DEFENCE FORCES IN CHINA.
America Sends More
larmes.
ADEQUATE PROTECTION TO NATIONALS.
By Cable —Press Association—Copyright, Australian ami N.Z. CIIV.IO Association. (Received April 1(1, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON’, April 9.
Fifteen hundred marines who weio mobilised at San Diego have been ordered to proceed to China. Lack of Army and Navy transport, necessitates the use of commercial vessels.
American forces in China are now Marines 5200, Bluejackets 3500, warships 35. It is expected that if needed, further marines will he taken from Nicaragua. (Received April 0, 5.5 p.m.) SHANGHAI, April 8.
Three Shanghai Sil.dts, who attempted to seduce the Indian troops, were sentenced to eighteen months’ hard labour, by the British Consul Court.
STRENGTHENING AIRCRAFT.
AERIAL REPRISALS SUGGESTED
By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.
LONDON, April 8
Th© Air Ministry to-day announced that an air squadron, comprising three flights of Bristol lighters, has been ordered to Shanghai. Those wellinformed hint that they may be used in aerial reprisals in the event of noncompliance with the Nankin Notes and demands, but this is not admitted officially.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 11 April 1927, Page 9
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