WARTIME FOOTING
HONG KONG BRITISH
COMPLETE BLOCKADE
SOVIET AID TO CHINA
HONG KONG, August 24,
The British colony is virtually on a wartime footing in the face of a complete Japanese blockade. The Government has appealed to all British subjects over the age of 41 to enrol in the air-raid precautions organisation, the fighting services, or the civilian defence services. The response has been magnificent, and the actual mobilisation of them is the only additional step necessary. British women and children have been advised to leave the border towns. .
The steps taken are precautionary because of the European situation and no' fear of Japanese action. It is reliably stated that the Soviet is sending 200 aircraft and other war equipment to aid the Chinese Air Force and that it is also lending experts and pilots, this move being the result of a big barter deal.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 48, 25 August 1939, Page 10
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145WARTIME FOOTING Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 48, 25 August 1939, Page 10
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