1941-07-25 — Page 16

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 25, 1941.

NAZI BATTLESHIPS GIVEN A BATTERING Scharnhorst Caught After Leaving Brest STOP PRESS

GNEISENAU ALSO GETS ANOTHER SEVERE HAMMERING

EVENING.

HEAVY DAMAGE DONE TO THE

EXTENSIVE AND SUCCESSFUL OPERA TIONS AGAINST THE BATTLESHIPS SCHARNHORST AND GNEISENAU WERE ANNOUNC- ED BY THE AIR MINISTRY IN LONDON LAST The communique said that during the past 24 hours extensive operations have been undertaken by the Bomber Command against the German battleships.

DOCKS AT ALL THREE PORTS. -REUTER.

46 'Planes Shot Down

In Grim ́ Duel

JAPANESE TRANSPORTS AT SAIGON

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"I

Twelve Japanese transports arrived outside Saigon last night, according to reliable reports re- ceived in Kwong Chow Wan last night. Our Own Correspon- dent.

IT IS OFFICIALLY AN- NOUNCED THAT 15 BRITISH | >0< BOMBERS AND SEVEN FIGHT- ERS ARE MISSING FROM ALL

On Wednesday, the Scharnhorst was dis- covered by air reconnaissance to have been moved from Brest to the port of La Pallice OPERATIONS AGAINST THE 240 miles to the south.

was

1)

Several Direct Hits

Before darkness fell or Wednesday an attack A: 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon very strong force of heavy made by Sterling|bombers developed simultaneous heavy bombers on thely attacks upon the Gneisenmu at Brest and the Scharnhorst at La Scharnhorst as she lay Pallice alongside the breakwater.

Very heavy

armour-piercing

bombs were dropped direct hit was observed.

The attack on Brest was sup-

GERMAN BATTLESHIPS. Twenty-four German were brought down.

aircraft

was

The Gneisenau was hit seven times by the R.A.F., the already ! damaged Scharnhorst was hit again and great damage done to the Brest dockyard where the cruiser Prinz Eugen berthed. -- Reuter.

ported by squadrons of fighters. SECRET

At the same time squadrons of Blenheim. escorted by fighters

and a were attacking the port of Cher-

was met

!

bourg.

with.

The formation heavy A A. #ire f was inter- | PRELIMINARY REPORTS OF cepted by a number of Messersch- THE OPERATIONS ON WED-}

mitt 109 Gighters. Two of these NESDAY NIGHT AND YES- were destroyed by one Sterling. TERDAY

attack

was

This up during the attack by a force of

Pallice

bombers.

INDICATE THAT

OFFER TO DECOUX

was

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BUENOS AIRES SWOOP

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Editorial comment to- day in the U.S. shows clearly how the Japanese action in Indo-China is rousing American public opinion dangerously for Japan.

In one of the most in forthright editorials recent months the "New York Times" says the Japanese Government must be made clearly to understand that aggres- sive action on its part in Siberia, the N.E.I. Indo-China will be met by prompt retaliation by

the U.S.

or

The Japanese Govern- ment would guess wrong, says the paper, if it con- cluded there are no effec- tive steps the U.S. can

OTHER COMPROMISING take to halt or punish WERE SEIZED further aggression in the IN TWO LIGHTNING RAIDS ON Pacific.

ALLEGED

NAZI HEADQUAR-

TERS AND ON THE OFFICES OF THE GERMAN LABOUR FRONT IN BUENOS AIRES.

Fifteen arrests were made.

of premises in. the home of Manuel Expinoo described as an Argen.

solution

The tearch cluded

tinian Naz', were found,

where the

maps

"We still have a power- ful fleet in that ocean," it says.

Reuter.

(Continued from Page 1) followed THESE ATTACKS WERE SUC-| Vichy and admits the

оп La CESSFUL, SEVERAL DIRECT causes "pain" to Indo-China.

heavy HITS HAVING BEEN SCORED Third Humiliation

. ON THE BATTLESHIPS AND

Indo-China's **pain" at this London despatches claimed the A spirited denunciation of third humiliation within a year- German Enibassy in Buenos Aires Vichy's policy in Indo-China was the previous ones being at the was also raided, though these broadcast in French by the Free hands of Japan earlier and Thai- reports are not confirmed.-Inter- French commentator from Singa- land-can well be appreciated in national News Service. Singapore,

port radio last night and early to-day. Vichy

"Indo-China

was created

by French admirals: it has been des- troyed by French admirals who prefer stage politics to fighting on the decks of their battleships."

Contrasting Vichy's tactics in Syria and Indo-China, the com-

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AND DUTCH FRONT AGAINST FURTHER ENCROACHMENTS FEROM OUTSIDE.

had only allowed Indo-montory of Indo-China near- is all un- China to play her cards differ-est point to Malaya - ently. there might have been not der rice and is flooded some six such humiliation.

months in the year, so that the REUTER LEARNS FROM A nearest point for the establish- MOST REPUTABLE SOURCE ment of an efficient Japanese air THAT THE INDO-CHINA AU- base would be the neighbourhood THORITIES WERE RECENTLY ; of Saigon. MADE AN OFFER BY THE DE-¦ And the flying distance from mentator underlined the manner MOCRATIC FRONT IN THE Saigon to Singapore is 600 miles, in which Vichy ordered resistance in one case FAR EAST UNDER WHICH to North Borneo 750 and to Ran- to its former allies

and refused resistance to the Axis INDO-CHINA WOULD HAVE goon 900 miles. BEEN ALLOWED TO

As regards naval bases. Saigon in the other. ENJOY

could be used immediately but it Marshal Petain only recently THE PRIVILEGES OF THE AMERICAN, BRITISH, CHINESE is situated up-river and nothing re-pledged himself to defend the much bigger than light cruisers French Empire, describing it as can navigate as far as the docks, a crime not to do so: "Petain has The much-vaunted Camranh already committed this crime him- Bay, on the other hand, is at self in Indo-China." the moment a rather empty

The broadcast is significant prize.

since hitherto Singapore has meticulously refrained from intro- Years Of Work

ducing Free French propaganda Admittedly it is

the into Indo-China,--Reuter. one of finest natural harbours in

the world, with an arm of land jut- ting out to make it land-locked The Indo-China authorities except for one narrow. entrance neither accepted nor refused the and water

space inside for the offer.

After considering it for a navies of the whole world, but it while they just ignored it.

will need years of work before it Thus, in the final showdown, is of much practical use except Indo-China was once again stand-] as a temporary anchorage. ing alone and therefore helpless.

In other words, indo-China „could have been assured of sim- lfar backing to that offered the N.E.., which proved effective! for the N.E.I.'s integrity during, the

Japanes recent against those islands.

Offer Ignored

threats

It is now obvious that the do- cision to cold-shoulder the on- tirely passive British offer was dictated by Vichy,

Expansion of the Japanese into south Indo-China does naturally represent a serious potential al- teration to the military status quo in the Far East.-

One has only to look at the} map to see that air bases in south Indo-China and the naval bases at Camranh Bay and Sal- gon are far nearer Burma, Malaya and Borneo than the former Japanese southernmost buses in Tonkin and Hainan Island.

These new bases also represent a much more socious threat" to communications between Malaya, Borneo, the NE.I. and the Philip- piñes.

However, the immediate seri- ousness should not be Zover- estimated, I

The southern tilangular pro-

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SIGNATURE OF AGREEMENT DENIED

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") I visited the Bay in March It was officially denied in this year and could see with Kwong. Chow Wan this morning my own eyes its limited papa that any agreement, had been cities.

signed between the Vichy and It had then some fine, barracks Japanese. Governments. but only three oil storage tanks,

The Japanese Ambassador -and two moles for repair work, no Admiral. Darlan had a lengthy dry or floating docks, and, i was conversation yesterday evening. reliably informed, next to no Our Own Correspondent. shore buttery protection.-Reuter

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