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ROYAL NAVY CORDONS SYRIA

To Meet Threat Of Axis Drive On Suez Canal JAPANESE Systematic R.A.F. GERMAN NUISANCE Raids On Syria

RULING

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ACCORDING TO THE JAPAN. ESE CONSULATE IN

SHANG-

HAI INSTRUCTIONS BY THE TOKYO FOREIGN OFFICE HAVE BEEN ISSUED THAT APPLICATIONS

BY BRITONS

FIRST BE INVESTIGATED BY

MISSION IS GIVEN TO THE

To Begin

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GERMANY'S FIRST FULL-SCALE BLITZ

FOR JAPANESE VISAS MUST RAID ON ALEXANDRIA, ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, IS REGARDED IN CAIRO AS THE OPENING OF THE AXIS CAMPAIGN FOR A DRIVE ON SUEZ.

THE GAIMUSHO BEFORE PER CONSULATE TO ISSUE SAME

Great delay will result from the new ruling, for which no reason is given.

British consular officials declin- ed to comment on the situation.

The British have moved to meet the new Diplomatic circles in Shanghai, threat, cordoning the Syrian coast with war- strained ships and rushing further troops to the Syrian

however, believe the ruling is indicative

further of

Anglo-Japanese relations.-Inter- frontier.

national News Service,

Reuter

adds it is understood

the movement of Britons in oc-

British sources in Cairo said that systema-

cupied areas is not affected by tic R.A.F. raids on German-occupied bases are

the ruling.

BILL RUSHED

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The U.S. House of Representa-

tives is rushing passage of the

about to begin.

An Ankara

are

report, Aleppo. Signs printed in $10,000,000,000 Army Appropria~ | meanwhile, says the Ger- German and French tion Bill, which will provide mans have established evident everywhere.

money to help build and maintain

50.000 military planes and supply complete control at

army of 2,000,000

men.

two

While the B.B.C. charged that German "tourists" thousands of

International News Service. big Syrian aerodromes at are altering into Syria and the

BRINK REACHED IN JAPAN-N.E.I. NEGOTIATIONS

"IF THE REPLY IS unfavourable my stay- ing here is no longer necessary, so I can pack my trunks. In that case my mission is ended and the Japanese Government will not start negotiations about economic_questions.”

This statement was made by Mr. Yoshi- zawa, chief Japanese delegate to the econo- mic pafleys in Batavia, in an interview yester- day when he said he expected a reply from the Netherlands East Indies Government to the latest Japanese proposals within 24 hours.

on

Nazi grip

the territory is tightening, M. Pierre Boishon, Governor of French Africa, has been hurriedly summoned to Vichy for what is believed to be the final conference on the defence of Syria and Dakar.

Syria "Maginot Line”

According to the B.B.C. the Commissioner in Syria, General Henri Dentz, is being removed, and M. Bolshon might take over defence of the territory.

Other reports state that Gen- eral Dentz, in addition to sending French troops to the frontiers of Palestine and Transjordania, has been rushing the construction of a "Maginot Line" in Syria, which is said to be well advanced. International News Service.

CHUNGKING GOODS SEIZED

The Japanese Military Mission to French Indo-China announced in Hanol that the Japanese authorities have started the re-

"If I should fall, the Japanese] tween the two countries have moval, with the approval of the Government must decide the fur- been discussed.

„Since. I arrived, on December 28 last I have been received everywhere...most cordially" and treated very kindly by the Governor-General. I have the Warmest a friendship Cavernor-General and other per- sonalities, REO

'local authorities, of large quanti-

ther course of things," Mr. "Now we reach a brink-it ties of military and other sup- Yoshizawa continued.

might fall down or remain on plies destined for Chungking. the table. The next 24 hours, which had been stocked up at will bring a decision,

| various.... `points in Indo-China If the Netherlands East Indies since last June, A replies irrevocably no,' connec- The announcement said that the tion with the main questions in Governor-General of Indo-China the the negotiations will be ended. agreed to the removal of thé | "If the N.E.I. reply is unfavour goods only after the Japanese able this would have the most Mission had furnished conclusive unfavourable reaction on publie proof that the materials-in- "I have done all that is pos- opinion in Japan and would be question were of military im síb:e.to reach a friendly settlement, very much⠀⠀regretted by the portance and bound for use by and ralli economie, qusations bei Naponess Government. uteri (Chungking-

Brink Reached

REASON FOR PRESIDENT'S NEW POWERS

The reasons for Pre- sident Roosevelt's re- questing power to seize property were explained by Mr. Henry Stimson, Secre- tary of War, to a press in conference Washington yester- day.

They were needed, he said, to relieve machine tools bottle- necks, aluminium Ger- shortages and man patent (controls on vital defence pro- cesses and should not be delayed by any "frivolous objections" by Congress.--Reu-

ter.

PLAN IN AMERICA

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Italy

and

Germany

|have completed an ambi- tious programme designed to attack and overwhelm the Panama Canal, reliable Soviet source in London told International News yesterday.

on,

The informant, who is not con- nected with the Soviet Embassy, was unable to furnish details but

the United suggested States keep a close check German merchantmen recently cleared from American ports.

These could and probably are being transformed into he said.

raiders,

As part of the Axis plan of campaign for action against the United States the Germans basing long-range seaplanes Magadascar and Dakar.

are at

During the last month, the Informant said, "the Germans have been perfecting plans for "wide oversea action."

Preparations for possible American intervention in the war naturally Agure In the German plans but the immediate objec- tive of the Axis is described as an attempt to "put the United States on the spot."-International News Service.

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