The "Revue Diplomatique" echoed the same points which the Premier, Prince Fumimaro Konoye, told Mr. Arthur Menken, United Press special correspondent, in his interview last Sunday, that Japan wishes friendship with the United States, Consequently, the article defined Japan's new policy which was scheduled to be formally announced today.
Observers point out that there is nothing contradictory in Japan's intention to respect both of her treaties with Soviet Russia and Ger-
To be Probed Washington, July 2.
The Senate Naval Affairs Committee was scheduled yesterday to hold hearings beginning next week on charges that the United States Navy has already attacked German sub: marines while patrolling the Atlant sea-planes to protect American ship ments to Britain.
The anti-Administsmtion move to investigate the charges' was made coincidental to the proposal by Col. Frank Knox, Secretary of Navy. that the United States Fleet begin immediately "to clear the Atlantic of the German menace Senator David I. Walsh of Massachusetts, Chairman of the Naval Committee, said that the resolution by Senator Burton K, Wheeler, isolationist Democrat. would be considered next week, The resolution was based on reports by Washington columnists that naval units had attacked German warships.
"I don't believe there is anything to these reports, but the public is entitled to kno Senator Walsh declared.
He intimated that Col. Knox would be called before the Committee to comment on newspaper reports that Hongkong, July 2. pirates boarded the Jard-vessel, sz Fausang. kong when pirates who held the master, Captain R. E. Holden. and a Russian as hostages.
"By some means or other," Chief Officer A. L. Jones managed to regain command of the ship, stated the local office of Jardine, Matheson Mr, Jones notified the British naval authorities and as a result of his message the Japanese naval authorities in Shanghai released Mr, Holden and the Russian, The Fgusang is expected here shortly.—United Press, Production of Aviati Engines Increased New York, July 2.
Plans for a huge increase in the production of aviation engines has been announced by the major uy of the automobile industry, says Detroit message fo the "New Herald-Tribune."
The message adds that the Bul and Chevrolet divisions of thee@ot eral Motors Corporation have disclosed plans to produce Pratt and Whitney engineg month matching the known big tives of the Packard and Ford Mate" Companies. General Motors also MEE) planning to include the output of Hie Allison engine with 4,000 per month as the immediate gbiectiv "—Reulet.
American nav: essels had convoyed 80 British chant ships toward the African c The naval vessplg heard vibrations from a submaribé depth after which the vibtay and one of the destroyers drop
tions {vere no longer heard.—Unité Press. a In 1917 he was granted a commission in oe M B joel A.LF,, and later was seconded to Military History Department as offifisl photographer. During "the war he was mentioned in itches twice, was awarded the M.C, bar, After the war, in 1919, he was navigator of the Blackburn Kangaroo aeroplane which flew from England to Australia and in the following year be was second in command of the British Imperial Antarctic Expedition, Luter he was naturalist with the Shackleton Quest expedition, In 1923-25 he organized the Wilkins Aŭstralia and Islands expedition for ihe British Museum (Natural History) and he was commander to the Detroit. Arctic expedition in 1926-27. Sir Hubert in the following year led the Wilkins "Detroit News" Arctic expedition and later in the same year he commanded the Wilkins-Hearst Antarctic expedition, In 1931 he-was commander of the Nautilus Arctic submarine expedition and was mam-ager of the Ellsworth Trans-Antarctic Expedition from 1933-96.
Sif Hubert was awarded a Patron's Medal by the Royal Geographical Society for work in Polar regions culminating in a flight from Port Barrow to Spitzbergen, He was also swarded Gold Medals by American, Belgian, Danish, Cuban and Royal Scottish Geographical Societies, Other lards were presented to him by France and Germany in Ineetion with his aeroplane flights, Stockholm, July 2.
A Swedish broadcast yesterday quoted reports from Helsinki stating that a number of Russian casuakies had reached Finnish territory in the past few days and all of them were [taken prisoner by the Finns.—United Press.
Russian Aircraft Industry Helped
Arrangements are mac o bog A " enable the Russian aircraft industry to benefit from operational activity of the Royal Air Poree and of production experience of the British aircraft industry, it is learned—Reuter, Russian Harvest to Be Guarded London, July 2.
The Soviet Committee of National Defence has issued instructions that continuous day and night fire-watch, ingwpgrties should be organized in and on farms "to save the fum mule you ita for nights make you long Monday mornings td you shud-ied many. Japan under one treaty is merely obliged not to attack Russia, while Germany prefers that Japan not attack Soviet Russia but remain free of any involvements, This would enable Japan to full her major objective in the Tripartite Alliance—to keep the United States from intervening in the European war—United Press.
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