The Air Ministry yesterday said ihat considerable damage was done to Mannheim during an R.A.F. raid on Monday night RAF. raiders also attacked Cologne, Coblenz, the docks at O: tend and Dunkirk, the Air Min said, adding that one ing—United Press the Eastern Command at Home In this picture troops are Britons Urged to Join Up The following is a message to British subjects in China from HM. Ambassador, Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr:—
"In the past I have told you that you were helping our war effort by remaining at your jobs, though it was the duty of everybody who could be spared conditions have changed; more men are needed than before and it is the duty of every able-bodied British subject in China to consider whether his services might not be more useful in the armed forces; this applies particularly to young men between 20 and 30 whether married or not.
"Firms should consider whether they cannot make special arrangements to release younger men, even if this means more work for those that remain. While the continued efficiency of British businesses in China is important, the flow of recruits is certainly no less important and I am sure that those concerned will be able to find ways of maintaining efficiency without holding back men whose place is in the fighting forces."
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