JAPANESE UNITS IN PACIFIC

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23477, 4 November 1941, Page 7

JAPANESE UNITS IN PACIFIC

Comment Declined In Washington

PRESS IN TOKYO TRUCULENT (Received November 3, 11 p.m.) (U.P.A.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. The United Press of America sayi that the United States Navy Department has declined to comment on reports alleging that Japanese naval units have been active in Hawaiian and also mid-Pacfic waters. However, competent sources declared that even if they are verified the reports should cause no uneasiness. They said that the United Stated Fleet and Air Force were watching the area closely, and explained that surveillance of Pacific waters extended approximately along a 1000-mile radius from Oahu Island and a 750-mile radius from Midway, Wake, Guam, and Luzon, hie islands forming the so-called “Pacific Bridge." The Hong Kong correspondent of the Associated Press of America has reported that four large Japanese cruisers have been seen moving southward off Kwangtung Province, South China, strengthening the belief that Japan may be planning a new thrust southward. The Tokyo vernacular press, on . the occasion of the national holiday on the birthday of the Emperor Meiji,. in whose period Japan rose to be a world Power, continued the press attack on the United States in a more truculent tone. Under the headline, “Look at the Many United States’ Anti-Japanese Acts," the, newspaper “Asahi” said: , "Japan’s only course is resolutely to push her policies, notwithstanding , obstacles.” “Nichi Nichi” carries the headline, “United States’ Objectives to Crush Germany in Europe and Japan in the Far East.’’ Headlines in “Yomiuri” are: "Negotiations with United - States at the Decisive Stage: There is a Limit to Overlooking Tricks; De- > termination of Imperial Army Finn.” The ultra-nationalist “Kokumin” * . says: “If the United States does not al ■ its anti-Japanese attitude the res. may be inferred; it is now impos- : sible to permit the present status ,of relations to drift.” “Kokumin” says r : that peace in the Pacific depends solely on the attitude of the United V States. However. Japan cannot afford uselessly to watch the - behaviour of rthe United States, for which reason - n : her Government is expected to make:' v an important statement soon about. Japanese-American relations and other matters. ; The Tokyo newspapers also report a rally throughout. Japan of the Army . . Reservists’ Association, urging Japan to break through the encirclement by America, Britain, ; China, and the.. Netherlands East Indies. , . " Seventy Japanese residents of Hong: X Kong have departed in the last fort- , , night after closing their leaving only 160 Japanese, compared with 600 in July. AH Japanese hotel* are closed,. ; - ..r

INFILTRATION IN ; THAILAND JAPANESE CIVILIANS ARRIVING : BANGKOK, November 2. , The Thai authorities have emphatic;• ally denied the American; National 1 Broadcasting • Company’s report, that , Japanese troops crossed theTPhal bor- :i der. :So.wever, there has been an in* - Hux-ofCivilian Japanese. The most & noticeable arrivals are mostly Irons -m*. Malay and Burma. .. r The Japanese are renting houses, ’ big and small, offering the highest - ; prices. They are driving expensive - •’ tars. The, vernacular newspapers have es- , timated that Japanese or military.aga at present in Thailand are sufficient - - to form a division. However,, the figure is believed to be exaggerated. MACKENZIE KING SEES ! ROOSEVELT “MATTERS AFFECTING ‘ WAR ” DISCUSSED HYDE PARK, November 2, ' The Prime Minister of Canada; W. L. Mackenzie King) has arrived at . Hyde Park and has begun conversations with Mr Roosevelt on matterl, affecting the war, particularly WO* nomic and financial. ' - -"7 In an interview: with newspaper rev porters Mr Mackenzie ■ King said 'to' - expected that the conversations tvouli!

further advance the understanding. be* * tween Canada and the United State% which had already produced a joint defence agreement. Asked to comment on a report that the United States Navy had guarante«L ; the safety of the port .of Halifax, Mr , Mackenzie King declined' to comment. ' He suggested that the question shomd be addressed to the navy. AGREEMENT REACHED - ON FRONTIER > OUTER MONGOLIA itOf MAKCHCKUO (Received November 8, 7 pja* T LONDON. November tf The .Soviet spokesman (MLoa» sky) has announced that the mixM ' commission appointed to fix the frotv . tier between Outer Mongolia and Manchukuo had completed its task and an agreement had been signed. , U.S. Army Guards Air ttaato— About 2000 helmeted troops took over • the Air Associated Incorporated plant . at Bendix, United States, of America, on Friday, establishing a machine-gun at each entrance* All employees, both strikers and non-strikers; ■'Were .barred , and were told to @ " instrutfions.— Nan* xorfe Itenappse * "