NAZI RUTHLESSNESS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21215, 11 September 1940, Page 7

NAZI RUTHLESSNESS

INDISCRIMINATE BOMBING CIVILIANS’ TERRIBLE ORDEAL (United Press Asn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 11, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 10 The newspapers today give considered opinion as to the reasons for and the effect of the indiscriminate bombing to which London was subjected on Sunday and Monday nights. “Nobody who saw yesterday where the bombs had fallen on London could believe that the Germans tried to coniine their aim to military objectives,” states the Daily Herald. The Times says: “There is every reason to suppose that these attacks will continue nightly for some time and the civilian population of London must steel itself to endure a repetition and perhaps even an intensification of the ordeals which it has already undergone.” After drawing attention to the difference between the British and German raids and the fact that the British objectives had been military targets, the Times says: “The German Air Force has failed altogether to reveal the precision of the British Air Force. Their attempts to find their targets in the daylight raids have been hurled back with such devastating loss that those tactics seem very largely suspended. “Instead they have flown over London at such great heights that, whatever their orders or intentions, nothing like a systematic bombardment of military targets is attainable.” Bombs Dropped At Random The Ministry of Transport announced that the violent and indiscriminate bombing of the past two or three days has naturally caused some temporary dislocation of travelling facilities. In order to enable repairs to proceed with the least possible delay the public is asked to refrain from unnecessary travel to and from the London area. Although the recent German bombings bear all the marks of indiscriminate attacks, authoritative quarters in London take the view that the enemy is trying to smash our communications in night raids. The raiders cruised over the metropolis seeking some indication of the target and scattered bombs at random when they failed to locate their objectives. Londoners Late for Work Londoners, sleepy-eyed but stouthearted, went to work to-day determinedly. Nevertheless, many were late owing to traffic difficulties in some areas. People living in districts which had not been bombed quickly realised I the happenings elsewhere when they ' saw unfamiliar buses which had been ' diverted to avoid craters or debris i littered on the roads. I Some workers were obliged to change buses three or four times. I The proximity of bombers forced newspaper staffs to abandon their ! work and, in consequence, printing was extremely late. Distribution was ! also delayed by interruptions on i some of the usual routes.