CHURCH BELLS SILENT
USE ONLY AS A WARNING. BRITAIN AND PARACHUTISTS. (Received This Day, 11.5 a.m.) LONDON, June 13. It is officially announced that the ringing of church or chapel bells throughout Britain is forbidden, except by the military authorities. Ringing henceforth will indicate the arrival of parachutists or airborne troops. BRITAIN DENIES REPORT. NO LANDING IN EAST INDIES. INVESTIGATION BY JAPAN, * (Received This-Day, 9.5 a.m.) TOKIO, June 13. The Foreign Office is investigating a report from the Netherlands East Indies that a naval ’plane fired on a Japanese fishing boat. It is also investigating unconfirmed reports that the British have landed troops in the Dutch East Indies.
London and Dutch sources deny the truth of the report.
DUTCH OFFICIAL DENIAL. MAINTAINING STATUS QUO. REPORT EMANATED FROM BERLIN. (Received This Day, 10.25 a.m.) LONDON, June 13. The Netherlands Government statement denies German radio reports that 2000 British troops landed at Java. “There are no British troops in the Indies. We have no intention of changing the established policy of maintaining the status quo in the East Indies,” says the statement.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 211, 14 June 1940, Page 5
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