MOVING SOUTH

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 197, 22 July 1941, Page 6

MOVING SOUTH

JAPANESE CONVOY. (United Press Association —Copyright) (Roc. 1.0 p.m.) LONDON, July 15. A convoy of 15 Japanese transports and supply ships was sighted yesterday off Lantao, at the mouth of the Pearl River, outside British waters, according to a Hong Kong message. It is believed the convoy is moving southward. | In Tokio a spokesman expressed the belief that the Tripartite Pact would not operate to bring Japan into tho war it Germany took the initiative and declared war on the United States. | Article 3 provided that an ally should help another only if ■ one were attacked by a Power not involved in the European or Chinese wars. BOMBINGS EXPECTED. DISCUSSIONS AFOOT. (Rec. 2.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, July 21. The New York Times’s Tokio correspondent (Mr Otto Tolischus) says the Commerce Ministry and leading insurance companies are discussing tho problem of introducing bombing insurance in view of the increasing tenseness of the world situation. Bombings in Japan may become an actuality. Tlie Agriculture Minister (Mr Ino) assured the country to-day that there is plenty of rice and vegetables in Japan and that Japanese farmers will soon be producing more. The Tokio stock market has turned “soft,” which is attributed to the prospect of increased taxation as well as tho complicated international situation.