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Emperor Presides At Long War Council In Tokyo. INDO-CHINA CRISIS COMING TO HEAD
Japanese Civilians
MAJOR-GENERAL AXIS BID Ordered To Leave MAY KILLED IN TO PULL
AVALANCHE DISASTER IN
SWITZERLAND
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Geneva message says that two Swiss soldiers were killed and 16 others injured when an avalanche wrecked their camp during training man- oeuvres being carried out in the Valais-can- ton, on the Italian border. Havas.
CABINET MINISTERS and Service chiefs conferred for three hours at the Imperial Palace in the presence of the Japanese Em- peror yesterday.
A communique issued in Tokyo by the secretary of the Cabinet says that "important affairs of State" were discussed.
LONDON RAID
It was learned in London yesterday that Major-General C. J. Bruce May and Mrs. May were killed at a bombed WestEnd. hotel.
Major-General May
The conference was attended by' where a Japanese ship is waiting. Navy, Foreign Affairs and Finance, noi with a skeleton staff. the Prime Minister, the War, The Consul will remain in Ha was Inspector-General Ministers, the Chiefs and Vice-
Chiefs of the Army and Navy What Puppat Foreign General Staffs, and the president of the Cabinet Planning Board -- Reuter.
Minister Argues".
M. Baudoin, in an interview with
France is accepting the Japan- The "China Mail" learns ese, demands for the passage of from usually reliable ed the French Foreign Minister,
troops across Indo-China, declar sources that the Japanese the American press at Vichy yes- have presented・ Indo- terday. China -with · 72-hour ulti-pect help from Britain or
He added France could not ex-
the Petain matum. The ultimatum United States and
Government must follow the re- is reported to expire at alistic policy of safeguarding the
French Empire-Reuter.
PROBLEM OF midnight on Sunday.
DOOMED
BATTALION
French Speak Of "Delicate" Stage
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"Desire To Avoid Difficulties".
the
of the Iraq Army and head of the British military mission in Iraq from 1934 to 1937-Reuter.
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According to some au- thoritative Berlin circles, Ribbentrop's talks in Rome will also concern Spain's role in the war.
More active cooperation. be- tween Germany, Italy and Spain Is expected by these circles "Be- cause Spain will come into the Axis bloc whether she likes it or not!".
The Italian newspaper. "II Mes- sagero" says that the meeting is of capital importance in the his- tory of the Rome-Berlin Axis, and goes on to talk about how de- cisions will be reached"."without any vacillation or postponement,' no matter how serious they are- Havas
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") message to Mussolini.
"The British have hastily re- He claims that the Italians made treated from Mersa Matruh and a flanking movement and cut off (SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL") lost over half their mechanised British supply routes, putting them It was stated in Hanoi yester-equipment!" claims Marshal Grain a serious position owing to It was officially stated day that both sides desire to avoid ziani, Italian Commander-in-Chief lack of supplies of oil and water.
Havas, by the French authorities dificulties for the future "when in the drive from Libya, in a applying the diplomatic · accord (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") in Hanoi to-day that the already reached in Tokyo." Official The International Set-Indo-China negotiations ving any Information on the
French quarters refrain tlement authorities in have reached a "delicate" parleys. Havas. Shanghai are seeking a stage.
solution of the problem of It is understood the Japanese the "Doomed Battalion" bases which are allegedly outside have now presented demands for
in internment.... ̈
from
Later.
Negotiations Go On
Negotiations between the the scope of the Vichy agreement French and Japanese representa- and are regarded as not necessary tives in Hanoi are continuing de Meanwhile comparative quiet solely for the Japanese cam-spite the general evacuation of reigns in the camp, the interned paign against China.
Japanese civilians from Hanoi troops confining themselves to un
this morning. expression of their feelings, by the occasional. hurling of a brick at the Russian guards. Havas.
China's Protests
Japanese: nationals through out Indo-China are ostenta tiously gathering ready for eva cuation. A special titrain -is leaving:Hanoi for Haiphong to- day carrying only Japanese cla villans but a general order för evacuation, has - not yet, been given.
The Chinese Foreign Office in Chungking yesterday protested to the British and United States Embassies against, the shooting in the internment camp in the A Japanese army spokesman in Shanghai .. International Settle Hanoi sald: We are still optim ment.
{istic of a successful. conclusion.to
The protest demands the the negotiations, which are con- punishment of those responsible, tinuing-Reuter. assurances of the non-recurrence, ANA
The French have given the Japanese every facility for the evacuation. Reports of the Japan- ese ultimatum cannot be officially confirmed.
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