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Show SECTION OF NEW WAR ALARMS 2l CHINA , v pacific - j IfWJRWVf wlo-. HONG KOMO (Aft-i :y'isiHj(fi "' V fkoipnotlyls. c(j . -' - ,f V - . V r rALAy f ' V? Caroline U '- ' ; , VrATEa (.jap " 'sSr Sin9aPore h s- i ' fx ' f XXNETWeai.iAicS IN CUE A. I CX. f i tj d i am jgoa 1 x : ; gCJ5AN AUST R. A L I A . x In the Far East a series of developments has created nervousness. nervous-ness. One is the Japanese drive near British Hong Kong (1). Another An-other is a reported forthcoming conference of Japanese military chief?; on Hainan Island (2) where 600 planes are said to be concentrated. Perhaps as a result : of Japanese activity a Netherland I ship that had set out from Manila Man-ila (3) for Hong Kong was re- j called. Farther south Japanese ; ! military and naval concentrations 'jwere reported around the Sp'atly ,! Islands (4). In Australia (5) a ; i situation of "utmost gravity" was -seen. , , ir. |