasion German tactics of the last few is still to be attempted or not. Two weeks, they have lost over and things can, however, already be around the British Isles some said with confidence. One is that 2700 machines to some 720 of if attempted it will be a failure. ours, of whose pllots nearly one, The second is that if abandoned it half have been saved.

I will be no less a failure. Nor have they done any damage ing into being a new world of to our aircraft lactories sufficiently the serious hed strength to redress

That is an immensely signi-

Sht event in history.

As Mr. Churchill said, it be

ance of the old":

In either cake it will mark the; definite turn of the tide of this Abandonment would be not only a terrible blow to Hit- ler's prestige but all the gigantic, effort put Into getting where he' wanted to be in order to launch an attack will have been largely wasted..

to prevent

war. our gaining upon them in detual numbers or After pointing out that the Bri-dead to affect the general pro-

Air Force will continue to ple Germany's resources

me; Mr. Amely said:

In one sense we settled

at

the

s of the Napoleonic wars at

duction of munitions or food in This country;"

Entirely Failed .

He continued: "They have des-

falgar but it took another ten troyed here and there much in- ble

ars before that victory

He has made himself respons!- for thousands of miles of

But means a tremendous dispersion of

the German military strength. -.

whi dividual property, killed some coastline which have to be guard- illy made good at Waterloo;housands of civilians and rendered and for vast areas of territory We can noge thanks to oured many thousands more homeless which has to be held down. That uncomfortable; Aitor at least rowing air power, that rg Waterloo will came much hey have entirely failed either to hore swiftly and no less con-weaken our fighting strength or terrorise our people. We are usively."

carrying on grimly and gally. War Aims

What is more, our air force Has hech by no means content Referring to war

with standing merely on the de- fenalver While German 'planco master

aims,

Mr.

to

the

ery declared: "We wish establislied for others nciples which we bellevo are damental to civilisation.

to

wore vainly trying to

"I believe that invasion Toy its failure, in whichever way it falls, will in a large measure make dead sea fruit.of all his previous vic- tories."

A Way of Life Speaking of the cause for victory dur fighters and smash the do- fol which Britain and her Allies. fence of this country our own were striving and would strive, Bombera atendily have been on Mr. Amery said that when they gaged in Breaking up German spoke of the freedom of Demo- preparations for Invasion and to cracy, it was to be remembered auch good offeok that it has that there were something mor been widely rumoured over the than the right to vote or say what continent that an invasion was you thought. actually attempted and the in- | vadors destroyed. -

Freedom was "a way of life; of behaviour, of recognising that we must do to others as wo would be done by...

We wish to seu established in: Foffe the elementary rights of uice and freedom for Indivi-

ls: the right of minoritles respected by majorities and o all nations to live in peace side

side with greater ones

coopertion talte the plac anarchy. Moonwhile our firay tark, VIN

of Pitt, la to cave our

'dur.

exortions and our example--Rou-production and transportation. We priceless inheritance interwoven enn Bay with confidance that dur- | with the whole life of this nation; ing these two months our numeriund while England lives there is cally Inferior bomber force has an example and encouragement to Ule, bütset of his speech, Mr. inflicted far more effective 'ma- frontfom all over the world:"/

Conid: that," the Nazi plun, Iterial damage upon the enomy | Briush Wireless,

Nazi Plan.

Meanwhile our bombers have beon no less busy in searching out Germany's centres of munitions

It is a great tradition and a

INDO-CHINA AIR CRASH CEREMONY

(SPECIAL TO "CHINÁ MAIL")

One of the first pictures of the Interior of the private chapel at Buckingham Palace : after a Nazi bomb fall on it during an aerial attack by a German 'plane on the palace. Debris, among which are pieces of the broken chancel rails,

are seen scattered all over the chapel in this picture. (Copyright, Fox.)

Rear-Admirál Teraoka, Com- mander-in-Chief of the Japanese forces in Indo-China, yesterday laid a wreath on the tomb of the victims of the air disaster when an Air France liner was brought down by Japanese anti-aircraft number of French and Japanese fire when flying over a forbidden officials all of whom were kinéd. zone. The plane was carrying a —Havas,

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