Singapore, June 25.
The Anglo-French Defence Conference being held here will come to an end to-day. Sir Perey Noble. Commander-in-Chief of Station, who is ference, is re morrow Tomorrow's conference will extend this ce-operation to the Far East where the Japanese blockade of the British and French Concessions at Tientsin has shown the urgency of such afrengements, Problems to be discussed at the conference, it was Jearned from auc thoritative' sources, will include:
1. The Tientsin situation, 2 Unification of British and French Far Eastern forces under a single command based at Singapore, Possible reprisals against Japan, taking into consideration Japan's naval superiority in the Far East 4 Protection of Hongkony 5. Roles of the United States, Siam and the Neitherlands East Indies. in.
Arrangements for pooling materials in the event of war and a complete survey of the man-power and materials at the disposal of the British and French forces are believed to have been made at yesterday's session of the Conference.
Among the French delegates to the Conference are Vice-Admiral Decoux, Commander-in-Chief of the French Naval forees in the Far Bast, Lt-
General Martin, General Omicer Commanding French forees in French Indo-China and Colonel Deveze of the French Air Stal, Major-General D. K. McLeod, Gi eral Oficer the Far Eastern strategic situation, Protection of merchant shipping. United Press.
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