SEIZURE OF ISLANDS
REPORTED JAPANESE PLANS. FURTHER MENACE SEEN. By Telegraph—Press Association—Convright HONG KONG, April 4. It is reported without confirmation that, following the seizure of Spratley Island, the Japanese intend seizing other islands between Borneo and Indo-China, some of which are regarded as potential bases which might menace the Singapore-Hong Kong shipping route and constitute a potential threat to the Philippines.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 April 1939, Page 5
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62SEIZURE OF ISLANDS Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 April 1939, Page 5
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