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PACE 8-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

GENERAL

U.S. TRAVELLER REPORTS TYPHOON MOVING SLOWLY N.W. DUTCH INDIES PREPARÏNG

AGAINST ATTACK

While there seems to be little Tear that an attack by an -outside aggressor is imminent, the Dutch East Indies are fran- deally preparing for any eventuality and will be ready to de- fend themselves, to the limit it. and when such an attack

sorties.

This is the report brought by Miss Fern Arneson, a young Chicago woman who arrived in Manila a few days ago in the course of a tour of the Far East. according to the Manila Bulletin

Batavia that alfen's who have been interned in the Far East are very well treated, com- pared to internees in Ger-

Шаду,

Misa Arneson came out from San Francisco on the last trip of the President Coolidge which she left at Hongkong to catch another ship for Singapore, Java and Ball.

She spent some three weeks While she enjoyed her visit in visiting various cities in Java and Java Immensely, 'Miss Arneson

was much impressed by the tever-sald that the cost of living in

ish defense preparations being Java is very high. The lowest made elsewhere,

DEFENCE PROGRAMME "Everywhere

TONG KING

hotel rates are approximately $7

Hanoi

a day for room and she Jound that she could not get by with Arnason said, in hotels, on the less than about $25 a day, includ¬

one. goes.

咂

Miss

'ing transportation and incidental uniform doing their expenser.

streets and on "traina, one #226

Tren allotted task in the defense pru-

gramme. Mspecially noticeable BETTER HOUSING

are the preparations for defense against air raids." Dugouts have been bullt for--air-raid shelters, whlie on the open roads soldiers

on manoeuvers with anti-aircraft guns are a common sight."-

FOR COOLIES

Better housing accommodation for estate coolles, cheap housing schemes and settlements have

All the man power of the East been worked out successfully: in Indies is being mobilized for de- Malaya, and although the problem fense. Miss Arneson reports, and still leaves room for improvement, overy man, whether"European or a great advance on the schemes Javanese, is required to report for has beca seen during the last three "military "duty one week out of years.”

every month

NEW STORY. "'

Progress has been most notice- able in the State of Perak in re-” gård to better coolte lines for estate labourers and cheap hous-

Mlas Arneson said that in Bate- via the story is told that the plans for the German attack on Holland ing schemes and settlements to were discovered in Java, and not

make provision for the lowest pald workers.

in the home country. The story, according to her, was that the On estates, detached or semi- German attack on Holland was detached cottages are taking the scheduled for May 12.

place at the long lines that were Siscret operatora in Java learned almost universal until a few years of the plan from a fifth column ago and many of the older res ist and immediately relayed the have been converted into family report to Holland. The Germans, quarters with two rooms and a finding their plans discovered, kitchen.

launched the attack two days -Cheap housing schemes. and earlier than scheduled, and the settlements have been planned for hiftzkrieg started on may 10.

The visitor from Chicago àlso confirmed reports froën

the lowest paid workers well away from main roads. where they are possible,

Malay Pri

100

110

Amoy

190

-1.90

130

The typhoon entered the Balintang Channel yesterday morning and moved on a west-north- westerly track, At 5.52 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Royal Observatory reported that the typhoon was situated in the eastern end of the Balintang Channel moving slowly north-westward. Cyclonic gales are expected east of Pratas.

LATITUDE 20 N.,

LONGITUDE

1:20 E.

The position of the disturbance yesterday morning was within 60 miles of lat. 18N., Wing. 121E.. moving W.N.W. wille at 5.37 p.m. the typhoon was reported as being within 60 miles of lat. 20N., long. 120E, moving north-west.

The maximum temperature yesterday was 89, the minimum 77 and weather forecast for today- is fine to cloudy.

Pressure is highest over the Pacific to the east of Japan, the Royal Observatory report adds.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1940.

SANDEMAN

SHERRY & PORT

Obtainable everywhere.

JAPANESE TAKE OVER SHANGHAI

BALLROOM significant step on their part to

preclude any chances against the Speculations were rife in

fe in Shang-sector being handed over to other hai on Aug. 12 as to what prompt foreign forces here.

however, Was

ed Japanese troops to occupy the No comment, Honeymoon Balroom, at 40 Great forthcoming from the British offi- Western Road, on Aug. 11 when cial circles - they marched in and forced the management to close down, writes the North China Daily News.

Mr. J. Ritson, Socialist M.P. In view of the reports appear-for East Durham, has received by ing in the Shanghai Chinese press post 100 E1 notes from an elderly to the effect that the Japanese couple with an anonymous note contemplate demanding that they saying: "Please, give this to the be assigned to take up duties in Exchequer to help the war. It is the 'British Sector when it is money I have saved for our old vacated, this is regarded as ulage."

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