THAILAND'S
THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 26, 1940.
DEMANDS
Willing To Negotiate With Vichy Government Mekong River Territory At Issue
WARM APPRECIATION of Britain's friendship and watchful interest in Japan's new order in East Asia were expressed by the Thailand Prime Minister, Luang Bipul Song- gram, in an interview with Reuter's corres- pondent in Bangkok in which the Prime Min- ister voiced Thailand's readiness to negotiate with France on the Indo-China border dispute.
Wearing a military uniform the Premier received Reuter's representative in the red- and-gold drawing room of his heavily guarded palace. On a table at his elbow stood an ele- gantly framed photograph of King George in Admiral's uniform, and also His Majesty's warrant appointing him Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George.
Luang Bipul Songgram cor- | restroceded, thus giving Thailand
Thailand's n natural fronties. dially affirmed that
relations with Britain were of an extremely smooth character, men- tioning us instance of this the re- settlement cent speedy amicable of a boundary dispute.
From this he drew the assump- tion that Britain sympathised with Thai claims against Indo- China.
Interest In "New Order" Incidentually, he mentioned; that on the eve of the outbreak mill-
of war France sourht a tary pact with Thailand.
neutrality.
A bomb during a recent n ght rald scored a direct hit on a bus others.
two and badly damaged The bus which receiv d the direct hit was blown across the road into a shop window and the casualties were heavy. Photo shows the remnants of the bus which received the direct hit. (Copyright, Fox).
SUDDEN
DEATH OF
NORMAN LEE
In the midst of rejoic-
This the latter declined to en- ing in the early hours of The Premier said Thailand was ter into, desiring to maintain her Christmas morning came
to shake prepared
hands with
a great France to-morrow and forget the The Premier added that Thai- the sad news -
interested in Japan's shock to sporting circles—- 75-year-old feud connected with land was
of ferritory of 500,000 square miles new order in East Asia and would of the sudden death
annexed by graduall
France study it carefully
other Indo-Ching on and
trade and
relations with Mr. Norman Lee, former| now called condition that two small bits of Japan, but her first concern would
Colony swimming cham- maintenance thinly populated territory this always remain the
pion, in the Kowloon Hos- pital.
as she
had
side of the Mekong River were of independent existence,-Reuter.
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The late Mr. Lee was born in Birkenhead, England. 21 years! ago, and came w Hong Kong at an early age. He studied at both the Diocesan Boys' School and the Queen's College.
He leaves six brothers and a sis- ter to mourn his death.
he
Though a keen sportsman confined himself to swimming. In 1938, the year following his cap- ture of the local championship titles, he toured the South Seas in a very successful effort to raise money for the China War Reller Fund, and on that tour made a host of friends in Java, the Philip- pines and Singapore,
In 1939 he repeated this visit, during which he contracted the fever which struck him with such suddenness yesterday.
The funeral was held at the Protestant Cemetery yesterday at 5 p.m. The Very Rev, Dean Wil- son officiated.
The family mourners were his sister, Mrs. B: C. Randall, his bro- thers. Frank, Tinker and Robbie, and Mr, Randall, brother-in-law. Other brothers absent from Colony are Capt. W. Lee, Stanley and George. ...
the
Owing to the suddenness of his death only a few of his
many friends could be present: floral tributes were sent by Ada and Bennie, Will and May, Frank and Nellie, Robbie and Nora, Stanley and Ethel, Tinker and George. Eric, Gordon and Honour, Con- nie, Molly and Eddie, Vivienne and Mabel, Mr. Shi Yu-man, Mr. S. M. Churn and family, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Anderson and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. J.-Maxwell and. family, Mr. and Mrs. Field, Committee and Members of Victoria Recreation Club.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Mr.
The relatives of the late Norman Lee wish to thank their friends for the messages of syme pathy, and floral tributes in their recent bereavémerrt.
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