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Local Naval Volunteers
U.S.-Japan Relations
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December 6, 1939.
CONSOLING FIGURES
Navy's Lossos Half Those Of 1914
(Router). LONDON, Dec. 5 From August 4 to November 1914, the Navy lost 22 ships totalling 125,656 tons, including five cruisers and one aircraft carrier torpedoed, one battleship, They suld that pending u study, one cruiser and eight other ships they would be unable to comment. mined, and three cruisera sunk Although it is understood that Grew in action by tonemy surface An Indication that
and Nomura did not speelflently dis-}| members of the
euss negotiations for a new commer- ships. Volunteer Force will be mobilised in cinl pact, it is believed that, the con-!
Another Eighteen To Be Mobilised
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the near future is indicated in acllliatory Japanese action Indicated 1939, the losses amount to nino ves- Finance message which will be pre-that Mr. Nomura's proposnis in con-cle, totalling 73,880 sons, Including rented to Legislative Council to-jnection with the claims was intended, two
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over-ago warships, the Courageous and the batileship Royal Oak, torpedoed, and four mined.
Thus the losses at the beginning of this war are little more than half
AU.S. AND ALLIES the tonnage, and less than half the
of $120,000 has already been authorls-
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One hundred and ninety navat volunteers have already been mobil- Itsed.
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WANTED MAN ARRESTED
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He added that the question has been studied for some time by officials of the State Department, following the protests of other neutrals,
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