Hongkong, Oct, 7, The continued presence here of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Divisions of the United States Navy's Fifth Destroyer Squadron, fora period considerably longer than expected was considered as signi ficant by observers in view of the fact that the Orient has been prac tically denuded of British warships, numbers of which are known to have proceeded to the Red Sea and the Mediterran Rumours that three ar four of the larger ships of the United States Navy were due here shortly lent strength to the opinion which linked the visit of the destroyer absence of British men-of-war.
The concentration was also linked with the recent gathering of Japane warships in south China waters. The fact that the American warships hat been virtually based at Hongkoni has given rise to the belief in some quarters that an Anglo-American arrangement prevails by which fle movements of the two nations in the Far East have been ce-ordinated.
High naval authorities here, both British and American, refuse to confirm the report of such an arrange ment, although they would not deny the existence of the rumoured agreement—United Press,
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