ONLY A BEGINNING

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 128, 2 June 1942, Page 5

ONLY A BEGINNING

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.; LONDON, June 1. "We are not gloating over Cologne," said the 8.8.C. in its European broadcast today. "We are even sorry for the women and children who may have suffered. But when we remember Warsaw, Rotterdam, Coventry, and Belgrade, then we harden our hearts." The "Daily Express," in an editorial, says: "Air Marshal Harris claimed that; if we could send 1000 bombers nightly j over Germany the war would be j finished in the autumn. We have j reached that number, on one night. | "We must- be ready to follow with j armies where the R.A.F.'s bombs have led. We have the tank boys as well as the bomber boys, who are the best of their kind in the world." The "Daily Telegraph" says that the decision to unleash over 1000 bombers against Cologne was taken by the War Cabinet on the advice of the Chiefs of Staff Committee. The aeronautical correspondent of "The Times" says that many of a new 40001b type of bombs, were, among the heavy-calibre bombs which were used by the raiders. "The Times," in a leading article, says: "Now that the striking power is passing from the Luftwaffe to the R.A.F., Germany is beginning to realise the folly she committed in entrusting her destiny to Hitler and his comrades in crime." ' ' I AMERICAN REACTION, A message from Washington says that in the view of many observers there the raid against Cologne signalised the opening of the second European front. "In other words, it is on," Representative John W. McCormack,! the majority leader in the House, declared jubilantly on hearing the news. Mr. McCormack's comment is reflected in the general Congressional reaction. Senator Tom Connally, chairman of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, said: "It is only the forerunner of more activity on the Western Front, and it is prophetic of what the United Nations will do on that front when, they are ready." ' Representative Sol Bloom called the raid a wonderful feat, and said he hoped the British would keep up the good work. Senator Walter F. George declared: "It looks like the beginning of a real j air offensive on the Western Front. It may be a very great contribution to the fighting forces on the eastern and other fronts." A number of residents of Cologne were brought to Berlin radio. One said that the number of incendiaries dropped was colossal^ and others described how they were buried under debris and trapped in cellars.