Canton, Aug. 1.
Preparations are now under way to extend and strengthen the Canton. Air Force, General Hoang Kwang-yn, air chief in Kuangcung was. to-day Instructed to proceed with a scheme for the organisation of a. crack fighting unit which will be known the sixth national defence squadron, Weihniwel, Aug, 5, It is understood that for this unit H. M.S, Suffolk sailed eatly to-nine first class. fighting machines day for Hankow to relieve H. 3. S. have been purchased abroad and all Devonshire, which will proceed here. the best Chinese aviators available HM. 8. 'Suffolk was originally have been enrolled for service a scheduled to sail on August 9, but pilots with the new squadron, The the' date of her departure.' was Second squadron of the Canton Air ree is now proceeding to Hainan of" summer: island from Leichow for the bury
anxious to proceed here—Reuter. ose of exterminating the "bandits" there.
It will be recalled that, since the resolutions of the Council of Sep-split in Canton, Hainan island has tember 30. and December 10, which been under the' control of Admiral would eantinae to be entirely valid ren Chak, whose quarrel with the period of extension, and G general Chen Chi-tang led to the he had drawn attention, also, to the resolution adopted by the Assembly on March Il,"in which it. stated that it) was incumbent upon the Members of the League not to recognise any sit agreement which ight be brought} J about by means contrary to. the Covenant of the League or to the has been Pact of Paris. sal-General at Syancr' Aural
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