The £20,000,000 "Gibralta: East" will undergo its lest test of strength in history when the combined aerial, naval and land manceuvres begin. More than twenty British surface warships, ten submarines and 100 first line war planes will see action, Singapore's new graving dock, one of the world's largest, will he opened by the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, on February 1&, Later the Governor is expected to announce whether the Singapore base is im-Pregnable to all forms of attack under war conditions, Singapore newspapers interpret the manœuvres here as a display of strength, warning Japan to respect British interests in. the Orient Participation of American warships in the manceuvres, it was pointed Out, was open evidence of Anglo-American solidarity in the Far East.
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