STABILITY IN EAST

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 124, 26 April 1941, Page 7

STABILITY IN EAST

UNIFIED COMMAND URGED. WASHINGTON. April 24. Air Alagtiuson, a member of the naval committee of the House of Representatives, in an interview, proposed unified military, naval and air command among the United States, tile Philippines. Australia, and Netherlands Indies to counteract the Japanese “threat” resulting from the Japanese-Soviet Pact. He said the United States Navy High Command should immediately undertake a survey of Australian, Philippine and Netherlands forces, then determine what steps should be taken tc consolidate these in the event of an emergency. “Quite probably such a survey has al* ready been undertaken,” he said. A Singapore message says further reinforcements of Australian troops have arrived, fully equipped The Domei News Agency broadcast to-day a dispatch from Amoy (China) to the Tokio newspaper Asahi Shimbun saying: “A secret military agreement between England and the Chungking Government would appear to have been concluded for the defence of Burma.'’ The report also said that 2000 Chinese troops had crossed Burma’s frontier in the past few days and others were stationed along the Burma-Thailand frontier. It added that preparations had been made for the storage in Burma of war material, especially aeroplanes, for the Central Chinese Government.