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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 22, 1941.
JAPAN AND INDO-CHINA
Reticence About Sumita's
JAPANESE
LEAVING SOUTH AFRICA
According to the Japanese Legation in Pretoria about 30 Japanese business men, accompanied by their wives and fami- lies, are sailing for Japan aboard the s.s. Manila Maru about July 26.-Reuter.
Vino Visit To Tokyo
General Calls On Decoux
MEMBERS OF THE Japanese Economic Mission to Tongking were evasively reticent regarding the importance of General Sumita's recent flying visit to Tokyo.
It is "not known” whether General Sumita brought back any demands regarding the utilisation by the Japanese of naval and air bases in southern Indo-China, it was stated in Hanoi yesterday.
Colonel Saito, representative of the Mission in Saigon, is flying back to Hanoi to-day after R
›000009 three-day visit for conferences
JAPANESE COMMANDEER TRAINS
A second train
with General Sumita.
The arrival of the Governor- General, brought no new develop- ments yesterday but it is expected that His Excellency will see Gen- eral Sumita as soon as possible,
The general comment in Hanoi
i notes the meeting of Admiral Dar-
HEAVY RAID
ON TRIPOLI
& BENGHAZI
Benghazi and Tripoli
lan and the Japanese Ambassador were raided by the Royal Vichy and expresses the opin-Air Force, and Tripoli also ion that the French capital is was likely to be the centre of imme-by the Fleet Air Arm on
taken off the Peiping.diate developments.—Reuter.
Fusan (Korea) run yesterday afternoon.
Sumita Calls
MAJOR-GENERAL RAIS-
This followed the withdrawal JAPANESE
of the crack Peiping express last week when it was stated that Japanese military movements were the reason.
the
Saturday night. Details of these actions are given in the following R.A.F. Mid- HIRO SUMITA, HEAD OF THE dle East communique:
MILITARY MIS- "Heavy bombers of the R.A.F. SION IN FRENCH INDO-CHINA, continued their attacks on
at Benghazi. On the CALLED ON THE GOVERNOR-harbour GENERAL, ADMIRAL DECOUX, night of July 19, 20 bombs were YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, dropped at the base of Cathedral According to railway sources in STATED A HANOI DESPATCH Mole, near military headquarters, Peiping, five further trains are, TO TOKYO LAST NIGHT.
government buildings and railway likely to be withdrawn shortly. The Japanese Domel News slidings.
Fires Sleepers may be
and abolished on Agency stated that it is under-
explosions the remaining night trains to stood General Sumita "thanked caused by a bombing attack the double their capacity. While no Admiral Decoux for his recent previous night, and our bombers official reason is given, the con- action in conferring Annamite de- a ao attacked military objectives clusion to be drawn is obvious.→→→ corations on members of the
In Tripoll, and bombs exploding Reuter.
Mission."Reuter.
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REUTER.
Bangkok Hesitant
Experienced observerst in Bangkok hestitate to venture an opinion on developinents in. Tokyo.
Indo-
Gloomy forebodings have come from various sources bracketing Thailand and Indo-China. Observers hold that if China is about to become a Syria of the Far East, then Thailand's position is not dissimilar from Turkey's as both are determined to safeguard their independence and to maintain their neutrality. - Reuter.
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