Show British Brith d Claim Big Offensive CoUnterOffensive BI Blasts Blash Berlin Many Enemy Centers By the Associated Press British R. R A A. F. F bombers have turned a made In England blitzkrieg blitzkrieg blitzkrieg blitz blitz- krieg on Germany the London airm air airm m ministry i n i s t try r y disclosed Wednesday driving the war home to Germans in a offensive counter-offensive that struck overnight at Berlin and 16 other cities and towns Great fires terrific explosions explosions explosions the debris of hit bomb-hit buildings hurled sky-high sky were reported from the German capital to nazi held Le Le-Havre Le Havre on the channel channel channel chan chan- nel coast r. r J R. R A. A F F. fliers returning from the assault said the red glare of fires set by bombers In the great industrial valley of bf the Ruhr could be seen en for 60 miles From very shortly after dark until until- well after midnight the bomber forces kept up their harassing harassing harassing haras haras- sing attacks against potential in invasion invasion invasion in- in bases on the Dutch and French coasts th the air ministry said adding that German coastal guns received special attention at Along with this tippling of the fight air scales the axis axis' powers J F x now have definitely abandoned the idea dea of drawing Spain into the war for the moment at least Informed quart quarters rs In Madrid said Spain's economic situation was stilt still so black as an aftermath of the civil war ivar that any military venture ventur might be be disastrous disastrouS' Spaniards Spaniards' as a whole ch cheered ered reports from Rome that Spain is to continue as a non noh Warlike talk in th the Spanish press preS ebbed b Wh While C Londoners e s hailed h. h l d report reports 1 Continued Sn f Pase P purle 8 Fl e i e Col Column Two 1 T Takes ekes Offensive Blasts Nazi Gaza Centers Continued from Pare Pace One of R R. A. A F. F bomb reprisals against Germany the R. R A. A F.'s defense fighters coped with four swift- swift striking waves of nazi warplanes attempting to storm London by daylight Invaders Ch Chased sed Away The air ministry said R R. A. A F. F Spitfires chased one German formation formation formation for for- mation down the Thames river and intercepted and scattered the theother theother theother other three waves Fifth and sixth mass German at attacks attacks attacks at- at tacks later in the day were also reported beaten off The air ministry ministry ministry min min- listed nine nazi planes shot down with one R. R A. A F. F plane miss miss- ing While the capital rang with re repeated repeated repeated re- re alarms London political circles heard without confirmation that Neville Chamberlain the ailing ailing ailing ail ail- ing appeasement man of Munich would resign resign- from the Churchill war cabinet It was also reported that David I Lloyd George the white Welsh Tiger who led Britain to victory as prime prime- minister in inthe inthe inthe the World war might return to office As the war passed its month with with the danger of a nazi invasion invasion invasion inva inva- sion pf lof England apparently becoming becoming becoming be be- coming more and more more remote London military circles Said there was n no no reason to doubt that Hitler's Hitler's Hitler's Hit Hit- lers ler's high command has taken over direction of Italian operations in north Africa aimed at breaking Great Britain's hold on the Medi Medi- Nazis Reinforce Italians These circles said also that in all probability German troops have moved into Italy to be used as re reinforcements reinforcements reinforcements re- re for the Italian North African army Egypt appeared to be the next major land battlefield they said with wilh nazi-fascist nazi legions joining in inan inan inan an attempt to crush British resistance resistance resistance resist resist- ance by spring and then turning to the final assault on Britain's island kingdom itself Invasion weather Wednesday was poor High seas were reported running in the Strait of Dover lashed by a cold northwest wind British and German bombers spread wide destruction in their night patrols and more and more it was becoming evident that Germany Ger Ger- many which many which suffered little material material material mate mate- rial havoc in the 1914 18 World war war has has now begun to feel the lash 1 Na Nazis is Admit Damage A nazi admitted that thai R. R A. A F F. bombers raided a anum- anum number number num num- ber of western German cities where great fire damage was caused to numerous apartment houses and said that the raiders dropped fire bombs and explosives on on a brick works west of Berlin Ber Ber- lin tin Berliners Berliner were sent scurrying to air raid shelters for the fourth successive night but the alarm was short-lived short and Germans said only a few British planes reached the outskirts of the city doing little damage G German range long-range guns at Cap Gris Nez which have been pounding rounding pound round ing the Dover coast were among the targets at which the British said their air raiders aimed Watchers Watch Watch- ers on the Dover cliffs said the sky on the occupied German-occupied side ol of the channel was bright with bomb bomo bursts U. U S. S Japan Riff Widens Widen The Far East meanwhile continued continued con con- to remain a question mark markin in the complicated international situation Possibility of any improvement in relations between the United States and Japan was declared out of the question by Suma Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese foreign office spokesman until until until un un- un- un til the United States dropped fixed ideas regarding the orient and recognizes the new order ili there Suma disclosed that new Japanese ambassador dor to Russia would depart for Moscow October 11 commissioned to speak on al subjects but evaded questions regarding a possible Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese Russian non aggression treaty to supplement the new Tokyo-Berlin-Rome Tokyo alliance recent appointment was interpreted by observers as Japans Japan's first step in a campaign for better relations with Russia |