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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 2, 1941.

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TERRIFIC HAVOC BY

GIANT R.A.F. BOMBS

Emden Gets First Taste Of Power

Of New 'Planes

SOME IDEA OF THE terrific devastation

which followed the visit of the R.A.F. to the SHANGHAI

German industrial centre of Emden on Mon-

day night may be gathered from a report by POLITICS

the Air Ministry news service.

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BOTH THE ANNUAL MEET- ING AND SPECIAL MEETING

HELD ON APRIL 17, IT IS UN- DERSTOOD. ACCORDING TO A MESSAGE FROM SHANGHAI.

The special meeting is to pass

This mentions that six of the bombs drop- or RATEPAYERS WILL BE ped the most powerful ever carried in a bomber

may be compared with the ordin- ary bombs carried both by the R.A.F. and the Luftwaffe 'as the shells of howitzers to those of field-guns."

A stick of incendiaries from one of the first air- craft over Emden started three fires in the centre of the city, by the light of which streets could be seen.

VICHY PROTEST TO LONDON

A protest was addressed by the French Govern- ment to London after the convoy incident near the port of Nemours, Algeria, according to a Vichy tele gram received in Berne last night.

. The protest, which was address-¦ ed through the United States Gov- ernment, declares that for months past the visiting of French mer- chantships by British naval units has always ended in the capture of the vessels in question, "even when they carried no cargo."

The view was

expressed that the British Fleet exceeded the rights of inspection.

Note Handed In

A Washington announcement says that the Vichy Note of pro- test to Britain concerning: Sunday's brush between British warships and French coastal batteries the Algerian coast, has now been handed to the State Department for transmission to Britain.

on

the new hearth

sawb. Meanwhile, it is stressed that yesterday's statement by Mr. Godfrey Phillips, seerelaiy-Gen- cral of the Shanghai Municipal

Council on the new composition

of the Council was not an official Council statement, but one which he was authorised to make by

in streets could be seeing the British, American and Japan

point.

One observer, describing the fall of a huge bomb, said there was a colossal flash and the crew of the machine saw great masses of debris flung high into the air.

Enormous Destruction

From the height the machine was flying it was obvious these were 110 ordinary fragments, proving enormous destruction had been done.

must

Moreover, the debris have been thrown to a great height as there was a distinct interval before it settled down again.

When another bomb went down the pilot, who had been in 30 previous raids, said he had never seen so large a flash.

German Admission

"It was a gigantic arc-welding flash; blind white."

As the aircraft circle the town' before leaving, fires in the town could be seen increasing in fury.

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ese Consuls. Reuter,

THOUSAND

KILLED ON CLYDESIDE

Altogether 1,100 were killed in the German air raids of March 13 and 14 on the Clydeside area and. 1,000 seriously the injured, stated Home Secretary, Mr. Herbert Morrison, answering a question in the House of Commons yesterday. !

-Reuter.

PUT OUT FIRE BOMB

ON 99TH BIRTHDAY

On her

ninety-ninth birthday Mrs. Lilian Halle heard an incen- diary bomb crash through the roof of her house in Chesterton Road, Ladbroke Grove, London.

A BRITISH EMPIRE ACHIEVEMENT

The "Providence Jour- nal" of Boston says that to say that the British are accomplishing this or planning that, as in Africa, Greece and Singa- pore, is only partly true.

What is being made is an Em- pire effort in which the con- tributions of the Dominions atti colonies are becoming of larger actual and relative importance,

Their munpower is exceptional-

competent and physically and

mentally fit, and it is being not

merely trained in generous quan

arc

extent possible with the products of Dominion factories that being brought into play with

commendable rapidity. PICKPOCKET CAUGHT

Three months' hard labour was

imposed on Fung Luk, 21, un- employed, by Mr. G. T. Lowry this morning, for stealing a wal- let containing $100 from Ho Kui, 36, accountant, at the Vehicular Wharf yesterday.

The theft occurred while com- plainant was buying his monthly ticket at the wharf,

Defendant had a previous con- viction.

LADY CLARK-KERR

Lady Clark Kerr did not ac- company her husband, Sir Archi- bald Kerr Clark Kerr, British Ambassador to China, when he left Shanghai for Chungking yes- terday.

She is reported to be leaving for Chile to family-Reuter.

She at once carried sand and water to the top of the house and put out the bomb.

Mr. R. C. D. Jenkins, Mayor of Kensington, is recommending her for a civilian bravery award.

It is the Empire effort which has enabled the British to deal with situations like that in Africa, to act defensively for the time being, like in the Far East, to go to Greece in strength and to plan with some confidence for the future.

The British Navy and the Bri- A neighbour said:"Not until tish Merchant Marine tie the en- she had effectively dealt with the tire far-flung effort together, fire did Mrs. Halle call for help." Reuter.

FRIDEN

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shortly

visit her

ANOTHER OBSERVER SAID IT SEEMED AS IF A WHOLE FRENCH ́HARBOURS. BUILDING HAD BEEN THROWN INTO THE AIR,

BLOWN TO BITS

The effectiveness of the bomba The "Stockholm Nyheter" pu- impressed the Germans, who made blishes. letters from France; one of the unusual admission in their which declares that British

at- official communique of "compara-tacks on French harbours have tively large damage to buildings." blown these harbours to bits.-

Reuter,

Reuter.

HEAVY RAID ON TRIPOLI

ANOTHER HEAVY AIR RAID on Tripoli is a feature of an RAF. communique issued in Cairo French Ambassador, M. Henri yesterday relating continued activity by British,

The Note was delivered by the Haye, with a request that it should be forwarded to London-Reuter.

Should Be Apology! Reports from foreign sources

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refer to the possibility of the Vichy Government addressing protest to Britain on the recent in- cident off the Algerian coast, when French batteries fired at British

naval units.

No such protest has reached London and in view of the facts some surprise has been expressed in official quarters in London at the suggestion.

South African and Australian.'planes in the African theatres of war.

During the night of March 30, our bombers heavily attacked enemy merchantships and docks at Tripoli.

Enemy aerodromes and concen- trations of transport in Tripoll- tania were bombed and machine gunned" and "damage inflicted on dispersed aircraft and vehicles.

Enemy barbers, which tried to raid Ledeabya on Monday were? Intergepted;by-Ameera Han fighters Ong - Maseirschmidt was shot down, and, a, number of Bredal 20% (1ťállan, diva: bombers) were damaged.. French shore batteries opened | | -Our bombers on Monday made fire on British warships engaged heavy attacks on enemy positrons in the legitimate exercise of bel" north of Teclesan and on the rail- ligerent rights,"" Our ships were

way station at. Asmara, causing

Dessie Raid

in self defence compelled to re- | several fires. turn the fire 'but" -subsequently they were subjected on their way to mort to three separate bombing attacks by French aircraft.

South African aircraft bombed troops' quarters and started fires among military buildings in vil- lages in southern Abyssinia.

In Albania on Monday a s cessful rald

made on transport troops, and... motor. moving on the Buzl-Glave' road, Direct hiteware, obsurved on the road and on enemy vehjolen. From all the above operations 'all British aircraft returned safe- ly with one exception. -- Reuter. AXIS SHIPS SET ON FIRE

The German steamer Eisenach ``In the Dessie-Assab area large](4,177 tons) and the Italjan vés- numbers of motor transportsel Fella (6,042 tons) were com- vehicles were damaged by..bombs | pletely destroyed by fire at Punta The facts of the case appear to and machine-gun attacks and a Arenas yesterday. offer the Vichy Government an depot "ut: Tandeho' and a petro] |^. The crews, were arrested and opportunity for apology, rather dump north-east of Dessle were are now in gaol at San Jose, Cosm than protest British Wireless: also bombed/

ta Rica, awaiting trial: Reuter:

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