THE FAR EAST

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21365, 8 March 1941, Page 10

THE FAR EAST

INTOLERABLE SITUATION AMERICA SHOULD ACT ULTIMATUM URGED (United Press Assn.—Elec, Tel. Copyright) (Received March 8, 3.15 p.m.) SAN FRANCISCO, March 7 General David Barrows, a past president of the University of California, in a speech prepared for radio delivery, said: “ The intolerable military situation in the Far East calls for a statement to which Congress must assent —call it, if you like, an ultimatum—that Japan must retire her forces entirely from the south or suffer an immediate attack by the American Fleet. “An attack cannot be delivered from Hawaii. It would be hazardous to keep the fleet at Manila, but Singapore is adequate. “Japan has advised us that the presence of a United States fleet at Singapore would be treated as an act ol war. If this is a gauge of battle let us pick it up and have the issue settled.” JAPAN AND AXIS MINISTER’S PROPOSED VISIT EFFECT IN UNITED STATES HOPE FOR IMPROVEMENT (United Presd Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received March 8, 3.15 p.m.) TOKIO, March 7 The Cabinet Information Bureau spokesman, Viscou'nt Ishii, questioned regarding reports that Mr Matsuoka, Foreign Minister, is considering going to Berlin and Moscow said: "I have heard such rumours. However, I cannot confirm them.” It 7s reliably stated that Mr Matsuoka was originally scheduled to leave on February 28. However, the final decision has been postponed, due to growing opposition on the ground that it might be particularly harmful to Japanese-American relations at present, when some hope that Admiral Nomura, the Ambassador, will be able to improve relations. JAPANESE KILLED FALL IN MEXICAN HOTEL SUGGESTION OF ESPIONAGE (United Press Assn.-—Eiec. Tel. Copyright) MEXICO CITY, March 6 Mr Kokichi Zuzuki, aged 27, representative of a Japanese firm, Mitsui and Company, was fatally injured in a fail from the sixth-floor corridor of the Regis Hotel. The police believe the occurrence was accidental, but espionage is suggested.