Evening star., 1940-10-08
feel more confident now than ",
have ever been before"
$50 Killed in One Night.

$50 Killed in One Night.
He continued:
I'VE were told on September %
that $4,000 tons of explosives had
been discharged upon Great Britain
since the beginning of the war and
we were also told that on last Thurs
day a week, 25l tons had been
discharged upon London in single
night-only a few tons less than
the total dropped on the whole
country throughout the last war.
"One hundred and eight persons
were killed in London on that night
That is to say. it took a ton OF
bombs to kill three-quarters Of q
person. In the last war, small
bombs Of early patterns were used
and killed 10 persons for every ton
discharged in built-up areas -.
THAT is a very remarkable fact
deserving profound consideration
There can be only one explanation
that vastly improved methods OF
shelter have been adopted.
This appears not only to be re-
markable but also reassuring and ii
has also altered the course of the
whole of the estimates we had made
of the severity of the attacks to
which we could be exposed.
whereas we expected to sustain
losses which might amount in a
single night to 5000 killed and $4,000
wounded-in single night and
night after night-up to last Satur-
day air raid casualties were about
$500 killed and $4,000 wounded"
People must be taught not to
despise the small shelter" Mr.
Churchill said, adding that dis
persal is the sovereign remedy
against heavy casualties"
Property Losses Great.
Destruction Of property has beer
very considerable" Mr.. Churchill
acknowledged. He said all classe.
have suffered equally "as they woulc
desire to do"
On every side, Mr.. Churchill said
he heard cries of I'VE can take it.
and also "give it 'em back" and he
limited 1T may be that new methods
will be devised to make the wholesale
bombing of the civilian population
by night or in fog far more exciting
than it is at present" He did not
disclose any of these methods, but
warned mo one must look forward
to any relief merely because Of the
winter weather"
Declaring the need for adequate
shelters to be second only to the
needs of the fighting services, Mr..
Churchill said I'VE must try to have
a shelter with a sleeping bunk for
every one In the areas liable to
constant attack and in the
shortest possible time"
Invasion has not been attempted
primarily because of the succession
of brilliant victories gained by our
fighter aircraft over largely SUI
perior numbers" the Prime Minister
declared.
"The three great days of August
IS, September 16 and September q
have proved to all the world that
here at home we have the mas
terry of the air."
Counts on New World.
Recounting "these victories" Mr..
Churchill said ''if 1t were not for
the resources of the New World,
which are becoming increasingly
available, it would be a long time
before we should be able to do much
more than hold our own"
THE pilot situation is rapidly i'm
proving" he said, and both in
fighters and in bombers we are, at
this moment and after all these
months of battle, substantially
stronger actually and relatively than
we were in May when the heavy
fighting began"
Perhaps, he added, it will even "be
possible to make a more satisfactory
statement" on air strength a year
hence.
Mr.. Churchill said he hoped con-
troll of the seas would enable us to
fill, in time, the terrible gap in oul
defenses which was opened by the
Vichy French desertion."
The Prime Minister announced ar
open debate on air defenses at Com
mons next meeting.
Mr.. Churchill's son Randolph took
the oath % the new NJ. p. fol
Preston.