Show I Nips Reported Massing Huge I Armada MELBOURNE Jan 5 i- i Melbourne newspapers displayed prominently Tuesday a statement by a government official that the Japanese were reported massing the largest armada they have yet sent into the southwest Pacific In Washington Navy Navy Secre Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre- Secre tary Knox said that there were always enemy ships' ships at New Britain but that to the best of my knowledge there Is no unusual concentration at the mo mo- ment mont He had been asked at a press conference whether the navy had information of a concentration tion of Japanese shipping at Ra Ra- Ra- Ra baul presumably for an attack on Guadalcanal or the held allied-held part of New Guinea The published accounts said re reports reports re- re ports of intensive enemy enemy activity in the New Guinea area which had r reached ched the t federal deral m ment nt suggested a scale large Japanese Jap anese amphibious operation 1 in the zone northeast of Australia |