Hongkong Will Fight To Last Man
LONDON, July 27
Japan's closing of the Pearl River has resulted in the cutting off of fresh food supplies from Hongkong and from Macao, and the cost of living is
rising sharply. Sir Geoffrey Northcote, Governor of Hongkong, told the Legislative Council that there was no ground for the sedulously-fostered belief that the Tokio agreement foreshadowed a weakening of British policy in China. The council unanimously passed a bill providing for compulsory service for all Britons.
Major-General A. E. Grasett, Com-mander-in-Chief at Hongkong, issued the following statement: “Those illdisposed to us are circulating entirely false rumours that we will not defend Hongkong. Maybe this fortress will be attacked, and, if so, we will defend the colony to the last man.”
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Northern Advocate, 29 July 1939, Page 7
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