DIVERTED TO THE EAST

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 93, 16 October 1940, Page 10

DIVERTED TO THE EAST

AMERICAN EVACUEES

FLEET MANOEUVRES

(Tfy Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.). (Received October 16, 8 a.m.) WASHINGTON, October 15. The Matson liner Monterey is to sail for the East at noon on October 15 to help evacuate American nationals. The Mariposa, which is on her way to San Francisco .from Australia, will discharge her passengers at Honolulu, and will then also go to the Far East on October 30. Passengers bound for America will continue their voyage from Honolulu : aboard the Lurline. Passengers booked for Australia will be told that they can have their money back or go on the next trip. Mails and freight are being held over for the next ship. LONDON, October 15. The latest precaution taken by tha ! United States Government against a 'worsening of the situation in the Far i East is to refuse to issue or renew passports for travel to Japan, north, and south China, Indo-China, and ! Hong Kong. For the removal of Americans already there, three ships are being sent. In addition to the Monterey and the Mariposa the liner Washington is leaving New York for the Far East on Saturday.

Another move connected with tha state of affairs in the Far East is a continuation of United States fleet movements in the Pacific. These have already lasted all the summer and today 30 American warships are leaving Hawaii to take part in further exercises. •