TERRIBLE ANXIETY
SCENE IN LONDON
GRIM PREPAREDNESS
GUNS POINT TO THE SKY
LONDON, September 28
Faced with the grim fact that hours, not days, remained to decide the fate of nations, London was calm, but terribly anxious (before the announce^ ment of the Munich conference). The city had sought unsuccessfully a glimmer of hope in the early morning news from Europe.
Londoners awoke to the spectacle of long guns pointing silently to the sky, and naval officers and men standing by to respond to the call of the fleet mobilisation. Thousands of civilians, mainly women and children, have evacuated the city and taken up residence in the country.
Throughout the night there were scenes of great activity. Messengers raced about London. Trench-diggers redoubled their efforts. Streams of sand-laden lorries moved continuously in the vital areas. Anti-aircraft units are fully in position.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 78, 29 September 1938, Page 9
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141TERRIBLE ANXIETY Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 78, 29 September 1938, Page 9
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