1940-04-19 — Page 6

U.S.

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 19, 1940

NAVY WAR

SUPER

DREADNOUGHTS

GAMES: STATUS FOR U.S. QUO IN

PACIFIC

WASHINGTON, TO-DAY,

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STATUS QUO IN THE PACIFIC IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY CLEAR.

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Washington, To-day.

Developments of the past 24 hours have served to focus attention on the American naval man- oeuvres now being held west of Hawaii under conditions of utmost secrecy. It is believed the manoeuvres are taking place fur-land, Norway, Sweden and

ther from American shores than ever before,

and it is stated that for the first time there are no journalists or photographers with the Fleet.

It is also pointed out it is unusual it is absurd to say the United States for the Secretary of Navy to go so is not interested in the maintenance far from home to watch "war games," of a regular flow of essential commo-

Well-informed circles belleve dities such as rubber and tin.

that with the Trade Agreements Bill safely through Congressional storms, Secretary of State Cordell Hull is likely to devote increasing attention to Far Eastern affairs. Meanwhile, President Roosevelt yes- terday expressed the hope that in the interests of peace the status quo in the whole Pacific could be maintained. He was commenting on Mr. Cordell Hull's declaration.

RUNG THE BELL

Mr. Cordell Hull's "hands off the Dutch Indies" statement has "rung the bell" in the United States.

It le generally felt that no single statement by a high United States official for months has evoked. auch' widespread approval,

Typical headlines are: "United States bars Japan from East Indies," and "Out of Dutch Indies, Hull tells Japan."

FACTS AGAINST

Washington, To-day, Admiral Stark, addressing the Senate. naval committee yester- day, sald America contémplates building super-dreadnoughts of 50,000 to 52,000 tons as an an. swer to Japan's reported con.... struction of 43,000-ton battleships.

At the same time, sald Admir- al Stark, the U.8. Navy renewed its efforts to obtain Congress ap- proval for the construction of a large aubmarine and air base on the Island of Guam-Reuter.

Credits amounting to NEW STYLE $55,000,000 which the United States had granted to Fin- EXCHANGE Denmark, and which have BUSINESS

not been paid, will be ear- marked for South American countries.

A decision to this effect followed a conference between President Roose- velt, Mr. Sumner Welles (Under- Jesse Secretary of State) and Mr. "As to rubber we can't be isola-Jones (Federal Loan Administrator). Reason for the suspension of credits facts are against isolationism."Reu-to Scandinavia is the fear that they may fall into German hands in one or another form and also the difficulty of sending them through the zone of naval hostilities.

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Japanese Naval Spokesman's Statement

Tokyo, To-day. "The Japanese Navy feels grave concern for the maintenance of the status quo in the Dutch East Indies because any change in the status quo of those Islands, as a result of the European war, would mean expansion of the conflict to this part of the world," said a Navy Office spokesman. "To this, the Japanese Navy has the strongest objection particularly in view of Japan's national policy of standing out of the European war.

"If the United States feels solicitous for the maintenance of the status quo in Greenland there is no wonder why The "Baltimore, Sun," while declar-Japan feels so concerned over the fate ing that America should still remain of the Dutch East Indies because outside European entanglements, adds American interests in Greenland can- not stand comparison with Japan's vital interests in the Dutch East Indies."

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Shanghai, To-day.

A number of commercial houses in Shanghai with con- nections in the interior have started a kind of exchange business.

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Chungking, To-day.

As the result of an agreement sign- ed yesterday morning between re- presentatives of Air France and the Chinese Government, providing for the flying over Chinese territory of French planes, a new. Air France line will be inaugurated shortly linking Yunnanfu and Hanol-Havas.

WEATHER REPORT The Royal Observatory reports that an anticyclone is developing over North China, and a depression is in- dicated in the vicinity of Hokkaido.

QUESTIONS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

London, To-day.

THE JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER'S statement was the

subject of questions in the House of Commons yester day afternoon when Capt. Alan Graham (Cons. Wirral) sought an assurance that the Government did not intend to leave solely to Japan the maintenance of peace in the waters of the Netherlands East Indies in the event of the Netherlands themselves becoming a theatre of war.

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Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, re-pital for a stab wound in the back, plied that as far as the Foreign Secretary was aware the It is understood that a man has been Japanese Government had made no claim to be solely arrested in connection with the in- responsible for the maintenance of peace in these cident. waters.

In a statement to the press, the Ja-ing the Far East, the Prime Minister panese Foreign Minister had said the would give an assurance that the Unit- Japanese Government could not but ed States would be consulted whether be deeply concerned at any develop the adoption of a mutually agreed po→ ment consequent upon aggravation of licy was, possible. the wor

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THE PRACTICE

Mr. Butler replied it was the prac- tice of the Government to keep the

Mr..Butler added?.

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