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id5-nitdyl-diliSome reports said that at least 10,000 of the 25,000 Japanese in the colony were former Japanese service men, that 3000 of them already were resisting’ local defense forces.One informant who has followed the situation there closely for many years, expressed the opinion the Japanese might attempt to seize the southern island as part of a campaign to cut Philippinesea communications with Borneo to the southwest He said Japanese infiltration of Davao through the ycrs apparently was intended for just such a contingency—to create a wedge between the islands and the ^Netherlands East Indies-Davao is a typically Japanese city, and vast Japanese agricultural holdings are located on a broad plateau above the city.This informant pointed out that Japanese freighters calling at Davao in months past could easily have brought secret arms cargoes to the Japanese population be-n | cause the ships were subjected to ;o “only a cursory examination” at Davao where they unloaded at a Japanese wharf owned by the Oki e j Development company.Swarms of Japanese fishing craft operated about the coast there, he said.0Ships Head to PortShips at sea between Manila and southeastern Asia were ordered to race for the nearest friendly port. About €0 Americans and Britons from Shanghai reached Manila safely on a French steamer.Soldiers in Manila rounded up about 5000 Japanese, and with a few exceptions their stores and banks were closing. Monday night Japanese women and children were released and returned to their homes in Japanese districts, which, were placed under military guard.One Japanese, Danjo Yoso, was arrested by a Filipino army squad while he was cutting telephone line* in the port area.Many civilians were going to the country from Manila, but thecity generally was calm and in most cases normal pursuits were being fallowed. The streets were crowded Until the hluCkOUt hour. Up to Monday night there had been no air raid alarms in the capita] itself, despite, the close proximity of the raiders during the _,y. Air raid wardens said they ..id not been informed promincnt-i Jy of the raids north of here.Clipper Reported It was reported reliably that the Pan-American Airways’ Hong Kong clipper had been damaged in an air raid while it was tied up at its base on the Kowloon .side of Hong Kong harbor. The base adjoins a British airdrome on which there are few planes. The dipper flew to Hong Kong from Manila Sunday with a group of prominent Manilans.The American high commissioner in the Philippines. Francis P. Sayre, asserted the situation waj in hand and 44there is no need for anxiety.”
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Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Tue, Dec 09, 1941
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