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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
August 15, 1939..
Earl Beatty, Home From East, EMPIRE
Says Send Battle Squadron
"Australia Fears Attack By Japan?
By EARL BEATTY
“AUSTRALIA realises that it must depend on the British Navy for its defence," Earl Beatty, son of Britain's war-time admiral, stresses the need for basing a battle squadron at Singapore in this searching analysis of Japan's aims in the Far East.
THERE is no doubt that the recent incidents in Tientsin-and-other Treaty Ports in China are a direct at- tack upon the rights of Foreign Concessions in China.
This is the first open attempt to It is hard for us in Britain, living attack our interests and gradually to on the opposite side of the world, edge us out of China, undoubtedly to feel that there is a serious danger the first step to reduen our influence of the Invasion of Australia. in that region of the Pacific,
one
not!
But it is as well for us to under-
But for the past love young steppistand that fer-Australians it is a very by
y step Japan hins continued her real fear. expansion to the South under pretext or unether which has received the notice that it has de served by the general public in this country,
After withdrawal from the League at Nations, Japan announced her in tention of retaining her mandated territories ns Colonies,
THEY BUILT NEW FORTS On certain selected islands in the Pellow, Caroline and Marshall groups |
DEPARTMENT ON THE NAVY In spite of Austrolla's recent magnificent effort to rehabilitate her defence frees, une cannot imagine that her six cruisern, 70,000 militia, and small Air Force could resist the onslaught of a first class Power.
T II E COMMONWEALTII FULLY REALISES THAT IT MUST DEPEND' ULTIMATELY UPON THE ROYAL NAVY FOR HER DEFENCE.
fortified naval bases with aerodromes. It is perhaps not as well known have now been constructed, bringing in this country as in Australia that Jupani 2,000 miles nearer to New, the British Government have given
that a Battle Squadron,
Can assurance
Guines, Australia, New Zealand and will be sent to Singapore in the event the rich British colony of Fiji,
EARLY THIS YEAR SHE OCCUPIED THE LARGE ISLAND OF HAINAN, ON WHICH SHE JIAS ESTAB-
LISHED
NAVAL AND AIR
OF
BASES, THEREBY BRINGING HER WITILIN 800 MILES SINGAPORE.
of trouble in the Far East.
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Much depends upon the attitude nt America, it is urdly likely that would be anxious to send the
large
proportion of their Navy to Singapore. the only fortified base reapable of housing capital ships in
that area, when it is reali In the last three months she has San Francisco is 7,350 miles, and that the distance between Singapore and annexed the island of Spratley. This has provided her with
an and her outer defences lie 1 foothold Japan within 300
300 miles of British North between. Borneo, wherein is to be found oil.
one of Japan's vital needs.
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realised that
It is obvious that Japan will do in her power to avoid the Lastly, through the Invasion of Philippine Islands, which belong South China, our outpost fortress of in the U.S., and will be careful to Hongkong is now completely Aur-see that anything she does will not rounded on land by lerritory held by confflet with any of the US. Interest, the Japanese.
When
of the Pacific it roust, be re
REAL DANGER TO AUSTRALIA be considering the defence pro- |
The whole of the basis of our demembered that distances are of great do! fence in the Far East rests upon the that air power can only be of value fortified buse of Singapore. That for local defence, as it offensive base in of Uttle value unless there powers are still limited very Ingely in strong Battle Squadron based by distances.
upon it.
Such a squadron would form the only real nafeguard against
the
THUS THE IMPORTANCE OF SEA POWER IS EVEN GREATER IN THE FAR EAST THAN IN MOST OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. FACT, THE INTEGRITY OF THE EMPIRE, AS EVER. STILL DEPENDS UPON THE ROYAL NAVY.
the invasion of North Borneo, New Guinea, Fiji, and even Commonwealth of Australla. But that Battle Flex is lacking at present. If a squadron of battleships: is sent to Singapore in the present in- ternational circumstances it will leave; us a very narrow margin in the North | the Sea and Mediterranean,
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What forces oppose each other in Pacific? Based on Hongkong (Continued on Next Column.)
ALBUM SERIES OF H.M.V. RECORDS.
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King Leopold of Belgium watching golf matches at the Royal Zoute club, Brussels. He's at right, accompanied by Vicomtc
du Parc,
Fire Result After An Insult To Idol
Ipswich.
"DON'T put the Buddha on the ground, whatever you
It means bad luck.”:
fellow students when she brought a statue of the Buddha to This was the warning that Joan Bousfield gave to her East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing at Dedham, near Ipswich.
Buddha was to be painted by the students with a Chin- ese model, Mr. E. G. Lee Kam, posing beside it.
Jean Bousfield was only repenting the warning of an Indian seer who, twenty years ago, gave the Buddha to her father, Major Eldred Bousfield, of Cedar House. Mayland, Essex:
"It is unlucky to place a Buddha on the ground. A disaster follows when | such disrespect is paid."
BEETHOVEN. Emperor Concerto. (Schnabel.)
(Alb. 148.)
Symphony No. 1. In C Major, Op. 21. Symphony No. 2. In D Major, Op. 38.
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Symphony No. 7. (Toscanini.)
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Symphony No. 9. In D Minor. (Choral.) Sonata No. V. In A Major. Op. 47.
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BRAHMS.
Concerto for Violin & Orch.
BRAIIMS.
CHOPIN. DVORAK. GRIEG.
GONDOLIERS.
Clarinet Quintet In B Minor, The Four Bailades. Alfred Corlot, Symphony No. 5. In E. Minor, Op. 95. Planoforte Concerto In A Minor.
(Complete Opera.).
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The art students not only, laughed at this superstition, but they tossed cherries into Buddha's lap as they left the school for their lodgings.
NEWS
AUSTRALIA'S PLANS FOR DUKE OF KENT
CANBERRA,
Although the Duke of Kent has in- formed the Commonwealth Govern- ment that he does not desire inrge- scale oficiul ceremonies on his arrival at State cupitals in November, both the Federal and State Governments will hold receptions bentting the oc- casion.
Tentative plans, for these recep- tions have already been prepared. The Duke and Duchers and their two Fremantle, children will arrive at Western Australia, on November 14 In the liner Strathaird, and two des- troyers will ercort the vessel round the coasts. On their way to Can- berra, which they are expected to rench an November 23, they will stop at Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. Processions will be held al cach capital.
Itatings Pay Deuands-Naval rat- ings of the Australian Navy, who are demanding increases in Day and marriage allowances, met in Sydney yesterday to consider the result of their representations to Brig. G. A. Street, Australian Minister for De- fence. Further representations are to be made to the Minister. KENYA
Schools Needed For White Children
NAIROBI.
The influx of refugees and the de- feision of many Kenya settlers, be- cause of the international situation, to keep their children in the colony in- stead of sending them to school in Britain, are new factors in the educn- tional situation in the country: A serious shortage of school accommo- clation has been brought to
ought to light. The fear has been expressed that these circumstances, if long unaltered. [may lead to the beginnings of a "poor white" situation, through the inade- quncy of the standard of education. [NEW ZEALAND
Survey Flight To Fiji Planned
AUCKLAND.
A survey fight from Auckland to Suva, Fiji, the first step in establish- ing the projected British air roule from Australia to England via Cana- da, is likely to be made before the Tasman air service begins in Sep- tember
It is expected that the survey will be undertaken by an Empire dying- boat destined for the Toumun service under the command of the New Zen- land pilot, Capt. Burgess. SOUTHERN RHODESIA
Tourist Boom In The Colony
SALISBURY. Tourists have been coming into the Colony this year in larger numbers than ever before, and the traffle is about double what it was last year.
Morcover, many more than usual are visiting ports of the Colony away from the usual tourist attractions at the Victoria Falls and the Zimbabwe ruins.
They returned to the school to find The beautiful Georgian school-bulld-
ing destroyed by fre, art treasures The adoption of paid holidays in worth several hundreds of pounds the Rand mines, and the disinclina- lost, an entire library of art collect- tion of many people to go overseas is what is known
ed from all over the world, and the from South Africa, owing to the in- as the Chin
students' own pictures, in ashes. Squadron consisting of six cruisers,
ternational situstion, have contributed thirteen destroyers,
Amid the blackened debris one ob- to this. 107.)
carrier. and fifteen submarines, thefer statue with a calm, all-seeing ex- jeet alone was unscathed-an alabas- 110.) majority
of which would, in the 260.) event of hostilities, most probably pression-THE STATUE OF BUD- who lives near the art school, dressed only in her night-clothes, ran into the DIA.
street and tried to force her way into AWAKENED BY FLAMES
the school to
give the alarm. The Chinese student Lee Kam, wha}
the school,
She was prevented by the flames. was nearly) stayed at trapped as he slept.
"We have lost everythinng. The Crackling of the flames, as they Mr. Cedric Morris, who established Ore was complete in its destruction," enveloped the timber building, woke the school three years ago, satd.
"It was like staggered, choking, to my bedroom my work extending over ten years work of door"-he-said. "Flames hit me in has gone, and with fi the the face and I ran to the window. I students from all over the world. firew my clothes out and jumped
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Singapore, posscases six cruisers 261.) and one flotilla of destroyers, and 311.) New Zealand two cruisers These 108.) latter two squadrons are there, en- 251.) tirely to protect the trade routes of their respective countries, 1.) would be useless to prevent any 48.) thing more than a small coastal raid. (313.)
Opposite this you have the - might of Japan's sea power, con- sisting of nine caplíat ships, cight aircrafts. 32 cruisers. 83 large and 38 small destroyers and 58 submarines. The forces we have would be incapable of dealing with any mafor operation carried out by Japan.
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BUDDHA SAFELY BACK "Some of the students had finished
Mr. Lee Kam was unhurt by his their paintings of the Buddha, but 20ft, drop.
there is not even a shred of one left." He works as an artists' model to
Among the students who ran into keen himself while studying to be the building was Miss Joun Warbur come a doctor.
He is shortly to take his final exa-W. Warburton, of Little Horkesley, h ton, aged twenty, daughter of Colonel minution, but all the notes he hasneighbouring village, and made during his five years as a medi-Freud, a grandson of the famous psý- |
Lucien cal student have been destroyed.
"HAVE LOST EVERYTHING"
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