Ominous Jap. Troopship Movements

Northern Advocate, 14 November 1941, Page 5

Ominous Jap. Troopship Movements

(Rec. 1.30 p.m.) LONDON. Nov. 13. The Chinese army spokesman at Chungking stated that military intelligence reports indicated large-scale Japanese troop movements at sea. Great numbers of warships and transports were being manned off the coast of northern Indo-China. About 100 transports and 140 Japanese warships were at Hoihow. Hainan Island, and scores of other warships were off Kwantung. The Director-General of the British Ministry for Information in Malaya (Mr. Victor Purcell) informed the Press that Britain would offer the United States unrestricted use cf naval bases and facilities at Singapore in the event of war with Japan. Singapore Would Stand He predicted that Britain, in concert with the defence forces of other democratic Powers in the Far East, would be able to defend Singapore and Malaya against any possible Japanese aggression. The Tokio newspaper “Nichi Nichi” quoted a broadcast by the head of the Japanese Foodstuffs Bureau (Mr. Yukawa), who declared that Thailand. Burma and Indo-China were really the Japanese Ukraine since Japan got enormous supplies of rice from them. Japan must be prepared to defend her southern lifeline and eliminate all barriers.