Berlin, May 28.
Herr Hitler has gone to Berchtesgarden for the Whitsun holidays. Thousands of soldiers and men under. ed a holiday. lia labour service have been grant-
Special trains, crowded with Berliners bound for the country, are leaving throughout the day.—Reuter. s compensations; the latter is considered extremely unlikely.
The keen demand for dwellings persists and the government has had ordain, May 28.
Japanese southward expansion and the possible withdrawal of the United States from the Philippines in 1946 prompted the Netherlands Government yesterday to decide on immediate additional naval rearmament in order to strengthen Netherlands defenses in the Far East, informed quarters understood last night.
The Government is expected to introduce a bill in Parliament soon which would authorize the construction of at least three 25,000 or 35,000- ton battleships for the East Indies Fleet.
Constant increase in the naval strength of other Powers in the Far East, particularly in the case of Japan, is another factor contributing to the Government's decision, it was understood.—United Press.
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