1940-09-17 — Page 11

HONGKONG

DAILY PRESS

PRESIDENT

LINER

SAILINGS

To SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES

via SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA & HONOLULU

S.S. "PRESIDENT TAFT"

8.S. "PRESIDENT CLEVELAND"

9.8. "PRESIDENT PIERCE"

Sept. 17 Oct.

4

Oct. 75

To NEW YORK and BOSTON

via MANILA, SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO,

"BOMBAY and CAPETOWN

S.S. "PRESIDENT POLK"

S.S. "PRESIDENT GARFIELD"

Sept. 30 Oct. 17

To SINGAPORE & PENANG

S.S. "CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS”

S.S. "CITY OF NORFOLK"

Sept. 25 Oct. 27

To SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES

DIRECT

S.S. "CITY OF LOS ANGELES”

3.3. "CITY OF NEWPORTNEWS”

vin Yokohama.

Sept. 18

Oct. 14

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ASAMA MARİ' (Starts from Kobe) NITTA MARU

Wednesday, 2nd Oct. Friday, 11th Oct.

SEATTLE & VANCOUVER (Starts from Kobe)

HIE MARU

- NEW YORK via Panama.

SANUKI MARU.

Monday,

Tuesday, 8th Oct.

23rd Sept.

SOUTH AMERICA (WEST COAST) via Japan & San

Francisco.

HEIYO MARU

Thursday, 10th Sept.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila.

ATUTA MARE

SAIGON & MADRAS

* GENOA MARU

Wednesday, 2nd Oct.

BOMBAY via Singapore & Colombo,

ATAGO MARU (also calls Saigon) KASIMA MARU

***

Beginning of Oct.

Monday, 18th Sept. Saturday, 28th Sept.

RANGOON & CALCUTTA via Singapore

TOTTORI MARU

TUSIMA MARU

YOKOHAMA

KOBE &

HEIYO MARU

KITANO MARU

* Cargo only.

Wednesday, 25th Sept. Friday,

4th Oct.

Thursday, Thursday,

19th Sept. 19th Sept.

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Naval Expert Urges

Urges U.S. To Make Russia An Ally Against Japan

NEW YORK, Sept. 2-It is entirely possible that the long threatened German Invasion of the British Isles. Is imminent. writes Rear-Admiral Stirling Jnr. United Press Naval Analyst In the Manila Bulletin.

Berlin, indeed, asserts the great attack was started last week when German aerial assaults were Intensified and German planes sent over Britain in numbers estimated as high as 1,500. "

Both, sides are losing heavily and today's dispatches would indl- cate that the Germans still have the edge on the British in offen sive power.

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PRECARIOUS POSITION To students of United States naval policy the outlook is not reassuring. It is obvious that, should the British be defeated and their navy dispersed, our position might be precarious.

In evaluating the situation, I belleve one cannot place too much emphasis on the Pacific Ocean and our relations with Japan and Russia...

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Tokyo seems to be wavering to- wurds Berlin and Rome. The pos- sibility

of Japan's adherence to

ASSURED PROTECTION

What we need is assured pro- tection" for our Pacific flank in event we suddenly should have to use all our naval strength fri the Atlantic. The friendship of both Japan and Russia would make our position secure. Failing that an agreement with either power would tend to offset possible danger from the other.

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From a naval viewpoint 1 can see no major obstacle In the way of an understanding with Russia. There are ob stacles in the way-of-an-agree ment with Japan, but in my opinion, they are not insuUT - mountable.

I was told recently by one of the Gerinan-Italian military alli.Japan's ablest students of inter- ance should not be ruled out of national affairs that Tokyo sin

restoration consideration. And we must re-cerely desires a

In our member that Japan has the third close friendship with us.

should be most powerful navy in the world. present position we

willing to pay reasonably for that | friendship.

RELATIONS WITH JAPAN

Our relations with Japan now frankly are antagonistic We do not approve of Japan's programme

RIGHTS IN CHINA

I do not believe, however, that

In China and toward "Greater payment should go so far as to

PARKS TOURIST TRAVEL GAINS

.

An increase of thirteen per cent in tourist travel to national parks In Western Canada is recorded by the Department of Mines and Re- sources, Ottawa," which reports that in the four months ended July 31. 1840. a total of 366.440. visitors entered the western parks as against 323,618 persons in the corresponding period a year ago.

Banff National Park had 104.088 visitors as compared with 95,614 in the four months ended July 31, 1939.

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Attendance at Jasper National Park hit an all-time high with 19.726 visitors entering this park through the Eastern Gateway in addition to about 14.000 cars and 50.000 passengers approximately entering via the new Banff-Jasper Highway, opened to traffic June

15.

Was

Kootenay National Park visited by 23,112 tourists as against 19,090, Waterton Lakes National Park had 62,648 visitors compared with $7.802, and Yoho National Park played host to 19.753 persons, an increase of almost 68 per cent over last year.

East of the

mountain parks,

Prince Albert National Park in Saskatchewan had 19,001 visitors compared with 37,753, while atten- dance at Riding Mountain Nation al Park in Manitoba reached the record figure of 93,158, an increase of 17,709 over April, May, June and July a year ago.

East Asia and our government agree to withdraw our marines symbol of American power despite has said so and implemented its from Shanghai and our gunboats the fact our forces on the spot policy with deeds.

from the Yangtze river unless we are too small to offer any effec- could obtain unquestionably effective. tive guarantees from Japan that Japanese. all our rights in China will be respected.

such that Our policy is those responsible for our naval preparedness must take into consideration what we would do in the event of a conflict, including a conflict in which we might find ourselves array- ed against Germany, Japan and Italy simultaneously.

In studying this question оле thinks immediately of Russla.

TRADITIONAL ENEMY.

Russia is Japan's traditional enemy and our own relations with Moscow during many periods in the last 20 years have not been cordial. Yet, fundamentally, Rus- sla and the United States should be friends.

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We need not approve of Russia's form of government but we should realize that in our practical many respects Interests are parallel with those of the USSE,

the United Both Russla and States Wisn to safeguard their wealth and extensive territories against possible aggression by the Axis powers and Japan. Hence it would seen logical that the trend recently shown in Washington for more friendly relations, with Mos cow by intensified.

At the same time we should try to renovate var relations with Japan and restore our traditional friendship with that country. We then would have an ace in the hole by making Russia our poten- tial ally should Japan decide to go against us.

armed

opposition

to the

Perhaps the eventual solution of Japanese-American differences will The fact that Britain has with be found in the economic field come to understand drawn her forces from China does when not affect cur position. So long, thoroughly Japan's economic pro-

we

as we have our marines and warblems and are able to find some ships. there we have an effective formula to help solve them

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