To Far East Refused San Francisco. Oct. 15.
The State Department yesterday ordered the local passport office 10 Fefuse passports to American women End children seeking {0 travel China, Japan, the Netherlands Eas Indies, Hongkong and Singapore.
Philippines the areas which The instructions exempted the
inay not be visited by American women and children, Full details of the new instructions were not made available here immediately, but it was pointed out that they' appeared to be an exten sion of the State Department's advice for Americans to evacuate the Far East, 'The original advice to. Americans te return to the United States men-Wioned China, "Japan, Manchoukuo, Hongkong and' French Indo-China, fut made no. mention of the East Indies and Singapore—United Press. same applied to naval and air base construction in the Carribean, he said.
"aes Compton sad that the construetion of Anveroon poval one eft beaes Inthe Aleutian Tlands anon islands micacite wet tonniag. slete fight months ahead of schedule and Sear being speeded! up all moves The When this programme of construction is completed." he declared, "this country, as well as the entire Western Hemisphere, will be impregnable against attaeke by any combination of enemics."—United Press,
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