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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 1, 1941,

SUCCESSFUL

ON

RAIDS

ENEMY SHIPPING

IN NEAR EAST FRENCH AID

"THE BOMBER

COMMAND OF THE

ROYAL AIR FORCE CARRIED OUT HEAVY RAIDS ON TRIPOLI DURING THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 29/30," SAYS LAST NIGHT'S R.A.F. COMMUNIQUE FROM THE MIDDLE EAST.

"Some 25 tons of bombs were dropped, and at the end of the bombing the whole of the Spanish Quay was on fire with great apparently from an

clouds of black smoke

oil store

· rising into the air. "Two ships, one of 8,000

and the other of 5,000 BURMESE

tons, were hit and set on

"CHARLIE CHAN AT THE WAX MUSEUM" fire. One of these vessels PREMIER'S

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FORTY THOUSAND HORSEMEN

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CLARK GABLE and CLAUDETTE COLBERT

"IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT"

A Frank Capra Production - A Columbia Picture

was later seen to be ablaze

from stem to stern, and VISIT

some later a small ship exploded.

The Burmese Premier,

"Hits were also scored on an- the Hon. U. Saw, will other medium-sized ship which subsequently started burning shortly visit Britain and Three fires broke out on the will convey personally to one the

Karamanli Mole and from

of them flashes, which were visi-

hundreds of feet into the air.

Government

and

ble from a great distance, rose people of Britain a mes- sage of goodwill from the Government and people of Burma.

"Fires spread along the mole

to a petrol dump where an ex plosion took place followed by another extensive fire. Other small fires were observed on the quayside and loading wharves.

Ships Ablaze

on

a

AXIS WAR MACHINE

Evidence of the "colla- boration" of French in- dustrialists with their Nazi masters is provided by an American observer

who records that the majority of the basic in- dustries of France are now an integral part of the Nazi war machine.

Eighty per cent. of the indus- trial output of the occcupied zone and a fair per cent. of the un- occupied zone are being executed for the Germans.

The three great Hispano air- craft plants at Gnome, Thot and Salmson have been re-equipped and are constructing aeroplane engines for the Luftwaffe. court and the plant at Ivry-sur-

The Renault factory at Billan-

Selne are manufacturing tanks.

At Neuilly-sur-Seine aviation precision Instruments for detec tion and blind landing are be- ing turned out under German supervision.

materials are being provided by In every case the necessary raw

the Nazis.

Saw has been a

The need for raw materials to Minister since 1939 and Premier since 1940. Gerinans are using to bring about carry on industry is a lever the Shortly after becoming Premier he collaboration where it does not issued a statement outlining the voluntarily exist, policy of his Ministry, stating they An would try

American to secure the greatest

afficer, re- "Reconnaissance the fol. good for the greatest number and

cently returned to Wadhing→ lowing day showed

ton from Morocco, says that at mer-appealing to all classes and com- chantman of 8,000 tons outside munities in Burma to unite in the

Casablanca the Germans have the harbour on fire from stem common task.

added to the armistice staff an to the funnel and two other

"Economla mission" of 152 per- ships of 5,000 tons each in the

sons who are travelling about harbour, one burnt out and

the country, the other alight at two points Fires at the base of Karaman Mole were still burning.

"At Benghazi, a low level at

ship Juliana Mole and a cloud of white;

at

smoke was seen after the at- tack.

tack was made on

"Aircraft concentrated on the Berka aerodrome were machine- gunned, and aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm bombed a store and dumps north of Bardia, and se- veral fires were started.

"During the night of August Air 29/30, alteraft of the Fleet Arm bombed Gerbini aerodrome- (Sicily) and carried out a ma chine-gunning attack......-

“Other aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm located merchant. ship of 8,000 tons escorted by. destroyers off Sicily and at- tacked the convoy. The mor- chant ship was believed to have been hit by a torpedo.

Factories Bombed

"Yesterday Blenheim aircraft of the R.A.F. bombed the power houses of the munition factories of Licata and obtained a number of. direct hits on each⠀⠀ target.] Clouds of smoke were seen and debris was thrown high into, the air. Considerable damage. was

done.

"In Abyssinia, R.A.F. and South African Air Force aircraft.bomb- ed and machine-gunned enemy fortified positions at Deberech onj. August 28/29, and again yester- day, direct hits. being observed on forts, huts and trenchés.

**From all of these operations, one of our aircraft is missing. Reuter

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China Bldg., 6th Floor, Room 010.

Burma's geographical position gives her great and growing im- portance in the Far East. neighbour of China she for some As a time past has been the main chan- nel through which goods

from

pany them report they are mak- Fernchmen who have to accom- ing "complete inventory of Morocco" down to the last head

a

abroad can reach the Chinese. of cattle and establishing relations The Premier will be accompan- with the natives, the more easily ied by U. Tin Tut, senior official since they have money to spend

of the Civil Service in Burma, as which the French have not.-Bri- adviser.-Reuter.

tish Wireless.

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