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FAR EAST DANGER SIGNALS

Serious View Taken In London BRITONS Tokyo Massing

COLONIES LEAVING In Manchukuo And MUST BE

On Thai Border IN

SAIGON

SEVEN AND EIGHT COLUMN BANNER HEADLINES IN LAST Although the British

EVENING'S LONDON NEWSPAPERS CARRIED THE NEWS, LEARN- consulate has not given ED IN AUTHORITATIVE LONDON QUARTERS EARLIER IN THE orders, a proportion of the small British colony DAY, THAT THAILAND IS "UNDOUBTEDLY IN A POSITION OF in Saigon is evacuating DANGER."

on Monday to Singapore.

The party consists chiefly women and children.

of

The movement of Japanese

The "Evening Standard" headlined its report "Japan threatens Thailand and Vladi- vostok. One million of the Soviet's best troops through Saigon is abating troops ready. Tokyo masses in Manchukuo.” somewhat, giving rise to the supposition that they are making The "Evening News" headlines read: "Japan masses striking force 100 miles from

more use of water-borne traffic | » up the Mekong mouths.

: All officiaj French buildings Vladivostok.

In Saigon have suddenly start- ed sporting

enormous

crosses on the roofs.

Siam's position dangerous,'

white and gave prominence to the Tokyo broadcast

come at

It is understood this is due to yesterday that "war may

Ka Vichy order to

ensure

the

safety of French property in the moment." event of an armed conflict in the Far East, which indicates French non-belligerènçy.--Reuter,

Another Raid On Sicily

any

A review of the war situation' Huge sums have been spent given in authoritative quarters inl on making Bingapore more London yesterday shows that in powerful, and the British Air Manchukuo the Japanese are Force there is superior in qual- reported to be massing possible ity to anything Japan can bring striking forces between Harbin Against It. Reinforcements and the northern border of Korea have recently been sent.

about 100 miles from Vladivo- The Malay Princes are Co- stok-while in Indo-China the operating enthusiastically in plans Japanese have occupied Siemreap,| for the defence of their country, 250 miles from Bangkok, capital Burma is now also in a for of Thailand, which country was more favourable position to repel described as "undoubtedly in a any assailant-Reuter. pósition of danger."

to

It is thought in London that| Thalland would do its best resist if Japan took military action.

Another war base in Italy has been raided by British aircraft, it was In The North revealed in yesterday's

During the past few weeks the Cairo R.A.F. communique, Japanese have been reinforcing their 250,000 men in Manchukuo ON WEDNESDAY- NIGHT and northern Korea and there FLEET AIR ARM AIRCRAFT is evidence they are preparing ATTACKED THE SUBMARINE more defensive positions. BASE AT AUGUSTA, IN SICILY - Japan would have no difficulty Many direct, hits from 'a low al-in reinforcing its urmies in

scored.

BRITISH

INVASION

VISIONS

titude with heavy, bombs were Manchukuo and Korea through The prospect of a Bri- Fort Arthur and Dalny, but it is tish invasion of the Con- pointed out that the Russian army tinent is beginning to be in Siberia is very strong.

RAF, and South African bomb ers during the same night raided Derna, Benghazi and other porta in Italian and German hands..“, Three enemy planes were-des- troyed in a raid on Malta the same night-Reuter. -

AUSTRALIA'S POLICY

-1,000,000 men; la composed of

The Russian Far East army put forward in the Ameri- has a total strength of roughly can press as not outside. the most highly-trained and the realms of possibility. best-equipped Soviet troops and has good generale,

The Japanese have the disad vantage of having to keep a great part of their military strength in

China,

An expedition somewhere to the north, possibly with Russian collaboration, is now being re- garded as both practicable and logical,

THE DANGERS OF SUCH AN OPERATION ARE NOT MINI- MISED BUT IT IS FELT THAT TO THE TASK BRITAIN HAS FORCES EQUAL

The New York "Daily Mirror"

the

„Thailand's Position They have landed 50.000 men THE FAR EASTERN SITUA-] in Indo-China and are occupying TION WAS THE SUBJECT OF A eight aerodromes in that country in-particular, deprecates CONFERENCE BETWEEN THE Thailand's armed forces total "blitzkrieg" and suggests that an AUSTRALIAN MINISTER IN about 50,000 and its equipment is invasion of Nazi-occupied terri- WASHINGTON MRER. C. fairly limited, although their air CASEY, AND THE SECRETARY force makes up for its

tory might well be attempted. Reuter. DELI STATE, 7 MR CORDELL size by its quality.

ULL YESTERDAY. F

*Mr. Casey declined to comment: EMPHASIS WAS

limited

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The India and Burma (Post- ponement of Elections) Bill was read a third time in the Lords

British Wireless

in Japan's southward expansion LONDON ON THE BELIEF THAT eyond saying "Australia strong IF JAPAN ATTEMPTED TO balleves that the place to de- ATTACK SINGAPORE HER RE end Australia is as far away from SOURCES WOULD BE TAXED Australia as possible.” —Reuter}}} TO ¡THE UTMOST IN11111 yesterday,

THAIS BAN JAPANESE AIRCRAFT

It is reported in Saigon that Thailand has refused passage to а four-motored Japanese passenger seaplane from Saigon to Bangkok.

The 'plane was due to pick up the Thai delegates to the Commis- Boundary

sion who have not yet arrived. Reuter.

THE WAR

Instructions to Colonial Governments on the pro- per use of economic re- sources in wartime ́ were published in London yès- terday as a White Paper. The Secretary of State for the | Colonies, in a despatch, recom-

mends. reduced spending on non-. essentials, accumulation & of re sources for improving the stand- 'ards of poor populations and. continuation of economic deve- lopments.

J

"The economic needs of war require that efforts much more greatly commensurato- with those now being made in this country be made by all inhabi- tants of the Colonial Empire who enjoy‚'a' comparatively high standard of life.

"It is an imperative-duty, how- ever, to do all practically · pos- sible to raise the standard of large Colonial populations whose standard of living is so low that this policy cannot „„, and should, not be applied to them even in wartime."

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