1941-03-27 — Page 16

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 27, 1941.

AIR RAID DESTRUCTION R. A. F. Raids On Berlin, Mannheim, Dusseldorf

MATSUOKA ON IT IS NOT Experts Well 'LONG-SUFFERING' TOO LATE

JAPAN!

MR. MATSUOKA, THE Japanese Foreign Minis- ter, in an interview with the German newspaper "Angriff" is reported by the German radio as stating that "Britain and the United States will always op- pose Japan's constructive work in the Far East. Japan is therefore on Germany's side.

"We want nothing from the Americans and leave them in peace. They should follow our exam- ple and leave us in peace in Asia."

GENERAL AUCHINLECK'S LONG TOUR

WITH HIS RETURN TO NEW DELHI YESTERDAY THE COM- MANDER-IN-CHIEF, AUCHINLECK,

AN

GENERAL COMPLETED

EXTENSIVE COUNTRY. WIDE INSPECTION TOUR IN WHICH HE SAW FOR HIMSELF

Satisfied

With Results Appeal To OBSERVATIONS BY THE R.A.F. AND RE- Yugoslavians PORTS FROM "OTHER SOURCES" OF AIR

RAID DAMAGE IN GERMANY. ENABLE THE OF ECONOMIC WARFARE TO FORM A GOOD PICTURE OF DESTRUCTION

An impassioned appeal MINISTRY to the Yugoslavian people was made over the ether CAUSED. by the Secretary for In- dia, Mr. L. S. Amery, from London last night.

"We are quite satisfied with the results, particularly from the point of view of dislocat- "It is not too late," Mr. ed transport,” said an official of the Ministry The interview is stated to have Amery exclaimed, urging in London yesterday, speaking of R.A.F. taken place in the train taking them to keep their na-

operations during December and January According to the German news tional spirit alive. agency. Mr. Matsuoka, in a mes- It was the duty of the Yugoslav ¦ last.

Mr. Matsuoka to Berlin.

gave an assurance

that ratified, to consult

their people,

night, many in courage and determina-pact as a betrayal of honour and tion to establish the world on the independence. basis of the new order.

"The

Mr. Matsuoka added: ideal which is dear to Japanese above all things la embodied in

"What will be your position when Britain has won, as will win?" asked Mr. Amery. "Even Hitler cannot

Sage to the German nation last Government, before the pact was British bombers, he said, succeeded in Japan will not lag behind Ger- who regarded the signing of the inflicting considerable damage on Germany's war effort exceeding the damage caused by he German raiders over Britain.

Heavy bombs in the heart prevail! nakho Ichio, that harmonious against England and America, Berlin penetrated to the Unter- bahn (underground railway) world community with room for, together."--Reuter,

brought traffic where they standstill on an important stretch. besides damaging shops, blowing the root off a cinema and halting street traffic.

all nations, in which they can realise their wishes and fulfil their missions."

That ideal, he added, was the

the tripartite pact.

MOST OF THE TROOPS AND basis of EQUIPMENT AND MUNITION | Reuter. PRODUCTION IN SOUTHERN INDIA.

AND

EASTERN, WESTERN

The inspection way comprehen- sive, embracing all land, sea and air establishments and

every phase of training, as well as pro-

duction,

while at various centres many

in hundreds training

differenti phases of technical services were inspected.

A special visit was paid to the rapidly completing aircraft fac- tory in south India, where the:

At Hyderabad, Bombay, Karachi | first made-in-India 'plane will be and Jodhpur, trainees for the ready by the middle of the year. Air Force were seen at work,Reuter.

Sole Agents for

"NORVIC"

EXPLOITS

OF COASTAL COMMAND

to

of

to a

The damage, he added, was so extensive that it took 10 days spite of large clear up in squads employed to conceal the effeo's of British bombing from the civilian population.

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Hits were also obtained on very important railway junction.

Some damage was sustained by the Police Presidency and the Law Some of the exploits of Courts. The top floors of the Wertheim Stores were of the Bomber famous aircraft

burnt out white minor damage and Coastal Command in

was done to a number of impor- attacks

on enemy ship-tant industrial establishments. ping yesterday and on Mannheim Damage Tuesday are revealed in an Air Ministry communi- que.

Mannheim suffered much more heavily than Berlin during those two months.

Widespread damage was inflict- A small enemy convoy was in-

in the main "MASCOT" tercepted and bombed on Tuesday ed to installations

off the Dutch coast by Bomber docks. Several barges were sunk in one raid and water traffic Command aircraft.

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and

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In another attack an anti-blocked. aircraft ship was damaged, and near Borkum а naval patrol was bombed.

high explosives and fire.

Among the Rhineland towns visited, Dusseldorf was a par- ticular sufferer.

Speaking of R.A.F. damage to Mannheim, which is the most im- portant industrial centre of the middle Rhine, the official said damage inflicted on plant and buildings of the Reinrich Lanz works is believed to run into mil- lions of marks and production is

be affected for likely to time.

Munitions Train

some

There was reason to believe that damage suffered by several other works had set the German chemi- cal industry some difficult pro- blems.

on

• Several hits were scored Mannheim's main passenger and goods stations, where an ammuni- tion train was involved with un- fortunate results to the sur- rounding district,

Near a goods station, a direct hit was obtained on the central field post office for the German army of occupation in France, necessitating ito removal ta Stuttgart.

As a result of the attacks, con- At the same time the shipyards cluded the official, all rail traffic were damaged and production had to be diverted from Mann- Theld up.

More than one engin-heim area through Karlsruhe and was likely to be overloaded. Reu- Also on Tuesday, Coastal Com-eering shop was completely des-

others damaged by ter. mand aircraft attacked and scat-troyed and tered several enemy minesweep-

ers.

Yesterday the pilot of a Coastal Command bomber sank an enemy supply ship.

From

these operations, con- cludes the communique, one al- craft is missing-Reuter.

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LORD HALIFAX, BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO THE UNIT- ED STATES. TOLD THE PRESS IN NEW YORK YESTERDAY THAT THE GREATEST BRITISH STRENGTH "LIES IN THE HEART AND SPIRIT OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE WHO WILL CARRY ON TILL VICTORY IS WON."

Lord Halifax took issue with a magazine article by Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh Warning that the United States is not pre- pared for war:

The Ambassador said: "The.com- flict is between the Nazi way and your philosophy and our own philosophy.”—International News

Service.

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ciraumstanäsi:

blished for the

STOP PRESS

The amending Ordinance increasing the scale of Estate Duty as from April 1, was given its second and third readings in Legislative Coun- cil this afternoon,

An increase of cholera cases on the mainland and a slight decrease on the Island were. registered yesterday when 16 cases were notified Alve from Victoria, 16 from Kow- loon, and one each from Shaukiwan, New Territories and the Harbour bringing the total since the beginning of the year to 529.