The latest addition to the Maersk Line's fleet of modern vessels, the inv. Laura Maersk is due to arrive in Shanghai tomorrow.
She will berth at the Shanghai and Hongkew Wharf where a reception will given on board the new vessel and a tour of the ship will be possible.
Completed this year the Laura Maersk is full of modern improvements and when fully loaded can attain a speed of 18 knots.
Although primarily built for the transportation of cargo she has accommodation for twelve passengers. conflict Commenting editorially on the recent successive Japanese naval air raids on Chungking, the newspapers recalled the recent statement by Rear-Admiral Masao Kanazawa, spokesman for, the Navy Ministry, that Japanese bombers would reach any Chinese city to which the regime of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek should flee.
"The radius of action of our naval air force was evolved from the requirements of warfare at sea," the editorial said, "No matter how wide China may be, it is but a fraction of the Japanese defence radius on the Pacific."
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