THIRTY-ONE SHIPS
SIZE OF THE CONVOY
WELCOMED BY GENERAL
LONDON, August 15. Major-General Gordon Bennett, commanding officer of the Australian Imperial Forces in Malaya, who welcomed the 31-ship convoy of Australian reinforcements, said afterwards that tension in that part of the world was grave. The new units would concentrate on training, realising that they had no time to lose. Major-General Bennett added: "Our enemies may measure their armies in millions, but it is not so much the size of the dog in a fight that counts as the fight in the dog." -■ | It is announced in Tokio that the Japanese and Thai Governments have decided to raise their respective Legations to Embassy status as from tomorrow. The Thai Minister of Justice today told the National Assembly in Bangkok: "Danger lies at our door, although it is impossible to say whether grave developments will occur." He was introducing a Bill to increase the nation's efficiency. The measure was rushed through all stages at one sitting.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 41, 16 August 1941, Page 10
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