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THE CHINA MAIE, DECEMBER 19, 19407
WHY HE BOMBS LONDON
The intensive · bombing of London is partly a measure of our ability to wreak destruction in Ger- and occupied
many
France, and partly a cloak for the withdrawal of
cam-
German squadrons for the Near-Eastern paign.
Germans who see their factories crashing round their ears, their communications interrupted, their troop concentrations wrecked in the Channel ports and the begin- nings of evacuation from Berlin all demand fearful vengeance on "the brutal English."
Too Flattering
At the same time neither the outraged Germans nor the brutal, stupid English can be allowed to suspect the Fuehrer's pre-occupa- tion with the Balkans and Egypt.
The fact that the invasion of Britain is temporarily off would be too disappointing to the for- mer and too flattering to the lat- ter.
advantage
Consequently every has been taken of the full moon. Londoners, particularly, have had some very wakeful nights.
Something like a thousand visits
a night have been paid by enemy aircraft 10 Britain but not necessarily by different machines. One inestimable advantage which the Germans enjoy over Is the short distance which US their bombers have to fly to their objectives. Machines can make many jour- neys in one night
Meanwhile
military damage which we have suffered is negligible.
the real
Gaining Strength
On the contrary, we are gaining in strength every hour. Hitler cannot say the same of his own air force,
It is in the air that this war will be won.
And it should not be long before the improved method of night in- terception is in operation.
No one is more impatient for its arrival than the authorities.
K.C.C. CRICKET SELECTIONS
The following Kowloon Cricket Club teams have been selected for week-
end cricket matches:—
tot XI (v H.K.C.G.. away):-N. D. Lloyd (Capt.), E. F. Fincher, D. J. N.
"PLANE BROUGHT
DOWN IN BRITAIN WAS FRENCH
A plane which was brought down in a raid on the north-east has been identified as a French machine, it was revealed.
The 'plane was first seen flying at a great height.
"
"Suddenly," said an eye-witness, "it dived at terrific speed and released about six small bombs. These did no damage. As the raider rose again it ran into the path of
British fighters which
had appeared on the
scene.
容量
Following the sound of machine-gun fire, the German started to fall and crashed some distance away. Seat- ed in the cockpit, amid the wreckage, was the pilot, his body riddled with bullets from the British 'planes.
OILS ACTIVE ON STOCK MARKET
Oil shares continued to attract
interest on the London Stock Ex- change yesterday, outstanding fea- ture being a rise in Anglo-Eygp- tians from 17/8 to 52/6 on good buying orders. Otherwise the markets experienced a quiet day and prices often drifted lower for want of fresh support. Industrials were irregular and foreign issues neglected but previous levels were well maintained. Indian loans hardened, while Kaffirs met a lit- tle Cape offering. Coppers, how- ever, were again supported. Wall | Street was irregularly higher.—
Reuter.
Y.M.C.A. CRICKET
TEAM
The following will represent Euo-
Y.M.C.A. opean
against Civil Service C.C. "A" XI at cricket on Sunday:
ONE-LEGGED, ONE-ARMED --PUT OUT BOMB FIRES
(By A Special Correspondent)
AN OLD SOLDIER with one leg and another with one arm saved two houses from destruction and, possibly, several lives. They were Mr. E. J. Walton and Mr. Robert Russell, both of a South- West London suburb, where a large number of fire- bombs were dropped. Both the men lost their limbs fighting in the last war.
Walton, though one-legged, climbed to an attic and, after pull- ing himself up a ladder, managedy to put out a bomb before it could do any harm,
With one arm through a blazing
Russell broke bedroom door
of another house. Within a fow minutes he had ended all dan. ger of fire.
U.S. AIR
PORTS FOR
CANADA
About 200 incendiary bombs were dropped in the district, but within ten minutes the volunteer
THE UNITED STATES CIVIL
BOARD AN. Are brigade had all the bo.nbs un- AERONAUTICS der control.
NOUNCES THAT THE USE
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN AND ANOTHER IN
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