OVERSEA CABLE NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 16 September 1940, Page 1

OVERSEA CABLE NEWS

Tremendous Destruction. Tremendous destruction to enemy held ports by British bombers has been reported at Vichy. Strange Propaganda. Strange propaganda that invasion may not be necessary to subdue Britain is being circulated at Berlin. Attack May Not be Imminent. An Italian attack may be made on Egypt at any time, but there is no special reason to believe it is imminent. •'Warsaw or Paris." "London must now choose the fate of Warsaw or Paris," said a German spokesman in commenting on recent air raids. Calculated Policy. Bombing of Buckingham Palace, says the Daily Mail, is part of the calculated policy of Berlin to attempt to assassinate heads of States. Invasion Attempts. Several attempts to invate Britain at different points have already been made and failed, according to an American who was at Paris. British Take Aerial Offensive. There is every indication that British air activity has doubled in the past few days and is now enormously in excess of the German activity. Royal Chapel Wrecked. Only a tangle of almost unrecognisable ruins is left within the Royal Chapel at Buckingham Palace, where a bomb burst just before the altcr. Significant Days. With the moon approaching the full and high tides about dawn, the significance of heavy Royal Air Force attacks on enemy held ports is said at London to be considerable. Would-be Invaders Harried. Massive Royal Air Force raids on enemy invasion bases and transport centres continue every night, the pilots pressing home their attacks in the face of fierce opposition. Failed by Miracle. Diving through a balloon barrage and releasing six bombs from 1000 feet, the German pilot who attacked Buckingham Palace failed by a miracle to bring murder and devastation to the palace.