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Local Naval Volunteers

U.S.-Japan Relations

Officials Studying Latost Report.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, (UP), State Department officials are study-4, ing Ambassador Grew's report from Tokyo to determine whether it offers a basis for Bottling the Japanese- American conßlets,

December 6, 1939.

CONSOLING FIGURES

Navy's Lossos Half Those Of 1914

(Router). LONDON, Dec. 5 From August 4 to November 1914, the Navy lost 22 ships totalling 125,656 tons, including five cruisers and one aircraft carrier torpedoed, one battleship, They suld that pending u study, one cruiser and eight other ships they would be unable to comment. mined, and three cruisera sunk Although it is understood that Grew in action by tonemy surface An Indication that

and Nomura did not speelflently dis-}| members of the

euss negotiations for a new commer- ships. Volunteer Force will be mobilised in cinl pact, it is believed that, the con-!

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Naval

From September 3 to December 3.

the near future is indicated in acllliatory Japanese action Indicated 1939, the losses amount to nino ves- Finance message which will be pre-that Mr. Nomura's proposnis in con-cle, totalling 73,880 sons, Including rented to Legislative Council to-jnection with the claims was intended, two

to serve as a basle..

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Legislative Council is to be asked

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over-ago warships, the Courageous and the batileship Royal Oak, torpedoed, and four mined.

Thus the losses at the beginning of this war are little more than half

AU.S. AND ALLIES the tonnage, and less than half the

of $120,000 has already been authorls-

cd for this purpose.

One hundred and ninety navat volunteers have already been mobil- Itsed.

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (Reuter)

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to whether the United for schllonal naval volunteer mus States will protest to Britain anci billsation, Legislative Council is to be France regarding the Allies seizure naked to approve the expenditure of of German exports, said an official of 50,200 for uniforms. Uniforms were the State Department. not provided for members of Mine-Watching Branch will the re- rent mobilisation, and the advent of cold weather, says the Finance Mex- Lage, new makes it necessary to pro- vide blue uniforms for all members. Total cost of uniforms will exceed

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Government Needs $353,832

Legislative Council is to be asked to approve a supplementary budget of $353,832 auditional to the 1039 estimates at to-morrow's meeting.

The total includes $100.000 for Special War Expenditure. This does not include expenditure on the Volunteer Forecs.

Postal and Cable Censogulip is estimated at $25,000, and the intern- ment of allens will cost $55,000.

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Legislative Counell is to be asked to authorise Wie cxpenditure of $10,000, of which $0,450 will be utilised for this purpose.

WANTED MAN ARRESTED

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The pre-war personnel of has been more than doubled,

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