IN HONGKONG
PREPARING FOR SIEGE DEMAND FROM NANKING PLANS OF JAPANESE (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received July 3, 3.15 p.m.) MANILA, July 2 An Australian freighter left for Hongkong carrying 1800 tons of water instead of the usual 400 tons, also additional supplies, enabling her to take on 500 or 600 evacuees. She also carried rolls of barbed wire and hundreds of kegs of nails, useable in barricades, and other emergency stores for use in the event of a siege of Hongkong. SHANGHAI, July 2 The authorities are very concerned over Wang Ching Wei’s demand for the arrest of 84 prominent Chinese residents in the foreign areas on charges of agitating against the Nanking Government. The authorities declare: “There is no doubt that this action is of Japanese origin and connected with the long-existent Japanese programme to eliminate all Chinese opposing the Japanese aims.” The Nanking regime has no jurisdiction in the foreign areas. The order is believed to signify impending forceful measures against the settlements or a long-drawn programme of kidnapping and assassinations.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21155, 3 July 1940, Page 8
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