Washington, Jan. 13, The American light cruisers Memphis, Trenton and Milwaukee will pa; courtesy call at Singápore afte: their forthcoming visit to Sydney Australia, with the U.S.S. Louisville, the Navy Department announced here to-day. The American warships will take part in the opening of the} new Singapore naval dock on Feb. 14, Some observers here considered the visit particularly significant in view of the crisis in the Far Fast, Other observers recalled reports, which mever' have been officially denied, that in the event of duty in the Orient, the American fleet might be invited to base at Singapore. It was pointed out that although American warships previously had made routine -visits to Singapore, this is the first time American ships have been ordered to make a special call at the strong British base.
Navy Department officials said present plans do not call for any other official visits by the Armeriean warships in the Orient. The possibility that the ships might visit Chinese or Japanese ports therefore has been eliminated, It was believed likely, however, that the ships would touch at Manila and Honolulu for brief visits while en route back to the United States,
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