WARSHIP
THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 21, 1940
“༧༡་
PERSUASION
Japanese Pressure On Indo-China Government
CHINA
WATCHES CLOSELY
WHILE CLOSELY
WATCH..
ING THE SWIFT DEVELOP- MENTS IN THE INDO-CHINA
IN CHUNGKING BELIEVE THE
Unconditional
Passage
Rights Asked
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL”)
THE SITUATION in Indo-China remains SITUATION, CHINESE CIRCLES obscure, but negotiations have not finally PRESENT AMBITIONS OF JA-been broken up. Best-informed quarters ex- USURPATION - OF FRENCH press the opinion, however, that Admiral De SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE Coux must accept the new Japanese demands MEDIATELY DIRECTED AT or invite invasion. YUNNAN, ACCORDING TO
PAN ARE LIMITED TO AN
COLONY AND ARE NOT IM-
DISPATCHES TO THE "TA KUNG PAO."
however, have completed
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with the situation. As soon as
CHUNGKING AND KUNMING Since yesterday morning, additional Jap- anese warships have moved into Tongking Chinese military authorities, Bay, as a persuasive gesture, and there has necessary preparations to cope been increased activity on the Kwangsi side of the Japanese show signs of ad- the border. vancing in the direction of Yun-
According to latest reports. than those already agreed. nan, it is believed, the Chinese
General Nishihara, on instructions Semi-official reports from Kun- will take the first counter-moves before the intended invasion be-from Tokyo, following French ac-ming and Chungking indicate that Iceptance of an agreement provid-the Chinese Government views comes damaging.
'ng for the passage of 25,000 Ja-the situation as critical. The Kun- danese troops through Indo-China ming-Chungking, telecommunica- by the Haiphong-Yunnan Railway, tion system was commandeered on Thursday night lodged further yesterday for military purposes. preremptory demands in the form, virtually, of an ultimatum.
of
in
A Kunming dispatch says that Gen. Ho Ying-chin, Minister War, twice visited Yunnan the last week to personally sup- ervise military arrangements. The National Government and the Yunnan provincial authorities have practically monopolised the long-distance phone service dur- ing the past 24 hours for ex- in- change of information and structions.
Demands Modified?
re-
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the No official disclosure of nature of the demands has been; The Japanese have 'modified made, but in Hanol it is stated their demands on Indo-China, ac- that Japan is now demanding|cording to a semi-official French unconditional rights of passage statement in Haiphong, yesterday, for unspecified numbers of and negotiations have been troops with bases at other points sumed in a friendly atmosphere.
It was declared there is now be- ders.
lieved to be a reasonable basis for The Chinese, according to these early settlement of the whole pro- main necessarily a secret, Itspatches. realise that Admiral blem. is, open knowledge that large Jean De Coux is in a most diffi- forces of Central Govern-cult position due to double pres- ment・・ crack- troopsTM and sure. from the Japanese and the provincial units are deployed Vichy authorities, and believe along the Yunnan and -Kwangs! that the crisis will break any borders under picked comman-time.
The "Ta Kung Pao" corres- pondents add that though · de- tailed military measures", :
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DEMAND FOR
REOPENING OF BURMA ROAD
The China Cam- paign Committee has written to Mr. Win- ston Churchill stating that 1,300,000 people in Britain have in-. formed the Commit- tee they support the demand for the im- mediate, uncondition- al. reopening of the Burma road, it was stated in London yes-
Reuter.
terday.
CANADIAN AIR FORCE EXPANSION
BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. THE ROYAL CANA- DIAN AIR FORCE WILL NUM- BER 26,500 OFFICERS AND MEN.
A
large number of wireless operators from Canada arrived in Britain a fortpight ago and more are following very shortly.
According to a New York mes- sage, a corps of pilots who escaped from Norway is now being trained in Toronto. Reuter.
ELECTION OF J.P. TO COUNCIL
An election for a Justice of the ¡Peace to serve on the Legislative Council in the, absence of Sir Hen- ry Pollock has been called for September 27. Nominations, close on September
25.
STOP PRESS
Attached to the Japanese ulti- matum delivered to the Indo- China authorities are three sets of far-reaching demands, includ- ing military, naval and economic concessions, according to a story in the Hong Kong "Kung Sheung Daily News" quoting."well-in- formed sources.”
The demands are reported ́as follows:
(1) Hanoi and Langson to be used as Japanese military bases, Hanoi and Laokay; as Japanese aerial bases, and Haiphong, Tong- king Bay and Kwangchowwan as
They have not boarded the Ja-i panese ship which has been wait The Chinese press in Chung Japanese naval bases; ing in Haiphong for the past few king: to-day reports that Thai's
(2) Indo-Ching tariff rates to days for the purpose of evacuating three new demands on French be according to Japanese wish |them altogether —Reuter,
Indo-China are;
as a means of effecting closer 1. That a new boundary be Japanese Indo-China economic Vichy's Attitude fixed along the Lantsang River cooperation;
and that 40 islands in the rive. (3). Number of Japanese troops The "Petit Parisien," now pu-be handed over to Thai..
permitted parrage through Indo- blished in Clermont-Ferrand, 2 Territory-south-west of China for Yunnan not to be limit-
ed- stated yesterday that the Vichy Lunganchi be ceded to Thai. Government, when faced on Au- 3. That Indo-China, guarante gust 2 with Japan's first demand fair treatment for the minority in for the passage of troops through north Indo China [French Indo-China; got into touch If the demands are
with the United States but "as-cepted, says the Chungking press, certained that the United States Thai will cancel the Thai-Indo- was unable to adopt an attitude China rion-aggression pact. other than platonic"
not
ac-
-Chinese circles in Chungking believe the demands to be
The newspaper says France had already formally rejected spired by the Japanese.
the Japanese demand but the Government had to face the
in-
Meanwhile the "Ta Kung Pao" in a leading article warns Thai
realitles, '. recògnising Japan's not to follow in the footsteps of paramount position in East Asia, Poland which asked territory from Negotiations were opened with Czechoslovakia when the latte
a view to reaching a general was in difficulties. Small nations
must co-operate for their agreement that
security, the paper says.-Reuter.
would serve
고도
the prelude to detailed discussions at Hanoi.
'Mutual Determination'
It was under these
auspices that talks between General Nishi- hara and Admiral, De Coux be- gan.
is
"Petit Parisien" says these talk hitherto have been continued with} mutual determination to reach an understanding which, while giv- ling Japan such satisfaction as
judged legitimate by the French Government, will still safeguard the independence of Indo-China| and the sovereignty of France.
Reuter.
POLICE CHIEF
The following official appoint- ments are gazetted:
Re-
Mr. T. J. Houston to be Deputy Superintendent of Inland venue, etc.
| Mr. L. C. F. Bellamy to be a Member of the Urban Council for a further term.
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Mr. C. G. Perdue to act Commissioner of Police and Chiet Officers Fire Brigade, de
Mr. W. R. Scott to nct us De puty Commissioner of Police
Mr. R. Edwards to be the Chiet Assistant to the Secretary for
own
While strict secrecy regard
ng military preparations is being maintained in Chung- king, it is understood," says "Reuter, that large Chinese
forces are concentrated in. -south Yunnan and. Kwangsi border. on the Indo-China More than 200,000 crack Central Government troops, led by some of the ablest generals in China, are said to have taken up positions on the border. General Ho Ying-ching, the War Minis- ter, has visited Kunming twice by air in recent weeks to supervise defence prepara- tionis.
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