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"If the report were true it would be purely a military matter, on which obviously nothing can be said," authoritative source said. "On the nel it may be a rial balloon us out on whether In any ease, nothing can be said from here."
Earlier, authorized sources had. disclaimed Knowledge of the shelling of Nauru Island, saying they had mo authentic "information, Mr. Robert Menzies, Australian Premier, on Fr day said a German sea raider fying Japanese flag shelled the Buitish mandated island, which is on the equator just west of the international date line and south of Japanese mandated islands—United Pres.
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