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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 7, 1941.
Japan Receives Warnings From America And Britain
MOVE INTO MIDDLE
THAILAND
EAST AIR
DANGEROUS OFFENSIVE
A JAPANESE MOVE into Thailand would be considered as a step menacing American security and endangering American territory in the Pacific.
This was made clear by the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, at his press con- ference in Washington yesterday.
Mr. Cordell Full said the Unit- ed States Government had made clear its vital interest and oppos!-| tion to any moves of conquest in the Pacific and elsewhere.
He added Thailand.
to that this applied
BOMBING
OF YENAN
Yesterday's R.A.F. Mid- dle East communique stated that R.A.F. and South African bombers made a series of attacks
on landing grounds and other military objectives in Cyrenaica during |Monday night.
Bombs were seen to full on the landing ground of Gazala while at Tmini landing ground a num- ber of explosions were heard after our aircraft had left the target.
African
At Derna, the port area was attacked by R.A.F. heavy bom. bers and they hit a mole, caus. Ing a violent explosion and two fires. THAT
South
pilots, flying THE
FACT VERY
OPERA- Maryland bombers, also operated JAPANESE AERIAL
carried out 14 TIONS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED
over Derna and TO THE HEART OF THE COM- series of attacks on motor trans-
and workshops MUNIST-OCCUPIED AREAS port,
OF plants.
The harbour at CHUNGKING
BELIEF again bombed,
Referring especially to indica- tions that Japan wan already SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"] demanding military concessionE there, Mr. Hull said the United States Government viewed these with increasing concern. He expressed United States' in- terest in the integrity and inde- 'pondence of Thailand by refer ring to previous statements
Pacific.
THE
BOMBING
LEADS
(WITH YENAN) OBSERVERS TO
THE of
assembly
Benghazi was
Reu-
polley regarding the south-west] THAT A CHANGE HAS TAKEN From these operations all our
PLACE IN CHINESE COMMUN-aircraft returned safely. 1ST POLICY SINCE THE ter. RUSSO GERMAN WAR.
Mr. Eden's Statement
the
The Japanese bombing of Yenan Any action which would threa- will serve to bring home to ten the independence and Integ-| Chinese Communists rity of Thailand would be a mat-friendly Japanese ter of immediate concern to Bri- them is merely political tain, more particularly, as a threat] diency.
that any overture
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expe-
against the security of Singapore, Meanwhile observers believe the said Mr. Anthony Eden, Foreign Communists will intensify guerilla Secretary, in the House of Com-operations against the Japanese all mons yesterday when speaking on over North China, as a result of the Far Eastern situation.
the Yenan attack.-International
Mr. Eden said that the British News Service. Government had not failed to note that the Japanese newspapers have recently been using the same kind of language regarding Thai- land as they had employed before the Japanese demands for bases in Indo-China.
IN
JAPAN'S REPRISAL'S IN NORTH CHINA
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The Foreign Secre- tary, replying to Commons question, said some interference with British firms in North China had re- sulted from action taken by the Japan- ese by way of reprisal for the freezing of Japanese assets by Britain.
He had no informa- tion indicating that property belong- ing to on y Bri-
tish firm had been seized but the situa- tion was being closely watched by the local British authorities. British Wireless.
TROOPS
POUR INTO SAIGON
as
A superficial lull con- tinues to reign in the southern Indo-China poli- tical
atmosphere Japanese disembarka- tions tax port facilities to the utmost and an ceasing stream of truck west- convoys 'streams ward.
un-
Almost the whole of the vast concentration of vehicles visible on Tuesday at the Saigon docks disappeared yesterday as troop- ships again took momentury pre- cedence and began discharging new thousands of troops,
and The passage of troops material is being expedited as
possible with speedily as
minimum of detachments maining in Saigon.
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re.
The Service Corps is rapidly in- stalling military telephone lines between all important occupation centres and offices.
Mekong Bottleneck
It is understood the Mekong ferry, on the road to Pnompenh, Is acting as a serious bottleneck, limiting truck passage to 80 day.
a
Is
The Japanese are comman deering a large number of bar- ges and junks and a consider- able quantity of material being shipped up the Mekong. in Spasmodic attacks appear The Japanese press against Thai- land-Reuter.
MALAYA DEFENCES
HIGH STATE
READINESS FUTURE READINESS
CONSCRIPTION OF
The British Ambassador in Tokyo had
the out to Japanese Foreign Minister that if
pointed
a step of this kind were taken, it must inevitably give rise to a must
serious situation between Britain and Japan.---Reuter,
SOVIET ACADEMY GREETINGS
IN AMERICA
THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF INDO-GOVERNING
CHINA INCREASED THE MILITARY THREAT (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL" TO MALAYA AND IT WAS NECESSARY TO YESTERDAY WARNED AMERI KEEP THE MILITARY AND CIVILIAN DE-
SENATOR CLAUDE PEPPER
CANS THEY MAY BE IN THE
YEARS" AND URGED THE
ARMY "FOR FIVE OR TEN FENCES IN A HIGH STATE OF READINESS, PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION SAID LT.-GEN. A. E. PERCIVAL, G.O.C., VICE OF 30 MONTHS TO ALL. MALAYA, IN A PRESS INTERVIEW YESTER- sion of service to 18 months DAY.
EXTENDING DRAFTEE SER.
He called the talk of exten-
quibbling."International News)
Service.
jected an amendment extending
OF SYRIA
QUESTIONED ON SYRIA IN THE COMMONS YESTERDAY ANTHONY EDEN SAID THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
MR.
HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY
DECLARATION BY GENERAL CAIROUX THAT UNTIL
BY
IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO
IN FULL OCCUPATION None could say what was going to happen The U.S. Senate yesterday re- in the Far East, he continued. We had no THE
GOVERNMENT TETE. draftee service to 12 months long- aggressive designs of any kind but everyone GRAM HAS BEEN RECEIVED er than the year already provided. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE The rejection paves the way for a in all the Services and walks of life was deter- ROYAL SOCIETY IN REPLY TO vote on the Administration's 18-
FOLLOWING
A MESSAGE SENT TO THE months extension. International mined to do their duty to their country and
U.S.S.R. ACADEMY OF News Service. SCIENCES:-
war
"Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. sends warmest greetings to the Royal Society of Scientists and express feelings of deep ad- miration and friendship to their British colleagues who, in conditions, pursue courageously research work obtaining world achievements in. various fields of science and thus successfully op~| posing the aim of Fascism to destroy all culture.
Weygand To TO Be Curbed?
(SPECIAL TO "CHÍNA MAIL") The London "Daily Mail" yes- terday carried a message from Madrid reporting that Marshal
"In the struggle for the happy Petain has decreed that the Vice- future of humanity, standing hand to hand against the common Premier, Admiral Darlan, hence- foe, the men of science of Britain forth will decide "all questions of and the Soviet Union will con- policy in North Africa,"
General Weygand, it was add- tribute with all their forces to the triumph of liberty, culture td. will carry out Darlan's orders instead of Marshal Petain's-In- and science over Hitlerite tyranny}]
British ternational News Service. and obscurantism.” Wireless.
REORGANISATION
OF R.A.A.F.
SHANGHAI TRAM STRIKE
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL": The French Concession tram Reorganisation of the Royal Australian Air Force to provide strike in Shanghai is still un- for all possible wartime emer- settled, with only a skeleton ser- gencies and the creation of new vice operating under police guard. operational commands for all Negotiations are proceeding ind strategical requirements, was an- it is believed the workers and nounced yesterday, by Mr. Mc- the management will reach Ewen, Commonwealth Air Min-agreement shortly-International ister, pays Reuter." ***3#*!** News “Service.idn
an
Empire in defending Malaya.
By the occupation of air bases!
in Indo-China, Lt.-Gen. Percival
added, the threat of a Surprise LAST CHANGES IN
attack had increased
would be further
and this increased
if
Japan decided to go to Thailand,
The British troops were
and ready for anything..
at
CAR MODELS
(SPECIAL TO HOHINA MAIL")
EVERY PART OF SYRIA WAS THE FREE FRENCH FORCES CONCLUDE WITH THE SYRIAN PROVIDING FOR THAT COUN- TRY'S INDEPENDENCE
A
TREATYTM
It was evident, said Mr. Eden, that the first step must be for the whole country to be occupied by the Allied forces and it was would hoped that this process be completed at ä very early
date.
"As regards the future adminis- tration of the country the Bri
· no were in tish Government
French doubt that the Free authorities were fully aware of, the unsatisfactory conditions un-
NO PEACE WITH HITLER
They had shown by recent American motorcars coming out feats that they are capable of in the autumn will incorporate der the previous regime: Reuter. marches hitherto not thought the last changes in models to be pocsible in this climate, while made until the end of the pre-
emergency, the Australians were specialio- sent
according to Ing in buch warfare, sometimes Mr. Alfred F. Sloan, Chairman remaining In the bush for three of General Motors, in Los Ange- days at a time.
les yesterday.
Mr. Sloan said he favoured stringent curtailment in install- ment buying. International News The equipment position was Service. satisfactory. A very fastor- ganisation was being built up to gather supplies from various CHEESE RATION TO“ Chronicle "
Vast
Organisation
sources and shortly a branch the Supply Council might be established in Singapore, to fur- ther facilitate allocation.
BE HIGHER
8
The San
Francisco declares.
Peace with Hitler is im- possible.
In view of recent improvements "Peace does not exist for him He concluded that the large in the cheese supply position the and his people do not realise what reinforcements which had ar- cheese ration for the ordinary he has taken away from them:
"Peace with Hitler! Peace with rived on July 19, and August 5 British consumer will from August had shown the seas were still 25 be increased to three ounces the man who has never kept a per week. The special ration of promise except a promise of reasonably safe, If a threat to Malaya develop-eight ounces a week for under brutal savagery, cd-these reinforcements would ground miners, vegetarians, and there can be no peace until continue to flow in as they have agricultural workers will remain the Hitler machine is broken be done in "the" pak
unchanged, British Wireless.yond repair-Rou