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JAPAN'S MOVE AGAINST INDO-CHINA WAS THE MAIN: FEA- TURE OF EDITORIAL COMMENT IN THE LONDON AND PROVIN- CIAL PRESS, THE GENERAL TENOR OF SUCH COMMENTS BEING THAT ALL COUNTRIES AFFECTED ARE WATCHING THE SITUA- TION CAREFULLY AND ANXIOUSLY AND A REMINDER IS GIVEN THAT JAPAN IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO ECONOMIC PRESSURE.
"The Times" says Prince Konoye follow-| ed the line of least resistance and selected Indo-China as the scene of the next attempt to extend the frontiers of the "new order in East Asia".
with the reluctant con- sent of the local French authorities.
Formal announcement of the Japanese occupation will probably be made after the week-end, and Whitehall and the White House, Chunghung and the Kremlin, Bangkok and Batavia, will sean the Pacifle horizon anxiously for indications of the next move.
It is clear, adds "The Times." that the utmost vigilance is re- quired on the part of those States against whom the latest
Japancre advance may be aim.
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News
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Judgment for plaintiff. Kan-tin, was given by the Puisne Judge, Mr. Justice P. E. F. Cres- sall, at the Summary Court this morning against To Tak-he for $366 on a claim for $394 based Chinese borrowing note
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is as fully realised on by the State Department as by, executed on January 20, 1938 and the Foreign Office in London and repayable six months later, that the two Government, chieny concerned are in full agreement as to counter-ineasures which Le Japanese move demands. ·
Potent Weapons
They have potent cennom je means of defending their legili-| mate interests which are clearly threatened by this sudden dis- qurbance of the balance of power in the Eastern seas: and Japan is particularly vulnerable to econo- mic pressure,
Giving judgment Justice Cres- sall said: -
The solicitor for the defendant has submitted that plaintiff should only be allowed interest for the period of the loan Le. 8 months, less the first three intnths which is statute barred. He has refer-
red to the inherent power of the court to allow in appropriate cases interest at such rate as the Court thinks ft.
This power however
tue of an agreement (as is the
FEEBLE VICHY EXCUSE
[SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"]
In a feeble effort to justify the surrender of bases in Indo-China to Japan, the Vichy spokesman yesterday claimed that there had been no response
a year ago to the Indo- China
for petition United States protec- International
tion. News Service.
Libya
Activity
Heavy dust storms at cannot be applied to a debt upon Tobruk on Wednesday which interest is payable by vir- caused a temporary lull in British offensive activities in case Libya, according to yes- terday's Middle East communique.
To what degree the present case here) unless of course it is the aggressive policy of Japan is) dictated hv, as well as Imita tive of, that of Nazism may be difficult to distinguish, says the "Daily Telegraph."
a debt due in respect of money-patrolling lender (which is not the lending by a registered money-
here).
In my view, therefore, once a A southern drive would serve persun undertakes to pay a speci- Hitler's ends if it were successful; fied rate of interest on a loan in distracting and impairing the given by someone who is not a American resources | money-lender within the meaning but it has obvious advantages for of the Statute, the rate agreed on
British and
Jupun as against an attack on must prevail and he cannot be the Russian forces in Siberia, and given any relief by the Court. her statesmen deserve congratula- tions on their cunning.
The occupation of this or that point in Indo-China can be re- presented as an act not in itself hostile to the British Empire or the United States, nor entry into the greater war.
Woeful Error
Prince Konoye and his collen- gues would find themselves woe- fully mistaken should they act upon the assumption that they will be allowed to make Indo-China a place of arms for an attack upon the British Empire.
Japan's move has been mystery and, In consultation
with the Dominions and the ernment, have worked out a plan against interference with the
United States, the British Gov.
of drastlo economic sanctions
rights of free nations.
U.5. Warning Mr. Welles' prompt denuncia-
tion of Japan should be taken as a warning, says the "Telegraph, concluding that no country in the
world is so dependent On trade as Japan and adding that a ban
on and other commodities es-
sential to war of which she pro- duces none would make her help- less with the mass of her army still floundering in the morass of the Chinese struggle,
The plaintiff is therefore entitled to recuver the principal lent i.e. $100 plus interest at the rate of $7 per lunar month for 38 lunar inonths.
The cominunique adds: “In the frontier area, however, advanced elements of our mechunised units were again aggressive, ejecting the enemy from several observa→ tion points.
"Units of our artillery co- operated with effective fire upon the retreating enemy patrols." The communique reports all quiet in Abyssinia and Syria. Reuter.
FREE FRENCH GIVE WARNING
"FREE FRANCE will never recognise ces- sions in French colonies to which the Vichy Government has_agreed,” says a statement issued yesterday by the Direction of Political Affairs of Free France, referring to the agree- ment with Japan concerning Indo-China.
The statement, issued in London, declares that the agreement delivers Indo-China in advance to the Japanese, and expresses the indignation of the French people as regards "this fresh squandering of the national herit- age."
"
The statement recalls that in as a pretext for trying to incite March, General de Gaulle and the French public opinion against We may hope that counsels Empire declared that any cession says:
Council of Defence of the French Britain and China, the statement, of sanity will yet prevall, the by Vichy, particularly in the case paper cays. Tokyo should rea- lise that if the madness of millsidered mull and void.
of Indo-China, would be con- "The new cession takes place the very day following Marshal tarism has its way and "Anglo- “American rights are challenged, an American: British Empire -embargo, would "make Japan
Impotent.
The Yorkshire Post" considers Japan's move directly threstening to the US. in that. It threatens to deprive the U.S. of important supplies of rubber and tin.
THE PAPER ADDS THAT THE IMPLICATION OF MR: WELLES'. STATEMENT IS THAT JAPAN CANNOT MAKE AN ENEMY OF BRITAIN AND RE- MAIN ON FRIENDLY TERMS WITH THE U.S. REUTER.
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It then continues: The Vichy Petain's solemn undertaking to Government decided to fight the. defend all territoriesof Free French and the British in French Empire. Byria, in Indo-China: they offer ho rasistance to the am bitions of Japan. "Japanese protection" has, al- ready cost Françe effective
"Vichy has never ceased, voluntarily, or atherwise, to bo
an Instrument of the Axle.
sovereignty over Tonkin last "COMPARISON ·OF
September and vast territories. or Cambodia and Laos. ceded to Slam in March,” ·
·Instrument Of Axis
VICHY ATTITUDE IN
THE INDO-
| CHINA AND SYRIA” FURNISHES
PROOF OF THIS.
The alleged sovereignty of the Vichy Government is no longer anything more than a fiction, After declaring that Vichy has which exclusively serves the in- used the Japanese intervention terests of Germany."Reuters.