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THE AIR WAR:

DIFFICULTIES IN BOMBING OF AERODROMES: DEFENCES AGAINST NIGHT ATTACKS

"The air position, looked at as a whole, is improving," said Mr. Oliver Stewart, aeronautical expert, when he spoke in London yesterday on the latest developments in the air.

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Mr. Stewart emphasised; however, the necessity for de- veloping the defences of Britain against alr attacks and the continuation of British raids on military objectives in Germany in preference to carrying out raids on enemy aerodromes.,

CABLE

Greeks Doing Spadework For Next Stage Of Battle

ATHENS, Dec. 11 "(Renter)-The effect of the Greek seizure of Mussolini's three main bazes in 'southern - Albania," namely Banti Quaranta, Delvino and Argygoenviron, is now becoming apparent.

Farther north the impetus given' to the Greek advance by the capture of Koritza and other points has for the present censed and the Greeks are now engaged in spadewrok for the next stage of the battle, this probably accounting for the yell of secrecy which has descended on operations in that area.

"News from the front is "ex tremely good but precise indies- tions cannot be expected for a | few days", declared an offctal

spokesman last night,

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- LONDON, Dec 11 (BWS)—The

ANNUAL DINNER OF KOWLOON CHESS CLUB

FIRST LADY MEMBER WELCOMED

Mr. Stewart referred to re- Mr. Stewart stated that the cent reports stating that the RAF had the proper offensive Royal Air Force had carried spirit, but the strategy of the latest Greek communique says: indment demanded that they "Our offensive action continues out attacks on enemy, aero-should perfect their defences." "We with success on the whole front. dromes in France and Hol-must not divert our attacks from Strong ground points were occu- ' land, which were being used other targets to aerodromes if the pled by bayonet charge, by the Germans for making total effect can be greater eise- enemy suffered heavy losses. Three loon Chess Club was held at the 100 mm, guns fell into our hands. Peninsula Hotel last night. There

Information available to military

their raids on Britain..

PRESENT LIMITATIONS "In the present strategical situation. however," sald Mr. Stewart, this method of attack has its limitations. It must be

where," he declared.

BIGHT POLICY

"We are doing much better

The

circles in London fully supports the Greek claims.

The annual dinner of the Kow-

were 25 members present and eight guests, including Mr. B. G. Blech and Mr. E Zimmern, of the vic toris Chess Club.

when we direct our attacks on objectives such a power stations. There has been a small advance canals, rufiding gards, etc. We in the Pogradetz area, while in the

(The President, the Rev. G. E.S should, really be using our bombs south. Greek troops are going for- remembered that the enemy has less economically if we bomb aero- ward steady though as the nature #psdeli, extended the welcome Of the Club to its first lady member, Dant Air buses. Unfortunately dromes. I don't say that some of the terrain necessitates slowly Miss Alina Sequeira, and sold also we prepared some of them when times, when special Information) In the neighbourhood of Argy that the Club was attracting more we were fighting alongside the comes to us operations against rocastron,

they have reached French and the enemy is now enemy aerodromes are not justi- Kodre, cutting off, the Italians players than before and that no we fled, but I do say that, in general, from the important lateral road fewer than 4 had entered this

using aerodromes. on which worked on

The enemy has also a number of aerodromies in Belgium and Norway and it is possible for him

our polley of sticking to other in the Tepelene area. targets has been right

"We must continue to strive for

a good defence against the night

to switch his bomber squadrons bomber, "1. lock upon Germany's about so that we cannot be cer- night raids as an idea to prepare tain where to find them. Nor the way for something else. could we attack all the bases we don't think they will be so foolish

LITTLE ENEMY

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AIR RAIDS

LONDON, Dec. 11 (BWS)-There

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An endeavour would be made, he "HERE LIES THE NAZI:

added, to stage a ladder tourna

ment when the present one was ecncluded as a great deal of en- thusiasm was being shown, espe-

know about-that would need an as to think, that they can make was little enemy air activity' over clally by the younger members air force bigger than anything in this country sue for peace by

existence.

"There is yet another difficulty

and that is that putting service aerodromes out of action nt damaging them is not so easy The Germans tried hard 'to ̈ knock. out the R.A.F. In August and September and they devoted many of their attacks to service aero- dromes. But in all cases they could not succeed in stopping our aircraft from using the zero

dromes.

“That is important, because it must be remembered that a service aerodrome in war. İs unlike a service aérodrome in peace. The aircraft is dis- persed round the aerodrome. Some of them are „taken to what are known 24 tenance bases which are pro- vided to enable work to be done on the planes. Others" are scattered on the outskirts of the landing area.

slaughtering civilians. They, of course, hope to weaken us a little.

Britain during the night, says an Air Ministry and Ministry of Home Security communique..

Bombs were dropped at a place in East Anglia. These damaged | some houses and caused number of casualties.

SPITFIRES CHASE

"That is why I regard with. some suspicion any marked lull in German ight raids, when such a full cannot be attribut- ed to the weather. Therefore 1 think that they are prepar- ing for combined operations with their air and other forces working in close co-operation. "In the meantime, we are get- ting the measure of the German night attacks. We know their methods by day and we are begin- ning to know them by night. They are quick to change their tactics in London yesterday morning.

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Mr. Upsdell also welcomed the two representatives of the Victoria Chess Club.

Mr. Birth replied suitably. A knock-out lightning tourna ment was staged after dinner the winner being Mr C. M. sequeira,

PESHAWAR, Dec. 11 (Reuter)-

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No Reply To

TRADE UNION RIGHTS. AND Evacuation

BRITISH MORALE: GERMAN PROPAGANDA REFUTED

"IT IS NOT TRUE TO SAY THAT THE TRADE UNIONISTS BAVE LOST THEIR VOICE ON QUESTIONS OF DECIDING WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS IN BRITAIN," said COL, M. G. CHRISTIE, the well-known commentator, when he spoke in the series "Here Lies the-Nazi” in London on Tuesday,

Col. Christle was giving, the lie to Naxi propaganda which had

Petition

FINANCIAL ASPECT DISCUSSED

The following communique was issued by the Hop. Secretary, Mr. F. C. Clemo, after the meeting of the Husbands' Evacuation Com- A squadron of eight Messer- Nine members of the Turkish been trying to make out that the Trade Unions of Britain were now

mittee held at the Peninsula Hotel schmitts crossed the south-east military mission to Afghanistan in a decadent state as a result of Government control of the liber-

on Tuesday night. coast of England yesterday after are expected here shortly on their ties and rights of workers. noon and then suddenly turned return from Kabu) to Ankara, COL. CHRISTIE POINTED OUT This speaker mentioned an in- No answer having been received and made off rapidly as a patrol They will be the guests of the HOW THE MINISTER OF LABOUR, cident where be happened to be to our Petition up to 1 pm. yes- of Spitfires gave chase, states a North-West Frontier Province MB. ERNEST BEVÍN, had asked in a hotel during an air raid. Interday, the future procedure to be Government and will be entertain-the Trade Unions to appoint. af the lounge was an old gentleman adopted was discussed and agreed. There was only one brief alert ed both by the Government and small representative council to who had fallen asleep in his chair to.

London message.

when they find that they have been unsuccessful, while we have learnt a great deal and our own main-

offensive will benefit by that know- ledge.

NEGLIGIBLE DAMAGE

by the Peshawar Municipality. assist him in his duties and how over a newspaper. A bomb ex- The Financial situation of the

a joint sub-committee comprised ploded close by. The old gentle-evacuation was discussed and eer-.. Maanaa Sang of members of this council' atid| man woke up, looked around tain recommendations on principle

representatives of the Government serenely and went off to sleep are being made to Government. were meeting regularly to discuss again. and consider questions affecting

CO-OPERATION WITH BRITISH AND "We have also gained some idea CANADIAN GOVERNMENTS IS THE supplies and labour.

of Italy's tactics in the air. It is.

not so formidable, but we are not WAR POLICY OF C.P.R. COMPANY

underestimating it.

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LONDON, Dec. 11 (Renter)—– Wholehearted co-operation with

At the outbreak of the war the one

hour before the Dominion Company was not unprepared to reached Montreal station,

NOTABLE PART The Canadian Pacife Railway

FULL RECOGNITION

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"Self-control,” concluded Col. Christie, is the hall mark of Bri- tish life and self-discipline the fruits of being members of a great and successful democracy."

U.S. Treasury

It was decided to interview the Chief Censor regarding the des- patch of newspapers and periodi- cals to the evacuates.

A large amount of correspon- dence was dealt with and action | is being taken in most cases.

Letters have been forwarded, te the Central Bodies in Sydney and

Defence Notes Melbourne advising them, of the

formation of this Committee, re-

It was on the recommendations of this sub-committee that the Minister of Labour acted and it was only when the ordinary ma- chinery governing labour and sup- plying falls that the wartime ma chinery of arbitration is brought tr to settle. a point in

which

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (Reuter) questing them to forward all com differences of opinion are held.

-The United States Treasury is plaints from evacuates direct to Col Christie also emphasised limiting December financing to the Hon. Secretary in Hongkong, the fact that three of the members $500,000,000 worth of defence notes

Copies of the Petition are now of the War Cabinet were Labour which will be wholly taxable, ac- being printed and will be forward- men and throughout the country cording to an announcement by ed to all members whose names thousands of active Trade Union-Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Secretary are registered with the Committee. ists were working in co-operation of the Treasury. with the Ministry of Labour.

"If the enemy is able to get a direct hit on one plane, the dam-j

Mr. Stewart went on to refer to the British and Canadian Governments in the prosecution of the age will be confined to that one the new fighter plane known as war describes the policy of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, plane or, at the most, to two or the Fairey Boumar allotted to the writes SIR EDWARD BEATTE, President of the Canadian-Pacifle three planes. As far as damage Fleet Air Arm It had, he said.Railway Company in a special article for Kenter's to the surface is concerned after eight guns fixed in the wings fir- Not only is the Canadian Pacific Railway contributing its all an aeroplane only needs a few ing directly forward in the line of quota, but it has willing'y enlarged its activities to Include the hundred yards to take off and it fight and would have a large, in- manufacture of products and machinery essential for the training will need all the bombs in the fluence on future types. The Navy and equipment of modern armies. Tanks, for example, are being world to knock out the aerodrome had made a good move in adopting manufactured in some of the Canadian Pacific's great engineering completely by churning up the this kind of fighter...

shops. landing surface.

Mr. Stewart concluded by stating "It is also impossible to start that they would certainly have to big fires there and damage by watch Germany's air force. bombs is thus limited by the. dis-, The Germans are likely to go meet the demands which were persal methods. Even the person to the aid of the Italians," he said, made on it. The efficient trans- nél are protected from flying frag-and when they do go, it will be portation of men and goods have company's fleet of ships are play- mainly with aircraft. If the Ger- been provided from that day for ing a notable part in the mer- man air force has great mobility, ward and only recently the Cana- chant marine's war activities.

has ours. We are watchingdian Minister of National Delence:

As the representative in Canada them closely.

wrote to me his appreciation of of the British Ministry of Shipping. the Company's efficiency in hand-we have intimate knowledge of ling the large and complicated the merchant marine's splendid troops movement and keeping per- achievements but I cannot reveal fectly

time within the

limits given.

I can say that the Canadian

MORALE OF PEOPLE Facilities, for handling traffic Pacific's

ships. travelled Into

Col. Christie next referred to the almost unlimited provided enemy waters, into sub-arctic and German propaganda on the morale that there is no congestion; the tropical seas: they have trans-jof the British people. prevention of such a congestion is one of the most important protically every Empire country and Nazi propagandists have been ported troops to and from prac- "For monthe past," he said,

ments.

These reasons provide an Incomplete answer to our own raids on

enemy" aerodromes. In the first place, we do not know where to go "for him; secondly, the enemy has too many bases for a simultaneous attack; and thirdly, bombing attacks од aerodromes are. much less effective than On other targets.

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I remains today to work on our defences against the night bomber and against air- craft attacks on oar shipping. In other respects the Germans have been met. The air posi- tion, looked at as a whole, is improving."

are

It

SEVERE FOOD RATIONING blems confronting us. The con- they have brought shiploads, of

IN PARIS: ONLY NAZIS the most effective method ALLOWED TO USE BUSES

LONDON, Dec.. 11 (Beater) Travellers returning from unocen- pied France state that the situation there is most serious.

In Paris, food rawoning is severe and long queues lined the streets outside the shops. In tansportation, only Germans are al- lowed to use private cars and buses while Parisians had the use of the underground. ..

Mr. A. Greenwood On

yet

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com-

"The Unions have never been so fully recognised ‚and, their co-operation so pletely, accepted as 'now," de- clared Col, Christie. ""It shows that the German statement is a complete lie, coming as it does from a dictatorial regime which controls every right and Uberty of its workers."

trol of shipments for export is German prisoners to internment leering about the state of our morale. One German-paper spoke camps in Canada... evolved to achieve this object.

recently of increasing panic and Crews of the ships and indeed how men and women were trying HI, NO ACCUMULATION -

the Whole standof Canadian to keep up their failing courage. The system of permits for use, Pacific are upholding the best by taking, to drink. These broad- of goods waggons is in operation Britisk, traditions for they are casta said we were permeated by and which prevents the use of ordinary men and this war is the fear and hopelessness." any waggon until it is known by war of ordinary men who detest

To refute these statements, Col. which ́ steamship" the goods in all that Nazlism"stands for,

Christie quoted the remarks made question are to be exported, Ob- These men are willing to work, by an ex-President of the Danzig viously this prevents any accu-aght and die for their faith, to Senate, now in London. This Large firms and factories have mulation of goods awaiting ex-sacrifice time, money and plea-eye-witness had said: "I have been taken over by Germans and port 'at ports or the Intermediate sure,

never experienced anything more many occupants were given the points. One telling illustration of It is the war of free peoples astonishing as the morale of the shorteat notice to quit. In one the effect of this control may he and I ·PETI convinced that free British people. I cannot get over bank the staff was ordered to leave given.

peoples will achieve victory and, the fact that they take these The Royal Canadian Air Force with it. decent security for all nightly and daily bombings with requested the transport of certain time,

calm and self-discipline. It is war materials from Vancouver to

heroic to hear them talk of what Montreal in less time than is BHANGHAI, Dec. 11 (Reuter) is happening in a completely occupied by our fastest passenger Major-General Raishiro Bumita, matter-of-fact manner." train to cover that 2,881 miles. head of the Japanese MitaryThis eye-witness went on: "I The “Germans are making lange Necessary arrangements were Mission to Indo-China will leave live in a quarter which has been purchases with valueless German made with the utmost speed, Hanol on Dec. 17 for Saigon, ac very frequently bombed and I have marks which they fixed at the rate special freight train loaded and cording to a Japanese report from come into contact with all classes. of 20 Trancs to the mark.

started, it passed the fastest pas Handl. It was disclosed that Gen of people. Everywhere I found M Laval is generally hated by senger train-the Dominion en Bumita is making the trip to the same spirit of courage and the Parisians who, however, still route and the goods were at the Inspect conditions in Southern the same ability to endure, no

Imatter how heavy the burdens."; respect Marshal Pétain.

dock ready for transfer to a ship, Indo-China."

Chances Of Victory the premises between 6 pm, and

WAT

LONDON, Des, 11 (Reuter) "Britals cannot lose the unless we are gulity of wavering "on the road to victory," said Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Minister with. out Portfolio, speaking fo London yesterday,

"I do not say that victory 1 around the corner but I do say unhesitatingly that Germany can not win,” he went on.

next morning...

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This is the first of such an issue in the history of the Treasury.

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