Litting a press van, the Navy Ofce today revealed the' occupation. of Chinmen Island, 24 kims, cast" of Amoy, by naval landing' parly on October 26 last, cud 4 "The island is generally regarded as. one of the two. "keys to: the Formosan Strait, The other strategic point is the Hako naval base.
"The population of the slond, the naval statement said, has risen from 1.000 atthe lime ofts occupation to 430,00 early in Apr.
Postal service was said to have been. resumed between the" island end the outside world. Dally neces Sities, the statement added, "were being supplied by the Navy.—Domel,
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