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PACIFIC DEFENCE STRATEGY

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EXTREMELY ENCOURAGING PIC- TURE OF THE GENERAL DEFENSIVE POŠI- TION IN THE AREA OF WHICH SINGAPORE IS THE STRATEGIC CENTRE WAS GIVEN AT SIR A JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE BY ROBERT BROOKE - POPHAM, C.-IN-C. FAR EAST, AND ADMIRAL SIR GEOFFREY LAY- |TON, C.AN-C. CHINA STATION, IN SINGA-

PORE YESTERDAY.

Sir Robert said they were not afraid of the blockade threat, They had ample re- serves of food and ammunition. He did not think any blockade was ́tenable as long as six months but even within that time they were even without the as-

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Bengal Crisis Averted

What appeared to be an impending parliamentary crisis in Bengal has been temporarily averted.

Following the recent demands for the resignation of the Premiers of Bengal, Assam and the Punjab from the Viceroy's National De- fence Council, which were made by the Executive Council of the All-India Muslim League, Fazul Huq, the Bengal Premier, obeyed the League mandate and resigned from the Defence Council but also resigned from the League Execu- tive Council.

This action was followed by demonstrations and counter- demonstrations in Bengal. 8lx motions of no-confidence were passed in the legislature against 'the Finance Minister before the House adjourned until Septem- ber 18.

Supporters of the Premier and other party leaders have sent letters to the Governor expressing want of confidence in the Finance

Minister.

*Party Conference

The Governor called a confer- ence of party leaders to consider the situation and told them he will prorogue the Assembly when

RAF. IN ACTION IN RUSSIA

The RAF Wing nów in Russia under com- the strategic mand of Russian head- quarters has already been in contact with the Germans, it was learned in London yes- terday.

Of hundreds of Bri- tish machines sent a large number have already arrived. Reuter.

NAZI SPY TRIAL

Questioned concerning his re-! cent visit to the NE.I., Sir Robert sald that from what he had seen he was perfectly satisfied the NE.I would put up a perfectly good show if called on to do so they were not going about) A German-born United treading on people's corns but if States Government in-

were fully

attacked the N.E.I.

determined to give a good ac-former, William Sebold, gave evidence yesterday

count of themselves.

Asked if there had been Staff

talks with the N.E.1. or any tacit before the Federal Court arrangements, Sir Robert said in New York in the trial he had nothing to add to what of members of the alleg- he had stated in a previous terview, namely, that in a huge ed Nazi spy ring. are from Burma to Australia what happened in any part

in-

of

the area affected the rest of it.

"YOU CAN'T SEPARATE ANY OF THESE COUNTRIES," HE DECLARED.

Assistance To N.E.I.

Asked if Malaya would im- mediately move to the assistance

He said five months before the occupation of Iceland was announ- ced a German agent told him that 30,000 American soldiers and 4,000 officers would be sent to Green- land and Iceland.

Sebold also stated that the Fed- eral Bureau of Investigation 'had intercepted most of the money sent to the United States for Ger- man spies. As a result spies often

of the poor pay..

Reuter.

of the N.E.I. if the latter were complained attacked, Sir Robert said he would act on instructions from Whitehall whose decisions would be accelerated as a result of the labours of Mr. Duff-Cooper.

Questioned regarding Thai- land, Sir Robert said relations) with that country were better.

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NEW NAVAL BASES URGED

(SPECIAL TO "OHINA 'MAIL")

The American Legion Confer- They had come to realise, he said, that we were their friends, ence in Milwaukee yesterday call- the and they looked to us for advice, ed for new naval bases in as witness their sending two offi- Philippines and Iceland as well as cers to look at our defence plans other key Atlantic and Pacific and to see the working of our islands.-International News Ser- Aghter squadrons.

"I shouldn't have thought such

a thing possible a few months ago," Sir Robert said.

Thaïland's Attitude

In reply to another question

it meets to-day in accordance with Sir Robert agreed that Thailand his previous decision.

had begun to show an indepen The Assembly will be summon-dent attitude towards Japan. | ed again in November when fresh "They were realising, he said, non-confidence motions will have that they should not become too to be brought, as those to which much dependent, economically notice has already been given will and financially, upon Japan. have lapsed.

Reuter,

AUSTRIANS

EXECUTED

Five Austrians were

Admiral Layton told a quest tioner that the radio report that a raider was at large in the Paci- fle and that a number of ships had fallen victim, was untrue.- Reuter.

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SHANGHAI

executed in Berlin on TRAM Tuesday, according to the "Berlin correspondent of the Swedish newspaper "Dagens Nyheter."

STRIKE

(SPECIAL TO "GHINA MAILU

Of one, Eduard Jaroslawsky, it was said he displayed hostile "SHANGHAIS TEAM. STAKKE tendencies towards the State for WHICH STARTED 28UDDENLY many years and had recently (at- | YESTERDAY, “MORNING, WAS tempted to impair the powers of SETTLED FOLLOWING POLICE resistance of the German people. MEDIATION : "ONLY TODE

The other four were executed RESUMED LATER IN THE DAY for reason of espionage which Five workers were arrested they performed for payment from a foreign power. Reuter,

after a settlement chud boon reached, whereupon the entire staff again walked out land tho situation is still deadlóbked.

Later. The Settlement tram strike was The Ministry of Home Security settled after a six-hour-stoppage states that during, daylight yester-and the service has now returned International News day there was nothing to report. to normul.

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