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A new and important angle to the Japanese blockade of the western outside roads area in Shanghai appeared with the operation of Japan: ́ese-owned buses along| certain streets of the zone.

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These are operating * on routes of vehicles of the British- owned China Gêneral Omnibus Co., which have not been permit- ted in the area since the start of the blockade.

out at the Japanese aerodrom.e at Tazang, north-west of Shanghai, yesterday afternoon, according to a report in the Shanghai "Shun Pao."

Several Japanese "planes and drums of gasoline were destroy- ́ed. The conflagration raged for more than two hours.-Central News.

It is understood that the Shang- hal Municipal Council and the 00600 Consular Body are gathering: the

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facts in order to file a strong pro-thority, of buses along what are test on the operation without fran- | still considered extra-Settlement chise, licence or any other au- 1 roads,. ---- Reuter.

HITLER PUTTING OUT NEW PEACE FEELERS

THE IMPOSSIBILITY of making peace with Nazi Germany was expressed in the

Spitfires Scatter Raiders In All Directions

FORMATIONS OF MESSERSCHMIDTS-

WHICH CROSSED THE SOUTH-EAST COAST SIR JOHN

OF ENGLAND YESTERDAY WERE SCATTER-

ED IN ALL DIRECTIONS BY SPITFIRES LATHAM!

ARRIVES

WHICH CHASED THEM RIGHT ACROSS THE CHANNEL.

Bombs were dropped on one town but did no serious damage, while an unsuccessful attempt was also made to bomb some small ships in the Channel but the ships replied so effectively that the raiders were driven off.

chmidt 100's off the Kent coast without a single loss to them-

In the evening heavy gun fire shook Channel towns as British and Ger- man long-range guns

selves.

A Polish flying officer shot down his second machine in five days, -Reuter.

fought a violent artillery FRENCHMEN

duel across the Straits of Dover....

The cannonade, was 'continu- ing with unabatea, force after shelling had "been in-progress over an hour.

The number of enemy aircraft destroyed off the British coast yes- terday was 15, including an enemy bomber shot down off the south-| west coast.

The remainder were deströyed in': combats... in the south-east, states ab Air ⠀⠀ Ministry com munique.

Two British aircraft were lost but one pilot is safe.

One Squadron Gets Eight

terday shot down eight Messers-

One squadron of Spitares yes-

House of Commons yesterday by Mr. Clement KING AT

Attlee, Lord Privy Seal and Deputy Leader of

the House of Commons.

He said that we cannot make peace with a people who do not accept the beginnings of modern civilisation.

"We hate to see mangled bodies and ruined homes, but there is

From time to time, aurrepti- tious feelers are put out by Hit. ler hetween his fits of blind fury marked by terror-bombings and propaganda predictions of even tual German domination.

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something worse than killing the body and that is killing the soul."

Hitler was thus given in ad- vance the British answer to new peace feelors, which he is putting out, semi-official sources in Lon- don commented yesterday evening.

There is once again talk in Ger- man-inspired quarters of the ossibilides of a negotiated peace

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Sir John Latham, Aus- tralian Minister to Japan, arrived in the Colony this morning en route to Tokyo.

He was met by Captain Batty-- Smith, A.D.C. to His Excellency the acting Governor, Lieutenant- General E. F. Norton.

Sir John was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. P. Shaw. Mr. Shaw has been appointed Third Secre- tary to the newly created Austra- lian Legation-in Tokyo.

BRITISH AID TO ∙CHINA

Two French railway employees were wounded, 14: Annamite, and

Regarding persistent reports three. Chinese workmen killed 1 concerning British credits to and 30

Annamites wounded China, Reuter learned in Chung- when eight Japanese planes, king yesterday that while no de- coming from bases in French tails can be obtained, some form. Indo-China, on Tuesday raided of British assistance to China will Tchechuen: station- and yards on be forthcoming as the result of the Yunnan railway 150 kilome conversations between the British tres north of Hokow, the Indo- and Chinese authorities: Reuter Chiria frontier station.

Names of the wounded French-king yesterday, are Castes and men, it was stated in Chung- Clement-Reuter,

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The King yesterday saw what the Nazi - bombers had done to Southamp- During the last week, German ton, and standing by the propaganda has been saying that Britain's Industry is crippled, her bombed civic centre he cities destroyed, most of her ship-chatted to air raid ward- ping sunk and her Empire on the verge of disintegration.

ens when the air raid alarm sounded and a single Nazi spotting ables, retaire 1.

plane was seen flying high while bursts of AA. shells appeared around.

The King went on to Ports- mouth, where again there was an air raid during the Royal and visit. 15 NASA

The Endangered Having tried to convince Britain and the world trit de Empire will be destroyed if the war con tinues much longer, Hitler in gines that he has produced the Hitler The Peacemaker! right frame of minit to save hin- self from the fate, that awaits him,

“Thus,” a “Budapest report spoke

of a move for. German mediation | But the fact that "Germóny

in the Italo-Greek war,

- Other reports were a bit vaguer, and spoke of a "general settle ment.

* In London, the symptoms are well recognised. N

should be canvassing the possibili- tlas of a compromise peace is taken as more confirmation that it is not Britain but Germany her- self which is in a very danger ous position; Reuter

The King saw some of the men who brought over the re- cently acquired American: de- stroyers.

Thousands of sailors and work- men cheered as the King walked through the dockyards, Reuter.

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