DUTCH FIGHT ON

Grey River Argus, 17 March 1942, Page 5

DUTCH FIGHT ON

IN SUMATRA (Rec. 9.40). LONDON, March 16. The Vichy Radio quotes a Tok'.o statement that there are Netherlands East Indies troops still fighting in mountains in the north and centre of Sumatra. DUTCH FLEET ’rugby. March 15. Queen Wilhelmina disclosed in a broadcast that the first steps for the reconstruction of the Dutch fleet had begun. The battle would continue from more distant bases though some of their warships were still in action in the waters around the Netherlands East Indies. The fact that some thousands of men of the Dutch navy escaped from Nei, made it possible to make an immediate start in the work of reconstruction of the navy by the purchase of new vessels. “Thus, we shall continue to fight shoulder to shoulder with our Allies, straining all our resources,” concluded the Queen.

LONDON. March IS.

Dr. iParavicini, at present the International Red Cross delegate in Tokio .is appealing to the J'apanese Red Cross on behalf of military and civilian prisoners. DiParavicini will place the appeal before Mr Shimadzu. a leading figure in the Japanese Red Cross, which before the war was an influential body, representing the strongest democratic sections in Japan. Since the war the strength and standing of the Japanese Red Cross is not known.