THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 22, 1941.
SHARP WARNING
FAR EAST
ON
SANCTIONS
"Manchester Guardian" Calls For Vigilance
"WAKE UP"
URGE BY COL. STIMSON
[SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"]
Speaking at Denver, Colorado, the U.S. Secretary of War, Col. Henry Stimson,
re-
newed the warning is in that the U.S. "serious danger." He added: "It is hard to get people who do not read the cables from abroad to realise what serious danger we are facing, and we will remain in serious danger as long as the public does not wake up."
International.
News Service.
000
ལ་
Round-Up In Paris
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Measures
Must Be Made
To Hurt
THE "MANCHESTER Guardian" in a leader on the rumours of the possibility of trade licensing between Great Britain and Japan, states that "if when the freezing of Japanese assets was announced it was intend- ed to allow a certain amount of trade to pass by way of granting licences, it would only be natural to make arrangements to finance it.
"But that was certainly not what the public understood these sanctions to mean. They were imposed on account of the Japan- ese invasion of Indo-China, and it is clear that if economic counter-measures are to serve any purpose they must hurt.
"Substantial concessions might| weaken that purpose without
man authorities arrested 6,000 removing the irritation caused by "non-Ayran dissidents," after the general principle. rumours of widespread unrest and anti-Nazi ele- among Jews ments in various parts of France.
taken All were
to internment depots while the German authori- A Vichy message states that in tie are seeking to find out whe- a five-hour round-up of the entire ther the disorders were spontati- working-class area near the site eous or an engineered conspiracy. of the Bastille, in Parts, the Ger-International News Service.
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"That such concessions are being considered has so far been suggested mainly from Japanote sources. This denied in London though not as firmly as could be desired.
"One Government authority last night asserted that arrange- ments would cover only a few thousand pounds designed main- ly for the payment of diplomatic
and consular expenses.
STOP PRESS
The French liner "Marechal Joffre" arrived in Shanghai from Manila this morning with over 300 Japanese, German and Italian evacuees from the Philippines.
It is reported the majority of Japanese are going on to Japan but the Axis refugees will remain in Shanghai,
the
was
[
It was revealed that the sh!
subjected to stringent search before leaving Manila. - Reuter.
SPRATLY
ISLANDS
ISSUE
That the United States with con- Would view
cern and refuse to recog- nise any formal Japanese Another Department the night before at least suggested clear-annexation of additional ing accounts were being inaugur Pacific islands was indi-
both in London and
ated
in
other parts of the Empire for the finance of any mutual trade that might officially be approved.
Any Loophole
"Licences, said this statement, would be granted only within the limits of the funds available on the clearing account. There is no doubt that the Japanese may well
Cated by Mr. Cordell Hull at his press conference yesterday.
IN SEMI-EDITORIALS IDEN- TICALLY WORDED IN PARTS, TOKYO NEWSPAPERS THE
AND "KOKUMIN” "HOCHI," "MIYAKO" THIS MORNING DESPATCH DEAL WITH THE OF UNITED STATES OIL TO VLADIVOSTOK,
THOUGH ADMITTING THE UNITED STATES' PRIMARY PURPOSE IS ΤΟ AID THE SOVIET THEY ARE AGREED IN DECLARING IT IS THE FIRST STEP FROM THE NORTH TOWARDS COMPLETION OF THE RING AROUND JAPAN.
SUGGESTS THE "MIYAKO"
TO ALL THE FACTS POINT THIS BEING A TEST CASE TO GET JAPANESE REACTION.
THE "HOCHI" URGES THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT TO COME OUT STRONGLY IN AN EXPRESSION OF ITS VIEWS IN THIS CONNECTION. REUTER.
It was pointed out that the Spratly group in the South China Seas are now shown as Japanese possessions in new Tokyo maps which indicate an extension of the original Japanese annexation.
The funeral of Captain Charles Seven islands of this group
P.W.D., over which Japan assumed juris- Christie Arthur Hobbs, Air Raids desire to make the greatest pos- diction' in 1939 had been occu- Precautions Architect, sible use of any loophole, so that nied by France in 1933, but the who was found shot dead at his they can replenish stocks,
."
time
Japanese contended that they "IF THEY HAD BEEN GIVEN were without an owner.
The annexation at that THE IMPRESSION THAT THE PRESENT ARRANGEMENTS caused considerable misgivings. MIGHT BE SHAPED INTO THE THIN END OF THE WEDGE, THEY SHOULD BE QUICKLY DISILLUSIONED.
High Strategy
Reuter.
Seeking Facts [SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL") Reiterating that the United States opposed the forceful con- quest of Pacific territory, Mr. Cor- "Any suggestion that trade dell Hu1, United States Secretary licences might be granted on of State, said yesterday that the financial grounds or even on the U.S. Government were seeking all grounds that certain materials are facts connected with the Japanese of no use to our war effort and expansion and control of a group can, therefore, be spared would of islands within 70 miles of the deprive the sanction of all mean- Philippines. --International News ing..
Service.
"A grave step has been taken for reasons of high strategy. The risks are well-known and had been weighed in advance.
ANY WEAKNESS, IN EXECU TION AND ANY SUSPICION THAT FINANCIAL ARRANGE- MENTS MIGHT SERVE WITH- OUT FURTHER FORMALITY | TO COVER UP A BREACH: IN THE EMBARGO WOULD NOT ONLY LOWER THE RISK, BUT WOULD ALSO WHOLLY UNDO THE EFFECT OF THE ACTION REUTER.
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