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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 30, 1941,
VICHY RESPONSIBLE FOR SURRENDER OF INDO-CHINA
(By Reuter's Special Correspondent At Hanoi)
WITH THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT THAT 40,000. JARAN- ESE TROOPS HAVE BEGUN LANDING IN SOUTHERN INDO-CHINA, AND THAT, EIGHT AERODROMES ARE TO BE PLACED AT JAPAN'S DISPOSAL, IT IS NOW POSSIBLE TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF RE- CENT EVENTS AFFECTING THE FRENCH COLONY.
First thing that emerges is that the agree-, ment originated and was concluded in direct negotiations between Vichy and Tokyo, only details of its application being discussed at Hanoi.
Mr. Osomatsu Kato, lap...ese Ambassa- dor to Vichy, and Admira. Darlan are said to have held their crucial meeting on July 19, the agreement being signed at Vichy last Tuesday.
Admiral Decoux, Vichy's Gov- ernor-General, saw Major-General
the Sumita, head of
Japanese military mission to Indo-China, three times before agreement wag reached on its practical applica- tion.
Thereaftar the Japanese moved faat while carefully guarded press announcements informed the Indo-China publia, of the trend of events. Major-General Sumita left Hanol for Saigon by 'plane. on Saturday, leaving only a skeleton staff representing the Japanese mission behind him.
Naval Concessions
GERMANS PRAISE
BRAVERY OF REDS
German newspaper readers, who previously had been without speciîç|
CAR'S CREW OF 20
Ne York police
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have C new emer- "which car- gency cc
ries four searchlights, can be directed from a 'plane, has a secre- tary's desk, corries a crew of twenty, and has O miniature operating theatre.
SEA RAIDER HIT WOMEN
Survivors, including an
details of the operations elderly couple from Sur-
There has been no mention of against Russia, received a
naval concessions under the
agreement but it is popularly flood of feature stories rey, swam for over twenty. minutes before being supposed and not officially deni- about the fighting quali-picked up when a German
is
ono
ed that the Japanese will be » -- mitted to station a limited ber of warships at Camranh Bay, Saigon and Cap St. Jacques,
Although Camranh of the finest natural harboura in the world. Its port facilities are restricted,
references Frequent
ไป the "joint defence" of Indo-China and Japan, and the anti-British
the campaign raging in
press and radio in Hanoi for the last few days, see to indicale where Indo-China stands, although is emphasised that no threat directed to any country.
Saigon
is
Centre of interest how moves to Saffon and the surrounding area, where the new distribution involved in of military forces the "defence" of the colony is! being worked out.
ties of the Russian soldier.
"He
raider sank the Zamzam.
"When cornered, he fights with
The story was told in Biarritz the primitive sullenness of
recently by a survivor, Mr. J. V. trapped animal," wrote one pro-Murphy, one of the editors of the paganda company reporter.
American magazine, "Fortune." remains in a tank even while
He sald a
British woman, Germans are stacking explosives
Mrs. Levitt, wife of an R.A.F. under it, because his officers have told him a tank is invulnerable. pilot, who was on her way to
Africa to
husband, join her "The Soviet Infantry charges
was wounded in the foot be tanks as if something could
shell splinters. this re- accomplished that way," port continued. "They go like a flock of sheep to annihilation, The German soldier is witnessing something like collective destruc-
tion.
by
Mr. Murphy said the Zamzam was four days from Capetown when, just before dawn one day
nine shells hit her.
There was utter confusion board.
on
"The individual Russian sol- An Englishman, Dr. Robert dier, though, is good in earth-Starling, with his wife and daugh- works ant skilful in takingler, 2, an elderly Surrey couple, advantage of terrain. He scorns Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Wright, and
death."
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women and children swarn round Another German reporter de- for over twenty minutes before scribed a charge against machine- being picked up. Simultaneously the boundary
Russian artillery by guns and
A
swimming missionary was commission is completing details cavalrymen who, he said, ride round crying over and over, "It's of the recent cession of territory without saddles, grenades in their God's punishment for their sins." by Indo-China to Thailand and hands and knives in their teeth. Next day all except two Ameri- will hold discussions at Saigon. "A couple of rounds of artillery cans and one
Englishman, who Herr Neumann, former Ger fire," he wrote, "finished this des- were wounded, were transferred man Consul in Indo-China, perate exploit."
to a merchant ship.
arrived at Saigon yesterday to participate in the boundary commission's consultations.
It is emphasised at Hanoi that the facilities being granted to Japan in southern Indo-China are purely tactical as the terms of the economic agreement be- tween Japan and Indo-China have been and are being, faith- fully observed.-Reuter.
RUMOUR RIFE IN PEIPING
ording to a report from Pel- rumours are. rife causing great uneasiness.
One report states that beginning from to-morrow, all foreign banks in Peiping will enforce control measures. The Yokohama Specie Bank has already suspended pay- ments to American, and British depositors.. Central News.
NAVAL YACHT SUNK
M. yacht Viva II (Captain M, A. Blomfield, O.B.E, R.N.). has been sunk, Admiralty announced.
NO LOVE
IN HAY!
Speaking in English the captain of the merchant ship said: "Any. monkey business and we'll answer with machine-guns."
The survivors were on board this ship
days for thirty-three before being landed at St. Jean de Luz.
ENEMY AIR
Don't make love in the LOSSES
hayfield: That was the gist of an appeal made one
A total of 7,195 enemy
night by stry of 'planes have been destroy- Agriculture Whitsun ed since the outbreak of holiday makers,
war to the end of June. The land is, the farmer's work- shop.
On a recent Sunday a man was found about to back, his car lato, a field of onto,
Of these, 37 wäre downed-at- sea, 3,566 over Britain, 324 in Europe, 50 in Scandinavia. (Nor- way), 957% on the Western Front: (to Dunkirk), 327 by the Royal Navy and 1,928 in the Middle.. East.
Nearby young people who had, cycled from a large town had settled themselves anugly The above authentic figures, In a field shut up for hay, some issued us the R.A.F., do not in-
clude planes damaged Reuter. In the middia of it. Remember at grass is just as
The Japanese motor vessel, important a crop as corm.,
Grass and the corn represent, Shirogane Maru, left Hong Kong.. among other things, the nation's for Canton this morning with a
full list of passengers. milk for next winter.