THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 5, 1940
TROUBLED NAZI WATERS
R.A.F. Attacks On Oil Stores And Refineries
RICE PETITION TO GOVERNMENT ADVOCATED
At a meeting yes- terday of the Hong Kong Chinese Gener- al Chamber of Com- merce, it was decided to approach the Chin- ese Representatives on the Legislative Council, to petition Government: to re- lease some of the stocks o f rice, "stored" under Gov- ernment regulations, for sale in the open market.
It was suggested that Government should adopt this method to temporari-. ly remedy the present acute situation.
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PATROLS ACTIVE ROUND KASSALA
Vital Factor In Result Of War
IF GERMANY RUNS short of oil she must stop fighting. It is with this belief uppermost in mind that the R.A.F. shapes its operations. And the R.A.F. know a trick worth two of bombing oil wells.
What this trick is was explained, among other things, by the Minister of Economic Warfare, Mr. Hugh Dalton, at a press con- ference in London yesterday.
The British blockade, said Mr. Dalton, is working well and the enemy is growing un- comfortably short of certaimcommodities.
CRUSHING DEFEAT OF JAPANESE
A crushing defeat, involving over 20,000 casualties, was in flicted
who on. Japanese troops carried out an attack in northern Hupeh province, in central China, last week, according to an official despatch received yesterday by the Chinese Embassy in London.
British patrols were again ac tive to the
north and south of Kassala inflicting casualties on the enemy without loss to them- The despatch adds Chinese selves, stated yesterday's G.H.Q. troops captured Chennankwan, in communique in Cairo."
Kwangtung, last Saturday. There is no change in the "Enemy elements withdrew into situation on other fronts, adds Tongking, Indo-China," it con- the communique. Reuter, icludes. Reuter.
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Oll, rubber and copper looted by Germany-from occupied terri- tories is now exhausted and Ger- many is back where she was six inonths ago.
The safety margin of all in Germany has not yet been touched, but she is using more oil than she is producing asza result of R.A.F, attacks on sup- plies, storage and the transport system, and disappointing sup... · plies are obtained from Russia.
Mr. Dalton said he recommend- ta turgets in Germany to the Air Ministry and always kept oil near
the head of the list.
Italian Target No. 1
In Italy, Bari, had always been the R.A.F.'s number one target, which was economically more im- portant than Milan or Turin, as the most important oil stocks in all Italy were kept there.
Speaking of the difficulty of transporting the Rumanian oil surplus to Germany, Mr. Dalton
said that as crude oil was not "Very Inflammable it was non- sense to suggest, bombing the Rumanian oil wells.
Rather wait until Germany had spent labour and time refining and transporting it, and then bomb it.
Italy First
Italy would feel the pinch even before Germany, said Mr. Dalton, because she had no synthetic oil plant and there was little doubt her supplies were growing short and she had to get replenishment from Germany.
** Mr. Dalton would like to see in- creasing mobilisation of the re- serves of United States. produc- tion set aside for Britain and the Allies, and added:. "There has been an exchange of views with the United States on the matter."
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U.S. AIRCRAFT AROUSE R.A.F. ENTHUSIASM
An American-built air-
craft took the photographs
of damaged Italian war- ships at Taranto.
This was officially disclosed last night in a story which stated that the R.AT. are enthusiastic about the performance of United States aircraft they are now using.
2. These have taught their way successfully through many Operations, particularly in the Middle East
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DULL SESSION ON STOCK EXCHANGE
Chinese press reports this morning state that over 60,000 bags of rice are expected to arrive in the Colony in four ships from Bangkok to-day.
In the absence of any incentive to stimulate tresh buying, Interest the London Stock Exchange yes- terday, experienced a dull session. Gut-edged, however, continued to The prefix "special" to t mect support and falls, where used by this Sunday Her changed, moyed in Holders in strictly copyright: unger
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It is stated the R.A.F. hayo were adversely affected by ratión ad- under any circumstances, come to regard with real affectioning considerations. Wall Street the Lockheed Hudsons, which are was irregular, Reuter proving such a valuable aid to Britain's Coastal Command, and have taken part in hundreds of bombing raids from Norway to the Bay of Biscay. Reuter
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