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BROADCAST BY CHURCHILL: INVASION WITHOUT MASTERY OF AIR VERY HAZARDOUS

"This cruel bombing of London is part of Herr Hitler's plan for invasion. He hopes by killing numbers of civilians-women and children—to terrorise the people of this Imperial city and make them an anxious burden on the Government and so to distract attention from the ferocious onslaught which he is preparing. Little does he know the British nation and the tough fibre of the Londoner who has been bred to value freedom far abové his life." A

These words formed part of a broadcast to the nation by the Right Hon. Winston Churchill, Prime Minister, from Daventry, last night.

Mr. Churchill opened his talk by "On the other hand, for him to mans have erected on the French stating that the proportion of the try to invade this Island without coast. There was also a consider- German losses to the British was securing mastery of the air wouldable gathering of shipping in -on an average of three to one in¦ be a very hazardous undertaking." | French ports.

machines and six to dine in pilots, Mr. Churchill said there was evi- Preparations were going for- "This effort of the Germans to dence that preparations for an ward for ships to carry the invad- secure mastery of the air over invasion on a great scale were Ing forces from Norwegian har- England is the crux of the whole steadily going forward. Several bours. Behind all these prepara- war. We have grown strong and hundreds of self-propelled barges tions numbers of German troops are actually growing stronger than were moving down the coast of Eu were waiting the hour to go on? when the hard fighting began in rope from. Norway to Holland and board and set out on their very July

from Dunkirk to Brest and right dangerous and uncertain voyage, down to the Bay of Biscay.

across the seas

"There is no doubt that Herr Hitler is steadily using up his air force. If he goes on at this rate for many more weeks he will wear down "and ruin this vitai

· strength.

pårt of his air

NEW BATTERIES Besides this there were merchant.) ships which were moving toward the Straits of Dover into the Channel under the protection of the new batteries which the Ger

"We cannot tell when they

Churchill We cannot be sure”“ will try to come.” declared Mr.

that they will try at all. But Cont'd Page 7, Col. 3.

HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE FEARED: BOMB WRECKS EAST END SCHOOL: DOCTORS WORK BY TORCHLIGHT

LONDON, SEPT. 11 (REUTER)-IT HAS JUST BEEN REVEALED THAT IT IS FEARED A LARGE NUMBER OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES AFTER” SATUR- DAY'S RAID, have lost their lives, when a school in the East End of London was wrecked by a bomb on Monday night.

About 500 refugees had found temporary accommodation in the school. Doctors and nurses were rushed to the scene in response to the general call and worked by torchlight, giving treatment to the sur- vivors rescued from under the debris many of whom were given morphia Injections.

The school' appears to have had a direct hit.

CHAOTIC CONDITIONS IN UNOCCUPIED FRANCE

NEW

YORK, SEFT. 11 (R (UTER) —— THE CHAOTIC CON." DITIONS IN UNOCCUPIED FRANCE are described in letters from American social workers at preseit there and published in the NEW YORK HERALD-TRIBUNE,

"France is the most disorganised civilised country possible to imagine," declares one"letter and adds that whole families searching for its members,

New 4-Storey Fire Station For Wanchai

Erection of a new Eastern Fire Station will probably be com menced in the very near future. The station is to be situated xi the corner of Hennessy Road änd Canal Road East, Wanchai, 20

are

Masonry girders crumbled down on the refugees who were shelter- ing on the ground floor of the school, having no basement.

The rescue parties carefully raised the pieces of debris in the hope of saving victims alive. Sur- vivors were taken to various hos- pitals where operations "continued all night."

MB CHUR

CONGESTION

R.A.F. RAIN

HUNDREDS OF

INCENDIARIES ON TERMINI

IN HEART OF NAZI CAPITAL

Raid

Believed So Far

Most Most Destructive Experienced

LONDON, Sept. 11 (British Wireless)-The Air Ministry states that Potsdam station, in the heart of Berlin, was re- peatedly hit with heavy bombs and several hundred incen- diaries when the R. A. F. again raided the German capital on Tuesday night.

Potsdam is one of Berlin's main termini, handling the traffic for Magdeburg and South West Germany.

TYPICAL OF THE PRESENT R.A.F. BOMBING OPERATIONS THIS RAID WAS MADE BY A FORCE OF BOMBERS WHICH DELIVERED THE ATTACK, WITH GREAT PRECISION.

Although-there-was-a-ground-haze over parts of

City, the aircraft located

the station and at 11.45 p.m. began the attack. Pilots of all the machines engaged

OF REFUGEES claimed direct hits on the station and its yards.

NES

LISBON, Sept. 11 (Reuter)—Ac- commodation in flying-boats and shipping have been booked up till December.

American

Several of them made gide attacks through an anti-air craft barrage. As showers of incendiaries followed the heavy bombs, fires broke out.

One was particularly large," "A great number of refugees and several smaller ones were are still in Portugal awaiting visas seen. for the United States and the" American Republics.

The Portuguese authorities have forbidden the further entrance of refugees into the country while the congestion remains.

Dr.Smalley's Son Wins

The D.F.C.

Their many friends in the Col- ony, will join in congratulating A resident nearby declared that Dr. and Mrs. James T. Smalley on an aerial torpedo or a landmine 'the well-deserved award of a Dis was dropped as "they were no or- tinguished Flying Cross to their Another understands

dinary explosions." that the

The devastating effect of one T. Smalley, who is with an RAF younger son, Flying Offeer J. R Germans are, keeping refugees out of Northern France until the explosion was shown by a crater bomber squadron. crops are harvested when they 40 feet wide and 20 feet deep. may be permitted to return to The

whole district suffered for the past three years.

F. O. Smalley has been dying their demolished homes.

Streets upon streets presented a mass of wreckage. With the ex- ception of those at the school,

A third Worker describes 2,000 German and Austrian refugees living like animals. in a camp at Nines and an- other 6,000 refugees in a camp' at Sant Cyprien awaiting handing over to the Gestapo. Another worker says that the

The proposed site is at the food situation is steadily going present an empty plot of ground from bad to worse

Work will be undertaken" 3m- mediately a tender has been ac- cepted by Government. Tenders! are now being invited for piling

of foundations and erection of the new station.

"The station" builiding is to be

Japan And

Fortification

of four floors with the necessary Of Guam

accommodation for several fire engines and ambulances.

TOKYO, Sept. 11 (Reuter)—-

The existing Eastern Fire There is no change in Japan's at Station, situated at the corner of titude toward the question of the “Thompson Road and the old No. fortification of Chiam, which has 2 Police Station, Wanchal, will be already been manifested," stated made available for use by the the Foreign Office spokesman, Mr. Auxiliary Fire Bervice.

Summa at a Press conference to-;; day.

NEW P.A.A. SERVICE This was in reply to an Ameri- SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 11 can correspondent who referred to of fortification of (Reuter)-Pan-American Airways the question are today inaugurating the Ban Guam, as coming to the surfaci Francisco New Zealand air pas again

-Benger service with 14 passengers. The spokesman pointed out that

for: Auckland

the question was a very old one.”

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The raiders left for home after. releasing all their bombs.

FARACHUTE FLARES

BUCKINGHAM PALACE

DAMAGED BY

DELAYED ACTION BOMB

LONDON, SEPT. 11. (REUTER)--HOW BUCKINGHAM PALACE WAS DAMAGED THOUGH HAPPILY NOT SERIOUSLY, by a de- layed action bomb which exploded on Tuesday near the Palace swimming pool, is related by Reater's correspondent, who visited the Palace grounds this morning.

the

BERLIN, Sept. 11. (Reuter)-)

The bomb exploded with terrific Dropping so many parachute flares force blowing out the eastern to light up their objective that a entrance of the swimming pool newspaper could be read in any and causing damage to windows street, the Royal Air Force, from on the northern side of midnight to 2 am, caused Berlin Palace. to suffer under one of the worst It is estimated that it was a raids that it has had yet during 500-lb. bomb. which the heart of the capital was bombed,

King, Queen Take Shelter In Police Station

In the Queen's sitting room. situsted half-way down the north LARGER HEADLINES

side of the palace, not a single pane LONDON, Sépt.. 11. (Reuter) or glass was left intact. Neither When an air raid warning sound- NEW YORK, Sept, 11 (Reuter) the King nor the Queen were ined in the London area this morn-

A.. F. raids on Berlin get residence at that time. larger headlines in newspapers

ing, the King and Queen were in None of the visiting Sovereigns a south-east London district," here than the German raida on were in the Palace at the time Their Majesties took shelter in London.

of the explosion. What is known a police station and the police Américan correspondents report as the Chinese drawing room on canteen staff prepared tea and continues at its best. that the morale of Londoners the first floor suffered badly.biscuit for them.

Further along the same floor, As soon as the "all clear" was however, their Majesties sitting sounded, their Majesties resumed rooms were intact, although dam their journey. aged by debris.

The NEW YORK TIMES corres- pondent says they are stand

Cont'd. Page 7, Col. 5.

casualties appear to have been INDO-CHINA TENSION ACUTE:

Cont'd. on Page 7, Col; 6

On Other-

Pages

PAGE 2-Baseball notes: Cricket League report; Indian R.C. annual meeting; Y.M.C.A

aquatic championships, PAGE 3-Radio programmes:

Coming events.

PAGE 4-Important Berlin gas works blasted; New London scheme for rald warning: PAGE 5-Two Chinese "society. - weddings; Police Courta; Air- port news;' Refugees in Colony.

PAGE 6 Leading articles: The Assault on Britain: Public Health Emergency. PAGE 6 Rare entertainment for Hongkong: Crossword puzzle. PAGES: 0 and 10-Finance and

commerce.BAZA

PAGE 11 Major Wintle severe-

ly reprimanded."

DECOUX

GRANTS JAPANESE THREE AERODROMES, REPORT

SINGAPORE, SEPT. 11 (REUTER)—IT IS RELIABLY STATED THAT THE TEN SION IN INDO-CHINA IS ACUTE AND THAT VICE-ADMIRAL DECOUX, GOVERNOR- GENERAL, HAS AGREED TO GRANT THE JAPANESE THREE" AERODROMES, with sites unspecified and 1,000 personnel each, and the passage of 20,000 troops to China' where two divisions of Japanese are believed to be cornered by Chinese crack

troops.

German planes, only one or two of them which caused the warn- ing were believed to have been en- gaged on reconnaissance fight attempting to survey the damage caused by German raiders of last. night

During the morning their Ma- jesties saw a dozen scenes of de- vastation

Often tears were very near the Queen's eyes as she talked sym-2 pathetically to women who had lost a dear one or seen homes shattered.

Suwa Maru

It is stated that all members of elected bodies in Salgon who met on Saturday With Japanese

at noon to discuss the position voiced strong opposition to any agreement with Japan.

It was later reported from Discussions may be prolonged cour dispatched three cables to

no

General Martin,

Evacuees

a reliable source that Adm, until. Adm. Decoux hopes, the President Roosevelt, although the "d Decoux declared that

general situation in the Pacte contents are not known, it is be- TOKYO, Sept. 11 (Reuter)--ke develops favourably to Indo lleved the serious situation in Nippon Yusen Kalsha liner Saws agreement had been reached, China.

Indo-China was pointed out. Maru, with some 70 Japanese eva- but that he had been in-

commanding The Japanese were stated to structed to discuss and grant the Army, was reported to have have made three demands yester certain facilities within the requested to be relieved of his day afternoon, namely limits Indicated by Vichy command should the Japanese de- To be given three air bases

mands be granted. Adm. Decoux Was

In Tongking with personnel stated to

or 80,000 each have declared that he would not grant even those within umits

CABLES TO ROOSEVELT A well-informed traveller Just aerived from Saigon, interviewed by Router reports that Adm. De.

The use of the French naval base at Camranh Bay

Cont'd. Page 7 Col 1

cuses from London will be salim from Dublin on Sept. 14, en route to Lisbon, via Belfast, it was vealed by the Foreign wapokesman today,

The Japanese authorities. approaching the German G ment with a request the safety of the Suwa spokesman added: