"Mystery Warship's" Mid
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Night Visit In Carolines
From Our Own Correspondent
Honolulu, Apr. 21.
JAPAN’S mandated islands, that lie sprinkled conveniently (for Japan) above the equator, a stone’s throw from Australian territory, are becoming a mystery to Japan herself.
Coincident with the current American navy war games, th,e Japanese press is playing up a story that a “mystery war ship’’—of course believed to be American —entered Truk Harbour (Caroline Is lands) early in April, and “after mid night, played searchlights over the har bour and surrounding hills, then quickly disappeared”, to quote the front page stories.
Pointed out the potent “Hochi”: “The mystery naturally is connected with the fact that the U.S. navy has expanded its area for Pacific war games. American war ships visited Singapore base recently, America has claimed Canton and Ender bury Islands, and the current war games are featuring landing operations. . .”.
The Japanese newspapers claimed that American warships and warplanes would sweep through the mandated islands dur ing the manoeuvres, a fact which Wash ington and the Pacific fleet’s “brass hats” promptly denied.
Mr. Harry Gregory married Miss Gladys Louise Benton at Rabaul on April 26. They will live at Put Put.