Evening star., 1941-12-06
Non English Citizens
Are Forbidden to
Leave Malaga
sy the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Great Britain suddenly recalled
all fighting men to their posts at
Singapore today as the Far East
crisis hung in delicate balance
and a British broadcast reported
that Australia had arranged to
send tank troops to help defend
the Dutch East Indies in the
event of war.
Officers and men of all services
fleet air and army-Were told to
report Immediately at Singapore,
completing a state of readiness at
Britain's Gibraltar Of the Orient" D."
Trucks and other vehicles were
dispatched to downtown points in
central Singapore TO transport the
men to their ships. flying fields and
army posts.
There was no explanation whether
the order meant a sudden new
emergency.
simultaneously, all non-Britons
were forbidden to leave British Ma
lava without special government
permission. japanese waiting to sail
for Thailand were forced to disem-
bark and their baggage was brought
ashore.
Other Developments.
Other rapid-fire developments
paced the darkening situation:
|. Immediate evacuation OF all
@non-essential" civilians from Ma
Mia and other areas was requested
today. The commonwealth cab
met. in a special session at which
President Manuel Quezon presided,
indicated also that compulsory evac
uation might follow.
2. The big japanese steamship
company, Nippon Yusen Kaisha,
called home the chiefs of its Singa-
pore and Bombay Offices.
3. A Domei Japanese news agency
dispatch from Bombay said Japa-
nese nationals in India and Cevlon
had asked Toxic to send another
repatriation ship. Many japanese
there had already been taken home
on the S. S. Hiye Maru.
4 Australia already bolstered by
new secret military plans in Coop
Grafton with her allies. was reported
to have joined the United States,
Britain and the Dutch East Indies
in a declaration on their position in
the face Of possible Japanese ag-
eression The State Department
in Washington said it did not know
of any Joint declarationD
Special Commission Urged.
5. Count Kentaro Kaneko. Har-
ward educated member of the
japanese Privy Council. urged the
appointment of special Japanese
American commission to consider
the entire Pacific problem.
The Australian Associated Press
said the reported Australian decla-
ration could be summarized as
follows:
While the situation is such that
further developments may occur at
any moment, it would seem that
Japan is still at stage when she is
feeling to ascertain how far she can
go without provoking war with both
the dominions Of the British Empire
and the United States.
we are fully alive to the Japanese
threat and are not afraid of it
Chinese Assail Reply.
In Chungking an official Chinese
statement called Japan's reply to
President Roosevelt's inquiry an in
suit to the intelligence of the Ameri-
can people and its publication AN
other rude setback to Japans policy
of backstairs intrigue
Mr.. Roosevelt had asked Japan
Why she was massing troops in
French Indo-China, adjoining Thai
land.
A Well-informed political observer
In Toxic charged that the United
States was attempting to pass the
buck" to Japan by asking pointed
questions about her activities and
troop dispositions.
japanese officials expressed the
view that both capitals would con
tinue with sincerity to try to find a
common formula for a peaceful
solution"