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SOUTHAMPTON A MASS OF RUINS: FIRST EYEWITNESS DESCRIPTION

Nazi Luftwaffe Renders Thousands Homeless

Southampton lies in ruins. For fifteen hours-eight hours on Saturday, and another seven hours on Sunday the German Luftwaffe rained down high explosive and incendiary bomba in indiscriminate fashion, smashing churches, homes, business houses, Thousands have been hospitals and almost every conceivable non-military objective. rendered homeless and unemployed, and to-day the dazed, but still calm population is undertaking an orderly evacuation. The first, eyewilness story of the shocking effects of the Nazi "hate" raids on Southampton has been received by cable from Edward Beattie, the "United Press" correspondent, who secured the world-beat- ing story of the Panay bombing for the "Telegraph,” and in 1938 flew from Hongkong to Vienna when the Austrian Anchluss occurred.

POPULATION REMAINS CALM

By EDWARD BEATTIE

"United Press" Correspondent

SOUTHAMPTON, DEC, 2 (UP),—THE "ALL-OUT” NAZI ON. SLAUGHTS HAVE TURNED THE GREAT SEAPORT OF SOUTHAMP. TON INTO ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR SCENES OF RUIN THROUGHOUT ENGLAND.

UNTIL LAST WEEK-END THE CITY HAD BEEN ALMOST PASS- ED OVER BY THE WAR. THREE DAYS AGO, WHEN I WAS HERE, THIS PORT was serioUSLY ATTACKED · ONLY ONCE AND THE DAMAGE WAS MAINLY SUPERFICIAL.

To-night, after an eight-hour and another seven-hour pelting of high explosives and incendiary bombs, it is a city H. G. Wells might have imagined.

For half a mile along the High Street there is nothing left_but blank walls and fire-gutted interiors, with a tremendous jumble of debris. Another section of the town closer to the waterfront presents a similar picture. In dozens of parts of the town houses have been smashed and trees uprooted.

-REFUGEES-FLOCK_FROM_CITY

Homeless refugees are flocking from the city by any means available, some pushing their bedding and their remaining belongings in little handcarts and baby carriages, while loudspeakers mounted on trucks patrol the city telling the population what to do.

Troops have been moved in and are helping the local police, firemen and air raid precaution workers to keep arder.

HARDLY Anything WORTH SAVING

All fires have long since been brought under control, but along the main street there is hardly anything worth saving. What the explosive bombs have not smushed, the incendiaries have gutted.

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Half a dozen or more big churches have gone completely with only their walls standing. Grass in the parks is pock-marked with dirty grey burns from the incendiary bombs which must have showered down like rain."

Thousands of people are with-raid shelters calmly and with no out jobs because of the numbers signs of panic. of ruined offices.

Air Ministry Announcement

LONDON, Dec. 2 (UP)"The re- cent air attacks on Southampton have

U.S. TO STABILISE

scale of operations," states a joint cominunique by the Alr Ministry and the Home Security Ministry to-day.

Planes Over Liverpool LONDON, Dec. 2 (UP).—At B p.m.

SOUTHAMPTON'S CIVIC CENTRE WHICH HAS BEEN BOMBED

Greeks Advance Everywhere In Snow: Italians On The Run

SOFIA, Dec. 2 (UP)—The Greek advance continued everywhere to-day despite heavy falls of snow, Radio Athens announced to-night.

The Italian counter attacks have been thrown back with "enormous losses.'

STRUGA, Dec. 2 (UP)-Frontier reports say that south- west of Pogradetz the Greeks are continuing their advance, despite more than four feet of snow in the mountains at an ultitude of 3,000 feet.

BOMB FOR QUISLING

SPECIAL TO THE TELEGA«PН"

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 2 (UP)-An

was -

Italian artillery checked the Greek advance north of Manu- lista road along Lake Ochrid but the Greeks, yesterday after- noon, occupied the village of Raica in the Skumba valley.

Pursuing Italians BUDAPEST, Dec. 2 (UP)—The

SOFIA,

Road Under Fire

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U.S. WAR FOR CHINA

MATERIALS

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UP). -The United States is expected to-follow up the new credits to China with aid in obtaining war materials.

Official quartera here said a good chance of a way will be found in making some United States army, planes available to China,

ATHENS, Dec. (UP)The Britain May Build

Ships In U.S.

Since I arrived to-day there

Dec. 2 (UP)-Radio! It is also known that Chinese and have been two air raid warning not resulted in a large number of German raiders were reported over unsuccessful attempt was made on and the people

been no night alarm in the London the German-controlled Government Greek radio reports Greek troops are Athens reports that In the northern American officials here have discussed

recently in south-eastern area,, perhaps due to the dense fog in Norway, recently and low unbroken clouds blanketing Norway, according to reports reach pursuing the Italians and have pene sector the road to El Bagan, which China's need for: arms,

trated to a point 21 miles beyond is the only Italian route of retreat, is ing from Oslo. The Straits of Dover.

The Italian Pogradelz.

Alpine under sieady Greek artillery are. The alsling had been address divisions can be considered to be Quislinting and as he was completely

R.A.F. Bomb Bridge German Report

ing a

puble meeting

demolished, and the a bomb SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

leaving the building

Italian inctionl positions in the Royal Air Force headquarters to-day BERLIN, Dec. 2 (UP)-Strong thrown and it exploded nearby.

announced that British bombert formations of German bombers are Neither Major Quisling nor other northern sector is hopeless. attacking the British port of Bristol, prominent

On the southern front, the Greeks damaged, an Important bridge on`a officials accompanying mivanced in the Delvine sector. The road in southwestern Albanie, on

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH", according to informed German quar-him were injured, the reports state,

Italians are withdrawing, towards which the Italians were bringing up NEW YORK, Dec. 2 (Domel).- Sante Quaranti and have abandoned reinforcements.

The Dow-Jones News Service reports The attack was carried at low level that representatives of the British Dr. Baker On U.S.cannon and equipment.

Beyond Pogradets, the booty in-despite heavy ground fire "while rnment ore negotiating plans for eludes ten cannon, nine machine-previously military buildings in the building about 300 merchant ships in Red Cross Work

guns and much equipment,

Tepellat area were bombed and the United States costing approxi number demolished."..

mately $750,000,000.

CHINA'S CURRENCY

By WILLIAM LANDER UNITED PRESS' STAFF CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UP); —The United States Con. gress to-day virtually gave a blanket endorsement to a strong Administration foreign policy, and at the same time opened the way to stabilise the currencies of other nations technically at Buying Yuán At Fixed Rate peace.

"This. Is the beginning of a new policy regarding stabilisa- tion,' said Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Henry Morgen- thau at to-day's press confer-

ters here.

Savagery Renewed

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SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Dec. 2 (UP)—A whst England 'town which was bombed several times recently was again

KUNMING, Dec. 3 (Central News); bombed with flares, Incendiary

-Negotiations between Dr. John Earl bombs and high explosive for several Buicer, Chief of the China Roller We added that the detalls of the hours early this morning and reports Department of the American Red scheme have not yet been worked showed that

districts were several

Cross Society, and the "Kunming ont, but it wenid undoubtedly in-damaged, volve the buying of the Chinese A south-western town was attack-authorities on the transportation of yuan at a rate fixed during the ed for the seventh successive night medical supplies have been satis-

but an intense barrage held off the foctorily concluded,

Dr. Baker is leaving shortly for lle revealed that China has so far raiders who for the third night run-

high Chinese government officials and major question at the joint Com- borrowed since 1931.

and no bombs were droped, mittee meeting to-day was Mr. Morgenthau said ho had The air activity elsewhere is slight representatives of various organs whether, China. is at war or meeting because he felt morally the south coast area, East Angin, After this, he will visit various war lestified before the joint Committee although raiders were reported on concerned on concret relief measures.

negotiations,

ence, when he revealed that the repaid $18,500,000 of the $90,000,000 'ning did not penetrate the town itself. Chungding where he will confer with

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French Indo-China Miss For Japan

ON! | DECRE}{ nt peace.

obliged to explain to Congress whe-south Wales and Liverpool." The Joint moslos

decided that ther or not China was at war. For the second night in a week, no since the United States has not) Enriler In the year, he said, some warning was bounded in the London Invoked, the Neutrality Law with members of Congress had feared that area up to midnight.. regards the "Sino-Japanese war, Stabilisation Fund might be used to p Uhlan is technically a pace, Mr. Sunsort Franco and thereby ald 'Morgentham explained, onl

This

France at war. ARISE CA

Mr. Morgenthau at that time said

West Country & Wales SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGS LONDON, Dec. 2 (UP)

PANEL OPET ESSAIS Daroel of the thili ̋wak not the intention of the try bombs were

whole Chinese picture and the stabilisation Chinese landare, Baye › convinced the missd #Administration, that, they need help/") should zar

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LATEST

British Cargo Ship Torpedoed

NEW YORK, Dec... 3 (Reuter).***

Canadian

Premier's

Armageddon Warning

Special to the "Telegraph”"

The Mackay Radio has intercepted a OTTAWA, Dec. 2 (UP), Germany Is still largely intact message from the British cargo ship and presents "an appalling menace," warned the Canadian W. Hendrik, 4,360 tons saying that Promjer Mr. Mackenzie, King in the House of Commons · here she has been. "torpedoed" 240 miles west of Ireland."

For

to-day,

However, the Premier dissociated It is going to take all that all himself from the statement made by of us can do and give to beat Mr. Robert Henson, the Conservative

lendor, who alleged :>that the Gormany. No one can say even situation is now, unpreceden now that the world is not headed uriner he deprecated; for Armageddon," the Premier Southampton ha

that Birmingham, Bria assorted.

destroyed