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Hongkong Telegraph.

Morning Post, Lid,

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The

FIRST EDITION

Supreme Contr

Hongkong Telegraph

No. 10260

FOUNDED 1901 EXIG MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1940.

NAZI INVASION BASES COMPLETELY SMASHED Guns And Bombs Destroy Hitler's Dream

Anti-American Incident In Hanoi

JAPANESE TEAR DOWN FLAG

Newsmen's Tour of Front

HANO1, Sept. 29 (UP)—Japanese troops to-day tore down the American Ang and occupied the warehouse belonging to the American Far Eastern Trading Company which shipped American goods to Chungking prior to the closure of the Indo-

China frontier.

INVASION DANGER REMAINS

It is understood the incident was settled on the spot within a few hours when the Japanese withdrew

"United Pa

Special to the "Telegraph"

BRITISH LONG-RANGE ARTILLERY AND BOMBING PLANES HAVE RENDERED ALL OF HITLER'S INVASION BASES ON THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, ESPECIALLY CALAIS, VIRTUALLY USELESS.

This statement was issued at Vichy yester- day, says "United Press", quoting reports from Northern France.

Docks have been destroyed, channels blasted and shipping sunk.

The damage at Calais is reported to be terrific. British guns through-

out the week-ond ham- mered the German gun carepuuden: (emplacements with tor- Melville Jacoby taki as Cerner 70 mutex northeast of Haw and found rifying force, firing two

Kadherens nikel bere 31.1 ป salvoes every two min-1

front quirt

ben nu fling for three days energi

from roaming pro-Japanese guiautes. baris comprised of Japanese Chinese

the

French

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BREN GUN UNITS ON THE SUSSEX DOWNS

people

The famous Sussex Downs, beloved of all English southerners, have taken on a new aspect since the start of the war. Over the grassland, heather and gorse daily manoeuvre Britain's ground defences,-tanks, bren gun units, artillery, infantry, all maintaining fight- ing pitch against the day when Hitler might attempt an invasion. Here we see a bren gran unit moving up to defensive position on the rolling Sussex Downs.

Yesterday's Bombing Of England

Enemy Brought Down By Balloon Barrage

--Little Damage

LONDON, Supt. 29 (Reuter). aut Indo-Chinese who have bera It was officially announced A warning that the danger of accused of torturing to death al feast

yesterday that R.A.F. bombers invasion does not necessarily dis-hirly Frenchmen

Caplan Murtin Pauly, formerly Carrie out intensive raids along appear as autumn and winter

LONDON, Sept. 29 (Reuter)-Three enemy aircraft, all who was nobilised In approaches whe given me today cial "United Press" crespodin the entire Channel coast, bomb-

ing Le Havre,

Havin, Focamp, Boules

Boulogne Bombiers, have Been destroyed over this country since midnight, forces when the Canton army.crossed Talas id "Dunkirk. the frontier is reported to be streng

states an Air Ministry and Ministry of Home Security com- the French emptured by the Japanese

German gun emplacements at Cop! munique. at Langson,

Net Wert alko successfully further olds were

by naval circles, writes "Reu- ter's" naval correspondent at n British naval base.

The weather on this part of the coast, which will probably have a big influence on Hitler's invasion plans, j has been consisently fine for some time but is NOW threatening to break up.

Natural the tendency to assume that the onset of autumn and winter means that the oppurtunity for Inva- xion has passed,

Boats and Barges Fiat-bottomed boats and burges the main form of transport for an invading force-cannot be used sue- cessfully in the unfavourable ርብ conditions which henceforth

may reasonable be expected. But as the Navy knows, there are seasonal lulla to come and oue

these uf

would normally make it possible for such <raft the Germans have assembled to be used,

During the next few weeks, for example, there should occur a "second summer" or a period of temporary calm when an attempt could be made.

If the Germans are hoping that by thus delaying the attempt they are likely to catch Britain somewhat off guard, they will be

severely disap- pointed, for the Navy is determined not le

to relax for an instant. The fact that preparations in the French Channel ports are still con- tinuing steadily is regarded as an- other reason why invasion is still a possibility. These preparations have been proceeding too consistently to be merely an attempt to divert a pro- portion of our bombing force fron more important objectives,

NORWAY UNDER NAZI RULERS

LONDON, Sept. 29 (Reuter),, -The German authorities have lately taken further measures against private persons organisations in Norway.

and

The Vice-President of the Norwegian Press Association has} been arrested and his newspaper, one of the largest, Socialist dallies, stopped...

Only German films are being shown in Oslo cinemas,"

The Reich Commissariat has created a special organisation to supervise: Norwegian Trade Unions and oli Communists must be excluded from all positions of importance in these bodles.

Faith In Britain Faith In Britain's', war.`effort: in dally growing stronger among the Norwegian people, says. a telegram from:Stockholm to the Norwegian telegraph agency in London. ⠀⠀

There is no sign, of any support or recognition of the new Nazi-sponsored government and the whole system la regarded with the deepest auspicion.

LONDON Sept 29 (Reuter)

Armies Miles Apart At the front Melville Jacoby found thermic several miles apart with Japanese reconnoitting 2018 Ind casionally lying over the French line which is a line of nuumini tura,fications ! BETUNK

the valley which leads to 1st..

white

One bomber brought down during the night fouled a balloon alturked

against the big shipping cable and crashed into the sea off the south coast. me of Lorient

A second enemy bomber was shot down in the Thames Two of our aircraft are missing Valley by our fighters this morning. form these agnationis, saya

benticement

H.M.S. CHURCHILL

the

Later another enemy bomber was shot down into the sen off the south-east coast by anti-aircraft guns, The French have destroyed the

Enemy activities in the morning railway bridge ser oss the river at

consisted of a few attacks by singie entrance to the valley The French.

LONDON, Sept. 20 (Reuter)-ernat. Some bombs were dropped headquarters

ACE The ship which will eventually bear at points on the Thames Estuary, ut The correspondent the name of HMS Churchill was wo towns and a village on the south WHY well received. being offered among the first batch of American coast and a village in the Home

- kocated

ive buldings

French bread and red wine

Freneli offrers lamented the Unties: States had not

steit

arroplanes to Indo-China in June.

destroyers which reached Britain to day

The runtain of one of the destroy Officers said the loss of Langsoners sold. The crossing was entrely was largely the result of French or without incident. We have not scen TURN to Page 5, Column Four trace of the enemy.”

DUKE OF KENT SEES CANADIANS

'An informal picture of the Duke of Kent with his son Bombay messáre 'to-day states' that and daughter chatting with wounded Canadian soldiers at their new hospital in England. - Princess Alexandra har a

coy smile for the photograph

"Mahatman"""Gandhi: ban gone §into”?

saritani silence in dreparation for his meeting with the Viceroy to-dayamu?

countries

Little damage was done by any of these attacks and there was a very amali_number of casunities.

Tremendous A.A. Fire LONDON, Sep!, 29 (Heuter)-The

WOMEN, CHILDREN No Bases SENT TO SAFETY For Japan

From London

LONDON, Sept. 29 (Reu- ter). More than 11,000 London women and children, many of them victims of German night raiders, found new and safe homes in the country during the week- end.

Accompanied by volunteer escorts and officials of the. London County Council, they were taken from heavily bombed areas to various London stations and then to districia free from enemy bombing.

R.A.F. Reach Targets

Despite

Bad

Against America

Vichy Promise

SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPHY

VICHY, Sept. 29 (UP),- It is understood that the:- French Government has assured the United States that Japan will not be per mitted to use Indo-China as a base of operations against the United States, the Philippines or the Nether- lands East Indies.

The French Government has officially declared that

Weather its policy in the Far East is

NEW YORK, Sept. 29 (Reuter)-The R.A.F. carried out most tremendous barrage yet put up two successive raids on Berlin on Saturday night, the first by the guns defending London was lasting three hours, according to reports from Berlin.

et loose on iwo raiders who flew directly over

night.

Central London to-

Hitherto there have been no reports regarding the damage

In London It is stated that Britishj

done. Hundreds of shells ripped into the moonles sky and guns boomed con- stantly for ten minutes, merging into raiders, detailed for Berlin despite a crescendo of sound that has not the

handicap 0: unfavourable}

been equalled at any time during the weather, completed their 600-mile

ust month.

GOEBBELS

Alght to the German capital,

They arrived over the city on schedule about midnight, located} their targets and bombed the west)

BRITONS HELD

power station and main transformer Bucharest Silent

and also the switching station ut Friedrichsfeld.

incendiary

On Intentions

BUCHAREST, Sept. 29 (Reu-

High explosive and bombs were dropped and bursts were seen close to the targets.

Successful attacks were also made ter), - The on railway junctions at Saint Adel, Rumania's some 65 miles due west of Berlin,

mystery about intentione towards the five British subject arrested

CLOSES DOWN When R.A.F. Are About

LONDON, Sept. 29 (Reuter). Whenever the R.A.F. visit Germany, German radio stations

Other night raiders concentrated on go off the air. During the past rail communications and scored direciat Eploesti last week deepened week they have been off the nir bits on a junction at Hamburg, to-day when the British military bombed the main line station at authorities to enquire about an many times.

indeed, the sudden closing down Hanover and started fires in a wood announcement by the Police that bordering the railway line neur their dossiers had been handed mans have had to make some sort Ommer.

has happened so often that the Ger-

of excuse to their listeners. They do

At Cologne explosions, which con-ever to a military tribunal. not, of course, admit that it is RAF.tinued for ten minutes, were seen to activity that makes them shut down, break out in the target arcu.

Our aircraft were over Le Havre but Zecsen to-day sald that absence of short-wave transmissions from time for fully two hours and besides

to time was due to commic causco, damage to the docks, two direct hits, This, the station added, was also the are believed to have been scored on. opinion of Hallan experts..

merchant vessels in Hamburg.

Communique

Apparently German astronomers

are off the air too.. These cosmic causes have not affected the short-

The attache was Informed that they had no knowledge of any such dos- slers having been received.

All attempts by British Consular officials to secure permission to visit Mrs. Tracey, wife of a Canadian mining engineer, have failed.

One brief visit was allowed to the An Alr Ministry communique

conditions over men prisoners but efforts to see them states: Weather wave transmissions from Britain or north Germany were unfavourable guin have been regidly suppressed.

other parts of the world..

but numbers of our aircraft reached Whine From Goebbels · their objectives. Besides doing a lot of damage to In Berlin and district, electric Germany, the R.A.F. are apparently TURN to Page 5, Column Four disturbing Nazi Party activities.

Dr. Goebbels in'a speech to-day to the Hitler Youth sali that danger from the nir in a number of districts frequently makes it completely im-1 possible to carry on work. ".

An interesting sentence “In”- his] speech was his plea to parents to {learn to trust those of their children who are members of the Hitler Youth.

Labour Leader

Of Australia

always subject to modifica tion, if necessary, particu-

the larly should

United States enter the war.

In such an event France would remain neutral and the Hanoi pact would not align the French against the Americans, or give Japan any bases for use against the United States.

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ATTEMPT ON LIFE-OF JAPANESE OFFICER IN SHANGHAI

to the "Telegraph"

Special to

SHANGHAI, Sept. 30 (UP)-It is now officially confirm

However, he was not killed.

milltary

ed that the man shol in Hongkew yesterday, which resulted in Re-Election Likely the Japanese stopping all pedestrian and vehicular traffic from MELBOURNE, Sept. 20 (Reuter), crossing into the International Settlement, was a Japanese army -An informal count of preferences officer,

Jassassinato a Japanese, shows that Mr. John Curlin, the lea-

officer, reports "Beuter." CIANO FOR ROME der of the Australian Labour Party. It is noteworthy that, this is the stepemoto

will retain his seat at Freemantle by fret attempted assassination of a

This Japanese is reported to be in LONDON, Sept. 29 (Reuter) over 500 votes.

Ja Berjqua condition. He was shot Count Clans the Italian Foreign This unexpected swing of nosents dapanese soldier since. Honghew was twiceTHERNIA SVEJS

No Minister ended his two-day visit: to and preferences and also the Labour reopened to the Chinese,

Man Seriously Hurt to look out of the arrange allowed more Virtual martial law was clamped, however, have, increased the militar Another traveller from Berlin, that Party, strength, will be Senor Serrano Super, the Spanish even..

down of Honskew, the Japanese-letreat patrols In Hongkew-und- Hay Minister of the Interior, who The final result depends on the occupied portion of the International intensified the searching or wall bound for Rome, will be calling at close contests for five seals which are Settlement, to-night following an going and rout-coming from Munich en router fida

Badial still in doubt.

attempt by a Chinese gunman to lolatric