THREAT TO WEI-HAI-WEI?
JAPANESE NAVAL UNITS NEARBY FOREIGNERS IN STATE OF ALARM CHUNGKING RENEWS BRITISH LEASE SHANGHAI, October 3. (Received October 4, at 12.30 p.m.) It is reported that six Japanese destroyers, a cruiser, and a transport are anchored off the island of Wei-Hai-Wei, which the Chungking Government has just leased to Britain for another 10 years. The Nanking regime recently informed the British Government that it did not recognise Chungking’s right to lease the island and it would consider that Britain was infringing China’s territorial integrity if the island was not evacuated. Foreigners in Wei-Hai-Wei are said to bo in a considerable state of alarm lest the presence of the Japanese ships is connected with a possible attempt to force Britain to evacuate the island. Naval circles in Shanghai, however, state that the mainland opposite the island is being used as a training centre for Wang-Ching-Wei’s new Chinese navy. It is possible that the Japanese ships are there in order to assist such training.
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Evening Star, Issue 23698, 4 October 1940, Page 5
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165THREAT TO WEI-HAI-WEI? Evening Star, Issue 23698, 4 October 1940, Page 5
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