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FIRE-FIGHTING, A.R.P. SERVICES PREVENT CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE

LONDON, Sept. 26 (BW8)An Air Ministry, communiqué this morning says:

"The offensive against this country was continued by the enemy and bombs were dropped in many parts of England and Wales, though once again London suburbs and the surrounding districts bore the brunt of the attack.

NAZI RAIDERS OVER BRISTOL

23 Enemy Aircraft Destroyed

LONDON, Sept. 26. (Keuler) -An Air Ministry communique states that It Is now known that 23 enemy a'rcraft have been destroyed yesterday. three "of them by anti-aircraft

One fighter plane, previously re- ported last, is safe. Our losses, "therefore, are four fighter air- craft. The plots of three of them are safe.

FURTHER GIFTS BY INDIAN RULERS

"Fires were started in several line

parts of the London area and, but

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CABLE

TRIBUTE TO LONDON FIREMEN

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1940. -PAGE

COLUMN GERMANY'S FIFTH

WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEFEAT OF FRANCE

NEW YORK Sept. 7-The afternoon newspaper PM today published an article by former French Air Minister Pierre Cot declaring that the fifth column movement of Germany. was largely responsible for the French defeat.

(The Vichy government has ordered the arrest of Cot as one of the men responsible for France's war unpreparedness).

Internment Camp Back To Normal

RESUMPTION OF ROLLICALL

SHANGHAI, Sept. 26 Reuter)--

LONDON, Sept. 26 (Reuter) A glowing tribute to Lon- | don's firemen was paid by the LONDON, Sept. 26 British Wireless)-Further gifts by Indian London correspondent of the Rulers to the Allied cause ander- NEW YORK TIMES who, re-

"The fifth column worked 'with ambassador to the United States After several days of unrest the here aboard the camp, in which soldiers of the more efficacy, in France who arrived passage In yesterday'slating how the fire-fighters (much

than we would believe," his article Yankee Clipper today," denied "Doomed Battalion" are interned, speech of the Secretary of State continue to fight blazes as declared. "Many Frenchmen who charges that he had been sent to returned to normal this morning for the prompt action by members for India in which Mr. I. S. Amery bombs fall, says the people in continued to be good patriots were serve interests of Nazi Germany when the usual roll-call of the fire-fighting and other drew attention to India's generous A.R.P. services, the damage might practical response to the call for London are now in the front convinced by Hitler's and Musso- The charges had been made in a resumed

lini's anti-democratic

statement campaign, press

issued by the Two Chinese members of the united effort.

When they had to choose between newly-formed patriotic organiza-Municipal Council, Mr. Yu Ya- the effects of social reform result tion. "Hi-Timers."

ching and Mr. Gockson, assisted m restoring normality after inter- views with Colonel Hsleh Ching- yuan, Commander of the Fatta- Hon.

have been considerable.

line and firemen are the most The Maharajadirin of Darbhan-important troops in that. "Damage was also done by.

ga has already offered an ambu- direct hits and blast of bombs on houses and other buildings in lance unit and now offers six arg- many parts of the area. Casual-bulance cars. ties have been reported, some of which were fatal, but the number has is not yet known,

of. Bhavnagar The Maharajn

33,750 to the contributed Viceroy's War Purposes Fund.

The NEW YORK HERALD- TRIBUNE 19 of the opinion that the Germans are making no attempts to strike at mili- tary objectives.

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"The answer to night bombers." The Maharaja of Bikaner, who has already offered all the re- says the paper "has not yet been sources of his State, has donated found, but Londoners. are though

fident that it will be and there is £26,250 to the same Fund.

"Elsewhere in South-East Eng- fand, bombs were dropped in town and country alike and there has been some material damage, casualties have not been numerous and as far as it is known at present, no one was killed.

SEVERAL "FIRES

Bombs were also dropped” in several towns in the north-west and several fres started were quickly brought under control.

EARLIER REPORT· Eighteen enemy aircraft, or which 13 are bombers, are so far shot down yesterday and five Bri- "In other parts of England and tish fighters are lost, of which Wales, bombs fell in several wide- three pilots are safe, ancunces ly separated areas, but the result- ..the Air Ministry and the Ministry, ing damage was slight and the

of Home Security.

Enemy aircraft crossed the Dor- set coast yesterday and attucked Bristol.

coast and

number of casualties was small.“

NOT DECEIVED

The German people are not deceived by the suppression of Bombs were dropped near the news as to the actual results of

of In the outskirts Bristol, causing some damage and the British air raids on Berlin, killing and injuring a number of stated a News Bulletin broadcast

from Daventry last night,

people.

There has also been some minur enemy activity in south-east Eng land but reports indicate little damage and few casualties.

(The enemy was engaged by Bri- tish fighters at all points.

APPEAL FOR PLANES LONDON, Sept. 26 (Reuter) Air Marshal Sir Arthur Bar- "ratt revealed yesterday, that on Sunday before last, when the German RAF. claimed 185 planes, 47 more almost cer- tainly came down" and 17 more were damaged

Sir Arthur, appealing to the thousands of men and women workers in the south-east area to produce planes, promised them?" "You produce the planes and we, the of the Air Force, wil ES rest.'

The Air Marshal, who was Com- mander-in-Chief of the RAF. In

The people of North-West Ger- many are particularly very bitter about the official accounts given from Berlin about these raids be

cause having heard from travellers arriving there from Berlin" the actual truth about the damage.

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The Maharaja of Gondal has reason to believe the search for contributed "£7,500 for poor the solution is well-advanced.” evacuated children temporarily homeless.

AUSTRALIAN AID FOR

RAID VICTIMS LONDON, Sept. 26 (Reuter) -Australia is sending further donations to the Lord Mayor's Fund for the relief of air raid victims, bringing the total of its contribution to £450,000.

The latest contributions are £15,000 from New South Wales, £8,000 from Adelaide and £5,000 from Tasmania.

PURCHASE OF PLANES LONDON, Sept. 26 (Renter) -Further gifts for the pur chase of planes include a sum of £12,900 cabled to Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Air- craft Production, by Sir Miles Lampson, British Ambassador to Egypt, and being the first instalment of money collected

by the British community.

there.

caused by the Royal Air Force CONVICTIONS OF

they are compelled to listen in to the German radio saying that the damage was insignificant.

Antonescu's Government

GANDHI

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Was

The normal visiting regulations. are again in force and the guard has been reduced to. normal strength.

from a long and difficult war Haye asserted that the or France's defeat, some chose

charges were "all lies," adding France's defeat while others hesi-

that he had been appointed tated.

by Marshal Petain who "Is the MORALE BROKEN

only boss I know." As for his "This hesitation allowed Ger-

being a pro-Nazi, Haye declar. ed that "I am pro-French ... many to win. In fact, France's

and it is difficult enough to be morale was broken because many

pro-French these days." Frenchmen had lost faith in de mocracy... they have often said Haye denied charges he had that if France did not prepare voted against French rearmament better for the war it was the fault as a senator, that he had been of democracy. I want to refute associated with the German spy. this.

Otto Abetz, and was selected by "First, it should be taken into the Germans as ambassador in or- account that for 20 years our der-to seek control over-French government has been supported by assets in the United States and the majority of the conservatives. "put them to work for the Nazi- WAR BONDS "I wish to point out secondly controlled" Vichy government in an create "sentiment. that in the past 10 years Edouard attempt People in Britain are still buying Daladier was minister of national favouable to the defeat of Bri-thority, Dr. George Chien Hsu for A large number of National War defense for seven years. For a tain." Bonds.

BRITISH PEOPLE STILL BUYING

to

DEATH OF DR. CHIEN HSU

FORMER MINISTERTM OF JUSTICE

China's foremost. judicial au-

many years Minister of Justice and For the week ending long time he had General Maxime

The new ambassador said, he President of the Supreme Court of Wednesday, 'bonds amounting to Weygand as chief of the general was concerned over the food situa-the Chinese Nationalist Govern over

were £8,00,000 purchased, staff and during all this time tion in France. bringing the total purchases to Marshal Henri Petain was an im- £218,000,000, Leeds alone buying portant member of the high com- £3,500,000 worth of bonds, accord-mittee of war. ing to Reuter,

Italian Destroyer Sunk

Had Petain and Weygand not been in accord with Dals- dier, they would have resigned.

PETTY QUARRELS

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NEW CABLE AND WIRELESS

SERVICE

ment, died from a heart attack yesterday at his home in Kowloon Tong, at the age of 69.

Dr. Hau was a veteran Kuomin- tang leader, having been a memberi of the Party's Central Executive Committee until poor health from heart trouble forced his retirement from active political fe in 1927. He came to Hongkong in 1933 to recuperate, and has since been a

"I hope that all tree Europeans will forget their party quarrels, personal ambitions, and personal

Cable and Wireless are offering resident in the Crown Colony. quarrels. I hope that all will

Following upon the National work to free France from German a new service.

Government's decision to resist domination. I also hope for the! In order that residents in Hong-Japanese aggression in 1934, D triumph of democracy.

kong may be assured of regular Hsu, despite his poor health, pro-" "None of us wants to go back to news concerning the welfare.ceeded to Nanking to participate the regime existing before 1940. We movements, etc. of relatives or

in the Kuomintang rally. He re- are-know this regime was in need friends at Home, they will arrangemained in the capital intuito An official communique` ad-

of transformation and rejuvena-for regular Social cablegrams from tall, proceeding thence to Hanzow mits that a destroyer was tion, but we also know it is not by members of their families (in the where he continued to serve the

ROME, Sept. 26 (Router)-

Mr. Amery Criticises sunk by a British submarine fascism and adoption by Petal case of children at school, through country until the latter city, also

Indian Leader

the Viceroy's offer was expressed

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ed."

"I remain opposed to Hitler the three and faithful to words that the French Revolu- tion had "sown in the world: Liberty, Equality and Frater-

other

fell into Japanese bands,

HEALTH IMPAIRED His health then was impaired to The reduced rate for Empire such an extent that it was impas Social Cablegrams (GLT), avail-sible for him to go to Chungking. able between any two points with He returned to Hongkong to do in the British Empire. is five shit-what he could for his country and ings for 12 words (minimum) and people. Here he founded the In- five pence for each additional dustrial Home For Refugee Child-

ren in Fanling. word

in the Ionian Sea adding that and Weygand of Hitler's doctrines Principals), or from any la major part of the crew was that the regime will be rejuvenat- spected individuals, to approved LONDON, Sept. 26 (Renter

addresses in Hongkong, to be paid Regret that leaders of the Indian saved.

Cot said he plans to do research for by the Receivers. National Congress had rejected| The communique goes on to say work in the United States similar that the British have renewed to when he was a French profes- SIX POINTS OF

by Mr. L. S. Amery, Secretary for their air bombardment of Tobruk sor. India and Burma, in a speech in and dropped bombs on Juro and

'Bolold in

and Kenya, Adigalla London. POLICY

Mr. Amery said: "I fully recog- Galabat on the Budan-Abyssinian "BUCHAREST, Sept. 28 (Reuter) nise the sincerity of

Gandhi's frontier. France before the French collapse,Six points governing the polley pacifist convictions. The practical said that the downfall of their of General Antonescu's Govern- question is: How is he to recon- ally was entirely due to the fact ment were outlined by M. Constan- elle his demand on his own be- that they could not think of any-tin, Minister of Propaganda and half of Congress, of freedom to thing but defence.

they are:---

voice this conviction, with his First, the structure of the. Ru- own statement which I sincerely manian state must be revolutionis- welcome, that he does not wish. ed on the bases of "national securt- to embarrass the Government in ties:"

its conduct of the war."

Nazis Mass For Invasion Of Iceland?

LONDON, Sept. 17 Reports reaching London from trustworthy diplomatic sources tonight reveal ed a substantial increase in the German number of

troops northern Norway, writes Frederick Kuh, in the Manila Bulletin. ``

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second, the new regime bases its position on the Rome-Berlin Axis:

INDIA'S EFFORT Referring to the coming inter-

third, "national region" state" view between Lord Linlithgow

will be

CIANO ON VISIT

TO GERMANY ROME, Sept. 28 (Reuter)-Count Clano, Italian Foreign Minister, left Rome for a brief visit to Germany, according to the official Stefani Agency.

totalitarian, restoring and Gandhi, Mr. Amery expressed BRITISH FORCES

conviction

"ractal elements to major posts in the hope that the outcome might its national existence and the bet agreement both with Gandhi's country's key centres;"

conscientious objections to war in fourth, Rumaniaz economy will general and with the Viceroy's be based on its nätural foundations no less conscientious In-agriculture;

and duty to allow nothing to fifth, in the minority question, a stand in the way of India's distinction will be drawn between whole-hearted effort to play her semitic and aryan minorities and part in the struggle which con.. a solution will be found within the Icerned her present welfare framework of existing internation- security and the ideals which al agreements; and

her peoples held dear.

The reports stated that north of Trondheim there were now be tween 50,000 and 100,000 German troops while until a few days ago there were only an estimated 20,000 troops there

The purpose of the reported Nazi movements could not be de- termined. Experts were inclined to disregard the theory that the

sixth, the legionary state-will de

and

a state of reform, introducing a AMERICAN LEGION principle of wide responsibility.

Germans in northern Norway were DESPITE NAZI

sent

there to support Finland

against Russia; ne

The supposition finding more credence here was that Chan- cellor Adolf Hitler may be con templating an Invasion of .Iceland,

BLOCKADE

LONDON, Sept. 28 (Reuter) Despite the announcement by the Germans of the total blockade of

URGES AID FOR BRITAIN

BOSTON, Sept. 20 (Reuter). ---

Y.M.C.A. IN S'HAI CLOSED

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nity," Cot declared,

"ALL LIES"

Gaston Henri Haye, new French rendered monthly.

Dr. Esu was a member of the Na-

You may receive regular news at desired intervals. Accounts win betional Defence Council, and at the time of his death was a member òl. the People's Political Council ot which Generalissimo Chiang Kal- shek is chairman. Outside of the political sphere Dr. Hat was a noted scholar, being the last Han Hn in the nomintang. His calli

RECORD-BREAKING S’HAI

TRANSPORTATION STRIKE graphy was famed throughout the

Italian Marines Safeguard

British Concern

A STEADY As a result of the departure of SHANGHAI, SEPT. 26 (REUTER) - DESPITE

THOUSANDS. OF SHANGHAILANDERS, WALKED TO British troops from Shanghai there DRIZZLE has been brought to a close not THEIR OFFICES THIS MORNING as the record-breaking Shanghai only the work of the British Forces' transportation utilities strike continued without any signs of

a settlement. Recreation Centres but "aiso

winding up of the British Forces' The French Concession is continuing to run a skeleton tram YMCA, Shanghai, of which "the service under strong police protection despite several attempts by Fred W. Thomas, reports the North General Secretary has been Mr.] agitators to halt iL

China" Dally News

UNITS ENTERTAINED

The latest attempt was made early this morning when a group of 30 pickets tried to bait a mov-

Many have been the vari-ing car in the heart of the Con-U.S. AIRMEN

The National Defence Committee ous units which have seen service cession. They tried to drag out

of the American Legion yesterday in this city during the 13 years the driver and conductors but the TO FLY BACK recommended that the United since "Shaforce" first arrived, and police arrived and arrested 20 of

Meanwhile, the French police PLANES FROM

States should give "all practicable it is computed that approximately the group.

one million men all told hars at

ald to Britain "

country.

The noted jurists survived by his wife, Mrs. Y. P. Shen Hso," and by two sons and three daughters, His eldest con; Konrad, is general manager of the well-known Chan Hwa and Company of Hongkong,

GERMANISATION OF ALSACE LONDON, Sept. 28 (Reuter)—A further Germanisation of Alsace is reported from Basle, which states that German will be the language used by all schools in the former French province of Alsace.

French, which is classified as a foreign language, disappears en- tirely from the curriculum et elementary schools.

High schools will be remodelled on German lines.

SPORE ARRESTS DISCUSSED LONDON, Sept. 26 (Reuter)

They further urged that a per tended the Evening Programmes deny the report that two Chinese

Concession yesterday, Great Britain, an unusually large manent military training system organized by the British Forces tram drivers were shot dead in the FRENCH SHIP USEFUL AS BASE Experts pointed out that Iceland amount of tonnage entered and be established in the United States, TM.C.A. since 1927-apart from

The Settlement bus strike has NEW YORK, Sept. 26 (Reuter) would be useful to Germany as a cleared British ports during the and adopted a programme which the large number of participations ODD SITUATION submarine base and a base for Arst part of this month, it was an in effect, declares war on all sub in recreational and other facilities given rise to an odd situation in A group of American airmen have It is understood that the deten-.

nounced in London today.

versive-activities and asks for which the Association has been which Italian marines are parti gone to Martinique, to fly back to ton of Japanese subjects n ocean-going raiders usable in

rigid control of all allens in the able to offer the Garrison

cipating in gafeguarding the pre- the United States nearly 100 war- Singapore was one of the matters harassing British-American com- Losses inflicted by the enemy country

The Recreation Centres nave mises of the bus company, which planes which have been there raised in the conversation on during this period, despite the

been closed and would-up and the is a British concern, situated in aboard the French aircraft car general questions affecting the

rler Bearn YM.C.A. has also ceased activities. the Italian sector. PAPPY

since the fall of Interests of Britain and Japan since the It was believed virtually all the utmost endeavours, were only two- additional troops in northern Nor-and-a-quarter per cent. of the

Mr. Fred W Thomas who has On Tuesday the marines helped France, according to the New which the Japanese Ambassador way came direct from Germany, tonnage involved.

been the popular and indefatible the police to clear the xarage of York Herald-Tribune, which bad at the Foreign Office with the Secretary since 1932, left Bhanghal striking workers,

quotes unofficial information cir Under-Secretary of Stats, Mr. H culated in Washington.

munications.

thus leaving all German garrisons

In southern Norway intact. An

Clark Kerr Discusses

umconfirmed report said several US. ARMY TANKS Burma Road

thousand Cerman soldiers travers-

ed Byeden on their way to north- ern Norway,

FOR BRITAIN

on Sept. 20 en route for Egypt,

The United Stater War and

LONDON, Bept 20 (Renter)

where he is to continue giving his STRIKER WOUNDED

A French tramway striker was services to "British troops in what wounded while a Chinese con Navy Departments and the Bri Suner Hitler Talk CHUNGKING, Sept 28 (Reuter) seems destined to develop into a stable of the French Concession tian and French Embassies pro- NEW YORK, Sept. 26 (Reuter)The question of re-opening the important theatre of war.

Police was badly hurt when police fess ignorance of the matter, it is -President Roosevelt is seriously Burma Road forms the principal He will take with him to his new attempted to stop an assault on added, but it is known that the Benor Suner, Spanish Minister for NEW YORK, Sept. 26 (Reuter)considering proposals to transfer subject of the conversations be field of service the heartiest of good a tram by strikers armed with interests concerned, including the Interior had an manufacturers have been trying with Hitler yesterday

Herr von Ribbent The United States Navy Depart- some army tanks and "flying fort- tween the British Ambassador Bir wishes of a wide circle of friends steel bars. ment has purchased 33 merchantress Dianes to Britain as a follow- Archibald Clark Kerr and the Chl- and those who know of the splendid The police were forced to fire in to find means of getting the men and yachts for use as mine-up to the destroyer deal, according nese Government, suce the ar- work he has done for more than the air after which the strikers planes back without risking a man Foreign Ministe sweepers, patrol boats and sea to a New York Herald-Tribune rival of the British Ambassador eight years among the British turned on the police patrol and clash between British and French at the conversatio

oatationed in Bhangha

German news: agend naval forces assaulted them. troOp.2 here, according to the Takunpão, plane tenders,

message from Washington