HONGKONG DAILY. PRESS
CABLE
LONDONERS SEE RAIDER SHOT
—CHINA-
BURMA
TORKIN
Dornier Chief
FRENCH
Weapon In
INDOY
THAILAND
HADIAN
SUMATRA
NETHERLANDS
INDIAN
OCEAN
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CAMBOD
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离心惮和批发
INDIES
CELEBFS
JAPAN
CHINA
STRATEGIC DISTANCES FROM INDO» CHINA TO -
| HONG KONG = 700 Miles
LORNAO 100 + SINGAPORE - 7/1
AUSTRALIA −2370
TOKYO
1
2500
These distances are approximalt
•NEW GUINEA
DOWN IN DOGFIGHT
15
OVER PARLIAMENT
Night Raids SAVAGE NIGHT RAIDS: SALVAGE EXPERTS DOCKS SUBJECTED TO
HEAVY BOM BARDMENTS
PROBE SECRETS LONDON, Sept. 10 (Reuter)— For their third successive "terror" raid on London last night, the Germans used chiefly the moder- nised version. of the two-engined Dornier 200 and the 15 fast, long- distance bcn.ber monoplane. writes Reuter's, Air correspondent.
Less than & month ago,
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LONDON. Sept. 10 (Reuter)-It is anticipated that the fleures of casualties for Sunday will not exceed those of Satur- day's raids. Giving figures, an Air 'Min'stry and Ministry of Home Security communique states that reports of the damage caused in attacks on London on Sunday night are not yet com- plete, but some figures can now be giveri... The attacks the
were severe and planes flying high were heard German, Wireless announced that continued throughout the hours over Langon 11 the direction this Dornier has been improved of darkness. Bombing was wide- the Thames Estuary, and it now seems clear that this spread over the London ares and
The All-Clear was done to make it a chief wea for the most part indiscriminate. 5.25 p.m. pon in the night raids on London.
Damage was heavy and comprise The Germans kept the perform many targets of a non-military ance a closely guarded secret but character, including three hus-east area eight enemy planes were it is suggested that this new pitals and two museums Dornier has only an increased
I speed. The maximum speed of
the earller model is claimed 310 miles per hour.
NO DETAILS
The number of casualties can- at not at present be assessed, though from the information available it is not anticipated, that the num. bers will exceed those-or-Ratur- day
2.000 CASUALTIES
The latest type of the high performance bomber is produced by the Junkers Company. the 88, which was. also used In last The figures of casualties given night's raids. No details of the for attacks on that day are now performance or been published.
PACIFIC
OCEAN
too.
DECOUX STANDS FIRM IN NEGOTIATIONS
Counter-Proposals Report
Of
was sounded ut
EIGHT DOWNED
In a dog-fight over the south-
"brought down.
Saw
#
Crowds of Londoners watch.... ed the air battle which seem- ed to be over the Houses of Parliament and
big enemy bomber, probably a four-engined plane, spiral to the ground after being hit hy. anti-aircraft fire.
A parachutist was seen desend-
armament have found to be rather lower than ing.
aunounced. According to the
Three enemy planes are bel'ev
Some Dornler 17 were sent over present information, 306 persons ed to have been brought down were killed and 1,337 seriously in-in a dog-fight over the south-west Salvage experts probed secrets jured.
London" suburb. also of the new types as they were
Docks on both sides of the river shot down and if there were any
SATURDAY'S BAG 103 were secrets still unknown to the RAF
again subjected to heavy and repeated bombardments with Twenty-six enemy
LONDON, Sept. 10 (Renter)........... they will soon be uncovered. This
aircraft were incendiary destroyed in yesterday afternoon's
Is added to the store of knowledge high explosive and which is being accumulated by bombs, and a number of tires raid, according to preliminary re-
broke out.
ports.
experts who, particularly con- cerned at present with the pro- Many of these fires have been Twenty-four were destroyed by blem ΟΙ effectively countering extinguished and all the remain-fighters and two by anti-aircraft night bombing. are confident, der are well in band.
fire. CHUNGKING. Sept. 10 (Reuter)-An unimpeachable foreign from recent technical experl- London has again been the an Thirteen of "our source reports that according to information direct from Indo-China, ments, that they will find
fighters are an objective of the Admiral Decoux Governor-General, is, standing firm in the negotia- answer to it, before the enemy.
enemy and its "missing, but three pilots are safe. citizens have met the blind sava tions with Japan and is preparing to resist a Japanese landing, but
Altogether 103 enemy 3 air- -"HIT-AND-RUN Vichy, apparently under German Influence. is exerting strong
gery of these latest night attacks
craft were destroyed in Satur- couraka High explosivé attacks in cen-with admirable pressure on him to accept the Japanese demands.
and re-
day's actions, according to tral London have been made in solve.
faller reports now received➡. run" style.
28 by anti-aircraft fire and 75 by tighters.
China, are continuing, it le learned exclusively from a reliable source, says a Reuter report from Shang- hal.
Admiral Decoux is stated to have submitted counter-proposals to the Japanese demands for the passage of troops through Indo- China to the Chinese border.
threatened.
INDO-CHINA SITUATION
have forwarded the counter-pro-connexion with the transit of Jap-mented an R.A.F. official. posals to Tokyo for instructions. anese troops through Indo-China.
It is understood that Admiral states a special dispatch from Decoux's 'counter-proposals seek a Kunming to the Hongkony Ta- Umit to specify the points where kungpao/ -
St.
dona.
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Three enemy aircraft were shot down by anti-aircraft guns last night, making a total of 11 des troyed yesterday.
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PRESENT MONTH MOST CRITICAL PERIOD
Continuation Of Night Bombing Certainty
LONDON, SEPT. 10 (BWS)—THE PRESENT MONTH IS RE- CRITICAL PERIOD OF THE WAR. GARDED IN INFORMED QUARTERS AS PROBABLY THE MOST
1,
Having suffered considerable losses in daylight air attacks the Nazis now appear to be concentrating on night bombing, especially on London, carrying out these operations with much a smaller num- ber of aeroplanes and, of course, with a far higher degree of im2 munity.
Ne tiations between the au¡ to restrict the Japanese demands true "hit and
French Indo-China and movements with the result Paul's Cathedral stood out clearly thorities in
YESTERDAY'S RAILS and Maj. Gen. Nishihara, head of that all semblance of Indo-China's in the light of the city fires, map
LONDON, Sept. 10 (Reuter)-- the Japanese Mission in Indo- independence will be seriously ping the whole of London for, the
Yesterday evening considerable sinister visiters as distinctively-zs-
forces of enemy aircraft again ap If they came by day. Yet their proached the London area. navigation and alm are so poor as They were heavily engaged and to suggest they did not mind what preliminary reports show that
TWO WOMEN KILLED they had hit.
while few penetrated north of the LONDON. Sept. 10 (Reuter)- "If they are aiming at such im-river, damage was done there.
Two women were killed and sever portant targets as rails' heads in Scattered bombs were dropped al people injured when a lone The Governor-General of French an effort to paralyse communicain south London, many of tnem raider dropped a salvo of bombs Indo-China, Admiral. Decoux, has tions, all I can say is that they in the outskirts. Again no serious on a residential area of a south- Maj.-Gen. Nishihara is said to finally agreed on three terms in are pretty bad marksmen," com-damage appears to have been feast seaside town about noon.
The raider, chased off by a While full reports are not yet aghter, jettisoned other bombs on available, casualties are not ex-open ground. pected to be heavy.
Attacks of the last two nights Some enerny aircraft dropped
were probably assisted by the only bombs on u town in Kent and In another all-night rald, Ger-successfull day attack-that of man bombers, coming in succes- Saturday afternoon--which the aive squadrons, bombed the heart German Air Force yet succeeded of the city with 500-1b, bombs. in obtaining and then only at very
It is feared that many were great loss. killed and also many large build- Commenting upon these reports,
ings were ripped apart, including Chinese circles declare that they The dispatch further
some of the largest in the ally are confident and that Chinese that Admiral Decoux has definite-man
and in Fleet Street. military authorities have already ly rejected the Japanese demand shelled the Dover area 'yes- LONDON, Sept. 10 (Reuter!--
Many were buried in an air bombing. completed preparations to deal to use Indo-China afrfelds as terday evening.
The first air raid warning of the raid shelter, when a bomb struck with any such eventualities.
NOT YET SOLVED It is authoritatively stated that day, was sounded in the London it The East End and the Docks It is pointed out the problem of while adverse weather conditions area at 4.09 p.m. G.MT.
districts received a further fierce interception of the night bomber ever, that if Indo-China agrees to
last night again hampered, the A quarter ut an hour after the bombardment.
Is not yet solved although British the Japanese landing in Indo- NEW YORK, Sept. 10 (Reuter) operations of bombers, the RAF. warning was given, planes could The "all-clear" signal was not experts are hopeful of reaching a China, however limited the area of A British iner containing a continued operations over Ger-be heard flying at a great height sounded till 5.40 a.m. today after satisfactory answer before the operations may technically be. It number of English children ar-many and among the objectives in the central London area. the raid which began at 8.38 p.m. Germans are able to do so. will gradually become impossible rived here early this morning. attacked were targets in Berlin. Large formations of enemy yesterday.
the Japanese may be permitted to
The terms, it is stated, provide
Dover Area Shelled
wrecked a number of house
land and the area in which they for the landing of 12,000 Japanese may conduct military operations troops in Indo-China, permission
Several persons were killed. and points to be used as air bases. for these troops to use the Yunnan
The communique adds that the CHINESE CONFIDENT Rallway and to camp within 15 LONDON, Sept. 10 (Reuter) Dover area was shelled this even- -Four people were killed tag and the enemy's gunfire was and five injured when Ger-returned. claims
long-range
LONDON WARNING artillery
They express the opinion, how-
miles of the railway line.
Japanese air bases.
Group photograph, taken by King's Studio, of the Volunteer Nursing Detachment after attending the National Day of Prayer service at St. John's Cathedral on Sunday morning. Those sented in the centre of the front row include Col. H. B. Eose, M.C., Commandant of the H.K.V.D.C., Mrs, I. M. §. Brandie, Commandant of the V.N.D., and
Mrs. T. Addia-Martin, Deputy Commandant.
London, however, as well as other centres of highly concen- trated populations, must face the certainty of continuation of night
Meanwhile it is stressed that efficient black-put is the best defence.
Taking last night's raids as an example, authoritative circles ex- plain the difficulties which were encountered by the defence, both Interceptor and ground. As far as Interceptors were concerned their
EXTREMELY DELICATE SITUATION
IN SYRIA
"LONDON, Sept. 10 (Reuter>— An." extremely delicate and tense situation, in Syria is indicated in
message from Catro, which quoting a trustworthy informant just arrived there, says that the Italian Armistice Commission, apparently "asking for the earth," demands include an immediate assumption of bases and the total demobilisation and repatriation of the French colonial army.....
Local Byrlang and Araba alike are not hiding their resentful feel- ings.
task of finding the opponent flying AXIS INTERNEES
In darkness at 300 miles an hour
is obviously very difficult;
REPUBLICAN
TICKET SWEEPS MAINE STATE
ARRIVE IN SYDNEY
SYDNEY, Sept. 10 (Reuter)-A large number of German and Ita- lan internees from Britain have arrived.
*
When asked about the voyage, PORTLAND, MAINE, Sept. 10 the officer commanding the es- (Reuter)The Republican" ticket corting troops replied dryly, "We swept the State of Maine in the have had our moments.” election of a candidate for, Clover-
HOT.
The Internees' guard were the first British troops seen in Aus The Republican won by 70,000 tralla since the outbreak of the votes one of the largest majori-war and their public appearance ties in the history of the state, has evoked the greatest en- compared with the majority of thusiasm.
42,000 in 1938.
Mr. Joseph Martin, the Re- publican national chairman - de- clared that in Washington the
DEFENCE TALKS WASHINGTON, Bept. 10 (Reu-
result proved "without any doubt ter)-The second series of "con- the forthcoming election of Mr. ferences of the United States- Wendel Willkle as President and Canada Joint Defence Board is a Republican House of Repre- beginning here today. It la ex- sentatives
pected to last two days.
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