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No. 33,055

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1941.

Prict: 10 Cts.

BUTTER

PACIFIC DEFENCE STRATEGY Singapore Chiefs Confident

R.A.F.

Not Afraid Of THREE

SWOOP ON Blockade Threat JAPANESE

BETHUNE

Two squadrons of Blen- heim bombers escorted by

strong formation of fighters attacked the power plant at Mazin- garbe, near Bethune, yes- terday afternoon.

IT WAS LEARNED IN LON- DON THAT BOMBS WERE SEEN

TARGET TO HIT THE

AND

FIRES WERE STARTED.

German fighters attempted prevent the attack but failed.

to

At least six Gerinan fighters are known to have been troyed.

des-

fighter

One Blenheim bomber and seven British fighters were lost! but one British

pilot from the sea by the R.A.F. Sea Rescue Service.

was later rescued

to

German fighters attempted interfere with the rescue opera-! tion but were driven off by Bri- tish fighter patrols, one German 'plane being shot down. Observers along the Channel state th it the was excellent

English weather

with remarkably

clear visibility when the British *planes raced across to the French coast.

Sky Full Of "Planes Another big force swept across the French coast last evening.

The sky was described as be- ing full of Spitfires and Hurri-

2 some flying at

great height. Other fighters, however,

canes,

R.A.F. IN ACTION IN RUSSIA

The R.A.F. Wing now in Russia under the strategic com- mand of Russian head- quarters has already been in contact with the Germans, it was learned in London yes- terday.

Of hundreds of Bri- tish machines sent

large number already arrived. Reuter.

а

have

V.C. AIRMAN MISSING

A young New "Zealand

were only just above sea-level. sergeant, James Allen

Shortly afterwards heavy ex-

plosions were heard from the Ward, who recently won

French coast.-Reuter.

V

Reprisal Raids Demand

[SPECIAL TO “CHINA, MAIL”

the V.C., is reported miss-

ing.

Bomber

few

His Wellington bomber from No. 75. New Zealand Squadron did not return from a recent attack on Germany.

The bomber took off a minutes after 8 o'clock and noth- ing was heard from, it after a signal at a time when it was al- most certain that the target had been reached.

SHOT

On the eve of the an-

ran

AN EXTREMELY ENCOURAGING PIC- TURE OF THE GENERAL DEFENSIVĖ POSI- TION IN THE AREA OF WHICH SINGAPORE ❘niversary of the Mukden IS THE STRATEGIC CENTRE WAS GIVEN AT Incident, terrorists A JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE

SIR wild in the International BY ROBERT `BROOKE - POPHAM, C.-IN-C. FAR Settlement in Shanghai last night when there EAST, AND ADMIRAL SIR GEOFFREY LAY-

were three shooting inci- TON, C.-IN-C. CHINA STATION, IN SINGA-dents within three hours. PORE YESTERDAY.

The night's toll was three Ja- panese civilians wounded, though not seriously, one Chinese killed and one Chinese wounded.

As a result of the shootings the Settlement to-day is strong- strict ly barricaded and very searches,'are proceeding strategic corners.

Sir Robert said they were not afraid of the blockade threat. They had ample re- Serves of food and ammunition. He did not think any blockade was tenable as long as six months but even within that time they were. fully able to break it — even without the as-foreign and Chinese, and amuse- sistance of the U.S. Navy.

to

it

at

of

Meanwhile, in observance. the

anniversary, all cinemas,

ment resorts have decided to close all day. Questioned concerning his re-terview, namely, that in a huge TWO OF THE THREE JAP- - WOUNDED LAST Australia--ANESE cent visit to the N.E.I., Sir Robert are from Burma

of NIGHT WERE SHOT IN NAN- said that from what he had seen what happened in any part

SHANGHAI'S KING ROAD, he was perfectly satisfied the the area affected the rest of it.

STREET. THE TWO N.E.I. would put up a perfectly "YOU CAN'T SEPARATE ANY MAIN

WHO FIRED THE CHINESE do OF THESE COUNTRIES," good show if called on to

SHOTS ESCAPED. so they were not going about DECLARED.

These were the first attempts treading on people's corns but if

unoccupied on Japanese in thè attacked the N.E.I. were fully

southern part of the International determined to give a good ac-

Settlement in months.-Reuter. count of themselves.

International. News gives the names of the Japanese as Toshichi Asked if there had been Staff

attacked, Sir Robert said he Kimura and Sosaka Suzuki. (who talks with the N.E.I. or any tacit would act on instructions from were shot while walking in Nan- arrangements, Sir

said Whitehall whose decisions would

Robert

HE

Assistance To N.E.I.

Asked if Malaya would im- mediately move to the assistance of the N.E.I. if the latter were

he had nothing to add to what be accelerated as a result of the king Road) and Minora Fuku- he had stated in a previous in labours of Mr. Duff-Cooper.

U.S. NAVY

CONVOYS

REVEALED

The United States Navy is now employing convoys

A few weeks ago Sergeant to ensure the safe, ar- Ward was made captain of a Wellington and given, a brew rival of Lease and Lend of sergeants. They had already goods in Britain.

made one attack together,

THE FIRST; AXIS AIR RAID ON CAÏRO, IN WHICH 89 CIVI.

against battle cruisers at Brest, THIS WAS REVEALED IN LIANS WERE KILLED, HAS

on the night of September 13. WASHINGTON LAST NIGHT BY RAISED

OF THE QUESTION

They were an experienced crow COL. FRANK KNOX, SECRE- POSSIBLE BRITISH REPRISALS

and most of them had made as TARY OF NAVY, BOTH AGAINST ROME, AS

many as 22 operational flights. CITIES

A8 ARE REGARDED

They were in fact the crew with PRIZED RELICS OF ANTIQUITY whom Ward had come to his Britain, during the Greek war, squadron from the operational warned of a possible reprisal training unit. against Rome It Athens were-It was as second pilot that he bombed. A

was awarded the VC. In July.

The London newspapers yester- After an attack on Muenster he day demanded raids on Rome as had climbed out on to the wing reprisal for the attack on Cairo of his bomber when flying at International News Service.

NO DAY VISITORS The Ministry of Home Security states that during daylight yester day there was nothing to report

British Wireless.

| 13,000 feet over the North Sea In an effort put out a fire which

Speaking at his press confer

"The ence, Col. Knox declared: escort of convoys by combatant vessels is only one of many methods that can and are being used"

the

Emphasising that singe Tact war many more methods of -safeguarding, chipping have been developed, he said the United States "is employing them all, Asked whether U.3. warships

enemy ighters' bullets had, start-were escorting vessels to Iceland éd.

This was on his seventh opera- tional flight. Ward was shortly to hayo received his award from the KingBritish Wireless,"

and there passing them on to the British Navy's care, Col. Knox said it would be funwise and in- discreet" to go into detaily, Reu-

ter

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yama, a Customs. employee, who was shot in Szechuen Road, off Nanking Road.

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