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Though the Morro Castle was smaller than most transatlantic liners, her 21-knot speed and sumptuous appointments put her in the deluxe class on the New York-Havana run. Her master, Robert R. Willmott, 31 years in service, was Commodore of the Ward Line fleet...
...among Australians it was announced last week that H. R. H. will serve for a time in the Australian Navy aboard H. M. S. Australia. As an officer aboard this ship, he will return to England next spring and for several months she will form part of the British fleet...
...Netherlands Indies. Last week Dutch planters and oil men rejoiced to learn that Queen Wilhelmina is resolved to defend them to the last. Dutch Defense Minister Laurentius Nicolas Deckers, orating before the Dutch Parliament, declared that Japan will never dare to send more than one-tenth of her fleet to attack Borneo which is 3,000 miles from Japan...
...present fleet in the Netherlands Indies equals one-tenth of the Japanese Navy," said Minister Deckers. "Therefore we are safe. A fair fight may be expected if ever the Japanese attack...
Chipper Japanese officers said when they came ashore: "Our naval exercises are part of a program which necessarily places control of the approaches of North China with the Japanese fleet." When timid Chinese newsorgans murmured that Japan's war games were interfering with Chinese shipping, the Japanese commander snorted "Ridiculous...