HONG KONG DEFENCES
EATEST WHIPPET TANKS
JAPANESE CRITICISED
SEIZURE OF JUNKS
(Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.)
(Reed. Nov. 3. 12 noon) NEW YORK, Nov. 2,
The Hong Kong correspondent of the New York Times says that the arrival of 40 of the latest Whippet Vickers tanks has placed the colony almost in the last stage of complete preparedness against any Far East menace. Harbour protection has been effected since the European war started and 2000 equipped volunteers have supplemented the excellent garrison and anti-aircraft defence, producing a firm sense of readiness. The South China Morning Post editorially takes to task the Japanese for daily confiscating Ciiinese junks in Hong Kong waters, accompanied by varying degrees of brutality, frequently exceeding the U-boat ruthlessness.
The Japanese Navy persists in the attacks, presumably to expel Chinese fishers from the lucrative grounds and make the way for Japanese, or to provide loot for sailors
The newspaper asserts it is certainly discouraging to- -.Hong Kong residents to see trespass and attacks under the guns of the fortress with impunity.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20085, 3 November 1939, Page 8
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174HONG KONG DEFENCES Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20085, 3 November 1939, Page 8
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