THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 3, 1941.
GEN. DENTZ FREED Exchange Of Prisoners Practically Complete
JAPANESE Doubt About
CABINET FRICTION
Some French
Officers
GENERAL DENTZ, formerly Vichy High The possibility of a Commissioner in Syria, who was held by the Japanese ministerial
British pending the return of Allied prisoners, crisis is envisaged in Jap is to be released, according to the Vichy news anese quarters in Shang-
hai, says the Shanghai agency. correspondent of the In- dependent French agency
The exchange of French and British pri- soners following the events in Syria is practi- This would be a result of the cally completed, the agency says.
growing anti-Axis movement at the head of which are said to be
General Dentz and a certain! the former Foreign Minister, Mr.
officers were Matsuoka, the Ambassador in number of French Washington, Admiral Nomura, and held as prisoners until a group of the former Commander in China, British officer prisoners, who had an Italian island General Shigeru Honjo,
been landed on
they Should a crisis develop it la re-when the 'plane in which garded as probable that Admir were being taken to France had at Nomura would be recalled to to come down, were returned to become Premier, says the cor- the British Army. respondent.
The correspondent adds that! observers point out that although Japan has received no response to the representations concerning the the despatch of oil to Russia by United States, Japanese officials refrained from comment.
THIS ATTITUDE IS INTER- PRETED AS BEING DUE ΤΟ THE JAPANESE GOVERN- MENT'S DESIRE ΤΟ MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO REACH A THE MODUS VIVENDI WITH UNITED STATES.REUTER,
V
ODESSA CLAIM
General General Dentz and Jannikin and all the French officers will shortly leave Beirut for France, except two generals and A lieut.-colonel, who will
ав kopt
prisoners until several British officers, who were wounded and are now be- ing treated in French hospitals,
freed.
be
are
Free French Officers
Several officials are being held on account of certain Free French officers who were taken prisoner. These officers no longer wish to Tejoin the Free French movement. It is thought they may be able Rumanian troops have captured to declare on oath at the U.S. Em-| the Odessa waterworks, which bassy that they took their decision are outside the city. according freely so that it may be possible 10 the German official news to liberate the French officials. agency quoted by Reuter.
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BRITAIN'S AIR ACES
There are now 15 squadrons in the Fighter Command which have each shot down more than 100 enemy machines since war began.
Three of these have more than 150 vic- tories to their credit while the
leading
squadron has ac- counted for 175 Ger- man aircraft.
The Command's leading pilot has de- stroyed 32 of the enemy while four other pilots have in- dividual bags of over 20.-British Wireless.
Japan Worries Nazis
Anxiety is felt in Ger- many about Japan's pre- sent attitude towards the world situation, according to the Berlin correspon dent of the "Basler Nach- richten."
Cause of this anxiety, he says. are reports circulating that Mr. Matsuoka, one of the sponsors of the Tripartite Pact with the Axis, resigned from the post of For- eign Minister in favour of Ad- miral Toyoda in order to give the latter, an opportunity of bringing about a Japanese-American un- derstanding.
It is admitted that Admiral Toyoda has always advocated good relations with the United States. Reuter,
YOUNG BRITON SENTENCED
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A youthful Briton, Grant Skin-| ner, was sentenced by Judge Mos- sop in the British Court in Shang- hat to a year's Imprisonment on a charge of obtaining sums totalling $10,400 by: false protences and for ging payment orders on the Bri- tish Consulate. Accused received a lenient sentence under the First
STOP PRESS
It was authoritatively learned to-day that the Colony's Governor- Designate, Sir Mark Young, has arrived in Singapore. He is expect- ed to reach Hong Kong early next week.
The Japanese consul-gener- al in Manila, Mr. Katsumi Njhro, to-day denied' a report from Tokyo to the effect that between 3,500 and. 4,000 Japanese in Manila were awaiting ships on which to evacuate to Japan.
He said there was no eva- cuation though about 100 were awaiting accommodation to return to Japan. as a result of the business decline due to the freezing restrictions.-Reuter.
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